Month: December 2020
Watch SpaceX launch its first updated cargo Dragon capsule at 11:17AM ET
SpaceX’s crewed flights have garnered the most attention lately, but the uncrewed variety is about to retake the spotlight. The company is launching its updated cargo Dragon capsule for the first time at 11:17AM Eastern from the Kennedy Space Center… Source
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Why does TechCrunch cover so many early-stage funding rounds?
Funding-round stories are TechCrunch’s bread and butter. For early-stage companies, the fact that an investor has put thousands, millions (or billions) into an idea that will likely fail, and might never make money, is big news. That’s a story that we can tell every day. From time to time, a…
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SpaceX is about to send a second Dragon capsule to the space station
This morning, SpaceX is set to launch its latest batch of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station, but the company is using a slightly different spacecraft for this flight than resupply missions of the past. SpaceX is flying its newly upgraded Dragon capsule to transport the goods to…
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Mixtape podcast: Making technology accessible for everyone
Welcome back to Mixtape, the TechCrunch podcast that examines diversity, inclusion and the human labor that drives tech. This week, Megan moderated a panel at Sight Tech Global, a conference dedicated to fostering discussion among technology pioneers on how advances in AI and related technologies will alter the landscape of…
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Watch SpaceX launch its new and improved cargo Dragon spacecraft for the first time
[embedded content] SpaceX is launching a new spacecraft during its 21st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission for the International Space Station this morning. The launch is set to take off at 11:17 AM EST (8:17 AM PST) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and will be the first ever flight…
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Microsoft Surface Book could beat Apple MacBooks to the 5G punch null
Microsoft has an innovative concept for how it might bring 5G connectivity to its Surface Book (or perhaps even other Surface devices), and the firm could be aiming to do so before Apple achieves the same feat with its MacBooks. Patently Apple has floated the idea of Tim Cook’s company…
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