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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. Zanelle Njapha. Location: South Africa. Katindi Sivi Njonjo. Location: Kenya.

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Space Perspective reboots vision of flying passengers to stratosphere on a balloon

GeekWire

In addition to the bar and the loo, Space Perspective plans to provide a solid wireless internet connection to ensure that passengers will be able to share their experiences on social media in real time. After that joint venture, they got married and went on to found Paragon Space Development Corp.

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Year in Space: Jeff Bezos and his billionaire rivals finally usher in the age of commercial spaceflight

GeekWire

In a December news release , issued just before Blue Origin’s third crewed flight , FAA Administrator Wayne Monteith said the 17-year-old astronaut wings program “served its original purpose to bring additional attention to this exciting endeavor.”

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Sen. Ed Markey on the politics of technology

The Verge

Lately, he has been addressing the consumer technology problems highlighted during the pandemic, including the lack of access to broadband at home in rural areas, an education gap with children due to limited internet access, and a threat to privacy with the introduction of contact tracing. We’re all more dependent on the internet now.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Charity

ForAllSecure

Today Jinja is known for its tourism. And then he, he brings it to the states and he sells it, and it's funded a lot of really interesting programs over there. Kent: When we started this bio gas program I knew that there were cows, you know, Because my church had donated cows to various orphanages over there.

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The quirks and features of YouTube car reviews with Doug DeMuro

The Verge

Those five years seem very short, but in internet time you’ve lived through 50 different iterations of YouTube. Do your ads come through the YouTube partner program or do you sell them direct? You don’t have a business manager or business development person? So it’s been five years now — crazy to think about actually.

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