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How the pandemic is bringing Elon Musk’s dream to connect everyone on Earth closer to reality

Vox

Speaking at a satellite conference in Washington, DC, Musk described how a constellation of Starlink satellites will “blink” when they enter low-Earth orbit. That doesn’t make providing access to those in far-flung regions any less of a priority, and government subsidy programs are helping to make this happen, albeit slowly.

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Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

Whereas postpaid customers may be characterized by their affordability, high propensity to call ‘on-net’, i.e., to their family or friends from within their network of provider, a rich residential location, etc. How mature are competitors in the loyalty program? Does the competitor have an affiliate program?

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It’s getting harder for people to believe that Facebook is a net good for society

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a conference in Germany in 2020. And Facebook has always defended itself by insisting that it is a net good to society because of how it brings people together. Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images. Why the latest Facebook scandal might stick. it’s quite mind-boggling,” he told Recode.

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

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Hichert is a director of the Southern African node of the Millennium Project and helped organize the first African Futures Conference. She has authored over 60 journal articles and book chapters, many with a focus on educational futures. Professor Ivana Milojevi?

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How effective altruism let Sam Bankman-Fried happen

Vox

Journalism, as an industry, is struggling badly. Mainstream funders like the MacArthur Foundation had pulled out of nuclear security programs , even as the war in Ukraine made an exchange likelier than it had been in decades, but Bankman-Fried and groups he supported were eager to fill the gap.

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