Stargaze with this portable telescope for just $55

Are you interested in amateur astronomy but don’t want to invest too much in an expensive telescope? Those constellations won’t just observe themselves! You need a portable telescope you can store in your car or easily pack on all your camping trips.

If that describes you, you need this deal from Android Central Digital Offers can! Get a 90x monocular telescope with an included tripod for only $54.99. You can use it for stargazing at night, or for observing the natural world around you with the included 50mm optical glass objective lens. That means you’ll be able to use this telescope in low lighting conditions.

Here are the full specs for this 17-inch long telescope:

• Refractive/focal length: 360mm
• Optical aperture: 50mm
• Theory resolutions: 2.000 arc seconds
• Oblique mirror: 90º
• Max magnification: 90x

This kit includes a couple different eyepieces to try out — just don’t look at the sun! Save 72% off this telescope and test out astronomy for yourself!

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T-Mobile announces #HR4HR to donate $1 million or more towards hurricane relief

T-Mobile will donate $10,000 for every home run during the MLB postseason, as well as $1 for tweets using #HR4HR.

Mother Nature can be truly terrifying at times, and this point has been reinforced beyond belief with the recent hurricanes of Harvey, Irma, and Maria. The devastation caused by these natural disasters will have an impact on our world for years to come, but in an effort to speed up the recovery process, T-Mobile has announced its #HR4HR relief fund.

T-Mobile’s #HR4HR stands for Home Runs for Hurricane Recovery, and T-Mobile is using its sponsorship with the MLB to pledge $10,000 donations for every postseason home run that’s hit throughout the year. T-Mobile has already raked in $140,000 worth of donations thanks to 14 home runs that were hit during the Wild Card games for the MLB’s American League Division Series, and the carrier says that it plans on donating a minimum of $1 million (hopefully more) once all is said and done.

$1 will be donated for every tweet using #HR4HR.

In addition to the $10,000 pledge for each home run that’s hit, T-Mobile also says that it’ll donate $1 for every Tweet that’s sent out using the hashtag #HR4HR. Donations sent in with these tweets will go up to $500,000, and that’s on top of any money donated through baseball players’ home runs. And, along with its own efforts, T-Mobile also wants to remind people that you can still text MARIA, HARVEY, or IRMA to 90999 to make a $10 donation to the American Red Cross.

Per T-Mobile’s CEO and President, John Legere:

Puerto Rico, Texas, and Florida are home to some of the biggest baseball fans in the world, and they need our help. So we’re stepping up. Plus, throughout the MLB Postseason, we’re turning the biggest moments of the game into moments that really matter with every home run worth $10,000 – and every fan’s tweet with #HR4HR adding to the relief effort.

In addition to the money it’ll be giving through #HR4HR, T-Mobile also hopes that it’ll be able to create awareness for hurricane relief outside of its own program as well.

How your phone can help before and during a hurricane

Here are September’s winners of the Honor/Huawei incentive program!

These are the lucky September winners of some cool Huawei/Honor swag.

There’s nothing like being a cool person on the internet and winning great gadgets while doing so. But with our Huawei/Honor Community Incentive Program, you can do just that! The basis is pretty simple: be an active, engaged and friendly member of the Huawei or Honor communities in our forums to win great stuff.

Here are the winners from September:

• dpham00 — Congrats, you’ve won a Huawei Watch 2
• fatproduce — Congrats, you’ve won an Honor Band Z
• lumivalo — Congrats, you’ve won an Honor Band Z

We’ve already into October, but there’s still plenty of time to get to the top of the charts and win some amazing stuff! All you need to do is be active our Huawei/Honor communities!

Learn more about the Huawei/Honor Incentive Program!

Paul Allen puts $40 million towards combatting illegal fishing

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen is working on a system that will monitor the oceans for illegal fishing, reports Bloomberg. It’s called SkyLight and Allen is putting $40 million towards the project. Currently, the system is being tested in Palau and Gabon, but it’s set to be more widely available early next year.

SkyLight sources data from satellite images, shipping records and information collected by dock officials. Machine learning is then applied in order to predict which ships might be engaging in illegal fishing and where. “The stakes are high and the threat is real,” Dave Stewart, the head of government affairs for Allen’s company Vulcan Inc., told Bloomberg. “Very few countries have access to timely, actionable intelligence and technology to address this issue. We are developing an illegal fishing intelligence network that will bring this to them.”

Illegal fishing contributes to overfishing and the continued decline of important species populations. The World Wildlife Fund says that around 520 million people around the world rely on fishing to sustain their livelihoods and 2.6 billion depend on fish as a staple in their diets. Unsustainable fishing practices are a growing problem and it’s one that others have tried to tackle before Allen. Global Fishing Watch, of which Google is a part of, has been combatting illegal fishing since 2014 and UK researchers developed a similar program called Project Eyes in 2015.

Allen’s funds are being used to set up the service, and fees paid by those using SkyLight will go towards expanding and sustaining the program.

Via: Bloomberg