Dec 01
Otis Anderson Jr. was reportedly killed during an argument with Otis Anderson Sr. at his parents’ home in Jacksonville, Florida.
Dec 01
Jury selection will resume in the trial of Kim Potter, and her attorneys said the suburban Minneapolis police officer would testify.
Dec 01
Xbox video game clips are about to become much more easily shareable via unique public URLs on the Xbox mobile app, according to a tweet from Microsoft’s Larry Hryb (@majornelson). Those links will also be collected into a new “trending content” area so you can see what others are doing. The features are now being tested in the app and will “soon’ roll out to all users, Hryb said.
Link sharing and trending content are coming soon to the Xbox mobile app, letting you share links to your game clips and see the top trending content from other Xbox gamers.
This is currently being tested in the app and will soon be rolling out to all users! pic.twitter.com/5ZzhmvEFvg
— Larry Hryb ☁ (@majornelson) November 30, 2021
“With Link sharing, just go to the capture you want to share in the Xbox mobile app to get a link, then paste it anywhere to share with your friends, who don’t need to be signed-in to view your capture. We are now testing this long requested feature,” Hryb said in the thread.
According to images shared by Hryb, the trending content section is a new social media-type site on iOS and Android kinds of resembles (wait for it) TikTok’s feed — somewhat of a trend lately. Clicking on it opens up highlights that you can scroll through and then like, comment and share (top).
Microsoft already offers the ability to share game clips and screenshots via your profile’s activity feed, clubs, messages and social media, on consoles as well as the mobile app. Sony also recently unveiled a similar feature on the PlayStation 5. However, letting you generate public links should make it more seamless, and Microsoft is making it more accessible with the social media aspect. The company has been testing the feature with developers, but you should see the feature in the near future.
Dec 01
7-Eleven has teamed up with Nuro for autonomous vehicle deliveries in Mountain View, California. Residents can place orders through the 7Now app and an AV might bring the items to their location.
Autonomous deliveries won’t cost customers anything extra. They’re available from 8AM until 9PM PT every day, and the companies say orders should arrive in around 30 minutes. When the AV arrives, customers collect their items from the rear. There are some limitations. You won’t be able to order age-restricted items — such as alcohol, tobacco or lottery tickets — for autonomous delivery.
Nuro will initially use self-driving Priuses with a human operator monitoring the tech from the driver seat. Eventually, Nuro’s R2 robot, which has been making deliveries in other states, will bring 7-Eleven orders to customers’ doorsteps in Mountain View, where the company is based.
This is the first commercial AV delivery service in California, according to Nuro. The state’s DMV granted Nuro California’s first Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Permit last December.
Dec 01
Marcus Lamb, televangelist and founder of the Christian TV network Daystar, died Tuesday of covid-19 after being hospitalized with the disease, according to a new report from the Star-Telegram. Lamb, whose network regularly denounced covid-19 vaccination efforts as the work of evil forces, was 64 years old.
Dec 01
WATCH: Trump Fan Confesses To FBI That He Electroshocked D.C. Cop During Capitol Attack
Posted in: Today's ChiliDanny Rodriguez was arrested by the FBI after a HuffPost story named him as the rioter who drove a stun gun into Mike Fanone’s neck.
Dec 01
A stark change in GOP talking points prompted a damning question from “The Daily Show” host.
Dec 01
Samir Jefferson, 14, was at a bus stop in a North Philadelphia neighborhood when two unknown shooters fired at least 36 shots, said police.
Dec 01
Microsoft will be required to disclose sexual harassment cases after shareholder vote
Posted in: Today's ChiliMicrosoft’s shareholders have forced the tech giant to write up an annual report that would detail how it handles sexual harassment cases within the company. Investors voted in favor of passing a proposal requesting the annual report at their recent meeting despite the company’s recommendation that they vote against it.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft has been planning to disclose how it implements sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies even before the vote took place. However, the company didn’t want to reveal independent investigations into its executives, including the probe into Bill Gates. One of the proposal’s key requests is the disclosure of executive-level investigations.
Following the news that Bill and Melinda Gates were having a divorce, reports came out accusing the former of questionable behavior. The Microsoft co-founder allegedly pursued women who worked for him at the tech giant and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2019, Microsoft’s board of directors opened an investigation after discovering that he had an affair with an employee around 20 years ago.
The greater transparency around sexual harassment in the company was proposed by financial services provider Arjuna Capital. Natasha Lamb, a portfolio manager at Arjuna, said during the meeting that the investor is “concerned about Microsoft’s alleged continued culture of workplace sexual harassment and its history of unfulfilled previous commitments to resolve it.” Arjuna said the reports about the probe into Gates’ affair and behavior that came out earlier this year “put into question whether Microsoft was maintaining and protecting a culture of sexual harassment, especially seeing how Bill Gates was protected around this issue by the board.”
Despite advising against voting for the proposal, Microsoft will take steps to comply with it. Company President Brad Smith said Microsoft will bring in a third party to assess its investigations and will share what those assessments contain. He also gave a taste of what the annual reports would include: Apparently, the tech giant received 51 complaints from employees in the fiscal year ending in June, and 47 percent of them were substantiated. The year before that, it received 142 complaints.
Dec 01
DJI’s newest, technically impressive (and expensive) drone is here. It addresses issues with visual quality, short flight time and a simplified flying experience. Judging by Associate Editor Steve Dent’s review, it’s an incredible drone, even if some features were missing at launch. The Mavic 3 is peerless when it comes to image quality — so that speaks to who it’s aimed at. It’s definitely not for the beginner drone dilettante, like me. Read our full review here and make sure to watch our (gorgeous) review, too.
— Mat Smith
Bethesda shows off more ‘Starfield’
Take a look at some concept art and footage from the sci-fi RPG.
There’s still roughly a year to go before Starfield launches on PC and Xbox Series X/S, but Bethesda has released a seven-minute Into the Starfield: The Endless Pursuit featurette to show off a lot of concept art and work-in-progress assets. Game director Todd Howard also offered a tease. He said Starfield has “two step-out moments.” Many other games typically only have one of those, in which the player sees the expanse of an open-world environment for the first time. Expect a leap from a planet to a galaxy to a universe. Or maybe time travel. I don’t know, OK?
Russia may press criminal charges in 2018 ISS pressure leak incident
‘These attacks are false and lack any credibility,’ said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
In 2018, astronauts aboard the International Space Station plugged a 2mm “hole” in a Soyuz MS-09 vehicle that had docked with the station. While the pressure leak never posed an immediate threat to those aboard, it prompted Russia to open an investigation to find out if the incident was the result of sabotage.
Roscosmos, the country’s space agency, recently completed its probe of the event and sent the results to Russian law enforcement officials, opening the door for them to announce criminal charges.
BMW M’s second standalone model is the Concept XM plug-in hybrid
The Concept XM is the most powerful BMW M car to go into production.
BMW
BMW M, the famous automaker’s subsidiary in charge of high-performance vehicles, has introduced its second standalone model, over 40 years after the M1 was first sold to the public. The new vehicle is a plug-in hybrid model called the Concept XM, and it’s apparently the most powerful BMW M car to ever go into series production. It will use the company’s newly developed M Hybrid drive system that combines a V8 engine with a high-performance electric motor. That will give the vehicle an all-electric range of 80km (50 miles). The series production version of the vehicle — the BMW XM — will start production by the end of 2022.
Patient receives the world’s first fully 3D-printed prosthetic eye
It used a 3D scan of the eye socket and color-calibrated photo of the healthy eye.
NHS
A patient has been fitted with a highly realistic 3D printed prosthetic eye for the first time ever. Steve Verze received the high-tech version as a permanent replacement for his traditional prosthetic eye. “It makes me feel more and more confident,” he told On Demand News. “If I can’t spot the difference, I know other people won’t spot the difference.”
Previously, doctors would need to make a mold of the eye socket, but this new process involves a non-invasive 2.4-second scan using a specially modified ophthalmic scanner that delivers a precise measurement of the eye socket. That data combines with a color-calibrated image of the healthy eye, which is then replicated in a 3D print model. Verze’s prosthetic is a precursor to a forthcoming clinical trial that will evaluate the effectiveness of 3D printed eyes vs. traditional, handmade eyes.
Record-breaking Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren is moving to YouTube
He’s following other prominent streamers like CourageJD, TimTheTatMan and DrLupo.
YouTube Gaming continues to poach Twitch talent, and the latest to defect is “Ludwig” Ahgren. Ludwig is best known for his marathon streaming session that allowed him to break the Twitch all-time subscriber record held by Ninja, eventually hitting 283,066 all-time active subs.
Ludwig broke the news in a Twitter video that showed him driving with his manager “Slime” in a purple car, which explodes after they get out. He then jumps into a red model, driving home the point that he’s leaving team purple for team red. Twitch’s color scheme is purple, while YouTube’s is, yes, red.
UK competition regulator orders Meta to sell Giphy
It found the deal ‘could harm social media users and UK advertisers.’
As rumored earlier this week, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ordered Meta (Facebook) to sell Giphy, saying the deal “could harm social media users and UK advertisers.” It found the deal would boost Meta’s already prodigious market power by limiting other platforms’ access to Giphy’s catalog of GIFs, “driving more traffic to Facebook-owned sites — Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram.”
“We disagree with this decision. We are reviewing the decision and considering all options, including appeal. Both consumers and Giphy are better off with the support of our infrastructure, talent and resource,” a Meta spokesperson told Engadget.
Three Google workers sue over alleged violations of ‘don’t be evil’ motto
The former employees said the company’s policy was binding.
Former Google engineers Paul Duke, Rebecca Rivers and Sophie Waldman have sued the company for allegedly violating the “don’t be evil” segment of the company’s code of conduct. They claim Google fired them for organizing worker opposition to controversial projects, like working with the Trump-era Customs and Border Protection. The lawsuit won’t necessarily lead to stiff penalties. Google has already settled with Berland over his departure.
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