NASA has announced that for the first time, it will contract out a private spacecraft to reboost one of its falling satellites: the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The observatory has spent the past 20 years searching for gamma-ray bursts. The commercial company will launch a new reboosting spacecraft in spring …
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Read More »How to Set Up TorGuard VPN to Stay Private Online
With today’s geopolitical climate, your internet privacy has never been at greater peril. Not only are criminals trying to nab your data for profit, but internet service providers and governments are more than happy to quietly snoop on your traffic as well. To push back against this unwarranted invasion of …
Read More »Bose accused of spying on end users, data mining their private records via headphone app
One of the major drawbacks to the Internet of Things ecosystem and “smart” devices more generally is the way both are treated as a gold mine for gathering information on end users, often without their knowledge or consent. Bose is the latest company to stand accused of such shenanigans in …
Read More »Private space firm wants to reuse parts of the International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) was first launched in 1998, but it took a number of years and multiple launches to get all the pieces in place. The station currently houses a crew of six, and will continue to do so for a few more years. The ISS will be …
Read More »More states set to offer retirement plans for private-sector workers
The myRA is a starter retirement plan that works like a Roth IRA except there are no fees and account holders can only invest in Treasurys. Once account holders save $15,000 in their myRAs, they must roll them over into Roth IRAs. Account holders of myRAs and Roth IRAs do …
Read More »Colleagues remember Rick Robinson; private services set
BOSTON — Spring Air President Rick Robinson, who died Dec. 19 of natural causes, will be remembered this week in a private family ceremony in Jacksonville, Fla. Rick RobinsonThe family has requested that condolences take the form of cards and include a description or memory of Robinson. The cards should …
Read More »In Founders Den, a private club that relies on the power of persuasion
If you live in San Francisco and know much about tech startups, you’ve likely heard of Founders Den, a shared office space and private club for startups and investors that leases 8,500 square feet on a nondescript block in San Francisco. Founders Den accommodates between 12 and 15 startups at a …
Read More »What’s it Like to Stay in a Luxury Private Villa?
The kind of awesome, and sometimes insane, thing about press trips is that sometimes you get to do things would never otherwise get the chance to do. Like zip-lining or shark diving or, in this case, staying in really, really nice hotels. In Fiji we stayed in some pretty spectacular places. …
Read More »Jay-Z backed JetSmarter raises $105 million to become Uber for private jets
JetSmarter has raised $105 million in Series C funding, at a $1.5 billion pre-money valuation, to build its marketplace for private jet services according to Sergey Petrossov, the startup’s founder and CEO. The massive funding round will be used primarily for global expansion of JetSmarter in Asia and Latin America, Petrossov …
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