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Founded by former SpaceX engineers, First Resonance pitches tools to make things the SpaceX way

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After operating in stealth mode for about two years, First Resonance , a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, is finally showing the world their software toolkit designed to let manufacturers make things using the processes employed by their former boss.

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Elon Musk Warns On Runaway Artificial Intelligence

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Elon Musk , the technology mogul and visionary who has brought us such technology innovations widespread electronic payments via PayPal, electric cars via Tesla Motors , and commercial rocket service via SpaceX , warns that artificial intelligence has the threat of becoming mankind''s "biggest existential threat" last week. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Delays Starlink Launch Until Later This Week

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SpaceX has delayed its launch of its first set of Starlink satellites, the first 60 of thousands of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites SpaceX is deploying to offer up Internet access anywhere in the world, until later this week. SpaceX had already delayed the launch earlier in the week due to high upper level winds.

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SpaceX Conducts Capsule Landing Tests

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NASA said late last week that Hawthorne-based space rocket firm SpaceX has tested its ability to land its astronaut landing pod, the SuperDraco, by firing landing engines. NASA said that the testing is aimed at helping engineers refine landing software and systems on the spacecraft. The testing apparently occurred in November.

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SpaceX Founder Musk: Structural Failure Took Down Falcon 9

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Elon Musk , founder and CEO of Hawthorne-based SpaceX , said Monday afternoon that the explosion of the company's rocket last month was due to a broken strut, which held a helium tank to the rocket's second stage. The failure resulted in a catastrophic explosion of the company's Falcon 9 on June 28th. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Sees $1.9 Billion In Q1 Deals, Biggest Since Dot Com Boom

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More than half of this quarter''s investment due to a single, nearly $1 billion investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX. The Los Angeles area saw a total of $1.476 billion in Q1 deals--including that giant round for SpaceX--San Diego saw $270.1M billion invested--again thanks to SpaceX--then Software, with $316.95M in deals.

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Event Farm Acquires Event Software Company Attend

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Santa Monica-based Event Farm , which develops event marketing software, has acquired Boston-based event software company Attend , as an expansion of the company's reach. Event Farm counts such clients as Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Lamborghini, WIRED, SpaceX, and NASCAR. READ MORE>>.

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