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NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has been peering deep into the Milky Way galaxy for nearly a decade. It has spotted over 2,500 confirmed planets orbiting distant stars, and over 2,500 more possible worlds are waiting to be confirmed. Thirty of these confirmed planets live inside their host stars’ habitable zones, places where liquid water could exist like it does on Earth.
But Kepler is now running low on gas.
“With nary a gas station to be found in deep space, the spacecraft is going to run out of fuel,” Charlie Sobeck, the system engineer for the Kepler space telescope mission, said in a NASA statement. Read more…
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Candy hearts — hate ’em or like ’em for some apparent reason — they’re part of the fabric of American life.
That chapter of our candy history may soon be coming to a close, according to The Boston Globe. Necco, the company that produces the candies, formally called Sweethearts, is reportedly in financial trouble and may have to fire up to 395 employees if they don’t find a buyer soon.
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Those employees make up the vast majority of Necco’s workforce.
Even if you don’t like candy hearts, Necco, it should be noted, produces more than the chalky candy. They’re also responsible for some of the weirdest candy found in your Trick-Or-Treat bags, including Mary Janes, Candy Buttons, Mighty Malts, Necco Wafers, and Banana Split chews. Read more…
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Fitness-oriented New Yorkers aren’t facing a shortage of classes that they can sign up for, but the prices can add up — Clément Benoit, founder of a new startup called FitHouse, said boutique classes cost an average of $35 per session.
FitHouse, on the other hand, is charging $99 per month for unlimited classes. Contrast that not just with a traditional studio, but also with ClassPass, where pricing in NYC ranges from $45 (for two to four classes) to $135 (for eight to 12 classes) per month.
In many ways, FitHouse offers a more traditional model than ClassPass — instead of giving subscribers access to a classes run by other studios and instructors, it’s building a studio of its own. Benoit said this gives the company more control over the experience, and a bigger piece of the revenue, which he said “we redistribute to both the user and the instructors.”
Beyond the pricing, Benoit said FitHouse also stands out because of its approach to real estate. It’s looking to take over empty spaces that require a minimum amount of investment to make them ready for classes. And it’s signing six-month leases with the possibility of a longer-term extension, so that it can quickly spin up new locations in new neighborhoods, with a minimum of risk.
FitHouse has already opened its first location in New York’s Bowery neighborhood, with plans to launch 12 locations across the city over the next year.
Benoit also said he’s attracting the best instructors by putting them front-and-center in FitHouse’s marketing and scheduling, and by paying them 10 to 25 percent more than they’d normally make to teach a class. (Though to be clear, these instructors aren’t working with FitHouse exclusively.)
Benoit, by the way, is a tech entrepreneur who sold his last-mile delivery startup Stuart to GeoPost last year. (And he’s already raised a $3 million round from Global Founders Capital, Xavier Niel and Fabrice Grinda.) He admitted that FitHouse’s technology isn’t the most flashy part of the offering, but he said it’s still important that the startup created its own frontend and backend infrastructure.
“Just the fact that we have information on the user, we can deliver a personalized check in: You came last week, you had a great class with this instructor, how did you like it?” he said. “No studio does that. They don’t control the tech.”
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Investing in bitcoin is complicated, and experts and amateurs alike agree it can be difficult to know when to buy and when to sell.
But sometimes, once in a blue moon, the signs are so unambiguous that they are impossible to ignoreCryptomoji Animated Stickers for iMessage are one of those signs — and it’s screaming “sell” pretty damn loudly.
For those of you somehow blissfully unaware, iPhone users that want to spice up their iMessage game can download animated sticker packs and send what amounts to custom emoji to friends and familyGIPHY, for example, released a pack last year. And you knew the hodlers wouldn’t be far behind. Read more…
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The Walking Dead / Fear the Walking Dead crossover is getting the big-screen treatment – for one night, anyway.
AMC and Fathom Events are bringing a fan event called “Survival Sunday” to 750 theaters across the country on April 15.
The screening will consist of the Season 8 finale of The Walking Dead and the Season 4 premiere of Fear the Walking Dead, both shown without commercials, along with some as-yet-unrevealed “exclusive bonus content.”
The connective tissue here is Morgan Jones (Lennie James), a Walking Dead regular who’ll be crossing over to become a Fear the Walking Dead regular. Read more…
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Surprise! We’re talking about robot vacuums again. But once you see this deal, you won’t blame us. The Eufy Robovac 11+ is on sale for $179.99 at Amazon today, $70 less than we usually see it and that is seriously wild. Why?
It’s an Amazon bestseller with better ratings than almost every iRobot Roomba model.
It’s Wi-Fi connected, app connected, and Amazon Alexa compatible.
It’s more than $100 less than the cheapest connected Roomba. Read more…
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