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NASA Astronaut Nick Hague and crew return from ISS

NASA Astronaut Nick Hague, Crewmates Return Safely from International Space Station

NASA astronaut Nick Hague returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday, alongside Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The crew landed safely at 6:59 a.m. EDT in Kazakhstan.

IBM Layoffs Lawsuit Allegations

IBM laid off as many as 1 lakh older employees to look ‘Cool’ in last few years, alleges lawsuit

IBM has fired as many as 100,000 employees in the last few years in an effort to boost its appeal to millennials and make it appear to be as “cool” and “trendy” like Amazon and Google, according to a deposition from a former vice president in an ongoing age discrimination lawsuit. The technology company is facing several lawsuits accusing it of firing older workers, including a class-action case in Manhattan and individual civil suits filed in California, Pennsylvania, and Texas last year.

Jeff Blackburn Taking Sabbatical Leave

Amazon’s Senior Vice President Jeff Blackburn to take some time off in 2020

Choosing a one-year sabbatical from work life, Amazon’s Senior Vice President Jeff Blackburn has decided to take some time off in 2020.

Capital One data breach

Capital One Says Woman Hacker Breach Hit 100 Million Individuals in U.S.

Capital One Financial Corp. said data from about 100 million people in the U.S. was illegally accessed after prosecutors accused a Seattle woman identified by Amazon.com Inc. as one of its former cloud service employees of breaking into the bank’s server.

NASA Flight Director Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr.

Chris Kraft, legendary NASA flight director, the man who created NASA’s Mission Control,has died at age 95

Former Johnson Space Center Director Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr., the man who created the iconic role of NASA flight director during the Mercury and Gemini programs and whose no-nonsense, uncompromising management style defined control room operations and discipline through the Apollo years and beyond, died Monday. He was 95.

Global device shipments in 2019

Global device shipments set to decline 3% in 2019: Gartner Inc.

Global shipments of devices, including PCs, tablets and mobile phones, will total 2.2 billion units in 2019, a decline of 3.3 percent year-over-year (YoY), a report by Gartner Inc. said on Friday.

Google Compass Experiment in Youngstown Ohio

Google’s new plan to improve local news will start in Youngstown, Ohio of the USA

Today, Google announced that Youngstown, Ohio, will be the first city in its Compass Experiment, a joint venture with newspaper publishing company McClatchy to revive local news. The announcement couldn’t be more timely, as Youngstown’s long-standing publication The Vindicator will close its doors on August 31st.