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Aurora Propulsion Technologies closes €1.7M seed for spacecraft maneuvering and deorbiting tech

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Enter Aurora Propulsion Technologies. Since its founding in 2018, the Finnish company has developed two products — a tiny thruster engine and a plasma braking system — and will be testing both in an in-orbit demonstration in the fourth quarter of this year. million ($2 million) seed round to bring its technology to market.

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Made Renovation promises “tech-enabled” remodels; customers describe “absolute nightmare”

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By inviting them to choose from a variety of templates, then pairing them with in-house project managers who help with required permits, assign contractors, order the required materials, and offer updates and assistance virtually until every renovation is complete. It is exactly as it is described in previous reviews.

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Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization

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It may not be as glamorous as D2C, but beauty tech is big money. We have been raised to believe in recycling, but it has mostly been a sham — only 9% of all plastic waste produced in 2018 was recycled. For big brands and retailers, personalization is expected to be the top category for tech investment this year.

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Hottest tech skills to hire for in 2020

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The benefits of honing technical skills go far beyond the Information Technology industry. Strong tech skills are essential in today’s changing world, and if your employees consistently and proactively enhance their IT skills, you will help them improve both personally and professionally. Yes, it may feel overwhelming.

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Virtual meeting platform Vowel raises $13.5M, aims to cure meeting fatigue

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His virtual meeting platform is the latest to receive venture capital funding — $13.5 In 2018, the company went looking for a tool that would work for synchronous and asynchronous meetings, but there were still a lot of time zones to manage, he said. million — with the goal of making meetings more useful before, during and after.

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Will enterprises soon keep their best gen AI use cases under wraps?

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Normally, a CCO develops ideas about what the market needs and communicates them to a design team, which produces sketches to then be reviewed by the CCO. As the technology exhausts its honeymoon period, and companies in all industries find new ways of using it to get ahead of the competition, a new race is on.

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HackerEarth introduces Full-stack Assessments at Hire10(1) Conference

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HackerEarth’s CEO, Sachin Gupta, made the announcement today at Hire10(1) , HackerEarth’s flagship virtual conference to help recruiters and engineering leaders hire top developers and build great tech teams. increased by 206% between 2015-2018. Organizations are increasingly looking to recruit full-stack developers.