WASHINGTON — Kurs Orbital, an Italian startup developing technology for in-space satellite servicing, announced March 7 it has secured $4 million in seed funding. Based in Turin, Italy, Kurs was co-founded in 2021 by former director of Ukraine’s space agency Volodymyr Usov. The company relocated to Italy in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine and set up operations at the European Space Agency’s Business Incubation Center. The funding round was led by the European firm OTB Ventures. Other participants include Credo Ventures, Galaxia, In-Q-Tel and Inovo. Usov, who is Kurs’ chief executive, said the seed funds will help to accelerate the…
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Vortices on Jupiter, captured by NASA’s Juno mission in 2022NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Brian Swift Stunning patterns in Jupiter’s atmosphere have been replicated more accurately than ever before in the lab – using a rotating tub filled with water. Michael Le Bars at Aix-Marseille University in France and his colleagues wanted to know how the swirls and whorls on Jupiter’s surface connect to what is happening deep inside the planet. Instead of exactly replicating the planet’s hydrogen and helium atmosphere, they turned to experiments with water. They built a cylindrical tank 1 metre across,… Read the original article here
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“The News This Week†by Julia McKenzie Munemo “Did you hear about Ralph Yarl?†I ask George, my 17-year-old Black son on Tuesday night, five days after a white man in Missouri shot the 16-year-old Black child in the head and chest for knocking on his door; three days after a man in another state shot at a car that’d pulled into his driveway to turn around—20 year olds lost on their way to a party, and no cell service in those woods—killing the woman in the passenger seat; two days after a white student on my husband’s campus called…
Finding the best Curve cologne can be troublesome if you’re unsure when you want to wear it and which fragrance notes appeal to your preferences. Since the mid-1990s, Curve has offered quality, bold fragrance options for men of all ages. Many of their colognes cost under $50 and don’t sacrifice quality for affordability. But, some people might need help figuring out what is the best Curve cologne that matches their needs. I know how it feels to struggle to find quality fragrances. The best Curve cologne for men should make you feel good and grab people’s attention. I’ve created a…
While baggy and wide-leg jeans have been the cool new kid on the block for the past few seasons (and unquestionably racking up a ton of miles on my denim odometer), when I saw relaxed ’90s straight-leg silhouettes pop up on the spring/summer 2024 runways, it felt like a stamp of approval to lean into the style again. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not giving up on my wide-leg jeans any time soon—they are the defining denim trend of the past year after all, but straight-leg jeans have always been the silhouette I’ve gravitated to the most. They are versatile,…
Maid star Margaret Qualley is gearing up to play Amanda Knox for a new Hulu limited series about the controversial figure. The untitled project from 20th Television and The Littlefield Company is created by KJ Steinberg whose past projects include This Is Us and Gossip Girl. Steinberg will serve as showrunner with Knox executive producing alongside Monica Lewinsky, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Described as an eight-episode series, the show will be based on Knox’s version of events surrounding the savage killing of her roommate Meredith Kercher 16 years ago. Monica Lewinsky (Credit: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) As true-crime enthusiasts will…
“Beyond the Broken: ‘The House We Lived In’ – An Eye-Opening Odyssey into Brain Injury Awareness by Pixela Films & Gravitas Ventures” Pixela Films announces the release for their new documentary film, “The House We Lived In.â€Â With a soundtrack by American indie folk band Bon Iver, the film took 12 years to make and is a personal project for Pixela Co-Founder Tim O’Donnell, as its main subject is his dad. Initiated in the confines of an ICU with nothing but an iPhone, the documentary traces the journey of Tim’s father, Tod, from a life-threatening, eight-day coma to a miraculous recovery. Amidst this…
Workers collect dry cocoa beans in front of the store of a cocoa cooperative in the village of Hermankono on Nov. 14, 2023.Sia Kambou | Afp | Getty ImagesAnalysts believe the cost of the core chocolate ingredient may have room to extend its record-breaking run, with no sign of significant demand destruction yet on the horizon.Concerns over the supply of cocoa in West Africa, home to around three quarters of the world’s production, have driven the market higher in recent months.In New York, benchmark ICE cocoa futures stood at $6,549 per metric ton on Wednesday. The contract, which surpassed $6,000…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell fist-bumps former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin after a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Treasury Department’s and Federal Reserve’s Pandemic Response” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2020.Greg Nash | ReutersThe $1 billion-plus injection that New York Community Bank announced Wednesday is the latest example of private equity players coming to the need of a wounded American lender.Led by $450 million from ex-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s Liberty Strategic Capital, a group of private investors are plowing fresh funds into NYCB. The move soothed concerns about the…
Chicago artists Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart previously released music together under the name Ohmme, and they’ve now announced their first full-length as Finom. The new album, Not God, is out May 24 via Joyful Noise. Leading the LP is “Haircut,†and it comes with a music video featuring the band a magician played by director Alex Grelle. Watch it below.Cunningham (who works for the company that helps produce Pitchfork Music Festival) and Stewart recorded Not God with producer Jeff Tweedy at Wilco’s Loft studio in Chicago. Discussing today’s new song and video, the duo said in a press statement:“Haircut 
Jack Antonoff has spoken about his past experiences working with Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey, which he has described as “magicâ€. Speaking with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1, the musician, songwriter and producer opened up about his working relationship with the two singers. According to the hit producer, there’s “magic†in the air whenever he gets into the studio with Swift and Del Rey, though he’s unsure how long it’ll last. “Every time we do something new, I joke, ‘I guess we still got it,’ because there’s no reason for it to keep coming the way it does, 
Yesterday Google outlined the changes it will make to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) that goes into effect starting today. One important detail it left out, however, was whether it would charge developers who directed users outside the Play Store to sideload apps — and if so, how much.Now, Google has revealed that it will indeed charge developers even if they don’t use the Play Store, just like Apple did with the App Store. Per new details found in the Play Console help section, the company will charge two new fees:An initial acquisition fee of 10% for…
Apple added support for alternative app marketplaces on iPhone devices with the iOS 17.4 update, after much anticipation. However, it has now released a support document explaining the nuances around the eligibility of the feature. Surprisingly, the Cupertino-based tech giant said that it might stop access to marketplaces if a user travels outside of the countries and regions belonging to the European Union (EU) for a long period of time. The pre-installed apps will also not be updated for as long as the user has not returned to the EU.EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into force on March 6,…
Harry’s humanity is showing on Resident Alien Season 3 Episode 4 when he falls in love for the first time in his human form. We all know what it’s like to fall in love. The feeling is almost euphoric, and nothing else in your life seems even remotely important anymore. When tasked with saving the world, that lapse in your attention span can be problematic. Luckily, everyone in Harry’s orbit just talked right over his need to talk about nothing but love. Resident Alien has so much to say about humanity and its oddities,…
WASHINGTON — Labor unions, domestic manufacturers, business associations and other interest organizations on Wednesday announced a bipartisan coalition to target an import loophole allowing billions of un-taxed goods into the U.S.”The coalition we have assembled is a testament to the mounting pressure to close the de minimis loophole,” Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said. The ranking member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade is working in conjunction with the new Coalition to Close the De Minimis Loophole.The group will call attention to a so-called “de minimis” provision of Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which waives…
Darling, Please Flatten Me With the Volvo A Contagious Age DEAR ________ : I WANT TO BE A BETTER FRIEND, I’M SORRY You put your hand on my neck and whisper that if you were here you would sew me a telephone. But you are here, I say, and then you walk to the door. I follow your shadow past my mother’s gun-filled aquarium and meet you on the porch where we watch a slow wreck occur on the highway. The colliding metal makes a severity of noises and we stand admitting our own heroic transgressions without ever discussing who…
Men who know how to snazz themselves up are in short supply these days. I get it, it’s hard work keeping track of everything you need to keep you smelling and looking great. Still, we have to be on the top of our game at all times when it comes to grooming. That’s where the best bay rum aftershaves come into play. Offering the dreamiest blend of Caribbean spices and bay leaf oil, bay rum is an essential part of any man’s shaving kit. There’s something irresistible about the nautical musk of a sailorman, so there’s no reason not to…