ISS astronaut recreates a moment from Gravity movie

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International Space Station inhabitant Samantha Cristoforetti is clearly having a blast aboard the orbiting outpost, taking a moment out of her busy schedule to recreate a moment from the 2013 space movie Gravity. An image (below) shared by Cristoforetti shows the European Space Agency astronaut striking a pose that perfectly replicates a moment in the…

SoftBank Group International’s new CEO is leaving, just five months after being appointed – TechCrunch

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If SoftBank investors were already feeling shaken by the conglomerate’s poor performance this year, a news release out of the company tonight isn’t exactly going to assuage their concerns. The big news? French businessman Michel Combes, who was appointed as CEO of SoftBank Group International in January after longtime SoftBank lieutenant Marcelo Claure left the…

Thepeer, an API-based startup that connects African businesses, raises $2.1M, led by Raba Partnership – TechCrunch

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Thepeer, an African tech infrastructure startup connecting businesses’ wallets, has raised a $2.1 million seed round led by the Raba Partnership. The news comes a year after the startup raised $220,000 in pre-seed from a handful of angel investors, including Paystack CTO Ezra Olubi and Edenlife CTO Prosper Otemuyiwa. Participating investors in Thepeer’s seed round…

Naver Cloud partners with Qualcomm for 5G drone system

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Top Success Factors for Smart Meter Deployment

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Many factors, including new government regulations, increased pressure to generate and deliver utilities in a sustainable way, a need for more accurate billing, and a growing customer demand for better services, are driving utilities to digitally transform their operations. One of the key aspects of these utilities’ digital transformation efforts has been smart meter deployments.…