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NASA announces plans to develop second Moon lander, alongside SpaceX’s Starship

The Verge

Today, NASA announced plans to develop a second human lunar lander for its Artemis program, the agency’s major spaceflight initiative to send humans back to the Moon. NASA already holds a contract with commercial partner SpaceX to develop a lunar lander for Artemis, which aims to land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon.

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AI2 Incubator spinout pivots, raises cash to help make sales meetings more effective

GeekWire

Other AI companies are developing tools to automate note-taking tasks during meetings. A Gartner study forecasts a 50% increase in budgets for sales tech by 2027, fueling future demand for startups targeting enterprise revenue teams.

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The Pros and Cons of Digital Textbooks and Instructional Materials

Kitaboo

The upward trajectory of digital books is evident, with the eBook market projected to exceed 1 billion users by 2027. Cost-Effectiveness and Accessibility Digital textbooks often present a budget-friendly alternative to traditional printed materials. However, its applicability is not without exceptions.

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ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines unveil turboprop that could become largest green aircraft to take flight

GeekWire

“The largest hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft is being developed right here in the greatest, most innovative state, the state of Washington,” Inslee said, who announced Monday he won’t be running for a fourth term. The company has developed high temperature fuel cells and is testing and scaling them, Miftakhov said.

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Which eBook Format is Better? Here Are the Top 5

Kitaboo

billion in 2027. epub) The most popular eBook format, ePUB , is short for electronic publication and was developed in 2017 by The International Digital Publishing Forum. mobi) Developed by a French company, Mobipocket, this eBook format owes its popularity to Amazon. eBook sales are surging, with readers expected to touch 1.1

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Google’s exit from big Seattle-area project shows fleeting relationship between tech and communities

GeekWire

The City of Kirkland issued a surprising press release : Google, which on the same day announced it was cutting 12,000 jobs globally, no longer planned to be the tech centerpiece in the city’s development plan. “But we’re confident that there will be good development happening in the overall Station Area in the future.”

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Space nuclear power is nearing critical mass as the final frontier’s next frontier

GeekWire

Venneri said his company is involved in yet another collaboration with Seattle-based First Mode to develop a new type of chargeable atomic battery for space missions. The program’s goal is to put a 10-kilowatt demonstration reactor on the lunar surface by as soon as 2027. said progress has been slow.

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