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

GeekWire

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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Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin’s next CEO will be bringing a sense of urgency to rocketry

GeekWire

After two years of legal wrangling and political lobbying, Blue Origin and its commercial partners won a follow-up contract for an alternate lunar landing system — but that lander isn’t due to start carrying astronauts until 2029. Last year, his division felt the brunt of a round of layoffs at Amazon.

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How data from IoT devices is changing supply chain analytics

CIO Business Intelligence

And it has quite some catching up to do – the smart manufacturing industry is set to grow from $250 billion in 2021 to $658 billion in 2029. Expensive hardware for tracking systems is one of the biggest deterrents to the adoption of supply chain analytics. Complex infrastructure not needed.

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