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It was a surprise loss for the Green Bay Packers as they were outscored by the Buccaneers with a final tally of 10-38. On Sunday, October 18, 2020, they began well by scoring a ten point lead in the first quarter at the Raymond James Stadium at Tampa Bay. After this initial triumph, the Packers made a series of mistakes. They played as a bunch and didn’t spread out wide enough to score. Their star quarterback Aaron Rodgers made mistakes, including throwing a pick-six, which clinched their loss.
Although the Buccaneers didn’t make any spectacular plays, they took full advantage of the mistakes made by the Packers. They converted each mistake to a victory. They scored 14-10 by halftime and took an even larger lead in the first few moments of the third quarter. Head Coach of the Green Bay Packers, Matt LaFleur said, “Got outcoached, got outplayed. Gotta give the Bucs all the credit in the world. They had a good game plan and really took is to us.”
Despite an unspectacular play by Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, his team managed to win their match as the Green Bay Packers lacked rhythm and coordination and the Buccaneers converted these shortcomings to triumphs and won the game. They dominated the second quarter and posted a huge win. This match highlighted the errors of the Packers rather than a spectacular performance by the Buccaneers. The Buccaneers became the team that gave the Packers their first loss so far, in this season.
There’s a buzz around the hive as Queen Bey has broken her silence and announced the drop date of her next Ivy Park collection. Mark October 30 on your calendar as Beyonce is releasing her next collection on that date. Except for an appeal to vote, Beyonce has been silent for a while as she has been preparing to launch Ivy Park Drip 2.
The beginning of this week, Monday 19, October 2020 has started well for her followers as she announced the new collection in her typical style. She released a colorful, natural image of a field of flowers with the words “This Is My Park.” Bey added “DRIP 2 October 30” as the title. Although this is a teaser with minimal information available as of now, her fans are super excited and Ivy Park is trending on twitter.
Ivy Park activewear is much in demand. She has collaborated with Adidas to launch this brand and this new collection is gaining a lot of interest. Her first collection included both functional wear and stylish wear for hard core athletes and for fashionistas. There are a wide range of sneakers, at different prices, which accessorize the collection. It’s been a while since her last collection and all her fans have been waiting to spend their hard earned money or savings on her new collection.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled, “Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?,”at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28. The hearing will examine whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has outlived its usefulness in today’s digital age. It will also examine legislative proposals to modernize the decades-old law, increase transparency and accountability among big technology companies for their content moderation practices, and explore the impact of large ad-tech platforms on local journalism and consumer privacy. The hearing will provide an opportunity to discuss the unintended consequences of Section 230’s liability shield and how best to preserve the internet as a forum for open discourse.
Witnesses:
Mr. Jack Dorsey, Chief Executive Officer, Twitter
Mr. Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet Inc., Google
Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer, Facebook
Hearing Details:
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
10:00 a.m.
Full Committee Hearing
This hearing will take place in the DirksenSenate Office Building G50. Witness testimony, opening statements, and a live video of the hearing will be available on www.commerce.senate.gov.
In order to maintain physical distancing as advised by the Office of the Attending Physician, seating for credentialed press will be limited throughout the course of the hearing. Due to current limited access to the Capitol complex, the general public is encouraged to view this hearing via the live stream.
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today major program deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the third quarter of 2020.
American Airlines shares rose more than 2% on news the airline is planning to resume flights with Boeing’s 737 Max jet this coming December. Pending recertification of the aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft will be set to fly.
“We continue to work closely with our customers around the globe, understanding their near-term and longer term fleet needs, aligning supply and demand while navigating the significant impact this global pandemic continues to have on our industry,” said Greg Smith, Boeing executive vice president of Enterprise Operations and chief financial officer. “We’re taking actions to resize, reshape and transform our business to preserve liquidity, adapt to the new market reality and ensure that we deliver the highest standards of safety and quality as we position our company to be more resilient for the long term. Our diverse portfolio, including our government services, defense and space programs, continues to provide some stability as we adapt and rebuild stronger for the other side of the pandemic.” Source Boeing Investor Relations/News
The Packers began well and set up a 10 point lead over the Buccaneers in the first quarter of their game against the Buccaneers on Sunday, October 18, 2020. However, the Buccaneers dominated from the second quarter and finally won with a 38-10 victory against the Packers at the Raymond James Stadium in Florida.
Despite a convincing start, the Packers were outplayed by the Bucs with a good game plan that outwitted the Packers. Lack of coordination as well as off-schedule plays ruined the early lead. They wasted their lead with mistakes in interceptions. They also didn’t spread wide enough and were more often in bunch formations which affected interceptions. Every mistake they made was easily converted to victory by the Bucs, who lost no opportunity to score.
The Buccaneers seized the momentum and gained a 28-10 lead by halftime. Following this they consolidated their lead to 31-10 very quickly in the third quarter. The Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said, “That (stuff) happens. I haven’t had a lot of those happen over the years.” when commenting on the fact that he threw a pick-six. It was unfortunate as it was his second one in Tampa. He rarely throws them as he has only three so far and two of them in Florida!
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers enjoyed a well deserved victory at their home ground this weekend. It was a frustrating loss for the Green Bay Packers.
Target is helping its employees out this season by giving them $200 for a holiday bonus. The $200 will go to its front line workers ahead of the shopping season. 350,000 workers or more will receive this benefit the beginning of November. Target has previously given workers extra bonuses to show its appreciation during is trying time with the COVID-19 pandemic. The bonuses will cost the company approximately 70 million dollars.
Back in July of 2020 target raised its minimum wage for employees in the store , distribution and headquarters to $15.00 an hour from $13.00 per hour.
According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities Apple sold more iPhone 12 on preorders surpassing the iPhone 11 preorders from last year. Apple sold up to 2 million iPhone 12 models in the first 24 hours of preorders. Last year the iPhone11 800,000 units.
China has high demand for the phones because their country’s 5G networks are more available and in other countries including the US.
“The ‌iPhone 12 Pro‌ pre-order beat our expectation because of Apple core fans’ initial preference for high-end models, the strong demand in the Chinese market, and the coming peak season demand in the US and Europe.” Source: MacRumors
When you imagine an exoskeleton, chances are it might look a bit like the Guardian XO from Sarcos Robotics. The XO is literally a robot you wear (or maybe, it wears you). The suit’s powered limbs sense your movements and match their position to yours with little latency to give you effortless superstrength and endurance–lifting 200 pounds will feel like 10.
A vision of robots and humankind working together in harmony. Now, isn’t that nice?
Full-body powered robotic exoskeletons are a bit rarer, which makes the Sarcos suit pretty cool to look at. But like all things in robotics, practicality matters as much as vision. It’s worth asking: Will anyone buy and use the thing? Is it more than a concept video?
Sarcos thinks so, and they’re excited about it. “If you were to ask the question, what does 30 years and $300 million look like,” Sarcos CEO, Ben Wolff, told IEEE Spectrum, “you’re going to see it downstairs.”
The XO appears to check a few key boxes. For one, it’s user friendly. According to Sarcos, it only takes a few minutes for the uninitiated to strap in and get up to speed. Feeling comfortable doing work with the suit takes a few hours. This is thanks to a high degree of sensor-based automation that allows the robot to seamlessly match its user’s movements.
The XO can also operate for more than a few minutes. It has two hours of battery life, and with spares on hand, it can go all day. The batteries are hot-swappable, meaning you can replace a drained battery with a new one without shutting the system down.
The suit is aimed at manufacturing, where workers are regularly moving heavy stuff around. Additionally, Wolff told CNET, the suit could see military use. But that doesn’t mean Avatar-style combat. The XO, Wolff said, is primarily about logistics (lifting and moving heavy loads) and isn’t designed to be armored, so it won’t likely see the front lines.
The system will set customers back $100,000 a year to rent, which sounds like a lot, but for industrial or military purposes, the six-figure rental may not deter would-be customers if the suit proves itself a useful bit of equipment. (And it’s reasonable to imagine the price coming down as the technology becomes more commonplace and competitors arrive.)
Sarcos got into exoskeletons a couple decades ago and was originally funded by the military (like many robotics endeavors). Videos hit YouTube as long ago as 2008, but after announcing the company was taking orders for the XO earlier this year, Sarcos says they’ll deliver the first alpha units in January, which is a notable milestone.
Broadly, robotics has advanced a lot in recent years. YouTube sensations like Boston Dynamics have regularly earned millions of views (and inevitably, headlines stoking robot fear). They went from tethered treadmill sessions to untethered backflips off boxes. While today’s robots really are vastly superior to their ancestors, they’ve struggled to prove themselves useful. A counterpoint to flashy YouTube videos, the DARPA Robotics Challenge gave birth to another meme altogether. Robots falling over. Often and awkwardly.
This year marks some of the first commercial fruits of a few decades’ research. Boston Dynamics recently started offering its robot dog, Spot, to select customers in 2019. Whether this proves to be a headline-worthy flash in the pan or something sustainable remains to be seen. But between robots with more autonomy and exoskeletons like the XO, the exoskeleton variety will likely be easier to make more practical for various uses.
Whereas autonomous robots require highly advanced automation to navigate uncertain and ever-changing conditions–automation which, at the moment, remains largely elusive (though the likes of Google are pairing the latest AI with robots to tackle the problem)–an exoskeleton mainly requires physical automation. The really hard bits, like navigating and recognizing and interacting with objects, are outsourced to its human operator.
As it turns out, for today’s robots the best AI is still us. We may yet get chipper automatons like Rosy the Robot, but until then, for complicated applications, we’ll strap into our mechs for their strength and endurance, and they’ll wear us for our brains.
Vaxart based in California has been working on a Covid-19 vaccine. The company is being sued because investors the old company is exaggerating its partnership with the US government Operation Warp Speed program for developing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments for the disease.
In a press release Vaxart (VXRT) issued, the company statement said, “Vaxart’s Covid-19 Vaccine Selected for the US Government’s Operation Warp Speed.” after the announcement the stock jump up $17.00 per share from $3 per share. According to SEC filings that is a $200 million profit. Armistice, which has two execs on Vaxart’s board–including its founder, Stephen Boyd–immediately sold all its warrants. “Armistice sold 27.6 million Vaxart shares, reducing its overall beneficial ownership in Vaxart from 29% to 0.2%, reaping profits of approximately $200 million,” one complaint said.
One of the lawsuits stated in the complaint that Vaxart violated securities laws by misleading statements that it was a major player in Operation Warp Speed,
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told the New York Times that it had not entered into a funding agreement or negotiations with Vaxart. Source NYT
Federal prosecutors will be looking at different lawsuits against the company, its board members and executives.
Vaxart based in California has been working on a Covid-19 vaccine. The company is being sued because investors the old company is exaggerating its partnership with the US government Operation Warp Speed program for developing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments for the disease.
In a press release Vaxart (VXRT) issued, the company statement said, “Vaxart’s Covid-19 Vaccine Selected for the US Government’s Operation Warp Speed.” after the announcement the stock jump up $17.00 per share from $3 per share. According to SEC filings that is a $200 million profit. Armistice, which has two execs on Vaxart’s board–including its founder, Stephen Boyd–immediately sold all its warrants. “Armistice sold 27.6 million Vaxart shares, reducing its overall beneficial ownership in Vaxart from 29% to 0.2%, reaping profits of approximately $200 million,” one complaint said.
One of the lawsuits stated in the complaint that Vaxart violated securities laws by misleading statements that it was a major player in Operation Warp Speed.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told the New York Times that it had not entered into a funding agreement or negotiations with Vaxart. Source NYT
Federal prosecutors will be looking at different lawsuits against the company, its board members and executives.
NASA has selected 14 American companies, including several small businesses, as partners to develop a range of technologies that will help forge a path to sustainable Artemis operations on the Moon by the end of the decade.
U.S. industry submitted the proposals to NASA’s fifth competitive Tipping Point solicitation, and the selections have an expected combined award value of more than $370 million. NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate will negotiate with the companies to issue milestone-based firm fixed-price contracts lasting for up to five years.
“NASA’s significant investment in innovative technology demonstrations, led by small and large U.S. businesses across nine states, will expand what is possible in space and on the lunar surface,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “Together, NASA and industry are building up an array of mission-ready capabilities to support a sustainable presence on the Moon and future human missions to Mars.”
The selections and approximate award values across the three solicitation topic areas of cryogenic fluid management, lunar surface, and closed-loop descent and landing capability demonstrations, are:
Alpha Space Test and Research Allianceof Houston, $22.1 million
Astrobotic Technologyof Pittsburgh, $5.8 million
Eta Spaceof Merritt Island, Florida, $27 million
Intuitive Machinesof Houston, $41.6 million
Lockheed Martinof Littleton, Colorado, $89.7 million
Masten Space System of Mojave, California, $10 million, $2.8 million
Nokia of America Corporationof Sunnyvale, California, $14.1 million
pH Matterof Columbus, Ohio, $3.4 million
Precision Combustion Inc.of North Haven, Connecticut, $2.4 million
Sierra Nevada Corporationof Madison, Wisconsin, $2.4 million
SpaceXof Hawthorne, California, $53.2 million
SSL Robotics (Maxar Technologies)of Pasadena, California, $8.7 million
Teledyne Energy Systemsof Hunt Valley, Maryland, $2.8 million
United Launch Alliance(ULA) of Centennial, Colorado, $86.2 million
“This is the most Tipping Point proposals NASA has selected at once and by far the largest collective award value,” said NASA’s Associate Administrator for Space Technology Jim Reuter. “We are excited to see our investments and collaborative partnerships bring about new technologies for the Moon and beyond while also benefiting the commercial sector.”
The majority of the funding will help mature cryogenic fluid management technologies via in-space demonstrations led by small business Eta Space, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, and ULA. Each approach is unique, ranging from small- to large-scale and short- to long-term tests. Future missions could use frozen water located at the Moon’s poles to make propellant by separating the hydrogen and oxygen. The ability to store these super-cold liquids, whether they are launched from Earth or produced in space, for an extended period and transfer propellant from one tank to another, is crucial for establishing sustainable operations on the Moon and enabling human missions to Mars.
Ten of the selections will support the development and demonstration of technologies for the lunar surface in the areas of in-situ resource utilization, surface power generation and energy storage, communications, and more.
Intuitive Machines will develop a small, deployable hopper lander capable of carrying a 2.2-pound payload more than 1.5 miles. This hopping robot could access lunar craters and enable high-resolution surveying of the lunar surface over a short distance.
The small business Alpha Space will create a lunar evaluation facility that could eventually be mounted on a lander, giving small experiments access to the lunar environment. Researchers would use the platform to learn what materials and electronics fare well on the Moon, regardless of radiation, temperature, and other environmental factors.
NASA also selected two proposals submitted by Masten Space Systems. The larger of the two awards will demonstrate precision landing and hazard avoidance testing capabilities across relevant lunar trajectories. For this selection, the company will adapt its Xogdor vehicle to provide researchers from government, academia, and industry with a new platform for testing space technologies.
Each company must contribute a minimum percent, based on its size, of the total project cost. Combining NASA resources with industry contributions shepherds the development of critical space technologies while also saving the agency, and American taxpayers, money.
As part of its Artemis program, NASA plans to send the first woman and next man to the lunar surface in 2024 and establish a sustainable presence there by the end of the decade. The agency will use the Moon to prepare for its next giant leap — human exploration of Mars.
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