Month: August 2020

WASHINGTON — Fleet operator SES on Aug. 20 said it selected SpaceX to launch four recently ordered O3b mPower broadband satellites.  The agreement means SpaceX will launch all 11 of SES’s O3b mPower satellites to medium Earth orbit across four Falcon 9 launches. Boeing is building all 11 mPower satellites.  SES chose SpaceX in 2019
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Former Vice President Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee, left, and wife Jill Biden stand on stage during the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images Among them are former Democratic primary candidates who have coalesced around Biden: Cory Booker,
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July was a whirlwind for international students in the United States. On July 6, 2020,the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, also known as ICE, announced that foreign students would have to leave the country if their colleges and universities went online-only for the fall semester because of the coronavirus pandemic. A little over a week later the decision was reversed
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Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Alisson Wood’s high school English teacher told her that Lolita was a beautiful story about love. She believed him—after all, there were
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A rendering of Taco Bell’s Go Mobile restaurant design Source: Taco Bell Taco Bell unveiled its latest restaurant design on Thursday, intended to push customers to order their nachos and burritos ahead and keep drive-thru lines short as the coronavirus pandemic leaves lasting marks on consumer behavior. The pandemic has prompted many restaurant chains, including
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SAN FRANCISCO – After four years and six competitions, SpaceNet, the nonprofit focused on geospatial applications for artificial intelligence, is conducting its first temporal challenge with new partner Planet. Competitors in SpaceNet 7 the Multi-Temporal Urban Development Challenge will have two months starting August 31st to devise change-detection algorithms to track building construction over time.
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WASHINGTON – In back to back speeches Wednesday at the virtual Democratic National Convention, former President Barack Obama and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris reached out to Americans who feel left behind and alienated by the Trump administration, including victims of structural racism, immigrants and Latinos, and voters who might not bother to cast
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U.S. government debt prices were higher Thursday morning after the Federal Reserve revealed concerns about the uncertainty of the country’s economic recovery. At around 1:50 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was down at 0.6590% and the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell to 1.3935%. Yields move inversely to prices. Minutes released Wednesday from the
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