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This Might be the Most Ambitious Wind Farm Ever Announced
A huge new wind farm planned for the Icelandic coast would mark a wonderful step for offshore winds if it were built. We’ll probably explore…
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Astronomy
Sixty Years after Kennedy’s “Man on the Moon” Speech, why haven’t we been back yet?
Sixty years ago today, on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy appeared before Congress and argued that “before this decade is over, we must…
Astronomy
Russia wants to Send a Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft to Jupiter this Decade
Russia plans to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to the solar system’s largest gas giant Jupiter in 2030. Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos last week announced…
Environmental Science
Mercury-Rich Water is Flooding Out of Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet
While melting the ice sheet in Greenland has not already been identified as a major problem, new research has found that hassle-free ice is releasing…
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DC Attorney General Files Antitrust Suit against Amazon over Third-Party Seller Agreements
Washington D.C. Attorney General Carl Racine on Tuesday announced a new anti-trust lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the company of suppressing competition by controlling third-party vendors.…
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How Expensify Shed Silicon Valley Arrogance to Realize its Gobal Ambitions
Expensify may be the most ambitious software company leaving most of the bay as the center of its operations. Early history is tied to San…
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Germany gives Greenlight to Driverless Vehicles on Public Roads
Germany has enacted a law that will pave the way for the introduction of driverless vehicles on highways by 2022 for companies to provide adequate…
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Facebook Co-Founder Saverin’s B Capital Doubles Down on SaaS in China
B-B Capital Group, a six-year-old venture capital group made up of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and veteran capitalist Raj Ganguly, has been doubling China over the next…
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Call it a Comeback: Turntable.fm Raises $7.5M
Earlier this year, Billy Chasen, founder of Turntable.fm, washed out the old site and revived it for the epidemic era. I know I have never…
Technology
When to Walk Away from a VC who Wants to Invest in your Startup
Venture capitalists add value in a variety of ways. For example, one of the backs of my business has a deep technology “pod” that generates…
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