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Hanks, but no Hanks: Actor turned down Jeff Bezos’ offer to ride Blue Origin rocket because of price tag

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The popular actor said he turned down an offer from Jeff Bezos to ride one of the Amazon founder’s Blue Origin rockets to space because it wasn’t going to be a free trip. ” Hanks was referencing the auction price paid for the first flight on a Blue Origin spaceship. And I’m doing good, Jimmy.

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Beam me up? TMZ says William Shatner will take Blue Origin suborbital space trip

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The TMZ celebrity website says Star Trek captain William Shatner is due to fly on Blue Origin’s next crewed suborbital space trip. Left Photo: Paramount; Right Photo: Blue Origin). Kirk in the original “Star Trek” series and in a series of movies. .” Shatner played Captain James T.

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Bidding for the first journey on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship exceeds $2 million

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Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship ascends from its West Texas launch pad for a January test flight. Blue Origin via YouTube). Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has begun unsealing the bids for an open seat on its New Shepard suborbital spaceship, and the high bid hit the $2.4

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Blue Origin’s suborbital space ticket sales are nearing $100M, Jeff Bezos says

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VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin hasn’t yet revealed how much it’s charging for suborbital space trips, but founder Jeff Bezos said his space venture has already brought in nearly $100 million in private sales. Bezos hinted that Blue Origin would continue with the private-sales approach.

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Reports: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez engaged

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The triple-masted schooner, reported to be one of the world’s largest such yachts, has a $500 million price tag — and a figurehead on the prow that bears a resemblance to Sanchez. Last week the couple was spotted aboard Bezos’ massive new sailing yacht, Koru, off the coast of the Spanish island Mallorca.

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Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t.

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Facebook says it will stop using facial recognition for photo-tagging. Meta is also keeping DeepFace, the sophisticated algorithm that powers its photo-tagging facial recognition feature. “We That facial recognition for photo-tagging is leaving Facebook, also known as the “ big blue app ,” is certainly significant.

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A global maritime innovation hub coming to Seattle aims to spur entrepreneurship and create jobs

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.” The hope is the Maritime Innovation Center will connect all of the pieces — tech talent, entrepreneurs, investment dollars, academic chops — to unleash new business and employment opportunities in the so-called “blue economy” while strengthening the region’s ports. The project last week secured $32.6 and abroad.