[ad_1] AT&T has maintained that it not only offered CBS an “unprecedented rate increase,” but that the broadcaster wouldn’t let it sell All Access as a separate option and thus give customers the choice of subscribing to basic TV bundles without CBS included. CBS was allegedly trying to turn a free-to-air station into a premium […]
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Neil Armstrong’s Buzz Aldrin photo is unparalleled in art
[ad_1] When the first manned missions started, NASA had more to worry about than photography. In fact, the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth, John Glenn, picked up a $40 Minolta Ansco Autoset 35mm camera himself from a Florida camera shop. The third man in space, Walter Schirra, did the same thing, but went […]
The race back to the Moon
[ad_1] Bound for the Moon: Apollo 11 preparation in photosAlan Taylor,The Atlantic Sure, this more Recommended Looking, but this photo essay is a fascinating look at the process of prepping Apollo 11 for its historic mission. ‘We did the impossible’: What it was like inside Apollo 11’s Mission ControlAshley Strickland,CNN A look inside Mission Control […]
The sneakers inspired by Apollo 11 and the Moon landing
[ad_1] Nike Air Max Lunar90 SP “Moon Landing” Five years ago, on July 14th, 2014, Nike introduced what are arguably the best Moon landing-inspired sneakers to date: the Air Max Lunar 90 SP “USA.” The sportswear giant took one of its most iconic models, the Tinker Hatfield-designed Air Max 90, and donned it with midsole […]
Watch astronauts reach space on Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary
[ad_1] The mission is a relatively routine one, but symbolizes how much spaceflight and the US space program have changed in half a century, for better or for worse. In 1969, the US and Russia were the only two countries to have sent people into space — while they’re still dominant, it’s now common for […]
How HoloLens is helping advance the science of spaceflight
[ad_1] Microsoft and NASA’s partnership began on June 28th, 2015 as part of Project Sidekick when a SpaceX supply rocket docked with the ISS and delivered the headsets to the waiting astronauts. “HoloLens and other virtual and mixed reality devices are cutting edge technologies that could help drive future exploration and provide new capabilities to […]
Did Frankenstein go to the Moon?
[ad_1] Frankenstein & Sons was founded in 1854 and operated out of the Victoria Rubber Works in Newton Heath, Manchester. During the Second World War, it started producing highly sophisticated survival gear for aircrew. For a while, Britain protected some of its convoys with Hawker Hurricane fighters that launched from merchant vessels retrofitted with rocket-propelled […]
2020 Corvette adds NFC, 1080p and OTA updates
[ad_1] Standing in the shadow of the Apollo missions, 50 years later.NASA’s plan to return to the Moon with Project Artemis NASA’s Project Artemis (aptly named as the goddess of hunting is Apollo’s twin sister) aims to take humans back to the Moon by 2024. But there are many lingering questions about the destination, the […]
NSA contractor sentenced to nine years over theft of classified info
[ad_1] In 2016, federal agents arrested NSA contractor Harold Martin for stealing up to 50TB of classified information, and reports claimed that included offensive hacking technology designed to break into foreign computer networks. Sources for the data he took included the NSA, CIA and US Cyber Command over two decades between 1996 and 2016. On […]
FTC approves a fine for Google over YouTube kids privacy probe
[ad_1] The FTC has been getting child privacy complaints against YouTube for years, according to previous reports. COPPA, after all, prohibits companies from collecting data from users under 13 and from targeting them with personalized ads. To better protect kids using the internet these days, the agency intends to reexamine how COPPA is enforced, seeing […]