Fast-growing satellite startup Planet Labs is acquiring the satellite data unit RapidEye from

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New images fresh from NASA’s New Horizons Pluto flyby paint a picture of a dwarf planet with a surface and atmospheric system that is far more textured, geologically-diverse, and complicated than most planetary scientists would have ever imagined. Predictions that the flyby of the 1473-mile diameter object and its largest moon Charon would cause a sea change in planetary theory may be coming to fruition. In fact, both Pluto and Charon are very likely geologically active, said a Wednesday afternoon assemblage of delighted mission scientists.

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Every IT department has struggled for years to justify spending on security. Various models have been used with more or less effect to encourage upper management to open the coffers. Return on Security Investment models attempt to quantify the money saved from preventing future breaches. The factors cited include: cost of lost productivity, the direct costs of notification in the case of a breach that must be reported under 45 different State laws, and the hardest to quantify of all, loss of trust or brand value.

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Why do venture capitalists hate the term ‘unicorn’? This question was originally answered on Quora by Crystal Huang.

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