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Brine-to-battery company EnergyX secures $450M funding agreement with Global Emerging Markets

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Lithium and battery technology company Energy Exploration Technologies announced a $450-million investment commitment from Global Emerging Markets (GEM). The proceeds from this capital investment will further the company’s commercialization efforts of its direct lithium extraction and refinery technologies.

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SpaceX drone ship leaves port for sixth back-to-back Starlink launch

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SpaceX drone ship Just Read The Instructions (JRTI) has departed Port Canaveral in anticipation of the company’s sixth consecutive Starlink launch. In 2022, SpaceX chose to move to an easterly trajectory so that Falcon boosters and fairings could land near the Bahamas, where seas tend to be calmer than those in the wintry mid-Atlantic.

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SpaceX navy deploys for back-to-back Italian radar satellite, Starlink launches

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Continuing what appears to be SpaceX’s preferred pace of activity in 2022, several ships in the company’s navy have deployed to support two Falcon 9 launches scheduled later this week.

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Digital Currency and Trade Systems Are Tearing up the Rules

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Another example is the Swiss Trust Chain (which MIT helped engineer ); that platform is live but its commercial applications are still being developed. One serious concern in this new regime is the deterioration of personal data privacy and the rising power of data holders, both companies and government agencies.

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SpaceX drone ship heads to sea for first 2022 Falcon launch

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Barring delays, drone ship ASOG will arrive about 640 km (400 mi) downrange at its recovery site – just northeast of the Bahamas – a day or two before Falcon 9’s first launch and landing attempt of the year. The real question is how many launches the company can feasibly support. 2022 starts here for SpaceX recovery.

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Satellite Imagery for Everyone

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What’s more, with the recent advances in artificial intelligence, companies can more easily extract the information they need from huge digital data sets, including ones composed of satellite images. These underwater sand dunes adorn the seafloor between Andros Island and the Exuma islands in the Bahamas.

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

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At the same time, companies like the online travel agency Hopper , which says it uses 70 trillion data points in its pricing prediction model, continue to work the problem from the other side, in a kind of A.I. Finally, A.I. The act proposes allowing retailers to choose a cheaper system that would reduce the fees.

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