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CHEAP: Hit peak performance with Fitbit’s Ionic watch for just $199.95 ($50 off)

Jul20
by on July 20, 2019 at 10:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Research has shown that working out at your optimum heart rate will not only improve your overall health, but also deliver the most effective performance gains. And what better way to measure your heart beat than with a specialized fitness tracker – like Fitbit‘s Ionic watch, which also happens to be on discount right now? Isn’t that a wonderful coincidence? You can save a full $50 by taking advantage of this offer and purchasing a Fitbit Ionic for just $199.95 (20 percent off its…

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40 years later, astronomers revisit the pulsar from ‘Unknown Pleasures’

Jul20
by on July 20, 2019 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication


The English rock band Joy Division released their debut studio album “Unknown Pleasures” 40 years ago. The front cover doesn’t feature any words, only a now iconic black and white data graph showing 80 wiggly lines representing a signal from a pulsar in space. To mark the anniversary of the album, we recorded a signal from the same pulsar with a radio telescope in Jodrell Bank Observatory, only 14 miles (23 km) away from Strawberry Studios where the album was recorded. Peter Saville – graphic designer and co-founder of Factory Records – designed the album cover based on a picture…

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Met Police website hacked, tweets ‘F*CK THE POLICE’

Jul20
by on July 20, 2019 at 7:38 am
Posted In: Around the Web


It appears hackers briefly took over UK Metropolitan Police’s website, posting a series of bizarre messages on its press section and social media accounts, including one which read “FUCK THE POLICE.” The messages were sent around 22:30UTC on July 2019. The Met Police team has since confirmed the breach occurred via third-party software. “Last night, Friday 19 July, unauthorised messages appeared on the news section of our website as well as on the @metpoliceuk Twitter feed and in emails sent to subscribers,” it said in a statement. “While we are still working to establish exactly what happened, we have begun…

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We’ve surrounded the Earth with surveillance satellites, but who is that good for?

Jul20
by on July 20, 2019 at 7:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication, world


It was only on the fourth orbit, when the spacecraft’s orientation had changed, that they had the vision for which their mission will always be remembered. Shortly after they had swept from night to day, a bright, colorful complexity came past the limb of the Moon and into view.  —Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! Here’s the Earth coming up. Wow, that is pretty. and life returned to the world . . . It has been called —Oh that’s a beautiful shot. the most important picture of the 20th century. from: The Moon: A History for the…

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