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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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South Korea seeks $553 million space budget for 2022
In a bid to nurture its nascent domestic space sector, South Korea is seeking a 640 billion won ($553 million) annual space budget for 2022. If granted in full, it would amount to a 4 percent increase from this year’s 615 billion won. SpaceNews...
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Planet provides data to federal civilian agencies under NASA contract
Researchers delving into climate change, biodiversity loss and other topics through work funded by U.S. federal civilian agencies and the National Science Foundation will have access to Planet Earth-observation data through September...
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BAE Systems to acquire smallsat company In-Space Missions
BAE Systems announced Sept. 14 that it will acquire In-Space Missions, a company that recently won a contract to build a British military satellite. SpaceNews
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SpaceX launches first dedicated polar Starlink mission
SpaceX launched its first dedicated polar Starlink mission Sept. 13 as the company moves into the next phase of deployment of its broadband satellite constellation. SpaceNews
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Raymond: Small satellites and fast data transforming space business
The combination of small satellites and computing power is one of the most exciting developments in space technology, said Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, chief of the U.S. Space Force SpaceNews
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UK Covid live: Javid unveils winter contingency ‘plan B’ - including vaccine passports and compulsory masks
Latest updates: follow all the UK politics news and developmentsCovid boosters can be offered to all UK over-50s, watchdog confirmsNadhim Zahawi: patients could get Covid jab each year with flu vaccineCoronavirus global updates* – live...
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* Sounds like a human immune system Windows ( Bill Gates ) program. Those originated in gaming tech. Vaccines ? Originally, in risky experiments performed on prisoners.
Britain to delay some post-Brexit border controls due to Covid crisis
Brexit minster says timetable has been delayed due to ‘longer-lasting impacts’ of pandemic on businessesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK government will delay a number of post-Brexit border controls...
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Nadhim Zahawi: patients could get Covid jab each year with flu vaccine
Vaccines minister says he hopes booster programme will be ‘last piece of jigsaw’ to avoid lockdownsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePatients in England could get routine annual Covid jabs at the same time...
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Schools will need vaccine mandates for in-person classes to last, expert says
As kids return for a new school year and Covid-19 cases rise among younger age groups, vaccine mandates in schools may become the only way forward, a vaccine expert* said.
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* i.e. an anonymous biased twit. We usually call such trolls.
China rushes to contain 'school centered' Delta outbreak before major holiday season
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China's 'first school-centered flare-up' was originally detected at a elementary school. It has since spread to more than 100 people in three cities.
Chinese authorities are rushing to contain a widening Delta variant outbreak in the southern province of Fujian ahead of a major upcoming national holiday, when hundreds of millions of people are expected to travel across the country -- creating...
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Prices rose 5.3% in August over last year, a sign that inflation could be easing
Inflation has generally been up for much of the year, especially in food prices and car prices, but the new data will help Fed policymakers decide when and how to start scaling back their support for the markets...
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GOP rejection of Biden vaccine mandate fuels concern for other directives
Leading Republicans have declined to say whether they think requirements by schools, the military and private employers should be overturned, raising concerns among public health experts as vaccines become more politicized...
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With big tax push, Democrats aim to tackle enormous gains of top 1 percent
The plan, reflecting President Biden’s pledge to confront a dramatic surge in U.S. inequality, is a central component of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion economic package, but they can’t proceed unless almost all of the party coalesces...
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4 killer tab search tricks for Chrome and Microsoft Edge
We’ve all, at some point in our computing lives, dealt with browser tab overload.But instead of giving into that helpless feeling—and loading yet another version of a tab you’ve probably got open already—consider the alternatives...
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One cable or two for powering a graphics card? Here’s the answer
Common wisdom on the internet proclaims you must use two separate power cables when attaching two 6- or 8-pin power connectors to a graphics card. According to some, using just one cable is a danger. Others say at the very least, you could be leaving...
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Forget video, Zoom wants to fuse Slack and Teams
Remember when Zoom was just our pandemic video-chat app? Now the service is adding collaboration features of all stripes, including translation, whiteboarding, and even voice mail, while challenging established players like Microsoft...
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