Nations from the US to China and companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX are vying to leave Earth again. But why – and are we ready for a second space age? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232300-500-elon-musk-spacex-or-a-superpower-wholl-win-the-new-space-race/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX or a superpower: Who’ll win the new space race?
Nations from the US to China and companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX are vying to leave Earth again. But why – and are we ready for a second space age? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232300-500-elon-musks-spacex-or-a-superpower-wholl-win-the-new-space-race/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Inside the new space race: Who’ll be the first back to the moon?
Nations from the US to China and companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX are vying to leave Earth again. But why – and are we ready for a second space age? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232300-500-inside-the-new-space-race-wholl-be-the-first-back-to-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Class-Action Lawsuit Says TurboTax Tricked Taxpayers Into Paying For ‘Free’ Tax Prep
Less than a week after ProPublica found that TurboTax lied to taxpayers about its free filing program, “a new class action lawsuit against TurboTax maker Intuit claims the tax service breached its agreement with the Internal Revenue Service by intentionally obscuring its free filing service and charging qualifying taxpayers anyway,” reports Gizmodo. From the report: The complaint was filed Sunday in…
Strategy: Why it’s a Cornerstone of the Modern MBA
With technology and global markets evolving at an unprecedented pace, today’s most successful business leaders are the ones who recognise new strategic opportunities — and seize them — before their competitors do. This is why Macquarie University is moving beyond focusing solely on traditional business metrics and financial analytics. Instead, Macquarie puts strategising at the […]
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Europe Sticks a Knife Into Vegan Meat
The European Union is trying to put vegetables back in their box. From a report: The trading bloc’s agriculture committee wants to ban vegan food products from using terms such as burger and sausage on their labels. The logic is that consumers expect their burgers to be made of pork or beef and will be duped by plant-based pretenders. More likely…
Disney is Taking Full Control of Hulu
Disney’s takeover of Hulu is just about complete. Comcast on Tuesday agreed to sell its ownership stake in the streaming video service to Disney. The sale won’t happen for at least another five years, but Disney will take full operational control of Hulu right now. From a report: The deal is a sign of how much streaming video has changed in…
Making America Carbon Neutral Could Cost $1 Trillion a Year
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Democrats have introduced a host of plans designed to make the U.S. carbon neutral. Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke outlined a $5 trillion scheme to reach that target by 2050, and other candidates are expected to follow suit. New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other backers of the Green New Deal are calling for…
Boost Mobile Says Hackers Broke into Customer Accounts
Boost Mobile is informing customers of a data breach nearly two months after it happened. “Boost.com experienced unauthorized online account activity in which an unauthorized person accessed your account through your Boost phone number and Boost.com PIN code,” said the notification. “The Boost Mobile fraud team discovered the incident and was able to implement a permanent solution to prevent similar unauthorized…
2019 Conference Takeaways: A Partner Perspective
Several members of the Duke Learning Innovation team headed to London for the 2019 Coursera Partners Conference. The conference brings together educators and leaders representing over 180 global universities, organizations and companies. Here are some of our top takeaways from the conference. MOOCs might be dead, but Coursera keeps growing MOOCs are dead, you say? […]
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