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Rocket Lab successfully launches fifth Electron rocket this year

Oct

17

2019

Rocket Lab has added another successful commercial launch to its track record: The rocket startup’s ‘As The Crow Flies’ mission took off today from its LC-1 launch site in New Zealand as planned. The rocket took off at 9:22 PM ET (6:22 PM PT), during its second launch opportunity of the day after the first ...

Watch Rocket Lab’s next Electron rocket launch live

Oct

16

2019

Rocket Lab is launching its ninth Electron rocket today, with the launch set for 00:41 UTC (8:41 PM ET/5:41 PM PT) [Update: They’re now targeting 01:22 UTC (9:22 PM ET/6:22 PM PT)]. The mission, called “As The Crow Flies,” will be taking off from the company’s LC-1 launchpad in New Zealand, carrying a payload from ...

Shoe companies Rothy’s and Steve Madden are at each other’s throats

Oct

16

2019

In August, after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the venture-backed shoe startup Rothy’s, shoe giant Steven Madden filed a pre-emptive lawsuit asking a federal court to rule that its Rosy Flat shoes don’t copy design elements of the Point ballet flat that Rothy’s began selling soon after its 2015 launch. More, it asked that seven ...

MyGate raises $56M to bring its security management service to more gated communities in India

Oct

16

2019

MyGate, a Bangalore-based startup that offers security management and convenience service for guard-gated premises, said today it has bagged more than $50 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its footprint in the nation. Chinese internet giant Tencent, Tiger Global, JS Capital and existing investor Prime Venture Partners funded the three-year-old ...

Mercedes will “play the most fair game” in drivers’ title fight | RaceFans Round-up

Oct

16

2019

In the round-up: Mercedes will “play the most fair game” in drivers’ title run-in • Vettel’s near-jump start helped Bottas • COTA expects negative impact from Miami Source: F1 Fanatic

Labor leaders and startup founders talk how to build a sustainable gig economy

Oct

16

2019

Over the past few years, gig economy companies and the treatment of their labor force has become a hot button issue for public and private sector debate. At our recent annual Disrupt event in San Francisco, we dug into how founders, companies and the broader community can play a positive role in the gig economy, ...

Amazon’s Echo gets a decent-sounding refresh

Oct

16

2019

Amazon seemingly didn’t realize what it had on its hands with the original Echo. Released five and a half years back for a select number of Amazon Prime users, the first Alexa device ushered in a consumer electronics revolution. According to numbers from Canalys, 26.1 million smart speakers were shipped in Q2 2019. That’s a ...

Feast your eyes on the first interstellar comet ever directly observed

Oct

16

2019

The solar system has another interstellar visitor, but there’s no question of this one being an alien spacecraft. It’s a true comet and the first we’ve ever confirmed that comes from interstellar space, and the Hubble Space Telescope captured some amazing imagery of it. Good thing, too — because it’s never coming back. You probably ...

The FrankOne is a simple and portable coffee brewing gadget

Oct

16

2019

The FrankOne coffee maker, fresh off a successful crowdfunding campaign, is now available for purchase, and I got a chance to test out one of the first run of these funky little gadgets. While it won’t replace my normal pourover or a larger coffee machine, it’s a clever, quick and portable way to make a ...

Inside the shutdown of the ‘world’s largest’ child sex abuse website

Oct

16

2019

This morning, the Justice Department announced that it had brought charges against the administrator and hundreds of users of the “world’s largest” child sexual exploitation marketplace on the dark web. For me, it marked the end of a story I’ve wanted to write for two years. In November 2017, I was working for CBS as ...