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This is a guest post by Founding Philly host Zach Brand. It appears here as part of a media partnership between Technical.ly and Founding Philly. Nine in 10 of Comcast NBCUniversal’s LIFT Labs startups ink commercial deals, pilots or proofs of concept after the accelerator. That stat comes from Laura Plunkett, head of LIFT Labs […]
NASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency’s Near Space Network’s commercial direct-to-Earth capabilities services, which is a mission-critical communication capability that allows spacecraft to transmit data directly to ground stations on Earth. The work will be awarded under new Near Space Network services contracts that are firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts. Project timelines span from […]
EXCLUSIVE: Mentorship Matters, a year-long mentorship program created by showrunners to help boost opportunities for emerging diverse writers, has selected 19 scribes for 2024-2025. Now in its third year, the program, sponsored by Screencraft and Coverfly, includes a year of consistent, in-depth mentorship and creative advocacy from a committed showrunner. It also includes guidance with […]
On Dec. 8, 1994, NASA announced the selection of its 15th group of astronauts. The diverse group comprised 19 candidates – 10 pilots and nine mission specialists, and included five women, two African Americans, one Asian American, and the first Peruvian-born and Indian-born astronauts. Four international astronauts, one each from Canada and Japan and two […]
This year’s MacStories Selects App of the Year was never in question. No app has had a bigger political, cultural, and competitive impact on the App Store this year than Delta. On top of that, Delta is a beautifully designed, native app that takes advantage of Apple’s latest technologies, putting it head and shoulders above […]
President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Labor secretary. “Together, we will achieve historic cooperation between Business and Labor that will restore the American Dream for Working Families,” Trump said in a statement. “Lori’s strong support from both the Business and Labor communities will ensure that the Labor Department can unite […]
Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency, Donald Trump said on Tuesday. Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy “will pave the way for my administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies”. Musk had pushed for […]
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to name North Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, in a trio of moves that advance a hard-line approach to immigration, including mass deportation and aggressive action against drug cartels. Trump had announced Tom Homan, a former immigration official in the first Trump administration, would be in a […]