Month: November 2020

Meena Harris is a lawyer, activist, and the author of “Ambitious Girl,” a children’s book dedicated to girls who’ve been told they’re “too much.” She is also the niece of Kamala Harris, the first woman, first Black person, and first South Asian person to become vice president. During Harris’s campaign, the former California senator was
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Chilling out: radiative cooling could boost solar cell performance. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/ermess) Cheap and simple radiative cooling technologies can significantly increase the performance and lifespan of concentrated photovoltaic systems, according to researchers in the US. They found that a simple radiative cooling structure can increase the voltage produced by the solar cells by around 25%. It
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We heard the trucks pull up, the barking voices,a woman in the street –Irina? – putting upa fight. Each night, the bell’s insistent buzz,the foot-stomps on the stairs. My boy in my lap,I sat in darkness, two fingers pressed to his lips.We heard their boots kick open the landing doorthen cries. Each night that week,
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A session on virtual events platform Hopin. Hopin LONDON — British start-up Hopin has seen rapid growth this year amid demand for virtual events. That’s attracted significant interest from investors. The London-based firm’s software allows conference hosts to run their gatherings online, aiming to emulate the experience of a physical event with tools for virtual
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WASHINGTON — Executives of major launch companies said they doubted there was sufficient demand for more than a few small launch vehicle developers, citing their own efforts to provide rideshare launch services for smallsats. During a panel discussion at Euroconsult’s World Satellite Business Week Virtual Edition conference Nov. 9, Tory Bruno, chief executive and president
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Apple has put its Taiwanese supplier Pegatron on probation after finding that the company violated Apple’s supplier code of conduct by asking student employees to work night shifts or overtime and also take up work unrelated to their majors. Pegatron had mis-classified student workers and falsified paperwork to disguise the violations, and, in some cases,
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U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 30, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters The Republican National Committee has decided to several field staffers in Wisconsin to Georgia as that state gears up for at least one U.S. Senate runoff election in January.
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Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has chopped and screwed Wilco’s breakthrough 2002 LP Yankee Hotel Foxtrot with the help of Houston’s Chopstars. Jenkins shared the project on Twitter, noting the “#YeehawAgenda is alive and well.” Check it out below. Jenkins has previously chopped and screwed the soundtracks to Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, as
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