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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

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Hog Island Lighthouse First Order Fresnel Lens...
August 9, 2021
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Originally installed in the second Hog Island Lighthouse on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the First Order Fresnel Lens is one of the biggest and brightest ever built—and the only one known to exist outside a museum. The first Hog Island Lighthouse was constructed in 1852 but was destroyed by erosion. The second Hog Island Lighthouse was designed in 1896 and remained in service until it was deactivated in 1948. Also ravaged by erosion, the lighthouse joined its predecessor as……

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Wannabe ‘social bank’ Kroo swerves VCs to...
August 9, 2021
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Launched in February 2019, Kroo, the London-based consumer-facing fintech raised some seed funding last year for its prepaid card service which claims to offer more ‘social features’ in its drive towards offering full-blown banking services. Kroo’s pitch is that it removes friction from financial interactions with friends and family, and throws in some environmental initiatives as well, such as tree planting. It’s now raised $24.5 million (£17.7 million) in a Series A funding round led by Rudy Karsan, a……

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Podcast: The Shrek Donkey of Barron Park
August 9, 2021
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Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a park in Palo Alto, California, home of the world’s most famous donkey. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday,……

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Moove raises $23M to create flexible options...
August 9, 2021
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Africa is home to more than a billion people where a majority have limited or no access to vehicle financing. In fact, the continent has the lowest per capita vehicle ownership in the world. In 2019, Africa had fewer than 900,000 new vehicle sales. The U.S. sold more than 17 million new cars that same year. In Nigeria, owning a car is a luxury very few people can afford. It is a similar case across Africa where car owners……

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Hot dates: 2 spacecraft to make Venus...
August 8, 2021
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BERLIN (AP) — Two spacecraft are set to swoop past Venus within hours of each other this week, using the maneuver to do a little bit of bonus science on the way to their main missions at the center of our solar system. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter probe, a cooperation with NASA, will swing around Venus early Monday, using the planet’s gravity to help put it on a course to observe the Sun’s poles. About 33 hours…

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Bobby Bowden, led Florida State football dynasty,...
August 8, 2021
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Bobby Bowden, the folksy Hall of Fame coach who built Florida State into an unprecedented college football dynasty, has died. He was 91. Bobby’s son, Terry, confirmed to The Associated Press that his father died at home in Tallahassee, Florida, surrounded by family early Sunday morning. “It was truly peaceful,” Terry Bowden said in a text message to The AP. Bobby Bowden announced on July 21 he had a terminal illness that Terry Bowden later said was pancreatic cancer….

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Markie Post, TV veteran actor of ‘Night...
August 8, 2021
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NEW YORK (AP) — Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night Court” and was a regular presence on television for four decades, has died. She was 70. Post’s manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, said Post died Saturday in Los Angeles after a years-long battle with cancer. Post was a longtime television regular who appeared in shows from “Cheers” to “Scrubs.” But she was best known for her seven-season run on NBC’s “Night Court,” the Manhattan…

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This Week in Apps: In-app events hit...
August 7, 2021
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Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average American watches 3.7 hours of live TV……

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American gold bonanza as Tokyo Olympics near...
August 7, 2021
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TOKYO (AP) — The second to last day of competition at the Tokyo Olympics produced a gold medal bonanza for the United States. The Americans kept up their domination in men’s basketball and women’s water polo with gold medal victories in both on Saturday, and Allyson Felix won her 11th career medal with a gold one as part of the U.S. women’s winning 4×400-relay team. And the American men finally delivered a sprint gold medal in the 4×400-relay, the…

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Olympic Latest: Brazil takes gold in men’s...
August 7, 2021
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TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: ___ MEDAL ALERT Malcom scored in the 108th minute and Brazil won its second consecutive gold medal in men’s soccer with a 2-1 victory over Spain. Brazil also won gold on home soil five years ago at the iconic Maracana Stadium. Neymar struck the winner in a 5-4 shootout after a 1-1 draw with…

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Esse Purse Museum & Store in Little...
August 7, 2021
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Esse Purse Museum is one of those treasures that is hard to imagine exists. The museum is tucked away in the revitalized neighborhood of SoMa (South Main) in Little Rock, Arkansas. This museum is home to hundreds of handbags showcased by decade and are carefully curated alongside ephemera and accessories.  This museum is for everyone interested in the history of American culture and fashion.  Tours around this museum are self-guided, but text is written on each case to highlight……

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Why Are Farmers in Senegal Creating Gardens...
August 6, 2021
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From the air, the new garden in the town of Boki Diawe, in northeast Senegal, looks like an eye: wide open, unblinking, and flanked by a smattering of divots dug in the surrounding soil, dark like freckles across a nose. The ground is still sandy brown, but nearby, there is a fringe of bright green. If all goes according to plan, this garden will soon look similarly lush. The circular garden—known locally as a tolou keur—has recently been planted……

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Crypto community slams ‘disastrous’ new amendment to...
August 6, 2021
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Biden’s major bipartisan infrastructure plan struck a rare chord of cooperation between Republicans and Democrats, but changes it proposes to cryptocurrency regulation are tripping up the bill. The administration intends to pay for $28 billion of its planned infrastructure spending by tightening tax compliance within the historically under-regulated arena of digital currency. That’s why cryptocurrency is popping up in a bill that’s mostly about rebuilding bridges and roads. The legislation’s vocal critics argue that the bill’s effort to do……

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Sanctuary Woods in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
August 6, 2021
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Hidden in plain sight among the Wisconsin Medical College campus are the decaying remains of the original Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane. Among the remaining structures are sidewalks, curbs, and roads leading to crumbling pavilions, scenic overlooks, and disused facilities for those formerly interned. In the 1940s and 50s, the peak of institutionalization, Milwaukee County housed around 6,000 people with mental illness in several locations, including this hospital that was originally built in the late 19th century. The……

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