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Researchers want to build a space station to recycle junk in Earth’s orbit

Aug04
by on August 4, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication


There are about 22,000 large objects orbiting the Earth, including working and broken satellites and bits of old rocket from past space expeditions. If you include all the equipment dropped by astronauts while floating in space and the debris from colliding satellites down to around 1cm in size, there are about one million bits of space junk in Earth’s orbit. These numbers are likely to be underestimates. With more satellites and rockets launching each year, collisions with space junk are becoming more likely. Losing a satellite could mean your TV reception is poor or the weather forecast is a bit…

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Drowning? Here are the best to-do apps to sort your life out

Aug04
by on August 4, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. In this day and age, we’ve been blessed with several tools that allow us to create simple to-do lists to help us keep our lives on track. I appreciate that keeping track of tasks and duties is an intensely personal thing, and most people (myself included) will immediately reject any app or service that doesn’t quite feel right – basically, finding a good to-do app is as difficult as finding a good hairdresser, but fear…

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CHEAP: $159 for this Acer Chromebook is what we call a Good Deal™

Aug04
by on August 4, 2019 at 12:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! It could just be me, but I love having a cheap second computer. Of course, I couldn’t live without a high-end machine to do complex, resource-intensive work on. But sometimes I just want a little device I can take with me everywhere, and not worry too much about it breaking or being stolen. If you’re looking for this sort of computer, Chromebooks are a great option. And, would you believe it, there’s currently a banging deal on a Chromebook from Acer! Yes, for only…

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How to schedule an email in Gmail

Aug04
by on August 4, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Gmail‘s pretty much the first choice of email service for over a billion people on this planet (miss you, Inbox). But up until recently, a key functionality was missing from it: the ability to schedule emails. In April, Google enabled this function along with several other features. Here’s how you can schedule an email: Desktop Head to Gmail on your browser. Compose your email. Click the little arrow near send, and select Schedule send. Select…

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