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Amazon satellites are placed atop Atlas V rocket for milestone launch on October 6

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ULA Photo) United Launch Alliance says the first prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband network have been placed atop their Atlas V rocket, with launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida set for Oct. The launch window will open on that day at 2 p.m.

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Amazon reveals a secret about its Project Kuiper satellites: They’re using laser links

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With optical inter-satellite links across our satellite constellation, Project Kuiper will effectively operate as a mesh network in space,” Rajeev Badyal, Project Kuiper’s vice president of technology, said today in a news release. Now, it seems like it’s full speed ahead for Kuiper.”

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CIOs See A Need For Data In Their Factories

The Accidental Successful CIO

Companies can use data—produced by shop-floor scanners and other hardware tools—to more accurately measure and improve the performance of production-line machinery. CIOs will be more quickly adopting new software and hardware, with many rolling out new tech projects in a matter of months, rather than years.

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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites are maneuvering the way they were built to do

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They’re designed to test the hardware as well as the software, ground-based facilities and procedures that will be used for the full constellation. At least half of the 3,236 satellites will have to be placed in orbit by mid-2026 to satisfy the requirements of Amazon’s license from the Federal Communications Commission.

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Tech Moves: Former Ada Developers Academy CEO joins venture studio; Riveter co-CEO steps down; and more

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Conduit Venture Labs Photo) — Seattle tech leader Lauren Sato joined Seattle hardware startup studio Conduit Venture Labs as an entrepreneur-in-residence. “Conduit is unique in that hardware is an incredibly difficult space to get into as a standalone founder,” Sato said. Lauren Sato.

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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming and online sale

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Amazon Photo) Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network streamed its first video and facilitated its first online sale during a monthlong series of orbital tests that the company says achieved a “100% success rate.” Engineers test the Project Kuiper satellite network in McAllen, Texas.

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How MLOps Is Helping Overcome Machine Learning’s Biggest Challenges

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According to IDC , 85% of the world’s largest organizations will be using artificial intelligence (AI) — including machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP) and pattern recognition — by 2026. These problems are exacerbated by a lack of hardware designed for ML use cases. IDC agrees.

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