Mar 02
New York City To Pay Millions To George Floyd Protesters Roughed Up By Police
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe city proposes to pay each protester $21,500 to settle a police-brutality lawsuit.
Mar 02
The Republican former House speaker-turned-Fox Corp. board member ducked conservative commentator Charlie Sykes’ question about a red line.
Mar 02
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Mar 02
Iconic Little Mermaid Statue Is Vandalized Yet Again, This Time With Russian Flag
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe statue in Copenhagen, Denmark, has long been a popular target for vandals — who have previously blown the mermaid off her perch, beheaded her and painted her.
Mar 02
A rare species, previously common but thought to be extinct in the eastern U.S., has been rediscovered loitering at a Walmart.
Mar 02
Every so often, dictionaries spruce up their database of lexicography in order to get with the times. Dictionary.com is no different, and announced this week the new additions to the website’s catalog of words.
Mar 02
Scientists in China say they’ve begun to develop what could be the first of a new and improved generation of sunscreens. In mice, their experimental polymer appeared to provide greater protection against ultraviolet radiation than commercial products. It also wasn’t absorbed through the skin and seemed to be non-toxic…
Mar 02
Garmin announced two new GPS running smartwatches with AMOLED displays today: the Forerunner 965 and 265 series. The new watches provide “advanced training metrics” for runners and health stats like heart-rate variability (HRV), overall sleep quality and training load.
The Forerunner 265 Series come in two sizes (the 42mm Forerunner 265S and the 46mm Forerunner 265). The 265S offers up to 24 hours of battery life in GPS mode and up to 15 days in smartwatch mode; the 265 offers up to 20 hours of GPS use and 13 days of smartwatch use. Both watches have Pulse Ox sensors, “Body Battery” energy monitoring, sleep and stress tracking, menstrual cycle monitoring and pregnancy tracking. Additionally, they monitor V02 max (the maximum oxygen you can consume per minute based on your weight), performance condition and other metrics. Finally, it offers two adaptive training options: daily suggested workouts by entering upcoming race info and following a video series from your favorite Garmin coaches.
Meanwhile, the Forerunner 965 is the higher-end model with a 1.4-inch AMOLED display, up to 31 hours of battery life (in GPS mode) and up to 23 days in smartwatch mode. In addition to carrying over all of the cheaper model’s features, it logs additional performance metrics like load ratio (the relationship between an athlete’s training load and what they can handle), real-time stamina info to manage exertion levels and detailed climbing metrics (including gradient, distance and elevation gains). The watch also includes built-in mapping and more storage for music.
The Forerunner 965 will cost $600 when it launches in “late March.” The Forerunner 265 is available today for $450.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/garmin-unveils-its-first-dedicated-running-watches-with-amoled-displays-120030944.html?src=rss
Mar 02
Space agencies and private companies around the world have been scheduling their own lunar missions over the next few years, and that could be quite complicated to coordinate when they all use different time zones. During a meeting at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC technology center in the Netherlands last year, space organizations discussed the “importance and urgency of defining a common lunar reference time.”
In a new announcement, ESA navigation system engineer Pietro Giordano said a “joint international effort is now being launched towards achieving this.” There are a few challenges: They will have to decide whether to keep lunar time synchronized with Earth’s or not because clocks on the Moon run faster based on the satellite’s position. Each day on the Moon is, in Earth terms, 29.5 days long.
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Jack Dorsey launches his Twitter alternative, Bluesky
It’s out now in closed beta.
Jack Dorsey’s new Twitter alternative, Bluesky, is available in closed beta on the App Store. The invite-only app joins the list of Twitter substitutes, including Mastodon, as Twitter clings on through staff attrition and precarious stability. Bluesky began in 2019 as a Twitter-funded side project. Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter and was still CEO when the initiative started, saw it as a more open alternative to an increasingly centralized Twitter. Then, Bluesky spun off as its own company in 2021.
You’ll have to enter your email address to join the waitlist. The Bluesky app reportedly borrows heavily from Twitter. However, it includes minor differences like “What’s up?” in place of “What’s happening?” along with a simplified process of creating a post (which can also include photos) by selecting a plus button. So… yeah. It’s all pretty Twitter-esque.
Sony 2023 Bravia XR TVs hands-on
Bigger, brighter and even more better looking.
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One major company was missing from this year’s CES barrage of TVs: Sony. Now it’s finally ready to show off its latest flagship sets. Its 2023 line of Bravia XR TVs are all powered by the company’s Cognitive Processor XR, so they all include support for stuff like Sony’s XR Clear Image tech, which allows for adaptive noise reduction, auto HDR tone mapping and more. Sony is also trying to take as much of the guesswork out of setup as possible by making its TVs in the standard video or cinematic modes look great right out of the box. Read on for the full round-up of both the LED and OLED families.
Meta apparently plans to launch its first true AR glasses in 2027
The company reportedly shared its AR/VR roadmap with employees.
Meta has shared its latest augmented and virtual reality hardware roadmap with employees, and according to The Verge, it’s planning to launch its first full-fledged AR glasses in 2027. While the company intends to release other AR glasses before then, the device it’s launching in four years is the same one Mark Zuckerberg believes could become Meta’s “iPhone moment.” The glasses, which will reportedly project avatars as high-quality holograms superimposed on the real world, are expected to be quite expensive.
Airbnb is banning people ‘likely to travel’ with prohibited users
The company’s policies lean heavily on the side of homeowners.
Airbnb is banning users who may be associated with people the company deems a safety risk. Although the short-term rental company faces an impossible balancing act of making owners feel secure without discriminating unfairly against renters, its appeals process – a critical step in catching overreaches – appears to err on the side of perceived homeowner security.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-the-moon-needs-its-own-time-zone-121559989.html?src=rss
Mar 02
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have spoken briefly at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations.
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