Out in the California high desert, a new breed of astronaut is being built in the race to make private space exploration a reality. When Nicholas Schmidle was granted rare access to the test pilots at Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, he hoped he might discover something about ambition and courage. He didn’t expect to confront
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(CNN) — Rather than dropping in popularity, superyachts have been more in demand than ever during global pandemic. However, yacht designer Uros Pavasovic has come up with a rather unorthodox way of utilizing discarded aircraft while simultaneously pushing the boundaries of superyacht design. He’s devised a 130-meter vessel that’s powered by re-purposed jet engines located
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Open-source software vendor Red Hat has launched a bunch of arcane products and initiatives so baffling they must be doing something clever. Red Hat made its name using Linux to make enterprise-grade software. As the business world, including telecoms, is increasingly inclined to stick as much as it can into the cloud, IBM-owned Red Hat
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TODAY: In 1953, Roberto Bolaño is born.  “The atmosphere was mostly awkward silences, slight terror at having their poems chosen for discussion, and equal terror at having them ignored.” When Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton met in (a very relatable) workshop. | Lit Hub Tobias Carroll looks to Ian Sinclair, whose idea of “walking with
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OneWeb, the communications satellite company that investors refuse to give up on, has flogged a quarter of itself to Eutelsat for $550 million. The UK company’s business model seems to consist of burning through billions of dollars of investors’ cash, then asking for more. When the pandemic meant its previous long-suffering backers finally decided to
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