Slingshot received a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research contract and an additional $1 million from ATX Venture Partners WASHINGTON — Space startup Slingshot Aerospace announced Oct. 8 it has won a U.S. Space Force contract to develop an immersive simulation of the orbital environment. Military students will use the tool to learn the mechanics
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden gives a thumbs up when asked about how Kamala Harris will do in tonight’s vice-presidential debate, as he arrives to record campaign messages in Wilmington, Delaware, October 7, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Former Vice President Joe Biden is gaining more ground over President Donald Trump in the polls,
Kanye West is in the home stretch of his Presidential campaign, and he’s laser-focused … on making money off a pricey line of 2020 Vision merch. Ye unveiled a collection that included $60 hats and $160 hoodies Wednesday night while the legit VP candidates were debating. The items included messages like, “Vote Kanye” and “God
IBM Executive Chairman Ginni Rometty told CNBC on Thursday that corporate America has the potential to create long-lasting societal change by advancing the cause of racial equality. “The private sector has the ability to create a movement, and actually, I think, this could be the greatest mobilization of the private sector for a benefit of society,”
Twenty million in 2020 is Michael Kors’s landmark achievement. That’s the number of donated meals Watch Hunger Stop—his brand’s long-running philanthropic initiative in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)—reached this year, ahead of World Food Day on October 16. Now in its eighth year, Watch Hunger Stop is focused on helping WFP
Wonder Woman 1984 will not go straight to premium streaming, and if it keeps up, the director warns that theater closures could be irreversible. Things are looking very bleak for cinema halls at the moment. Almost every major blockbuster has been delayed by a year or more, and audiences are afraid to come to theaters
The Real Housewives of New York City has found its newest housewife. Eboni K. Williams, an attorney and television host, has officially joined the cast of the Bravo reality series, according to TMZ. Williams becomes the first Black Housewife on RHONY. “NYC is filled with successful and dynamic Black women. I’m excited to join this
By: Hannah Pell On 23 January 2020, the Doomsday Clock was calibrated to 100 seconds before midnight — the closest it has even been — by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the organization in charge of the clock. Because the Doomsday Clock is set no sooner than annually, this decision was made even before
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. . Although natural births are making a comeback in the U.S. today, midwives have historically faced opposition for being as dangerously unprofessional, unhygienic,
Samsung Galaxy F41 has been launched in India as the first model in the company’s Galaxy F series. The new Samsung phone comes with a waterdrop-style display notch and features triple rear cameras. The Samsung Galaxy F41 also comes with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and a big 6,000mAh battery. Other key highlights of the latest
In this episode we look at the ground-breaking research on black holes that led to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez winning the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics. On hand are experts Laura Nuttall of the University of Portsmouth and the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA collaboration, who studies gravitational waves from merging black holes and Harvard University’s
A logo of of Lufax website Lu.com, is seen at the company’s headquaters on May 28, 2020 in Shanghai, China. Wu Jun | Visual China Group | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Lufax, one of China’s biggest wealth management platforms, has filed to go public in the U.S., amid a flurry of capital market activity
Thanks, but no thanks, San Francisco Mayor London Breed. While San Francisco County gave the go-ahead for movie theaters to reopen today, members of the National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada have agreed unanimously to remain closed in the City by the Bay. Why? San Francisco’s current ban on movie concessions “makes it economically impossible
WASHINGTON — A startup is using an initial round of funding to build up tools it believes will provide more accurate notifications of potential collisions for satellite operators. Kayhan Space, based in Boulder, Colorado, announced Oct. 6 it closed a $600,000 “pre-seed” round, led by an Atlanta-based venture capital firm, Overline. Other participants in the
Members of the White House press corps work outside the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Sarah Silbiger | Bloomberg | Getty Images BuzzFeed News pulled its political reporter out of the White House press pool on Wednesday, saying that Trump administration
Shoppers wearing protective masks exit from a Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) store in the Herald Square area of New York, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Nina Westervelt | Bloomberg | Getty Images “Disaster” is one word being used to describe the potential fallout for the retail sector from on-again, off-again economic stimulus talks in
Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB has announced his major label debut. It’s called FatBoy, and it arrives Friday (October 9) via Universal. The 17-track LP features Yo Gotti, G Herbo, Tay Keith, Trippie Redd, and NLE Choppa. It features BlocBoy’s previously-released single “Swervin.” Check out FatBoy’s tracklist and album art below. In 2018, BlocBoy released his
Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence participate in their 2020 vice presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 7, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters The one and only debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala