Feb 14
Feb 14
Possible Globs of Melted Nuclear Fuel Detected Inside Damaged Fukushima Reactor
Posted in: Today's ChiliImages captured by a remotely operated probe appear to show mounds of melted nuclear fuel at the bottom of a Fukushima reactor core that experienced a meltdown 11 years ago.
Feb 14
Metaās Instagram is introducing a new way for people to interact with Stories. Starting today, you can send a private like when someone shares an image or video that catches your eye. Previously, the only way to respond to a Story was to either send the creator a direct message or an emoji reaction. In either case, your response would show in their messages inbox, thereby cluttering the interface.
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Starting to roll out today, you can now send some love by liking peopleās stories without sending a DM.
Likes on stories are private and do not have counts. Rather, they appear as hearts next to peopleās handles in your Stories view sheet. šš¼ pic.twitter.com/l56Rmzgnnw
ā Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) February 14, 2022
Once you have access to the feature, youāll find a new heart icon located between the āSend Messageā pill and airplane icon. Should you decide to send someone a Story like, it will show up in the viewer sheet, which you can access by viewing your own Story again. People who publicly view your Stories wonāt see a like count.
āThe idea here is to make sure that people can express more support for each other, but also to clean up DMs a little bit,ā said Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram. āMessaging is a key priority for us, and a big piece of that is focusing on DMs between you and the people that you care about.ā
Instagram frequently adds small but handy features like this. Last fall, for instance, the company added the option to delete images and videos from a carousel. Story likes wonāt fundamentally change how you use Instagram, but itās a welcome addition all the same.
Feb 14
The country singer met the Duke of Sussex after she sang the national anthem.
Feb 14
Motorola and Verizon created a device that hangs around the wearerās neck to provide 5G connectivity for a secondary device ā likely a VR/AR headset.
Feb 14
Any BMW designated a flop is still something worth driving, if not still a highly desirable vehicle to own. Nonetheless, here are five that didnāt hit the mark.
Feb 14
Over 10,000 light-years from Earth, two mega-hot stars are changing what astronomers know about stellar evolution and how the gassy balls can be constructed. The stars are unique for their exotic surface composition: They are cocooned in carbon and oxygen, the ashen remains of helium burning.
Feb 14
The number of trees cut down in the Brazilian section of the Amazon rainforest in January was five times greater than the same period last year, according to satellite imagery data from Brazilās space research agency, INPE.
Feb 14
Back in 2018, the Academy Awards announced a new Oscar, to be given to the Best Popular Film of the year. The idea was to recognize the blockbusters that typically dominate the box office but never manage to make it to the Best Picture category. It didnāt go over well, and now, itās getting worse.
Feb 14
Because why not make every day Halloween, HELIAN is selling these 3D Printed Flexible Finger Extensions on Amazon (affiliate link). The gloves feature long articulated fingers reminiscent of Freddy Kruegerās that triple the length of your existing fingers, presumably so you can reach the television remote without straining yourself. Or at least thatās how I plan on using them.
The fingers can be individually posed in any position, and if you donāt pose the middle finger flipping one of the longest birds Iāve ever seen, clearly, youāve missed the point of these gloves entirely. Alternatively, cover the gloves with faux fur and pretend youāre a werewolf. Either way, Iāll be sure to keep my distance from the crazy person with the finger claws.
Whatever you do, if you see someone wearing a pair of finger-extending gloves, DO NOT ask for a back scratch. I made that mistake, and now I canāt even look at a fingernail without flinching ā which particularly sucks because I have ten of them and spend all day typing, so my workday is pretty much just one long flinchfest now. Youād think Iād seen a ghost! Granted, I really have before, but thatās unrelated.
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