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Astroscale successfully demos in-space capture-and-release system to clear orbital debris

TechCrunch

The demonstrator package, which was sent up on a Soyuz rocket that launched from Kazakhstan, included two separate spacecraft: a “servicer” designed to remove space junk, and a “client” that poses as said space junk. Astroscale launches its ELSA-d orbital debris removal satellite. Image Credits: Astroscale.

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Depressed? This algorithm can tell from the tone of your voice

TechCrunch

Kintsugi is a startup that wants to put technology to work on the problem. We saw this as an infrastructure problem where you have so many people trying to jam through that front door, but not a lot of visibility as to who is severely depressed and who is in this low to moderate phase. Chang said this solved three problems.

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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve Struggling Youth

Tech Soup

Whether building a business or pursuing higher education, BITS maintains that all participants greatly benefit from skills acquired through their peer mentorship, such as research, writing, problem solving, concept development, money management, public speaking, and sales presentations.

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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve At-Risk Youth

Tech Soup

Whether building a business or pursuing higher education, BITS maintains that all participants greatly benefit from skills acquired through their peer mentorship, such as research, writing, problem solving, concept development, money management, public speaking, and sales presentations.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

TechCrunch

That’s a problem when you’re using it to do your homework, sure, but when it accuses you of a crime you didn’t commit, that may well at this point be libel. Advanced use examples include debugging code, programming languages, scientific concepts, complex problem solving, etc. Can ChatGPT write essays? Can ChatGPT commit libel?

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Seamless Data Analytics Workflow: From Dockerized JupyterLab and MinIO to Insights with Spark SQL

Towards Data Science

This solves a big problem: the issue of software running differently on different machines due to varying configurations. This means that the application will run the same way, no matter where the Docker container is deployed — whether it’s on your laptop, a colleague’s machine, or a cloud server.

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Some things Jeff Bezos can do with his $193 billion

The Verge

Ordinarily, one invents technology first, and then uses it, but I’m basically fine with NASA throwing money at scientists to solve weird problems under almost any circumstances. A bunch of the technology the telescope needed had to be specifically created for the telescope! Think of the stunts. 8th’s close).

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