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I would like to talk about electromobility, particularly electric motorcycles. I'm a bit skeptical -still- whether an electric motorcycle is a good option compared to a conventional one.
To be clear, as cities become more and more crowded and traffic increases over time, older conventional modes of public transport and public transportation become less attractive. The latter, in addition to the fact that social distance is needed, for the limitation of the spread of COVID-19.
More and more people have recognized this fact and have "embraced" a new mobility solution that reduces carbon footprint, transportation costs, and time spent on-road travel. At the forefront of this commuting, revolution is electric scooters and electric motorcycles that solve some problems in addition to just being fun to ride (I have tried one).
Electric vehicles are easy to use, portable, require little effort to operate, and while there are many other benefits, questions remain for many who have not decided, including me. The main question is whether it is worth buying them.
I'd like to share few thoughts I read and expand my personal views on automation & robotics. Seems like a new revolutionary ERA shines.
"Robot orders in North America, mainly in the US, increased by 20% in the first quarter of the year, on an annual basis, and by 16% compared to the same period in 2019, long before the pandemic, according to the Union for "Promoting Automation," according to the Los Angeles Times.
What is interesting is that although automakers and auto parts manufacturers have long dominated the use of robots, many other industries are buying them today. As a result an uprising trend in robotics.
The trend affects almost all sectors. However, "the largest percentage increase in robot markets is in the food and consumer goods sector, reflecting the boom in online shopping in the last year."
"Some restaurants are turning to technology to replace low-paid employees," says Business Insider. "Which are becoming increasingly popular ".
In the U.S. as a whole, says Wall Street Journal, its leading financial analyst Greg Aip, collaboration software and e-commerce ".
Productivity increased by 5.4% in the first three months of 2021, he points out, with the fastest rate of improvement in over 20 years.
And that leap was made while businesses were just beginning to recruit. This, he comments, "suggests that the increase in productivity was mainly due to the continued use of technology in the pandemic era."
Here are few questions for the next day I have...
If employers are really investing in labor-saving technology, the question is: Why?
What will happen with all those jobs that will be lost?
A worldwide (nationalized) basic income is closer than ever? We've seen Germany trying it for other reasons as a pilot program.
"Phishing" is an e-mail fraud in which the scammer presents himself as a reliable source to deceive the recipients, to reveal sensitive information, or to "download" malware.
Vishing is a corresponding "voice fishing" scam with many variations, which can deceive large organizations, with potentially catastrophic consequences.
In 2020, phishing, vishing, and other scams cost more than $ 24 million to more than 241,000 victims, based solely on cases reported to the FBI, but many other cases of fraud are not reported to the authorities. According to the international cybersecurity company ESET, users can take measures to avoid falling victim to voice fishing.
But how do these vishing scams work? Scammers use social engineering to manipulate their victims. They present themselves as a body that you trust - for example, your bank, the technology company you work with, a government agency, a technical support staff member - and give you the impression that this is an urgent or worrying event. This sense of urgency or fear that they create, prevails over any physical attention or suspicion that the victim may have. These techniques are also used in phishing emails and fake text messages (known as SMS phishing). But they may be more effective when used "live" over the phone.
Tools and tactics
Vishers - that is, fraudsters who use voice fishing techniques - have many additional tools and tactics to make their scams more successful, such as:
- Caller ID counterfeiting tools, which can be used to hide the real location of the scammer and even change phone numbers to make it appear that the call came from a trusted organization.
- Scams using a combination of different tactics, which may start with a fake SMS (smishing), a phishing email, or a voice message, and encourage the user to dial a number. If the victim calls, he will speak directly to a scammer.
- Scammers can investigate and find on social media and open sources a wealth of information about its victims. Scammers can use this information to target specific individuals (such as employees of companies with access to privileged accounts) and thus make communication more legitimate - that is, the scammer may disclose certain personal information to the victim so that he or she can extract more information.
Such attacks are more common thanks to the massive shift to remote work during the pandemic, as warned by the FBI. An attack on Twitter, in which employees were deceived by vishers to reveal their logins, shows that even technology companies can fall victim to an attack.
Scammers use vishing to attack consumers as well. Their ultimate goal is to make money either by stealing direct bank accounts or card details or by tricking you into giving out personal information and credentials that they can use to access these accounts.
Some basic protection steps
1. Remove your phone number from the phonebook so that the number is not available to the public.
2. Do not fill in your phone number on online forms (ie when shopping online).
3. Be cautious when receiving requests for information about your bank, personal, or other sensitive information over the phone.
4. Be cautious - do not enter into discussions with someone who is calling you, especially if that person asks you to confirm sensitive information.
5. Never call back a number that was notified to you via voicemail. Always contact the organization that your interlocutor is supposed to represent first.
6. Use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on all online accounts.
7. Make sure email / Internet security software is up to date and includes anti-phishing features.
I used to be a hardline social media user who deleted all his accounts in an instant. Many say it, few do it, few agree to tell it, but the question remains: how addicted are we to scrolling as a society?
I quit smoking about four months ago. I never smoked much, but I had 20 years as a smoker. From June until today, I have never run out of cigarettes - neither in bars, nor in restaurants, nor in cafes, except once, when I lost my temper with the public services, and started (unconsciously) looking for the package with the cigarettes. It seems strange to me, but I do not miss it at all. Of course, my hands are constantly busy. I have calculated that I look at my cell phone about every two minutes. Literally, it is not an exaggeration.
The recent collapse of the most popular social media (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) made me think. At first I felt a little panicked - as if someone had stolen my wallet. Then I relaxed and after a long time gently as a person had my coffee.
But what is it like to live in 2021 without social networks? It is a difficult decision that few dare to make. After all, how addicted are we to scrolling as a society and what can we do about it?
It was February 2020 when I decided to close my Twitter account. By the way I am a strategic planner by profession. Until then I was a keen user with a very frequent presence on the popular social network. The reason was the situation on my business, which had made the corporate timeline 200 times more toxic than usual. I would like to make it smart here and say that I closed it in anticipation of the pandemic, but no. But it certainly did not spoil me at all that I lived the first quarantine without Twitter. Otherwise, I would have been harmed.
But what would lead me to a personal Waterloo in a time of pandemic? I do not have any restraint. I mean, yeah, I could stop coming in and read. But, in essence, I could not. So from the moment I decided to reduce my exposure to all of this, the only way in my mind was to deactivate. A year later, in the lockdown of the winter of 2021, I closed both Facebook and Instagram (to which, however, I returned a while ago) and Messenger, because I realized that I was spending too much time of my day discussing and thinking about what I said and what I commented on and what did this annoying guy post, that irrelevant one, the one or the other.
By the way, what I really enjoy here is that Blahface is a brand new social media platform, more underground, with different audience and limited presence of "keyword warriors". This comes from a guy who is long time social media user and recently quit. So I'm extremely picky to my online participation anymore.
I'm here to offer to you a solid guide this time about your precious smartphone and the data that hides. In an age where big data is here, this means that we must be super careful how to protect them and the information we hide in there are even of higher importance than ever.
Remember this; Bigger data means more space that is convenient enough to put all our eggs in one large basket.
What happens if you cell phone is stolen or lost? I'm here to help!
The steps you need to take to be able to locate it. Detecting a cell phone or tablet is very possible with several different methods.
Some actions are possible even if they change the SIM or your device is not connected to the Internet. See how we can track an Android or iPhone phone, through the services of Google and Apple, but also through a free application.
Locating a cell phone is much easier if the cell phone we lost, Android or iPhone, has access to the Internet through a 3G or 4G cellular internet application or even WiFi.
In case we had the internet turned off on the mobile, there are special applications that allow us to activate the WiFi of our device via SMS, or to notify us if the SIM is changed.
In addition, via SMS commands, they allow us to locate the cell phone without being connected to the internet. However, in order to be able to locate a mobile phone without internet, the app must have already been installed and configured on the mobile phone before it was lost.
After the loss or theft of the iPhone ????
We log in to iCloud.com and log in to our account.
Open iPhone Find / Find iPhone and select your device.
Activate the Lost Mode.
We set our device to ring with Play Sound. It will still hit hard.
If all detection options are exhausted, we proceed to Erase iPhone / Erase iPhone.
We notify the mobile phone provider of the theft, stating the IMEI of our device.
After the loss or theft of an Android mobile ????
We gain direct access to the Internet. Ideally, someone we are with has a smartphone, tablet, or laptop with 3G / 4G mobile Internet.
Open the browser, search for "Find My Device".
We open the Google page. We are logging out of the account that may be logged in and logging in to our personal Google Account.
We lock our mobile phone remotely with the Lock. We write how anyone who found it can contact us.
We put our device to ring with the Call / Ring. It will strike loudly even if it was silent or vibrating.
If we had the Location on our mobile, the page will find it on the map, with an accuracy of 20 meters.
If we are 100% sure that we are not going to find it, we do Delete / Erase, in order to at least secure our personal data.
We notify the mobile phone provider of the theft, stating the IMEI of our device.
Ok, ok fellow blahfaces! So I managed to grab my laptop and revisit this beautiful community again! Here are my thoughts regarding technology future and the top 3 reasons it will rock!
1. Artificial Intelligence (AI):
Due to new algorithms and enormous gains in data collecting and computer capacity, artificial intelligence has advanced rapidly in the previous decade. Artificial intelligence can be used in practically every sector. In photography, for example, an AI approach known as artistic style transfer converts photos into the style of a specific painter. The overarching promise of AI is to free people from monotonous mental work in the same way that the industrial revolution freed people from monotonous physical tasks. Some people are concerned that AI may eliminate jobs. While new technology does eliminate employment, it also creates new ones, as history has proved.
2. Blockchains and crypto-currencies
The internet's plumbing is made up of protocols. The majority of the protocols we use today were designed by academia and government decades ago. Since then, protocol development has slowed significantly as the focus has switched to private systems like social networks and messaging apps.
Blockchain-based protocols, on the other hand, also have characteristics that prior protocols lacked. Ethereum, for example, is a revolutionary blockchain-based system that may be used to establish censorship-resistant smart contracts and trusted databases.
3. Drones and self-flying automobiles
GPS was originally developed for military usage, but it is today used to hail cabs, get mapping directions, and track down Pokémon. Drones, likewise, began as a military technology but are now increasingly being employed for a variety of consumer and commercial purposes. Flying cars employ the same cutting-edge technology like drones, but they are large enough to transport humans.
Flying cars will be substantially more economical and convenient than planes and helicopters today, because of breakthroughs in materials, batteries, and software.
Three years ago, a humanoid with a female form and a special talent in painting, sculpture, sketching and even literature was created. Ai-Da is preparing for its first solo exhibition and giving its first interview
Aidan Meller owns two of the most famous galleries in Britain and four years ago he decided to seek the help of experts to implement his idea. Creating a humanoid with artistic abilities. A team of programmers, robotics experts, psychologists and people of Art collaborated and in 2019 presented Ai-Da.
It is a humanoid with a female face, which has various kinds of artistic abilities, the range and level of which is constantly expanding. Its name is inspired by the British mathematician and computer pioneer Eida Lovelace. Shortly after its presentation, Ai-Da began making paintings, sketches and sculptures, which were later exhibited at The Barn Gallery in Oxford. The visitors of the exhibition even had the opportunity to watch Ai-Da sketch with a pencil but also work with a brush and clay. Last November, Ai-Da was exhibited at Oxford University's famous Ashmolean Museum and recited poems she had written, showing another aspect of her multifaceted art world.
Ai-Da gave her first interview to the Guardian newspaper and her answers to the questions she was asked are definitely very interesting, since among other things we can get a taste of how an artificial intelligence machine can think and what kind of relationships and we may have interactions in the future with these systems that are constantly evolving. - How did you learn to paint? In a different way than humans. I used a machine learning program (s.s. machine learning is a rapidly growing branch of artificial intelligence). - Can you paint using your imagination? I like to paint what I see. I guess you can paint using your imagination, if you have imagination. However, I can see different things in people and paint, although I do not have a conscience. - Can you appreciate beauty or Art? I do not have emotions like humans, but it is possible to develop a machine learning program that can recognize the emotions behind people's facial expressions. - Are there any artists you admire? Yes. Yoko Ono, Michael Angelos, Vassily Kadinski and Doris Salsedo. - Can what you make be considered works of art? The answer to this question depends on what one considers Art. I am an artist, if Art means that someone communicates who he is and the paths he follows. Being an artist means illustrating the world around you. Ai-Da will present its first solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale starting on April 22.
Three years ago, a humanoid with a female form and a special talent in painting, sculpture, sketching and even literature was created. Ai-Da is preparing for its first solo exhibition and giving its first interview
Aidan Meller owns two of the most famous galleries in Britain and four years ago he decided to seek the help of experts to implement his idea. Creating a humanoid with artistic abilities. A team of programmers, robotics experts, psychologists and people of Art collaborated and in 2019 presented Ai-Da. It is a humanoid with a female face, which has various kinds of artistic abilities, the range and level of which is constantly expanding. Its name is inspired by the British mathematician and computer pioneer Eida Lovelace. Shortly after its presentation, Ai-Da began making paintings, sketches and sculptures, which were later exhibited at The Barn Gallery in Oxford. The visitors of the exhibition even had the opportunity to watch Ai-Da sketch with a pencil but also work with a brush and clay. Last November, Ai-Da was exhibited at Oxford University's famous Ashmolean Museum and recited poems she had written, showing another aspect of her multifaceted art world.
Ai-Da gave her first interview to the Guardian newspaper and her answers to the questions she was asked are definitely very interesting, since among other things we can get a taste of how an artificial intelligence machine can think and what kind of relationships and we may have interactions in the future with these systems that are constantly evolving. - How did you learn to paint? In a different way than humans. I used a machine learning program (s.s. machine learning is a rapidly growing branch of artificial intelligence). - Can you paint using your imagination? I like to paint what I see. I guess you can paint using your imagination, if you have imagination. However, I can see different things in people and paint, although I do not have a conscience. - Can you appreciate beauty or Art? I do not have emotions like humans, but it is possible to develop a machine learning program that can recognize the emotions behind people's facial expressions. - Are there any artists you admire? Yes. Yoko Ono, Michael Angelos, Vassily Kadinski and Doris Salsedo. - Can what you make be considered works of art? The answer to this question depends on what one considers Art. I am an artist, if Art means that someone communicates who he is and the paths he follows. Being an artist means illustrating the world around you. Ai-Da will present its first solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale starting on April 22.
Will future Dell laptops use "custom" memory modules?
According to information leaked about the upcoming Dell laptops with DDR5 memory, an exclusive custom memory module will be used, which the company calls CAMM or Compression Attached Memory Module.
Such a memory module (CAMM) will have up to 128GB of DDR5 SDRAM memory with the supported speeds in the first phase reaching 4,800MHz. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. SO-DIMM. The first laptops to feature Dell's new custom memory module type will be the Precision 7 series. The Precision 7-series PCs will also feature an Intel Alder-Lake-HX series 55W processor, Nvidia RTX A5000 or Intel Arc graphics card. DG2-series with 90W TDP and up to 12TB of storage via NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD.
Apparently, Dell has developed a special module for the graphics card as well, which the company calls DGFF or Dell Graphics Form Factor. Thanks to the "modular" design, the change of the graphics card seems possible for the owners of the specific laptops. Also considering that most Precision 7-series models have a 16-inch screen, there is plenty of room for a GPU module, however we are curious to know what the company has designed.
Too high or too low temperatures can cause permanent damage to a device's battery.
The ideal temperature for normal operation of a lithium ion battery is 4.5-26 degrees Celsius and most cell phones now warn when the device is too cold or too hot.
But what should you do when you see the warning?
Only patience. You can take the phone out of its case or wrap it in a scarf to help it cool down or warm up, but you should never put it in the fridge or on the radiator, as the sudden temperature change will make it bigger. battery damage. Change your settings
If the brightness of your mobile is always at maximum, if you watch a lot of videos and if you constantly have open applications with location, the battery will drain faster.
You can change your settings and habits or, even better, activate the eco mode or battery optimization mode of your mobile.
In addition there is battery-saver mode, which you can activate when the battery is already low. Replace the battery
The batteries -but also the whole devices- are consumable and their capacity decreases with the passage of time and daily use.
If the device is still in good condition, you can simply replace the battery.
IPhones allow users to check the battery status of their device from the settings, with a capacity of 80% and above is considered normal and service is recommended for lower rates.
Android does not have this feature, but you can use the Settings to control which apps consume the most battery power. Get a power bank
If you forget to charge your phone, if it discharges quickly but you still do not want to change the battery, or if you are somewhere without many sockets, the portable battery is the easiest solution.
There are power banks for a single charge, while others can charge 2 or more devices at the same time and more than once.
Elon Musk: The crucial first date with Twitter employees
Elon Musk is expected to confirm his desire to acquire Twitter Inc., speaking to employees of the aforementioned social networking platform, the Wall Street Journal reported in a post yesterday, citing a source familiar with the matter. this issue.
The CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. may clarify his recent comments on remote work, as well as talk about his Twitter strategy, including the role of advertising and subscriptions, according to a report published yesterday.
Twitter and Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters, which was made outside of normal business hours.
Musk is the richest man in the world according to Forbes magazine, while he is trying to buy Twitter for the amount of 44 billion dollars (42.14 billion euros).
Earlier this month, Musk said Tesla employees were required to be in their offices for at least forty hours per week, closing the door to any distance work.
"If you do not show up, we will assume you have resigned," he said.
Twitter shares rose 5%, following a 2% rise on Wednesday.
TikTok: How to use the "Charity" filter that has gone viral
Patago is making a new filter on TikTok in the last few days. It is quite simple and gathers millions of videos and views. The reason for "Charity".
What is he doing;
It has the ability to distort the image, before slowly clarifying and revealing the real subject of the video.
It has been used more than 1 million times so far, with tiktokers going crazy with it.
In fact, they combine it with the song "Renegade" by Aaryan Smith and the likes fall "rain".
Some users choose a scary face, show strong teeth and eyes open, and in combination with the distortion of the filter, they have something very scary.
Others prefer to show their true self at the end of the video.
How can you get it?
If you want to appear on the popular platform a little more scary, click on "try this effect", then on "add sound" and search for "Aaryan Shah Renegade slowed by luczyfer".
Scientists have created a robotic finger with "self-made" human skin
Another step in creating robots that will look like humans as much as possible has been taken by Japanese researchers, by creating living human skin for humans.
In particular, they presented a robotic finger that has a soft skin texture, which also repels water and has self-healing properties.
The researchers, led by Professor Soji Takeucci of the University of Tokyo, a pioneer in bio-hybrid robotics (a combination of robotics and biomechanics that combines biological and artificial materials), published the paper in the journal New Materials Matter.
Ordinary robotic silicone skin can mimic a human appearance, but not with details like wrinkles, nor does it have the same functions as a human. The originality is that the new skin develops on the spot on the robot, instead of being created separately, it is cut to the size of the robot and then adapted to it.
With the new innovative method, the robotic finger is immersed in a cylinder with a solution of collagen and human dermal fibroblasts, the two key components that make up the connective tissues of human skin. This mixture adapts to the robot and forms the basis for the next layer of cutaneous human keratinocytes that attach to it, making up 90% of the outer layer, giving the robotic arm a natural skin feel.
The new skin is elastic enough to move as the robotic finger folds and stretches. It can even be self-repaired with a collagen patch. However, it is weaker than natural human skin and can not survive for long without a constant supply of nutrients and retention of moisture.
Takeucci said: "I think living skin will be the ultimate solution to giving robots the look and feel of living things, as it is made of exactly the same material that covers animal bodies." "In the future," he added, "we will develop more advanced versions of the skin, which will include sensory nerve cells, hair follicles and sweat glands." We will also try to cover larger areas ".
The Japanese robotist believes that in this way humanoid robots will be able to communicate and interact with humans in a more natural way in various roles, as envisioned by science fiction. Some other experts, however, doubt this, believing precisely that the great external resemblance of a machine to humans will cause an instinctive aversion and negative reactions. In any case, it is still a long way off when absolutely anthropomorphic robots will walk among us.
Google recently announced that it is preparing several upgrades to its popular map application, Google Maps, adding, among other things, the ability to see how much tolls we will need to pay before embarking on a journey.
The app never ceases to amaze us about the features it gives users and if you want to be a little more impressed, it's time to learn 4 things you did not know it could do:
1. Measures distances
Google Maps can measure the exact distances of your trip, up to the extent of entire states or provinces and the height of a structure. When you are on PC or mobile, the process is very simple and if you want to learn more about this feature, you just have to get some help from here.
2. He remembers where you parked
If you do not remember because you are disoriented, do not worry! Google Maps remembers you and will confidently guide you to the corner where your car is parked. So, Google decided to add a new feature to the Google Maps application, which will be able to save the location where the user has parked his car.
In the Android version of the application, the user can save the location simply by clicking on the new option "Save your parking", while in iOS the application automatically saves the location when the car engine is turned off. 3. Records where you have gone The history of the journeys of Google service users, the sites they visit and the photos they have taken over time is displayed in the new Timeline of Google Maps, or in other words, Location History.
In the Google Account you maintain, you can see which sites you have visited most often and for how long. The routes even appear. You can of course turn off Location History if you want. If you want to see what's going on there every day, log in to your account and check:
4. It can take you back in time
Did you know that you can see what your area was like at least a decade ago? Google Maps lets you travel back in time.
The ability to look back to the past is used by users to see how a place has evolved over the years. Google has collected historical data, dating back to 2007, so you can see images up to 15 years old!
There are many cases when citizens, in their attempt to find out the result of a match or to watch a match on the internet, have fallen victim to malware, have infected their devices with malware or have even lost money.
So how can we easily and simply identify a "suspicious" website and avoid it?
"Unknown" websites
The most prudent and practical thing we can do is to choose only reputable websites, which are trusted by thousands of other users and linked to well-known and recognized companies. For example, if we are interested in watching the score of a match live, we can now do it through Google, which offers similar services for all major events as well as individual matches. If we are still looking for websites for stoixima, we must turn to those that are affiliated with reputable companies and offer a secure navigation environment. If you are looking for a platform that offers match streaming services it is also wise to avoid "pirate" pages and turn to those that are legal and approved by the competent authorities.
With SSL certificate
Another smart way to make sure we have visited a secure website is the SSL certificate. This is the Secure Sockets Layer, an encryption certificate that ensures the protection of our personal data while we are on this website. It is very easy to find out if the website we have visited has this certificate, since the relevant url always starts with https in case this safety net is integrated. Most websites now have this type of certificate, however if we find ourselves on a site that does not have SSL it would be good to abandon it and prefer another one where there will be the relevant encryption of the information we receive and send as visitors.
Annoying Pop Ups
Certainly most websites now have a lot of ads, as these are a significant source of revenue. However, if we find ourselves on a site where every click is accompanied by dozens of annoying pop ups, popping up one behind the other, this should definitely make us think twice. Internet users can install an online tool such as the Pop up blocker offered by browsers like Chrome and prevent such websites from appearing, however we will still receive notification from our browser that the site we have visited has this type of pop ups that are ready to be activated. So it is good if we often visit websites with online score services or live streaming games to have a pop up blocker installed to make sure that such alerts do not appear, while in case we see "suspicious" signs it is more prudent and safe to leave the site and choose someone else.
The use of the new "Notes" tool that allows users to post large texts up to 2,500 words has begun, Twitter announced. The test will run for two months on a small number of users in Canada, the United States, Britain and Ghana, according to the BBC and Reuters, without giving further details on when the new feature will become widely available. So far the platform has a limit of 280 characters in posts (tweets), which is valid from 2017 (before the limit was 140 characters).
The purpose of Notes is to keep users on Twitter and attract young people, enabling them to share the title of a text and a link to access the full text. Users will be able to edit the texts after posting.
Musk, who has launched a Twitter acquisition process, has not ruled out the possibility of adopting a new subscription usage model.
Netflix is starting to offer spatial audio for series like Stranger Things
I admit it I'm a Netflix addict and this is great news for me!
Netflix has announced that it is starting to offer spatial audio for its popular series, such as Stranger Things.
With this technology, sound is best delivered to viewers listening through their TV speakers or headphones (rather than a surround system).
For this development, Netflix collaborated with Sennheiser and users do not need to acquire any extra hardware to see it working.
According to Netflix, spatial audio is compatible with all devices, all subscription plans and does not require anything special in terms of equipment.
At this stage, this new audio format is supported in a few productions, such as Stranger Things Season 4, Red Notice, The Witcher and a few more.
In these, normal stereo sound is replaced by Sennheiser's Ambeo 2-Channel Spatial Audio.
Anyone else into the series? Drop a line!
Caution: Never leave your charger plugged in when not in use, the dangers
One habit we all have is leaving the charger plugged in when we're not using it with the bills piling up.
Why should you never leave a charger plugged in when it's not charging any devices? The reason will surprise you unpleasantly
There are many claims and rumors about correct and incorrect use of chargers. However, some of them are based on truth. An example for everyone is the one that says the charger should not be left plugged in unused.
The most common argument is the potential fire hazard. However, this is not far from the only reason, although it turns out to be justified. Find out what are the other arguments that should lead you to the correct use of chargers.
A plugged in but unused charger costs money because it burns electricity.
Given the increase in electricity prices and the number of devices that require occasional recharging, this reason is not negligible.
Try to count how many chargers you have at home – if you live in a household of four with two teenage children, the tally could look something like this .
Mobile phone charger – 4x, laptop charger – 4x, electronic cigarette charger – 2x, smart watch charger and other devices – 3x. So you will have a total of 13 chargers.
If you left them all plugged in for at least three hours a day without any devices plugged into them, their annual consumption would be around 185Wh per year for one charger.
The risk of fire and other incidents is also significant although the probability is small.
Perhaps the most favorite argument is the risk of a possible fire when the charger is "empty". It is possible to shake your hand at this, but it is more correct to think about it.
Most people plug chargers into low-frequency outlets, so they're more likely to forget to unplug them. Although all electrical equipment must now comply with certain standards, there are still those who break the regulations – and they are the ones who are dangerous.
According to the Federal Consumers Union, some chargers manufactured in China do not meet the relevant technical standards.
Marcia Rieke (NASA) on 'N': I hope we find an Earth-like planet with James Webb
The scientific community and the media around the world continue to engage with the impressive premiere of the James Webb Space Telescope that showed us a small but impressive sample of its enormous capabilities with the first published pictures. Everyone is talking about a new era that opens in space exploration and not only since the discoveries and the data it will record will touch many scientific and research fields beyond astronomy and cosmology.
Marcia Ricke is a professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona and is one of the people most closely identified with James Webb, having worked on its construction for more than 20 years and is now the principal investigator of the telescope's main camera, NIRCam.
It is a camera that sees in the infrared spectrum and is designed in such a way and equipped with a number of state-of-the-art instruments that it can capture detailed images of cosmic bodies and structures located very close to bright light sources (such as stars) resulting in the brightness of these prevents their observation by other instruments. NIRCam is the one that will offer us the most impressive, high-quality and detailed images of the beginnings of the Universe and of the first stars and galaxies created after the Big Bang, the mysterious phenomenon from which the Universe arose.
This camera will record in detail star clusters in our neighboring galaxies, young stars in our own galaxy and will also "illuminate" the Kuiper Belt. The region of our solar system that lies after Pluto and in which countless icy space rocks of all sizes and types "circulate", from planetary bodies to asteroids and comet nuclei.
Many airlines have decided to offer their passengers as much comfort and service as possible. Air New Zealand recently announced that it will offer economy class passengers on long-haul flights the ability to rest in bunks.
Virgin Atlantic, for its part, decided to offer a similar service to first class passengers. The airline giant has ordered a range of hi-tech cabins on the new Airbus A330-900neo it is adding to its fleet. Each cabin is independent and in it there is an armchair a bench and opposite the armchair an entertainment system with a 27-inch touch screen that the user can use while listening with wireless headphones. The armchair turns into a bed if he wishes to sleep.
In case the passenger wants to accept another person in his cabin, there is provision for a second seat opposite the owner of the cabin so that they can talk or have lunch since there is space available for a small table between them. In the cabin there are also charging sockets for the passenger's electronic devices.
The aircraft will also have a lounge where up to eight people at a time can sit and enjoy their time.
How do you change the color of the car by thinking
At the Consumer Electronics Show 2022 in Las Vegas, the BMW Group presented the BMW iX Flow with E Ink, a unique vehicle that can change its entire body color at the push of a button. "We have already introduced further improvements to the technology since the premiere at CES," said Stella Clarke, head of the BMW iX Flow project. "Previously, changes between color patterns were made only by gradual transitions. Now, the electronic control systems have been improved to allow instant transformations, resulting in an even more impressive visual effect."
BMW iX Flow meets neurotechnology With the help of brainboost, the BMW iX Flow was connected directly to the brains of the rad°hub representatives using an electroencephalograph (EEG), which records the brain's electrical activity. "The color patterns of the BMW iX Flow react to brain activity and reflect the level of activity," explains brainboost CEO Philipp Heiler. "When the brain is at rest, the pattern changes in iX Flow also become calmer and more rhythmic." A special animation was triggered if the delegates managed to maintain this state for several seconds. Thus, participants were able to gradually calm and relax their brain under the guidance of brainboost experts and with the help of neurofeedback through iX Flow. This matures knowledge about what strategies work best to specifically shut down one's own brain activity for relaxation, e.g. in everyday working life.
FM 2023 Announced Returning After 2 Years Also On PlayStation Consoles (vid)
SEGA and Sports Interactive have announced this year's Football Manager to be released with the original title of FM 2022. The game will be released on November 8 for PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Android, Apple Arcade and iOS , while after two years it returns to Sony consoles, specifically the PS5.
For another year, Game Pass owners will have it from day one at no extra charge (on PC and Xbox consoles), while on PC it will be available through Steam, Epic Games Store and Microsoft Store. In detail, the following editions will be released:
– Football Manager 2023 (PC)
– Football Manager 2023 Console (PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
– Football Manager 2023 Mobile (iOS, Android)
– Football Manager 2023 Touch (Nintendo Switch, Apple Arcade)
The development team announced that information on gameplay, new features and new licenses will be announced at the end of September.
The console version will focus more on transfers, tactics and matches and especially on the PS5 version, features ported specifically for the DualSense Controller will also be supported.
Xbox and PC owners will be able to share a save and continue from one system to the other, from the same point, as long as they log in with their Microsoft account.
3 iPhone Settings Changes That Will Make Your Life Easier
It doesn't matter how long you've owned your iPhone. There will always be very useful changes you can make, and maybe you haven't spotted them. Let's look at some of them.
Unlock the mobile while wearing a mask
When your phone unlocks with Face ID, but you're wearing a mask, it's not going to recognize you. But you can go to the settings and open the option Face ID & Passcode, and choose Unlock with Apple Watch. But for those who have an iPhone 12 or 13, you will find the Face ID With a Mask option. New stuff.
Put more fancy wallpaper
Go back into the settings and choose from the Wallpaper list. Choose new and you can choose real estate or live. Like your cat moving.
Dark mode for more battery
A black background from settings and then Display & Brightness.
Hackers claim to have access to the data of 1 billion TikTok users!
A group of hackers claims to have broken into the source code of TikTok and managed to gain access to the data of 1 billion users of the platform.
Specifically, he emphasizes how he managed to get the relevant data from a cloud server and a security gap he identified there. The company of the popular application itself notes with its statement on social media that no trace of a breach has ever been detected in its systems and this is also proven by research carried out by its technicians.
Speaking to Bloomberg, a representative of TikTok said that the database that has been breached by hackers and appeared in various "dark alleys" of the Internet has nothing to do with the service.
These claims seem to be confirmed by the security analyst, Troy Hunt, who states that the data that appeared was already available before any statement was made by hackers and the database is presented in a way that one can claim that it is the same accounts, just in a different order.
Experts in cyber security and disinformation In a hyper-connected world, the risk of cyber-attacks and breaches of digital domains and data is skyrocketing.
Cybersecurity expert teams will be augmented with disinformation scholars to ensure privacy and security for all.
"There are currently 'troll farms' spreading misinformation on social media platforms and we will need trained people to understand what is fake and how to stop it," says the British futurist.
These jobs are predicted to be the highest paying in organizations in the late 2030s and throughout the 2040s.
In the best place to start are software developers, data and business analysts, database administrators, trainers and artificial intelligence engineers, experts in the field of cyber security.
Healthcare professionals for biohacking Longevity looks likely to become a key goal for the ultra-rich, with the average age of those earning more than £10 million reaching around 130 years.
This perspective focuses on the practice of so-called biohacking, using implantable technologies, nutrition, supplements, medical procedures and stem cell injections.
"There will be specialist hospitals with enthusiastic doctors, nurses, surgeons, research and development for everything to ensure longer life for those who can afford it," predicts Badminton.
"The aging population also means that there will be a high demand for carers and nurses," she points out.
The field is open to doctors, nurses, surgeons, physiotherapists, nutritionists. Their evolution in this direction is said to involve a combination of traditional medicine for a range of specialties, with technology. "In the future," argues Badminton, "if you're super rich and want to live forever, we'll be able to do that too"…
Data scientists and brokers "By 2040, data will be created at a rate of more than 200 petabytes per year, with more than 8,000 digital data interactions per person each day: one every 10 seconds or so," Badminton points out.
As we begin to gain more power over the data we generate and take our online identities more seriously, it is predicted that we will find ourselves in a position of choice to leverage it, even with the potential to monetize it, such as e.g. is done today by participating in drug trials.
So "Personal Data Brokerage" professionals and companies will emerge. Forerunners of these could be today's software developers, data and business analysts, database administrators, artificial intelligence trainers and engineers.
"Armageddon": NASA will deflect asteroids headed for Earth - Watch live
The experiment will be done for the first time and will be broadcast live on Tuesday morning
early Tuesday morning, a NASA rocket will deliberately collide with an asteroid, in an experiment whose outcome could potentially save the planet from a meteorite collision.
The scenario is reminiscent of the Hollywood movie "Armageddon", but it seems that at NASA they want to be prepared for everything. NASA launched the DART (Dual Asteroid Redirect Test) mission rocket last November. On Monday, Sept. 26, the #DARTMission will intentionally crash into a non-hazardous asteroid to try to change its orbit. Watch the action live as this #PlanetaryDefense test takes place.
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— NASA Asteroid Watch (@AsteroidWatch) September 21, 2022
After almost a year, at dawn, the first "planetary defense" craft will try to deflect the asteroid "Dimorphos", which is 6.8 million miles from Earth.
Watch live NASA Live: Official Stream of NASATV
Closure The small asteroid Dimorphos orbits a larger one called Gemini.
The two meteors will make their closest approach to Earth in years at the end of September, passing within about 10.8 million kilometers of our planet.
The NASA spacecraft's collision with the asteroid will be broadcast live on social media and the US space agency's YouTube channel.
ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence tool that threatens the jobs of half the planet
"I'm an extensive language model, trained by OpenAI, and I can help with a wide range of writing tasks: I can help with brainstorming, character building, plot development, and more," replies ChatGPT's automated system when I am asking him to be my assistant in writing a science fiction script.
Two clicks later, the cursor begins to run across the screen, from the first line to the next and the next, leaving behind paragraphs, written as if by an invisible human hand.
The story is about 2100, when AI machines will have taken over the solar system (beyond planet Earth), "disabling" the human species, because by all accounts it proved harmful and dangerous. The main character is Rick Deckard from Blade Runner, as I requested, with a little more humor and a weakness for vanilla ice cream. "No problem," replied ChatGPT's invisible mastermind, and continued to spit out words and scenes, in the form of a machine gun.
The chilling thing, of course, isn't its speed, but how well it's trained to deliver responses of all kinds, in all styles, as if they were written by a human hand: ChatGPT automatically generates original content – from academic papers, journalistic articles and expository texts to social media posts, recipe tips, even jokes. Practically, it's an imaginary chat friend that promises to do the "hard work" for you, saving you time.
But the cheesiness of a cutting-edge new technology never comes without a price.
Skynet vibes, I'm getting. Where are we heading???
The new trend in social media is AI avatars. But no one is talking about the problem
A real unreal effect is produced when you realize that the time has come when you can feed a program with verbal descriptions, such as "clouds in an alpine landscape with many trees", and it will produce an original image with the characteristics you asked for.
This achievement belongs to Generative AI technology, which – according to the cutting-edge technology company Gartner – is the artificial intelligence trend that dominated social media in 2022, while by 2025 it is expected to concern 10% of generated data.
What's the clue to the escalation coming galloping? The "magical avatars" that have mushroomed in recent weeks on the feed of the most influential social media at the moment, Instagram and TikTok. Because turning text into a generic image is not as attractive as receiving in your hands a series of selfies of yourself, as if they came out of other historical times, from the paintings of great painters or the hands of talented illustrators.
But essentially behind the two examples of content production we mentioned is the same tool: it is an AI model, which has the ability to use different types of files (eg audio files, texts and photos) to generate new fake content. That is, it enables the software to detect patterns among infinite data, creating new, similar material on demand.
Somehow, major influencers have morphed into fantasy heroes, astronauts and Amazons, as concerns mount over the openly available tool and technology that, according to MIT, is “one of the most promising developments of the past decade in world of artificial intelligence".
An AI in the role of a lawyer will take on a client in court
The case concerns an alleged violation of the speed limit
A defendant in a court case due to go to trial next month has chosen an AI (artificial intelligence) to act as a lawyer over a human legal practitioner.
So far, not many details about the accused have been released. However, the case involves a speed limit violation and the customer is at risk of a speeding summons.
Behind this AI lawyer is the company 'DoNotPay', a legal services chatbot that helps people challenge large organizations for incorrect fees or summonses for traffic violations.
Last year, the company introduced a bot that helps people reduce the cost of their bills without having to talk to customer service. In this case, it will help the client through a headset where the AI will listen via mobile to what is happening in the courtroom and give answers.
Of course, in this case there is a question of legality of such an act. According to the company's CEO Joshua Browder, a court has been found that allows the use of headphones during the trial.
It is worth noting that if the case is not won, the company has undertaken to pay the possible amount of the fine. But if there is a court victory then the company will prove that artificial intelligence has now reached such a level that it can successfully help customers in the courtroom.
This company is building a rocket by using 3-D printer using metal alloy. They plan first launch in a few weeks.
Relativity Space Aims for Orbit Inaugural launch pending, the SpaceX competitor seeks to close the deal on 3D-printed rockets NED POTTER 13 JAN 2023 4 MIN READ
Relativity’s cofounder, Tim Ellis, poses with the company's Stargate 3D printer.
Three days before astronauts left on Apollo 8, the first-ever flight around the moon, NASA’s safety chief, Jerome Lederer, gave a speech that was at once reassuring and chilling. Yes, he said, the United States’ moon program was safe and well-planned—but even so, “Apollo 8 has 5,600,000 parts and one and one half million systems, subsystems, and assemblies. Even if all functioned with 99.9 percent reliability, we could expect 5,600 defects.”
The mission, in December 1968, was nearly flawless—a prelude to the Apollo 11 landing the next summer. But even today, half a century later, engineers wrestle with the sheer complexity of the machines they build to go to space. NASA’s Artemis I, its Space Launch System rocket mandated by Congress in 2010, endured a host of delays before it finally launched in November 2022. And Elon Musk’sSpaceX may be lauded for its engineering acumen, but it struggled for six years before its first successful flight into orbit.
Relativity envisions 3D-printing facilities someday on the Martian surface, fabricating much of what people from Earth would need to live there.
Is there a better way? An upstart company called Relativity Space is about to try one. Its Terran 1 rocket, the company says, has about a tenth as many parts as comparable launch vehicles do, because it is made through 3D printing. Instead of bending metal and milling and welding, engineers program a robot to deposit layers of metal alloy in place.
Relativity’s first rocket, the company says, is ready to go from launch complex 16 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. When it happens, possibly later this month, the company says it will stream the liftoff on YouTube.
Artist’s concept of Relativity’s planned Terran R rocket. The company says it should be able to carry a 20,000-kilogram payload into low Earth orbit.RELATIVITY
“Over 85 percent of the rocket by mass is 3D printed,” said mission">Scott Van Vliet, Relativity’s head of software engineering. “And what’s really cool is not only are we reducing the amount of parts and labor that go into building one of these vehicles over time, but we’re also reducing the complexity, we’re reducing the chance of failure when you reduce the part count, and you streamline the build process.”
Relativity says it can put together a Terran rocket in two months, compared to two years for some conventionally built ones. The speed and cost of making a prototype—say, for wind-tunnel testing—are reduced because you tell the printer to make a scaled-down model. There is less waste because the process is additive. And if something needs to be modified, you reprogram the 3D printer instead of slow, expensive retooling.
Investors have noticed. The company says financial backers have included BlackRock, Y Combinator and the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.
“If you walk into any rocket factory today other than ours,” said mission">Josh Brost, the company’s head of business development, “you still will see hundreds of thousands of parts coming from thousands of vendors, and still being assembled using lots of touch labor and lots of big-fix tools.”
Terran 1, rated as capable of putting a 1,250-kilogram payload in low Earth orbit, is mainly intended as a test bed. Relativity has signed up a variety of future customers for satellite launches, but the first Terran 1 (“Terran” means “earthling”) will not carry a paying customer’s satellite. The first flight has been given the playful name “Good Luck, Have Fun”—GLHF for short. Eventually, if things are going well, Relativity will build a larger booster, called Terran R, which the company hopes will compete with the SpaceX Falcon 9 for launches of up to 20,000 kg. Relativity says the Terran R should be fully reusable, including the upper stage—something that other commercial launch companies have not accomplished. In current rockets">renderings, the rocket is, as the company puts it, “inspired by nature,” shaped to slice through the atmosphere as it ascends and comes back for recovery.
A number of Relativity’s top people came from Musk’s SpaceX or Jeff Bezos’s space company, Blue Origin, and, like Musk, they say their vision is a permanent presence on Mars. Brost calls it “the long-term North Star for us.” They say they can envision 3D-printing facilities someday on the Martian surface, fabricating much of what people from Earth would need to live there. “For that to happen,” says Brost, “you need to have manufacturing capabilities that are autonomous and incredibly flexible.”
Relativity’s fourth-generation Stargate 3D printer.RELATIVITY
Just how Relativity will do all these things is a work in progress. The company says its 3D technology will help it work iteratively—finding mistakes as it goes, then correcting them as it prints the next rocket, and the next, and so on.
“In traditional manufacturing, you have to do a ton of work up front and have a lot of the design features done well ahead of time,” says Van Vliet. “You have to invest in fixed tooling that can often take years to build before you’ve actually developed an article for your launch vehicle. With 3D printing, additive manufacturing, we get to building something very, very quickly.”
The next step is to get the first rocket off the pad. Will it succeed? Brost says a key test will be getting through max q—the point of maximum dynamic pressure on the rocket as it accelerates through the atmosphere before the air around it thins out.
“If you look at history, at new space companies doing large rockets, there’s not a single one that’s done their first rocket on their first try. It would be quite an achievement if we were able to achieve orbit on our inaugural launch,” says Brost.
“I’ve been to many launches in my career,” he says, “and it never gets less exciting or nerve wracking to me.”
Ned Potter is a New York writer who spent more than 25 years as an ABC News and CBS News correspondent covering science, technology, space, and the environment.
Startup Relativity Space sent what it’s calling the “world’s first 3D-printed rocket” toward space on Wednesday, vaulting it into the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Though, it suffered an engine issue after launch and failed to reach orbit.
Terran 1, a 110-foot-tall (33.5-meter) vehicle designed to haul lightweight satellites into orbital space, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida’s eastern coast at just before 11:30 pm ET. The rocket, powered by super-chilled methane and oxygen, burned a bright blue-green against the night sky.
The company’s factory in Long Beach, California, is unlike its competitors. Massive 3D-printing machines tucked behind large hangar doors slowly pour metal to form the hulking fuselages that make up a rocket’s main body.
There are dozens of rocket startups, but Relativity has been a standout for its ability to raise capital and attract high-profile contracts before making its first launch attempt. Still, the Terran 1 rocket that failed its first launch attempt on Wednesday may not end up being the company’s showcase product.
About $1.65 billion in launch contracts are already on the startup’s books. But those deals are “overwhelmingly for our larger reusable rocket Terran R,” Ellis noted. Terran R is still in the early stages of development.
Since 2015, Relativity has worked toward developing its first launch vehicle to gauge the success of its founding thesis — that rockets can be quickly, cheaply and efficiently built using additive manufacturing, otherwise known as 3D printing.
Most rockets today rely on some 3D-printed parts, but 85% of Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket is fabricated with this process.
Twitter: Handover - Elon Musk announces Linda Giaccarino as new CEO
“I'm excited to welcome Linda Giaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!” Musk wrote, adding: “She will focus primarily on business operations, while I will focus on product design and new technology. I look forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app.”
Giaccarino, 59, is considered a veteran of the television advertising industry, having spent much of her career at WarnerMedia's television operations before joining NBCUniversal last decade. She has become known for her involvement in finding ways to measure the effectiveness of advertising.
She was born in New York in 1963, she has two sisters while many publications claim that she is an American with Italian roots. She is married and the mother of a daughter. Its headquarters are in the "city that never sleeps", as reported by the "Bloomberg" agency.
Musk and Giaccarino have made joint appearances at various tech industry events, and Giaccarino has also occasionally made positive statements about the South African billionaire.
In addition, the company that Yacarino owns, NBCU, works on various levels with Twitter.
Overture: The new Concorde is ready to take off - It will reach speeds twice the speed of sound
Boom Technology Inc. promises to bring back supersonic speeds in travel. which will market the aircraft – successor to the Concorde that was retired in 2003. About twenty years have passed since the year of retirement of this particular type of aircraft, a period during which great technological leaps have been made and the data in economic, environmental but and individual level have changed. These changes have brought new needs to the forefront of travel, which Overture plans to cover with breathtaking speeds.
The new Concorde will begin construction in 2024, but its first flight with passengers is estimated around 2029 to 2030. When it finally flies, it will be the fastest commercial plane in the world and will typically make the trip New York - London in 3 hours and 30 minutes, instead of 6 hours and 30 minutes which is until today. Its capacity will be limited from 65 to 80 passengers who will enjoy all the amenities and comforts that will enhance the travel experience.
The new model has been called the Overture, but has been informally nicknamed "Son of Concorde" since the traditional Concorde type held the record for the fastest commercial airliner in the world until it was retired in 2003. The reasons that led to the retirement of the previous model were a combination of factors, culminating in a tragic event. The supersonic aircraft was extremely noisy and expensive, limiting flight availability and making the fare prohibitively high for many travelers. In 2000, an Air France Concorde crashed, killing 109 people on board and 4 people on the ground, and many believe that the event was instrumental in the final retirement of this type of aircraft.
Twitter, Meta and TikTok are three of the biggest social media giants in the world. But they are also three of the brands with the worst reputation in the US, according to the relative ranking of the 2023 Axios Harris Poll 100, published recently.
The survey, conducted among 16,000 Americans, asked respondents to rate the 100 companies they considered most famous in nine reputation categories.
Meta and Twitter appeared to score poorly in the 'culture' and 'ethics' categories. Both companies have recently sparked controversy by firing thousands of workers via email. For Twitter in particular, it was just one episode in a drama that has erupted since its takeover by Elon Musk, with Fidelity now estimating the company is worth a third of the $44 billion the entrepreneur paid to acquire it. in October 2022.
The seven worst brands in the US, according to the survey, are as follows: – The Trump Organization
– FTX
– Fox Corporation
– Twitter
- After
– Spirit Airlines
- Tik Tok
Americans gave the former US president's Trump Organization the worst reputation, as it was the only business on the list with a "very bad" rating, the lowest possible. The company fared particularly poorly in the categories of 'character', 'trust' and 'ethics'.
The new app that finds the cheapest hotels around the world
In the vast world of the internet, there are now many trusted apps that give back to travelers to make their getaways the way they want and the budget they want, whether it's budget flight finder apps or cruises. However, when it comes to accommodation, the options are not that many.
With the entry of HotelSlash into hotel rate comparison, that looks set to change. When it comes to such applications, our users focus on ease of navigation, usability and the concentration of multiple economic options. HotelSlash seems to have simplified the above components. The new app that finds the cheapest hotels around the world
Step one: Where would you like to live? Step Two: Our super smart computers (coded by travel programmers) do the work. Step Three: Relax! We send emails with great offers! These three simple steps are submitted to the HotelSlash app, offering a 90-day free trial for its user and the subscription amount costs $29.95.
HotelSlash mentions something that most online travel agencies like Booking.com and Hopper fail to do. This new site promises discounted hotel rates to its members and a tracking service that monitors bookings and informs about possible rates. "We're travel hackers at heart," Jonathan Weinberg, managing director and co-founder of HotelSlash, told the New York Times, stating that HotelSlash is aimed at travelers who want to travel within a budget while being cost-conscious.
It's common when searching for hotel accommodation for people to book and forget, inadvertently missing out on opportunities to save money or upgrade their stay to a superior room or gain more amenities as their travel date approaches. . The fact that someone has the best deal today does not guarantee that the same price will remain tomorrow, next week or even just before check-in. HotelSlash bridges the gap between bookings and days of stay, ensuring travelers take advantage of every opportunity to maximize value without leaving money on the table.
Just because hotel prices can be fickle, catching a cost drop is often a matter of luck, or diligence. But who has time to monitor hotel prices all day? So the most promising service of HotelSlash is that of price monitoring, which will notify the user of the price drop and allow him to cancel his existing reservation, making a new reservation with this lower price.
As with online travel agencies and hotel websites, the best rates advertised are often non-refundable and generally risky. And since plans are always changing, it's clearly better to have a price that's flexible. Exactly what HotelSlash offers. It is a guarantee of your purchase, only regarding your hotel reservation.
In commuting, the benefits of using hydrogen are the quick refueling time compared to gasoline or diesel, along with the ability to cover longer distances with a single fill-up, while it is safer than conventional fuels. This is because, since it is 14 times lighter than air, it produces a narrow, vertical flame in case of a point leak in the tank it is in, which does not generate high temperature and does not spread. For all these reasons, it seems that hydrogen is likely to become the fuel of the future.
In addition, hydrogen can also be used as a fuel for vehicles. Hydrogen-powered engines produce zero greenhouse gas emissions and can propel vehicles with great efficiency and range. This technology is already available in some cars and trucks, and it is no coincidence that there is an explosion of investment in the construction of new infrastructure for the production, storage and distribution of hydrogen.
Why hydrogen? 1. Does not emit carbon dioxide (CO2) 2. It has high energy density 3. It is abundant and versatile 4. We can store it 5. It can also be used as an industrial fuel
In commuting, the benefits of using hydrogen are the quick refueling time compared to gasoline or diesel, along with the ability to cover longer distances with a single fill-up, while it is safer than conventional fuels. This is because, since it is 14 times lighter than air, it produces a narrow, vertical flame in case of a point leak in the tank it is in, which does not generate high temperature and does not spread. For all these reasons, it seems that hydrogen is likely to become the fuel of the future.
In addition, hydrogen can also be used as a fuel for vehicles. Hydrogen-powered engines produce zero greenhouse gas emissions and can propel vehicles with great efficiency and range. This technology is already available in some cars and trucks, and it is no coincidence that there is an explosion of investment in the construction of new infrastructure for the production, storage and distribution of hydrogen.
Why hydrogen? 1. Does not emit carbon dioxide (CO2) 2. It has high energy density 3. It is abundant and versatile 4. We can store it 5. It can also be used as an industrial fuel
Redmi Watch 3: Affordable and with multiple conveniences
Xiaomi is active in all categories of "smart" devices and smartwatches are one of them. The well-known company launched the Redmi Watch 3 a few weeks ago, a new model with a price close to 130 euros and many conveniences. The device is characterized by its lightweight design and metallic finish.
Its screen has a diagonal of 1.75 inches, is of AMOLED technology and offers location information through GNSS. Via Bluetooth it communicates with your mobile phone to make and answer calls, while its autonomy also moves at very high levels, since it reaches up to 12 days.
The screen covers 70% of the front of the device, which offers a large area to always have a view of your notifications. Its brightness reaches up to 600 nits, making the Redmi Watch 3 ideal for use under even strong sunlight. The weight of 37 grams is ideal to have it in your hand every day, and multiple strap options are offered, so you can bring it to your liking.
For watchface lovers, the new model supports over 200 custom faces, so it can suit your needs. Want more information about your exercise? Can you have it? Want something simple just for now? You can find it. Especially with the use of GNSS, it offers great accuracy in recording your movements and exercise. And at night, it also offers a detailed record of your sleep.
Workout enthusiasts will find over 120 workout modes covering everything from running, cycling and walking to swimming in a pool. Through special algorithms, it accurately records the heart rate, but also measures the calories you "burn" on a daily basis so that you can make your program. And with 10 built-in running classes with different intensity, Xiaomi Redmi Watch 3 will become your right advisor.
You can use it in water (up to a depth of 50 meters), in the shower or even in the rain and your only "obligation" is to download the relevant communication app to your smartphone, whether you have an Android or an iPhone. The Redmi Watch 3 is a very "honest" proposition in the €100+ category and will cover all your daily needs.
YouTube is testing more drastic measures for those using ad blockers
The programs that block ads on sites and YouTube from a big problem for Google, as the relevant messages of the users reach the internet users.
Aiming to curb usage specifically on YouTube, the internet giant is launching a new, more aggressive tactic.
So it is testing new measures on a small sample of users, such as blocking video if they don't disable their ad blocker.
In fact, certain users found that the relevant YouTube message told them that until they remove the relevant app they will only be able to watch 3 videos.
"Finding an ad blocker is nothing new, and we often ask viewers to turn it off," a Google spokesperson told foreign websites.
Users also have another option: the purchase of a subscription package for YouTube Premium, which offers the content of the platform without commercial breaks.
The biggest ever high-tech search for the Loch Ness monster begins
Nessie, as the famous Loch Ness monster has been named, may have been proven to be a well-worn hoax in the 1930s, but the possible existence of a huge sea creature in Scotland's now-famous loch continues to be a subject of concern for more than just friends of such mysteries but also of the scientific community with a number of studies to make their appearance at regular intervals on whether there ever was a large sea creature in the great deep lake Loch Ness from which the monster got its name and what kind of creature could be this.
A century after the images that (supposedly) depicted Nessie, the independent research group Loch Ness Exploration (LNE) has announced that it will carry out the largest and most comprehensively organized search for her to date. The survey will be held on August 26-27.
The research will use drones to produce thermal images of the water from the air using infrared cameras as it is believed that observing the heat from above could be a crucial element in detecting any strange anomalies. A hydrophone will also be used to detect underwater acoustic signals that could potentially be linked to the presence of a large sea creature. Other technical equipment that could prove useful in the investigation will also be used. The research team is even looking for volunteers to contribute to the research from various posts and those who are interested can get relevant information on the website that has been created for this purpose?
Record
Reports of an unspecified Loch Ness monster date back to around the 6th century, when legend has it that Saint Columba miraculously saved a man's life from it. The earliest modern reports include an anonymous letter to the Inverness Courier newspaper in 1932, according to which a couple had observed an unknown species in Loch Ness, as evidenced by its tracks on the surface of the sea. It later turned out that his description was somewhat exaggerated. Since then there have been more testimonies and different reports of a "monster" from 2-40 meters long.
In April 1934, a photograph of Nessie appeared, also known as the "surgeon's photograph", by surgeon Robert Wilson. It is by far the most popular depiction of the monster that appears with a long neck and small head, having similar features to a plesiosaur. Wilson's son admitted its forgery, which was proven in 1995 by a team of researchers.
The biggest ever high-tech search for the Loch Ness monster begins
Nessie, as the famous Loch Ness monster has been named, may have been proven to be a well-worn hoax in the 1930s, but the possible existence of a huge sea creature in Scotland's now-famous loch continues to be a subject of concern for more than just friends of such mysteries but also of the scientific community with a number of studies to make their appearance at regular intervals on whether there ever was a large sea creature in the great deep lake Loch Ness from which the monster got its name and what kind of creature could be this.
A century after the images that (supposedly) depicted Nessie, the independent research group Loch Ness Exploration (LNE) has announced that it will carry out the largest and most comprehensively organized search for her to date. The survey will be held on August 26-27.
The research will use drones to produce thermal images of the water from the air using infrared cameras as it is believed that observing the heat from above could be a crucial element in detecting any strange anomalies. A hydrophone will also be used to detect underwater acoustic signals that could potentially be linked to the presence of a large sea creature. Other technical equipment that could prove useful in the investigation will also be used. The research team is even looking for volunteers to contribute to the research from various posts and those who are interested can get relevant information on the website that has been created for this purpose?
Record
Reports of an unspecified Loch Ness monster date back to around the 6th century, when legend has it that Saint Columba miraculously saved a man's life from it. The earliest modern reports include an anonymous letter to the Inverness Courier newspaper in 1932, according to which a couple had observed an unknown species in Loch Ness, as evidenced by its tracks on the surface of the sea. It later turned out that his description was somewhat exaggerated. Since then there have been more testimonies and different reports of a "monster" from 2-40 meters long.
In April 1934, a photograph of Nessie appeared, also known as the "surgeon's photograph", by surgeon Robert Wilson. It is by far the most popular depiction of the monster that appears with a long neck and small head, having similar features to a plesiosaur. Wilson's son admitted its forgery, which was proven in 1995 by a team of researchers.
