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A camera mounted on the International Space Station shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor capsule connected to a connector on the station's Harmony module. (NASA on YouTube) For the first time in almost nine years, astronauts have arrived on the International Space Station in a spacecraft made in the United …

(Reuters) – Several US civil rights groups called on some of the world's largest companies to stop advertising on Facebook in July, saying the social network isn't doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms. The groups, which include the National Association for the Promotion of Colored People (NAACP) …

In a letter to the House of Representatives leaders on Wednesday, over 100 racial and civil liberties groups called on Congress to end federal funding for surveillance technologies that police used to spy on activists and demonstrators. In New York City Council voted for the Law on Public Supervision of …

NASA astronauts Doug Hurley (foreground) and Bob Behnken (background) offer a tour of their Crew Dragon space taxi. (NASA on YouTube) The two NASA astronauts, who launched SpaceX's first crewed dragon capsule today, have named their spacecraft, continuing a tradition that goes back to the earliest days of American space …

There used to be something like public intellectuals. A class of thinkers – mostly writers with prestigious degrees and academics with a knack for writing – set the tone for the discourse. They told other people what to think, or rather, they told the unwashed masses what was going through …

With coronavirus cases declining in most European countries, countries have gradually introduced their contact tracking apps to avoid a second wave of cases that require extensive economic barriers. While the launch of the apps in countries like Germany, France and Italy went relatively smoothly, the United Kingdom is a different …

Riveter CEO Amy Nelson receives the Startup of the Year 2019 award at the GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Startup based in Seattle The riveting machineThe company, which wanted to establish a national network of women-oriented cooperation spaces, is closing all nine locations due to the ongoing uncertainty …

Eskalera Today, the Inclusion Index was introduced, a new system for organizing companies that promotes and quantifies the inclusive culture. With the help of organizational analyzes, the inclusion index aims to measure a company's diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts in real time. It also offers solutions and actionable steps to …

Here's what we're talking about this week in the GeekWire podcast. Amazon and critics are waging a PR war in the company's first virtual annual meeting. An employee said working in an Amazon warehouse was like the "golden ticket", but a former employee and critic spoke of "toxicity" in corporate …

This weekend, you're still getting the biggest discount we've seen on Apple's truly wireless AirPods Pro earphones. The sale takes place at Verizon and you can only save $ 30 on a set of Apple AirPods Pro online. Most discounts for this model range from $ 15 to $ 20, …