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Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

GeekWire

MagniX’s chief technology officer, Riona Armesmith, works on electric propulsion systems like the one in the background at the company’s headquarters in Everett, Wash. ” Riona Armesmith discusses Rolls-Royce’s role in the E-Fan X project in a 2018 video. Read the other profiles here.

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LeoStella delivers first Loft Orbital satellite for SpaceX’s jam-packed rideshare mission

GeekWire

SpaceX is getting set to launch scores of satellites for its Transporter-2 rideshare mission, and one of those satellites marks a milestone for LeoStella. “This is the first satellite LeoStella has delivered to a customer other than BlackSky,” Brian Rider, LeoStella’s chief technology officer, told GeekWire in an email.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.

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Chunghwa Telecom’s ODA-inspired operation automation

TM Forum

fold reduction in digital service launch time from four months to nine days; autonomous transport network operations optimized to be five times faster, with CapEx reduced 16% per year; Net Promotor Score improved by 1.3 That’s easy to type but difficult to execute, says Dr. Rong-Shy Lin, SEVP and CTO, CHT. Results: 7.5-fold

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A vehicle burned at Canoo’s headquarters after a battery test

The Verge

Canoo is working towards a goal of starting production on its electric vans in late 2022, though it has also been turning over executives along the way — including, this month, losing its chief technology officer and two of the five remaining co-founders. One of Faraday Future’s preproduction vehicles caught fire in 2018.

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Government Shutdown Could Severely Impact U.S. Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

Our nation's supply chain includes critical infrastructure, healthcare, transportation, and energy, among others. Landen Brown, Federal CTO at Symmetry Systems, echoed a similar sentiment: "Gone are the days that looming government shutdowns only impact our government workers' pay. Degraded readiness is a national security matter."

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Former Kymeta CEO lands $6M to reimagine AI training with new Seattle-area startup Rendered.AI

GeekWire

Kundtz began his career as a manager at Intellectual Ventures, the high-tech innovation hub and brainchild of former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold. While there, Kundtz led a team working on cutting-edge antenna technology, which became the foundation for the spinoff startup Kymeta.

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