March 24, 2020 Share your activities and photos with a twist that’s uniquely you. Now in Garmin Connect™, customize any activity with new stickers you can add right on the activity screen.  How to get started:  Open the Garmin Connect app.  Open the activity you want to edit and share.  Make sure your activities are already set to “public” so you’ll be able to share.  Tap the “Share” icon.   Select “Share Photo with Stats.”  Choose a photo from your phone’s camera roll.  Select “Data” to add your activity stats to the photo.  Then select “Stickers” to play around with adding stickers to your photo.  Move stickers around to […]

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The 50th Space Wing remains committed to maintaining space superiority year-round by continuing its essential missions to ensure it remains the ‘Master of Space.’   Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Airman 1st Class Brice Brewington, 4th Space Operations Squadron extremely high frequency satellite systems operator is still contributing to the United States Space Force’s mission.   “It’s critical we continue the mission during trying times,” Brewington said. “Although there is […]

Photo: Trimble/Teledyne Marine Teledyne Marine has released the Z-Boat 1800-T unmanned survey vessel, equipped with Trimble’s high-precision GNSS heading receiver and compatible with Trimble Marine Construction (TMC) software. The Z-Boat 1800-T enables marine construction and dredging projects to run efficiently and be monitored in real time anywhere in the world. Z-Boat 1800-T Trimble Edition fleet. (Photo: Trimble) The Z-Boat 1800-T, designed and manufactured by Teledyne Oceanscience, is a high-resolution shallow water hydrographic unmanned survey vehicle […]

US regulators moved to impose fines Friday against the nation’s four major wireless carriers for selling location data of customers without their consent. The Federal Communications Commission proposed fining T-Mobile more than $91 million; AT&T some $57 million; Verizon $48 million, and Sprint $12 million. The wireless firms were accused of having disclosed mobile network user location data to a third party without authorization from customers, the FCC said. The FCC began an investigation after […]

Image: wildpixel/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a messaging service with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus. The messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion people and enables WHO to get information directly into the hands of the people that need it. From government leaders to health workers and family and friends, this messaging service will provide the latest news and information on coronavirus […]

Have you taken an Uber ride and disagreed with the “fastest” route that the GPS app suggested because you – or the driver – know a “better” way? For society to truly embrace self-driving cars, the experience of passengers must feel just as comfortable as any trip with a human driver – including choosing the “best,” or more comfortable, way to get there. It turns out that this is an […]

Image: Yuuji/E+/Getty Images UPDATE: Israel’s High Court of Justice put a stop to the tracking on Thursday, March 19. The court declared that the Shin Bet security service may not track confirmed and suspected coronavirus patients if a Knesset panel to oversee this practice isn’t set up by noon Tuesday, according to Israel news agency Haaretz. Israel’s internal security agency Shin Bet is using citizens’ smartphones to track the locations of people infected with the […]

March 18, 2020 By Riikka Lamminen, Content Manager, Firstbeat Stress is not just a vague feeling of being overwhelmed, anxious or exhausted. It’s a physiological phenomenon that can be observed and measured. When you are under physical, mental or emotional stress, your body releases a complex mix of hormones and chemicals. This release can cause several reactions, such as increased blood pressure, heart rate and muscle tension. By analyzing beat-to-beat changes in your heart rate, Firstbeat and […]

In October 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) developed an Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System – equivalent to the US Global Positioning System (GPS). The operational name of the Indian geo-navigation network is NavIC. On Thursday, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched its latest mobile device series – the Redmi Note 9 – in India, priced between $175 – $215 approx. (INR 13,000 – INR 16,000) with ISRO’s NavIC built-in. […]

Russia has launched another GLONASS-M satellite, according to Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation. A Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle successfully carried the satellite to its planned orbit from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The launch took place on schedule on March 16. Ground-based facilities of the G.S. Titov Space Forces VKS immediately took control of the satellite. A stable telemetry connection has been established and maintained with the satellite. The onboard systems of the spacecraft are operating normally. […]