Month: January 2020
Boeing reports a $410M charge in case NASA decides Starliner needs another uncrewed launch
Boeing reported its fourth quarter results this morning, and they included a $410 million charge specifically earmarked to cover the cost of an additional Commercial Crew mission, should NASA determine that another uncrewed launch is required after the first one didn’t go as planned last December. The pre-tax charge was…
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Democrats are pushing a National Climate Bank
The idea of a National Climate Bank is catching on in Congress, and it could infuse billions of dollars into efforts to eliminate the US’s planet-heating carbon emissions. A handful of Congressional proposals have been made over the past year calling for the government to start investing in technology upgrades…
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AMD plans next-gen GPU launch alongside refreshes of current Navi cards in 2020
AMD has revealed some fresh details about its incoming graphics cards for this year, and it seems that the plan is to unleash a high-end next-gen GPU, alongside refreshes of current Navi products. These revelations come from the very top, namely AMD’s chief executive, who was quizzed about a number…
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La PS5 es mejor que la Xbox Series X, dice un rumor
Ya estamos. Ni siquiera han salido al mercado y la guerra de las consolas ya está en marcha entre los fanboys de uno y otro lado. Esta vez tenemos un rumor que dice que la PS5 le va a dar a la Xbox Series X por todas partes en lo…
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SpaceX successfully launches 60 more satellites for its Starlink satellite internet constellation
SpaceX has launched yet another batch of 60 Starlink satellites – its third production batch of the orbital communication spacecraft, and its second batch this year alone. The launch took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida this morning at 9:06 AM EST, using a Falcon 9 rocket…
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For alternative meat manufacturer Beyond Meat, fast food chains giveth and taketh away
Beyond Meat, the publicly traded producer of plant-based protein replacements for meat, is currently giving other companies in the alternative meat space an education in just how finicky appealing to consumer tastes can be. On the same day that the Canadian Tim Horton’s restaurant chain is dropping Beyond Meat products…
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