1949 – A modified German V-2 ballistic missile launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, reaching an altitude of 244 miles, and putting it well above the Kármán line. It was the first US rocket to reach “outer space.”
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/ch1-4.htm
1955 – A boy was born to University of Wisconsin graduate students Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah Jandali. He was given up for adoption and taken in by a machinist and his wife in Mountain View, California. They named him Steve Jobs.
http://www.biography.com/people/steve-jobs-9354805/
2011 – The Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral on its final mission.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/main/index.html
2014 – Samsung announced the Galaxy S5 with a heart rate sensor and water and dust proofing.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/24/5441668/samsung-galaxy-s5-announcement-launch/
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It’s our end of February roundtable episode. We examine how big data currently influences our lives and what control if any we have over it. Debate if the explosion of media choices and platforms has had a negative impact on content discovery and consumption. And how did Snap’s CEO Evan Spiegel get his big fat payout?
Google launches its Augmented Reality system out of beta, researchers develop a way to charge cell phones with lasers, and Microsoft and Xiaomi team up on AI.
Intel has announced 5G connected PCs next year promising an always connected machine. But is this necessarily a good thing? Plus the FCC has published its new rules on Net Neutrality and Airbnb Plus has launched offering plusher accommodations to better compete with hotels.
Apple’s AirPods may get hands-free Siri update, Intel to announce 5G Windows PCs, Lighthouse AI now selling its security camera. 
The US Copyright Office takes comments on a 2015 exemption that lets gamers legally bypass copy protection on games if it requires the Internet to work. Qualcomm shows off a reference VR headset based on the company’s new Snapdragon 845 chip. And Uber launches a cheaper ride-sharing service called Uber Pool.
Apple might buy minerals directly from miners, Qualcomm shows off VR/AR headset reference design, Android P may do more to stop camera misuse.