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SpaceX has quietly announced a new government-focused service on its website — Starshield — which it says offers a “secured satellite network for government entities.” The page, which appeared on the SpaceX website earlier this week, says that while its satellite internet service Starlink is aimed at end users and businesses, “Starshield is designed for government use.” The announcement of Starshield follows work that SpaceX has already done with the US and other governments around the world. In August SpaceX signed a $2…

There’s a prevailing logic (or you might say hope) in tech that says there is no better time to invent and invest than when the market appears to be in a bad place. With companies like Google and Apple born out of fallow periods, that way of thinking may be understandable — and it is leading to a number of fresh venture funds, pushing capital into the market. In the latest development, One Peak, a firm out of London that focuses on growth stage rounds in B2B startups across Europe and Israel — is today announcing…

The University of Colorado-Denver is part of a growing trend of universities focused not just on people starting their careers but those looking to make changes after decades of work. The school will start its Change Markers program in January, a semester-long course aimed at people who have just retired or are thinking about it. The goal is to provide a framework for people to make life and career transitions, said Anne Button, the program’s director. “Universities traditionally help people find their purposes at the…

I’m generally fascinated by stories of the well-to-do and über famous hanging out with one another. Which is why when former Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner wrote about a party longtime Hollywood It couple Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson once threw, my interest was piqued. Particularly once I knew icons like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Springsteen were involved.I don’t often think about the possibility of The Boss being in the same room with The Terminator, but it happened at least once. Setting the stage, Wenner shared…

The United States' implementation of export controls on semiconductor equipment is not intended to interfere with business activities, a senior US official said, stressing that it will closely engage with the South Korean government and related industries over the matter.Thea Kendler, US assistant secretary of commerce for export administration, made the remarks, as Washington's new set of export restrictions have sparked concerns they will deal a serious blow to South Korean chipmaking companies, primarily Samsung…

A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. logo hangs on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 19, 2010.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs is making a bid to standardize the way the financial industry talks about, tracks and invests in the burgeoning universe of digital assets, CNBC is first to report.The investment bank is set to unveil a data service created with global index provider MSCI and crypto data firm Coin Metrics that seeks to classify hundreds of digital coins and…

via Lionsgate The ratio of blockbuster action thrillers that come to theaters with the intention of launching a franchise compared to those that actually succeed is awfully skewed, but there was genuine hope that American Assassin could buck the trend and become a mid budget R-rated series with the potential to carry on for a long time. Late author Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp novels number into the dozens, and Dylan O’Brien is a hugely popular young star who already had experience headlining a literary IP via The…

California doctors will soon be subject to disciplinary action if they give their patients information about COVID-19 that they know to be false or misleading.On its face, the new state law sounds like a clear blow to the forces that have fueled skepticism about life-saving vaccines, encouraged anxious people to trust discredited and dangerous drugs like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, and reduced face masks to symbols of political partisanship. The measure was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week and goes into effect…

Image: SonyDespite the huge improvements made to smartphone cameras in the last decade, photos and videos captured with a dedicated shooter still look markedly better, and Sony is hoping to woo vloggers and streamers away from their phones with its new video-focused ZV-1F camera, which arrives with an aggressively tempting price tag.The new Sony ZV-1F is a follow-up to its ZV-1 introduced back in 2020. It’s actually designed to be an even simpler and more affordable tool for those shooting videos for social media,…

China on Saturday criticized the latest US decision to tighten export controls that would make it harder for China to obtain and manufacture advanced computing chips, calling it a violation of international economic and trade rules that will “isolate and backfire” on the US.“Out of the need to maintain its sci-tech hegemony, the US abuses export control measures to maliciously block and suppress Chinese companies,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning.“It will not only damage the legitimate rights and interests of…