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Google used 107,000 solar panels to create a portrait of Apollo 11 pioneer Margaret Hamilton

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by on July 19, 2019 at 2:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Shareables


In celebration of the 50th anniversary of NASA’s historic moon landing mission, Google built a massive portrait of Apollo 11 software lead Margaret Hamilton using only solar panels and the reflection of the moon. The impressive art installation, which was set up in the Ivanpah Solar Facility in the Mojave Desert, used a total of 107,000 solar mirrors to illustrate Hamilton. The portrait is bigger than New York City’s Central Park spanning 3.6 square kilometers (1.4 square miles). When turned, the solar mirrors illuminate the face of Hamilton, along with an image of a moon drone. For those out of…

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Australian retirees lose their $900,000 pension fund in cryptocurrency scam

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by on July 19, 2019 at 1:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A retired couple in Australia have reportedly lost $900,000 to an elaborate cryptocurrency scam.  Mike and Karen Taylor were traveling around Australia in a camper van when they fell for the online scam. The cryptocurrency website they used looked legitimate, Taylor told 7News. It’s not clear how the scam operated, but presumably, the couple invested money on the website enticed by the promise of high returns. Eventually the couple invested a total of $900,000 drawing on their pension program. In a matter of months it had all disappeared, with no return. “That was the whole of our superannuation – that’s…

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Train how to earn $100K a year as an ethical hacker with this $15 course

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by on July 19, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


With average salaries ranging into six figures in many areas, a certified professional who knows how to find computer system vulnerabilities and protect them is all but guaranteed a healthy living these days. Join the ranks of the cyber defenders with the training in The Complete Ethical Hacking Certification Course ($14.99, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals).

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Google and Facebook are tracking your porn preferences – even in incognito mode

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by on July 19, 2019 at 12:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


It turns out Google and Facebook are tracking your porn consumption habits big time, and even incognito mode can’t save you from their omnipotent gaze – or so say researchers from Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Pennsylvania. Indeed, 93 percent of adult content websites leak sensitive user data to third parties, according to a new study which looked at 22,484 porn sites to examine how they use tracking software to log your most personal browsing tendencies. “[M]any sites and apps include code from other parties of which users are typically unaware,” the authors say. “Such ‘third-party’ code can allow companies to…

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CHEAP: Tell 360 degree tales of your adventures with $300 off GoPro Fusion

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by on July 19, 2019 at 12:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! So, it’s Friday today. What are your weekend plans? Are you going to be an honorary member of the sloth family and spend the entire weekend on the couch eating fried food and watching Netflix? Or are you heading out on some great adventure that people will recall for centuries to come? If you’re doing that what better way to document it on an action camera. And that’s why you should get GoPro’s Fusion camera just for $299, down from its original price of $599.…

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