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Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network sets up logistics site and training program

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Amazon’s partnership with Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland — which is less than a 10-minute drive from the satellite factory — takes the form of a satellite technician certificate program that will prepare students for careers in aerospace assembly and manufacturing.

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Google wants to build a useful quantum computer by 2029

The Verge

We are at this inflection point,” the scientist in charge of Google’s Quantum AI program, Hartmut Neven, told the Wall Street Journal , “We now have the important components in hand that make us confident. This will lay the groundwork for the “quantum transistor,” a building block of future quantum computers.

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Europe takes on Starlink with $11.5 billion IRIS² satellite constellation

Network World

ESA expects to launch the first IRIS satellites in 2029, and SpaceRISE, a consortium formed by satellite operators Eutelsat, Hispasat, and SES, said it expects to begin providing service in early 2030. As the third major EU space program, IRIS is poised to enhance Europes technological resilience and competitiveness. billion ($11.1

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New law will make it easier to recycle dead batteries in Washington state

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Jay Inslee is expected to sign into law new rules requiring all producers of batteries and battery-containing products sold in the state to fund a program for collecting and recycling batteries. By 2029, the collection system would expand to include larger batteries. in implementing recycling programs funded by battery producers.

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Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022

The Verge

We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge,” says Sean Lyndersay , a Microsoft Edge program manager. Microsoft is promising to support this IE mode in Edge until through at least 2029. The end of Internet Explorer has been a long time coming.

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Blue Origin targets 2025 for cargo lander’s inaugural moon trip, with humans to follow

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(Blue Origin Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is aiming to send an uncrewed lander to the surface of the moon in the next 12 to 16 months, according to the executive in charge of the development program. billion contract with NASA calls for the crewed lander to be available for the Artemis 5 moon mission by 2029.

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IBM, Microsoft and Boeing mark advances in quantum computing

Network World

Strabley, too, believes that 2029 will be a tipping point for commercial applications for quantum computing technology. Quantum investment expert Jennifer Addie, COO of advisory firm VentureScope and strategy direction at MACH37, a cyber accelerator program, says she was excited to hear Microsoft’s announcement.

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