Review: The MaxPro is a full gym that fits in a backpack — with one important quirk

Jul27
by on July 27, 2021 at 11:33 pm
Posted In: Insider, Plugged


I like working out, but I don’t like the gym. Even before the pandemic made the idea of being stuck in a closed room with sweaty strangers particularly egregious, being stuck in a closed room with sweaty strangers was still not my jam. In an ideal world, I’d be happy with nothing more than a power rack, a bench, a barbell, and some plates. That’s all I really need. But in a not-ideal small NYC apartment, finding a compact gym system that could actually provide a decent load and that didn’t need to be mounted on a wall has long…

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Lying, corrupt, anti-American cops are running amok with AI

Jul26
by on July 26, 2021 at 9:54 pm
Posted In: artificial intelligence, Opinion


Hundreds of thousands of law enforcement agents in the US have the authority to use blackbox AI to conduct unethical surveillance, generate evidence, and circumvent our Fourth Amendment protections. And there’s little reason to believe anyone’s going to do anything about it. The problem is that blackbox AI systems are a goldmine for startups, big tech, and politicians. And, since the general public is ignorant about what they do or how they’re being used, law enforcement agencies have carte blanche do whatever they want. Let’s start with the individual officers. Any cop, regardless of affiliation or status, has access to dozens…

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Studies of ‘Marsquakes’ reveal the red planet’s metallic innards

Jul25
by on July 25, 2021 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Space


We may have walked on the Moon and sent probes across the solar system, but we know very little about what’s going on inside other planets. Now, for the first time, we have been able to view the interior of one, thanks to NASA’s Mars InSight probe. The probe, which landed in 2018, is equipped with a solar-powered lander bristling with equipment, including a seismometer (a very sensitive vibration detector). The results, published in three studies in Science, throw up some unexpected findings about Mars’s interior, including a very large core. Though Mars has no tectonic plates, the first “marsquakes”…

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ElevenSight puts a new spin on video conferencing with some tools you never knew you needed

Jul24
by on July 24, 2021 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Offers


TLDR: Try a new and different way to communicate with a lifetime subscription to the all-around video, audio and chat hub ElevenSight. If you’ve finally started to zero in on what you like and don’t like about your current video conferencing platform of choice, it may be time to start considering alternatives. While many companies made the snap decision to start using Zoom or Microsoft Teams or another one of the big platforms out of necessity last year, many can now take a breath, step back and reassess if that communication hub is really offering the best package of tools…

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