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The upgraded Snapdragon processor claims to deliver enhanced multi-core CPU and GPU power and efficiency. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Book2 Go 5G, the latest device in the Galaxy Book Go lineup of laptops, on Monday. The newly revealed laptop is the 5G variant of the Galaxy Book2 Go, which launched recently. The Galaxy Book2 Go 5G is powered by a Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 processor, which is an upgrade on the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor used in the previously launched Samsung Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360. The new device offers “best in class mobile experience with 5G capabilities” and features a 14-inch FHD IPS display. Samsung announced the company's newest addition to its computing range, the Galaxy Book2 Go 5G, in an official release. The mobile PC comes with boosted speed and efficiency, along with a 180-degree folding hinge. Samsung Galaxy Book2 Go 5G price, availability The Samsung Galaxy Book2 Go 5G will be available for sale on the Samsung website from the end of January. The laptop will debut in a Silver colour variant. While the launch price of the base model with 4GB memory and 128GB storage is priced at GBP649 (roughly Rs. 64,900), the higher-end model with 8GB memory and 256GB storage is priced at GBP749 (roughly Rs. 74,900). A specific date for the global launch of the product is yet to be announced. Samsung Introduces 200-Megapixel Image Sensor Ahead of Galaxy S23 Ultra Launch Samsung Galaxy Book2 Go 5G specifications The Galaxy Book2 Go 5G will feature dual SIM (eSIM+pSIM) connectivity and run Windows 11 Home OS out-of-the-box. It will feature a 14-inch Full-HD TFT, IPS display. The mobile laptop will be powered by a Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 chipset, accompanied by a Qualcomm Adreno GPU. The laptop will come in 4GB and 8GB RAM configurations. Samsung's latest laptop includes an HD webcam and comes in 128GB and 256GB internal storage options. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth, 5G ENDC, and two USB Type-C ports. It also includes a 3.5mm headphone/ mic jack and a Nano SIM slot. The Galaxy Book2 Go packs a 42.3Wh battery and will come with a 45W charging adapter. The device measures 323.9x224.8x15.5mm in size and will weigh 1.44kilograms. Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 5 Could Come With a Water Drop Hinge: All Details Additionally, the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Go 5G also offers seamless connection with the Galaxy Ecosystem. Galaxy Tab models can be synced with the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Go 5G for a second screen. All Galaxy Buds models are also supported with the device. Do the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 offer enough over last year's models? We discuss this on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts. link: https://www.gadgets360.com/laptops/news/samsung-galaxy-book2-go-5g-price-gbp649-749-launch-date-sale-january-16-specifications-features-3700622

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Apple has just unveiled its brand new M2 Pro & M2 Max SOCs but the top chip was compared to an aging Intel Core i9 CPU from 2019. Apple Compares Its Brand New M2 Max SOC With 4 Year Old Intel Core i9 CPU During the presentation, Apple showcased the latest MacBook Pro running on the M2 Pro & M2 Max SOCs. Talking a little about the specifications of these new chips, the M2 Pro features a 5nm process technology and features 40 billion transistors while comprising 10/12 cores with up to 32 GB of low latency unified memory systems. The M2 Max scales things up with 67 billion transistors and features 12 Cores with 96 GB of the same unified system memory. The main difference comes in the form of the GPU configurations. RELATED STORY Ali Salman New M2 Pro and M2 Max MacBook Pro Models Feature HDMI 2.1 Port The Apple M2 Pro rocks up to 19 GPU cores with a bigger L2 cache and is 30% faster than the GPU on the M1 Pro. The M2 Max is double that with 38 GPU cores, an even larger cache, and 30% faster than the M1 Max. Now in the presentation, Apple posted some weird benchmarks (as always) where they compare the M2 Max with the M1 Max and also an Intel Core i9 CPU, running on the 2019 MacBook Pro. It seems like Apple used an 8-core Intel chip to compare against its top M2 Max part & as far as the Cinema 4D results go, the M2 Max is 6 times faster but this is mostly a GPU-intensive benchmark. To make things clear, Intel's Core i9 CPUs were first introduced during the 8th and 9th Gen Core families back in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Apple used both 8th and 9th Gen CPUs from Intel to power its MacBook Pro laptops at the time and the company currently offers 12th Gen CPUs with 13th Gen CPUs heading out to retail next month. Apple M2 Pro Benchmarks: Apple M2 Max Benchmarks: Furthermore, Apple also claims that its M2 Max can "tackle graphics-intensive projects that competing systems can’t even run". The test results specifically used a workload which had required 40 GB of graphics memory. The comparative systems featured an RTX 6000 and a GeForce-RTX 3080 Ti GPU. Both of these laptop GPUs don't feature the required VRAM pool however, that shouldn't be a reason for these GPUs to not make it work entirely. Apple also used to tout a lot about their efficiency figures against competing PC components but that seems to be missing this generation. We have previously called out just how flawed Apple's own benchmarks can be and it is likely that the company is making even more clumsy marketing claims to mislead the audience into believing that these gains actually matter a lot. Footnotes: Results are compared to previous-generation 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9-based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 5600M graphics with 8GB HBM2, 64GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD. Testing was conducted by Apple in November and December 2022 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2 Max, 12-core CPU, 38-core GPU, 96GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD, as well as a production Intel Core i9-based PC system with NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 graphics with 24GB GDDR6 and the latest version of Windows 11 Pro available at the time of testing, and a production Intel Core i9-based PC system with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics with 16GB GDDR6 and the latest version of Windows 11 Home available at the time of testing. OTOY Octane X 2022.1 on preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems and OTOY OctaneRender 2022.1 on Windows systems were tested using a scene that requires over 40GB of graphics memory when rendered. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro. Testing was conducted by Apple in November and December 2022 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2 Pro, 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD. The Apple TV app movie playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 1080p content with display brightness set to eight clicks from the bottom. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/batteries for more information. link: https://wccftech.com/apple-compares-m2-max-soc-to-4-year-old-intel-core-i9-cpu-powered-macbook-pro/

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The new PS5 games coming in 2023 and beyond Looking at 2023 and the months ahead, there are many new PS5 games to look forward to. Last year brought with it many delays, which while frustrating at the time, has resulted in a pretty stacked lineup of upcoming games. And that's just the ones we know about, as there's sure to be some big surprises ahead. From Hogwarts Legacy to Marvel's Spider-Man 2, many exciting new PlayStation 5 games are arriving in 2023 – with some even likely to land on our list of best PS5 games. There's even the arrival of Final Fantasy 16, which will be exclusive to PS5 at first. Whether you're into giant RPGs, or smaller indie titles, you'll find several games to keep you busy in 2023. Keeping track of them all is the hard part, especially with shooting release dates, delays and surprise launches to contend with. That's why we've put together this page, which will collect the biggest PS5 games set to come out this year. It'll be consistently updated, so that you can plan for what games you'll be picking up in the near future. New PS5 games 2023: this year’s most anticipated releases Forspoken - January 24 (PS5, PC) Dead Space Remake - January 27 (PS5, PS4, XSX|S, XBO, PC) Hogwarts Legacy - February 10 (PS5, XSX|S, PC) Horizon Call of the Mountain - February 22 (PS5|PSVR 2) Destiny 2: Lightfall - February 28 (PS5, PS4, XSX|S, XBO, PC) Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - March 17 (PC, PS5, XSX|S) Resident Evil 4 Remake - March 23 (PS5, XSX|S, PS4, PC) Dead Island 2 - April 28 (PS5, XSX|S, PC, PS4, XBO) Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - May 26 (PS5, XSX|S, PC) Street Fighter 6 - June 2 (PS5, PS4, XSX|S, PC) Diablo 4 - June 6 (PS5, XSX|S, XBO, PS4, PC) Final Fantasy 16 - June 22 (PS5) link: https://www.techradar.com/news/new-ps5-games

"If you believe in competition, you should believe in this deal." Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has spoken up to defend his company's blockbuster proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying it will help generate even more competition in the gaming space, not lessen it. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Nadella said Microsoft is trying to buy Activision Blizzard to compete better against bigger players in the market like Sony and Tencent. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has spoken up to defend his company's blockbuster proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying it will help generate even more competition in the gaming space, not lessen it. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Nadella said Microsoft is trying to buy Activision Blizzard to compete better against bigger players in the market like Sony and Tencent "Being a No. 4 player trying to add some content and create more opportunity for more publishers, more gamers to be able to enjoy--I mean if you believe in competition, you should believe in this deal," he said, according to The Wall Street Journal. "I hope the competition authorities get focused more on competition and that would be a good day." In the US, Microsoft is facing a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, which is trying to block the deal. Microsoft said it tried to give peace a chance and is now prepared to defend itself in court. The European Union, meanwhile, is reportedly gearing up to present an antitrust warning over the proposed sale. Microsoft has said if its deal for Activision Blizzard goes through, it would not remove Call of Duty from PlayStation consoles. Making Call of Duty exclusive to Xbox would be a "disastrous" business decision, Microsoft has said. The mobile gaming market is one of the biggest and fastest-growing sectors of gaming, and Microsoft does not currently have much of a foothold in the space, which is another reason why Microsoft is pursuing its deal for Activision Blizzard so aggressively. Also at the World Economic Forum, Nadella said Microsoft will try to incorporate AI systems into all of its products in the future, and this would presumably include Xbox. "Every product of Microsoft will have some of the same AI capabilities to completely transform the product," Nadella said. Microsoft is reportedly set to announce a $10 billion investment into the startup OpenAI, which has generated a lot of discussion and buzz around its ChatGPT product. link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-ceo-defends-proposed-activision-blizzard-buyout/1100-6510631/

But at least Square Enix's next big action-RPG confirms DirectStorage from launch. The full PC system requirement for Forspoken(opens in new tab), Square Enix's next big action-RPG, have been released. The minimum requirements are mercifully modest, if occasionally nonsensical, kicking off with Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD RX 5500 XT graphics as a minimum. Intriguingly, DirectStorage support from launch has also been confirmed. Entry-level requirements on the CPU side start at AMD's Ryzen 5 1600 from some six years ago or Intel's similarly vintage Core i7 3770. You'll be wanting minimum 16GB of RAM and 150GB of storage. All that nets you the rather modest result of 30fps at just 720p res. Youch. To achieve 30fps at 1440p, Square Enix reckons you'll need at least an AMD RX 6700 XT(opens in new tab) or Nvidia RTX 3070(opens in new tab), which is quite a step up. CPU specs are upped to AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Core i7 8700K, while the recommended RAM spec for this performance level is a slightly implausible 24GB. For the full 4K@60fps experience, make that AMD RX 6800 XT(opens in new tab) or Nvidia RTX 4080(opens in new tab), which is a rather odd equivalence in GPU power. Y'know, because those GPUs are not at all equivalent. Anywho, it's arguably some of the other tidbits in the accompanying release that are of more interest. For starters, Microsoft's DirectStorage tech is listed as a day one feature. You won't even need a bleeding edge NVMe SSD to try it, even if one is recommended. Elsewhere in the feature list, "customizable resolutions, aspect ratios and graphic features" are mentioned along with specific support for ultrawide 32:9 aspect ratio monitors. Also on the list is "Auto HDR", which should mean you won't need to toggle HDR in the Windows settings dialogue before firing Forspoken up, which is a minor mercy. All of which means we're kinda excited for Forspoken's 24 Jan release date to really see how it performs on the PC. You can pre-order now on Steam for a piffling $69.99 / £64.99(opens in new tab). Yeah, games are expensive now. link: https://www.pcgamer.com/forspokens-pc-requirements-are-out-and-actually-kinda-weird/

Former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has not denied a report he has agreed to pay millions of pounds in tax to settle a dispute with Revenue and Customs. It comes after the Sun on Sunday claimed Mr Zahawi's representatives would pay a "seven-figure sum" to HMRC. BBC News has not been able to verify the Sun story but a representative for Mr Zahawi did not issue a denial when asked if it was true. His tax affairs "were and are fully up to date and paid in the UK", they said. HMRC said it would not comment on the affairs of individual taxpayers. Personal fortune Labour says Mr Zahawi, who now chairs the Conservative Party, has "serious questions" to answer about his tax affairs. The questions centre on whether Mr Zahawi tried to avoid paying tax by using an offshore company to hold shares in polling company YouGov. The minister, who has a personal fortune estimated at up to £100m, co-founded YouGov in 2000, before he entered politics. At the time, his co-founder was given just over 40% of the shares in the company. Unusually, Mr Zahawi did not take any shares himself. However, a similar size shareholding was allocated to Balshore Investments Ltd, based in Gibraltar. Family trust Dan Neidle, a Labour-supporting tax lawyer, who has looked into Mr Zahawi's affairs, last year described his decision not to take any YouGov shares himself as "surprising and unusual." He questioned why the arrangement had been put in place. YouGov's 2009 annual report said: "Balshore Investments Ltd is the family trust of Nadhim Zahawi, an executive director of YouGov PLC." A representative for Mr Zahawi said: "Neither he nor his direct family are beneficiaries of Balshore Investments or any trust associated with it. "Mr Zahawi has always said that he will answer any questions from HMRC, which he has always done." 'Another nail' By 2018, YouGov had become a very successful business and Mr Neidle says company accounts suggest Balshore Investments Ltd had sold shares it had held in the company for a total of up to £27m. Mr Neidle has estimated the tax due, if this had been liable to UK capital gains tax, would have been in the region of £3.7m. BBC News asked Mr Zahawi's spokesman whether any sum had been paid, or was planned to be paid, by Mr Zahawi, or a representative, to HMRC - but he declined to comment. It also asked whether any such sum had been to settle a tax matter identified by HMRC and whether that had been in relation to YouGov but did not receive an answer. Reacting to the reports about a payment to HMRC, Anneliese Dodds, who chairs the Labour Party, said: "If true, this is another nail in the coffin of the honesty, integrity and accountability promised by Rishi Sunak. "Not for the first time, Rishi Sunak's judgement has been called into serious question. The question remains is he strong enough to sack Nadhim Zahawi?" 'Paying tax' Mr Zahawi ignored reporters' questions on his way in and out of a cabinet meeting, in Downing Street, on Tuesday morning. Asked if the public had a right to know if Mr Zahawi had made a large payment to the tax authorities, his cabinet colleague Gillian Keegan said: "He is paying tax, so that's the important thing. "His tax affairs are up to date," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64304132

It seems that the blueprint for complex brain development remains the same, despite 500 million years of divergent evolution. Scientists who watched nerve cells connect inside the eyes of growing squid have uncovered a remarkable secret — the cephalopods’ brains independently evolved to develop in the same way ours do. The discovery, made using high-resolution cameras focused on the retinas of longfin squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) embryos, reveals that, in spite of 500 million years of divergent evolution, the basic blueprint for how complex brains and nervous systems evolve may be the same across a wide range of species. The intelligence of cephalopods — a class of marine animals that includes octopuses, squid and cuttlefish — has long been a subject of fascination among biologists. Unlike most invertebrates, these animals possess remarkable memories; use tools to solve problems; excel at camouflage; react with curiosity, boredom or even playful malevolence to their surroundings; and can dream, if the ripples of colors that flash across their skin as they sleep are any indication. Now, this new study, published Dec. 5, 2022 in the journal Current Biology, suggests that key parts of the formula for advanced intelligence, on Earth at least, remain the same. Related: Octopuses may be so terrifyingly smart because they share humans' genes for intelligence "Our conclusions were surprising because a lot of what we know about nervous system development in vertebrates has long been thought to be special to that lineage," study senior author Kristen Koenig, a molecular biologist at Harvard University, said in a statement. "By observing the fact that the process is very similar, what it suggested to us is that these two [lineages] independently evolved very large nervous systems using the same mechanisms to build them. What that suggests is that those mechanisms — those tools — the animals use during development may be important for building big nervous systems." To study the squid embryos’ developing brains, the scientists used fluorescent dyes to mark a special type of stem cell called neural progenitor cells, before studying how they developed with regular, 10-minute snaps from microscope cameras. The cameras looked at the retinas, where roughly two-thirds of a squid's neural tissue is found. Just as in vertebrates, the researchers saw the squids’ progenitor cells arrange themselves into a structure called a pseudostratified epithelium — a long, densely packed structure that forms as a crucial step in the growth of large, complex tissue. The researchers noted that the size, organization and movement of the structure's nucleus was remarkably similar to the same neural epitheliums in vertebrates; something that was once considered a unique feature that enabled back-boned animals to grow sophisticated brains and eyes. This is not the only time that scientists have spotted cephaolopods sharing common neurological blueprints with us. Much like humans, octopuses and squid also have a large variety of microRNAs (small molecules that control how genes are expressed) found inside their neural tissue. Next, the team wants to look at how and when different cell types in the squid emerge as tissue grows and compare this process to the one observed in vertebrate embryos. If the blueprint for growth is the same, then perhaps the timetable could be, as well. "One of the big takeaways from this type of work is just how valuable it is to study the diversity of life," Koenig said. "By studying this diversity, you can actually really come back to fundamental ideas about even our own development and our own biomedically relevant questions. You can really speak to those questions." link: https://www.livescience.com/baby-squid-retinas-have-vertebrate-brain-development

These interesting details will help you separate the new hybrid Corvette E-Ray from its gas-only counterparts. The 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray isn't your grandfather's Corvette. In fact, he'd probably decry this car using the nameplate in the first place. That's because what initially looks like a Z06 model with a busier grille design is actually an all-wheel-drive hybrid. How about that? The E-Ray won't necessarily stand out at the local country club, but underneath its wide body is a 160-hp front-mounted electric motor that pairs with a 495-hp small-block V-8 from the regular Stingray that together make 655 ponies—just 15 shy of the track-focused Z06. That's just the tip of the E-Ray iceberg, so we've collected seven of our favorite facts about the revolutionary Vette. 1.The Front-Motor Vette Is Back! You read that right. With its front-mounted electric motor, the E-Ray represents the return of the front-motor Vette—sort of. Putting it into all-electric Stealth mode also makes the E-Ray the first-ever front-wheel-drive Corvette, but silence breaks above 45 mph or following heavy throttle inputs. That's when the vociferous 6.2-liter V-8 that powers the rear wheels joins the party, making the first hybrid Corvette also the first with all-wheel drive. 2.Maxxed-Out Motoring When we spoke to engineers who helped develop the hybrid Corvette, they told us the E-Ray has a top speed of around 180 mph. However, we were also told that the electric motor is geared out above the 150-mph mark. Still, good luck getting a more traditional hybrid such as the Toyota Prius to go that fast. GM also calls the E-Ray the quickest production Corvette ever built, hitting 60 mph in a claimed 2.5 seconds. If that turns out to be true, it would make it a tenth quicker than the Z06 we tested. 3.Sneak out of the House link: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/g42489707/2024-chevy-corvette-e-ray-our-seven-favorite-facts/

Getting my husband and children to the beachside getaway with my parents was traumatic enough, but then it got worse My husband would describe our parenting style as safety-conscious. I would call it risk-averse. So how did we end up driving our small children down the freeway through pea soup fog, getting blown out of our lane by gusts of galeforce wind, hellbent on a holiday despite an emergency warning to avoid non-essential travel? I suspect it comes back to my deep-seated loathing of grocery shopping. Or perhaps the trip was doomed from the start. My parents were house-sitting for some friends on the coast and invited my family and my brother’s family to join them as a belated celebration of my dad’s 75th birthday. A week before we were all due to arrive, my brother looked at the forecast, saw that his chances of a game of golf were slim to none, and promptly cancelled. We decided to forge ahead. How bad could it be? We ate all the food in the house so things wouldn’t spoil in our absence. We loaded everything into the car. The forecast wasn’t good but we were hoping to beat the worst of it. There were gusty squalls but it didn’t seem too bad. My parents, who my husband has been known to call “optimistic to the point of insanity”, called to suggest that perhaps we should consider staying home. That should have been enough to stop us in our tracks, but I just could not face unpacking the car and going to get groceries. I later found out there was a “reconsider non-essential travel” warning from the State Emergency Service. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning We were just past halfway, on an escarpment that normally overlooks the Pacific Ocean, when we found ourselves driving through thick grey clouds that were impervious to the strong gusts of wind sending our car careening in and out of the lanes. Terrified, we pulled off the freeway, unable see anything beyond the small car park we were in, the wind still rocking our stationary car. We debated whether to go forward or back, and how to get our family off the damn escarpment alive. Eventually, I called my dad, who used to have a pilot’s licence and has some very detailed weather stats bookmarked. Together, we determined that if we persevered we would likely drop out below the cloud bank. We switched drivers and carried on as carefully as we could. The fog lifted, the wind dropped enough to stop affecting our ability to drive in straight line, and we eventually arrived, albeit with hungry, cranky children and a shattered faith in our parental decision-making. We had torrential rain for our entire visit. Local roads were closed due to flooding, but we rarely ventured out of the house anyway. We have a photo of both grandparents standing in a playground, holding umbrellas over our oblivious tots. Come to think of it, that may have actually been the high point of the trip. Other contenders include trips to Bakers Delight and a takeaway Chinese meal. We ventured to the sodden beach one afternoon and admired the savage beauty of nature for three minutes before umbrellas turned inside out, my daughter’s gumboots filled with water and we fled. The wild weather made sleeping impossible. The restless children made sleeping impossible. The capper came after midnight on the final night when, in a scene straight out of Jimi Hendrix’s final days, my husband walked in on our daughter lying asleep in a pool of her own vomit. Within days we all had gastro. Shellshocked, we rolled back down our driveway on a brilliantly sunny day, four days after we set off, and swore never to leave home again. link: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/18/my-bad-trip-it-was-supposed-to-be-a-75th-birthday-away-it-ended-up-being-a-rain-drenched-fiasco

As Andrey Medvedev dashed towards the remote Russia-Norway border, he could hear the sound of attack dogs snarling behind him. Their arrival meant the men hunting him were closing in. But the border - and the Western world - were in reach. Two months earlier, the 26-year-old had deserted from the Russian mercenaries, the Wagner Group. He was about to become the first of their troops to defect to the West. Founded in 2014, the Wagner Group is run by the businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. It is believed to make up about 10% of Russia's forces in Ukraine, and has conducted operations in Syria, Libya and Mali. The group, and its often inhumane methods, are now internationally known. But information about how it operates - and how it is funded - has remained behind a veil of secrecy. Medvedev's escape could allow Western intelligence officers to tear that veil away. Wagner chief defends brutal killing video Why he chose to defect through Norway is unclear. The frozen tundra where Russia meets Nato is one of the most heavily guarded border regions in the world. Watchtowers, staffed with soldiers, have strong searchlights to break through the winter Arctic gloom. Teams on both sides mount regular patrols. But in a video released by the Russian human rights group Gulagu.net, the former Wagner commander recalls sneaking past those watchtowers. All the while, he claims, the Russian troops hunting him were gaining ground. At around 2am local time on Friday, Medvedev says he finally scrambled over the barbed wire guarding the Norwegian border as Russian guards closed in. As he climbed, he says he could hear dogs behind him. And, as spotlights from the guard towers picked him up, the shrill whistle of Russian bullets shot past him, he claims. After scrambling past the wire, Medvedev ran towards a forest - the Norwegian forest - in the hope of finding someone to help him. Moving through the woodland, Medvedev says he saw lights from a small settlement in the distance - around two kilometres away. He ran toward the light. He was too afraid to look behind him, he says, scared the dogs pursuing him had also navigated the fence. He banged on the first door he came to. After pleading with locals in broken English to call the authorities, he was detained by Norwegian border guards. His journey - from soldier in Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, to the relative safety of the West - was over. Before his arrival in, and defection from Ukraine, Medvedev had not lived a particularly unusual life. After serving a brief period in the Russian army - as almost all 18-year-olds must - he was jailed for a short period in around 2017, Gulagu.net founder Vladimir Osechkin told the BBC. His offence is not known, although some reports say it was theft. But it was Russia's violent invasion of Ukraine that changed his life. As the conflict approached stalemate, and Russia tried to fill the gaps created by mounting casualties, the Wagner Group started to recruit heavily. Medvedev, likely induced by the prospect of a steady wage, signed a four-month contract on 6 July until 6 November. Wagner recruits are reportedly paid around $10,000 (£8,186) per month, far more than the standard Russian salary. As a man with previous military experience, Medvedev was appointed a unit commander in the eastern Donbas region. Mr Osechkin told the BBC that Wagner supplied Medvedev with about 30-40 troops per week, many of them convicts recruited from Russian prisons. Much of the most intense fighting in Ukraine in the past six months has occurred in the Donbas, and Wagner is believed to be heavily involved in two of the bloodiest battles - in Soledar and Bakhmut. Medvedev's lawyer in Norway, Brynjulf Risnes, told the BBC that Medvedev witnessed a host of war crimes - including seeing "deserters being executed" by the Wagner Group's internal security service. And Mr Osechkin said Medvedev decided to leave Wagner after witnessing the group's "terroristic methods". "He gave to me testimony about what he saw in the war," he said, "and how the special forces of Wagner Group kill Russians who don't want to fight against Ukraine." In November 2022, Medvedev was told that, despite completing his four-month contract, the group had decided unilaterally to extend his service. It was unclear for how long. This seems to have been the final straw for Medvedev. "In short he felt betrayed and wanted to leave as soon as possible," Mr Risnes told the BBC. After fleeing Ukraine and returning to Russia, Medvedev entered a Wagner recruiting centre in the Russian city of St Petersburg where he returned his dog tags. This appears to have attracted the group's attention. "When he left Wagner Group, the security office of Wagner did a lot of things to find him and he was at risk of dying," Mr Osechkin said. With security agents searching for him, Medvedev was forced to go into hiding to avoid the brutal kind of retribution he had seen the group impose upon deserters in Ukraine. It was at this point that he approached Gulagu.net - an exiled human rights organisation - for help. "When he was at risk of dying, his friend wrote a letter to Gulagu and to me, to help save Andrey's life," he added. "We did something then to help him to leave Russia." After attempting to cross twice into Finland, Medvedev travelled to Russia's far north and made the passage across the Norwegian border. As the story broke on Monday, Wagner chief Mr Prigozhin issued a sarcastic statement claiming Medvedev is a Norwegian citizen who led a non-existent unit from the Scandinavian nation. A picture of Medvedev's passport shared with the BBC showed he is indeed a Russian citizen from a village in the central province of Tomsk. Mr Risnes told the BBC he believes the former mercenary had taken some evidence of war crimes with him to Norway, and that he intends to share his information with groups investigating war crimes. While the value of Medvedev's testimony could prove valuable to future war crimes investigators, it is likely to be Western spies who are truly excited to get their hands on the mercenary. His experiences, and his part in Russia's bloody invasion, could help shed light on the group's operations around the world. But for now, Medvedev remains in custody in the Oslo area, waiting to hear the outcome of his asylum application - far away from the conflict that changed his life, and shot his name into the headlines. link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64303652

The journalists were arrested in 2015 with €80,000 in cash in their possession. Rabat - A one-year suspended prison sentence and a €15,000 (MAD 164,000) fine have been requested against French journalists Catherine Graciet and Eric Laurent for their attempt to blackmail King Mohammed VI. The decision will be made by the courts on March 14. Back in 2015, the pair threatened to publish a book about the Moroccan King unless they were paid €2 million (MAD 21 million), making international headlines and being arrested for extortion. Laurent, who is 75, admitted before the court that he made “an ethical error,” but has refused to take responsibility for a criminal offense, alleging that the proposal for a financial arrangement came from Morocco. Graciet, the author of books on the Maghreb and Libya, said the same, accusing a Moroccan emissary of having proposed the arrangement, French outlet Liberation reported. On the other hand, Ralph Boussier, one of the lawyers for Morocco maintains that it was Laurent who evoked the arrangement, adding that Morocco filed a complaint after the first meeting with the journalists. During the trial, Graciet and Laurent requested that recordings of their meeting with King Mohammed VI’s lawyer not be admitted in court, claiming they they were “illegal.” According to reporting from Le Monde, the two journalists met with the King’s personal lawyer Hicham Naciri in a Paris hotel bar on August 11, 2015. Naciri recorded the conversation with the pair, the French outlet reported, before they were arrested by police on August 27, with €80,000 in cash in their possession at the time of the arrest. Laurent had admitted in 2015 to calling the Moroccan royal cabinet and demanding a huge sum of money to not publish a book that contains “damaging revelations.” link: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/01/353582/prison-sentences-requested-against-journalists-who-tried-to-blackmail-king-mohammed-vi

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The UK government has decided to block a controversial Scottish bill designed to make it easier for people to change their legal gender. UK ministers say it would conflict with equality laws which apply across Great Britain. It is the first use of a Section 35 order, which can block Scottish laws. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called the move a "full-frontal attack" on the Scottish Parliament and vowed to oppose it. She said the Scottish government would "defend" the bill, warning if the veto succeeded it would be the "first of many". Scottish Secretary Alister Jack, who will take the legal steps on Tuesday to confirm the move, said he had concerns the draft law would have an "adverse impact" on Great Britain-wide equalities legislation. "Transgender people who are going through the process to change their legal sex deserve our respect, support and understanding," he said. "I have not taken this decision lightly. The bill would have a significant impact on, amongst other things, GB-wide equalities matters in Scotland, England and Wales." He added: "If the Scottish government chooses to bring an amended bill back for reconsideration in the Scottish Parliament, I hope we can work together to find a constructive way forward that both respects devolution and the operation of UK Parliament legislation." Live: Sturgeon calls law block an 'outrage' Sunak has concerns about impact of gender reforms Starmer: '16 is too young to change legal gender' MSPs voted to pass the Gender Recognition Bill by 86 votes to 39 in December. The aim of the bill is to simplify and speed up the existing process by which people can obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC) to change their legally recognised gender. The changes lower the age that people can apply for a GRC from 18 to 16. They also remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria, with applicants only needing to have lived as their acquired gender for three months rather than two years - or six months if they are aged 16 or 17. Trans campaigners welcomed the bill, however critics of the plans are worried that allowing anyone to "self-identify" as a woman could impact on women's rights and access to single-sex spaces like refuges and changing rooms. Ministers can stop a bill becoming law by using Section 35 of the Scotland Act, the legislation which created a Scottish Parliament with powers to make laws on a range of issues. If ministers think a Holyrood bill would modify laws reserved to Westminster and have an "adverse effect" on how those laws apply, they can block it. But the power has not been used up to now. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has argued there are no grounds for the UK government to challenge the legislation as it falls within the powers of the Scottish Parliament. She has said any move to block the reforms would be using trans people "as a political weapon". But UK ministers are concerned about the potential impact on the Equality Act and its protections for women-only spaces, as well as the implications for UK-wide documents. link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64288757

A 9-year-old girl from Maryland, who has collected more than 400 fossilized shark teeth, discovered a 5-inch megalodon gnasher on Christmas Day. A 9-year-old fossil hunter who has collected more than 400 shark teeth along the Maryland coastline has found an enormous chomper belonging to a megalodon — the largest shark to ever swim Earth's oceans. Molly Sampson fished out the 5-inch-long (13 centimeters) tooth on Christmas Day (Dec. 25), 2022, in shallow water on a beach at the Calvert Cliffs State Park in the Maryland region of Chesapeake Bay, Newsweek(opens in new tab) originally reported. Molly and her older sister Natalie are both avid fossil hunters(opens in new tab) and each received a new pair of chest-high waders for Christmas to help them search for paleontological treasures, the girls' mother Alicia Sampson told Live Science in an email. After opening their presents on Christmas morning, the pair immediately set out with their father Bruce to test out their new gear. On the walk down to the beach, Molly exclaimed that she was "looking for a Meg," and within half an hour of wading in the shallows she had found what she was looking for, Alicia said. The Sampsons took the enormous tooth to Stephen Godfrey(opens in new tab), a curator of paleontogloy at Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, who confirmed that it belonged to a megalodon (Otodus megalodon). Godfrey described the find as a "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery, Alicia said. Related: What caused this massive megalodon's mega-toothache? Megalodons roamed Earth's oceans during the Neogene period (23 million to 2.6 million years ago). The gigantic sharks likely grew to up to 65 feet(opens in new tab) (20 meters) long and were the fastest sharks to ever exist. But these apex predators were likely driven to extinction by the emergence of the smaller but more successful great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). "Dr. Godfrey explained to Molly that the shark would've been the size of a Greyhound bus," Alicia said. "Molly didn't know what that was so she looked it up and could not believe it." Like modern-day sharks, megalodon sharks had cartilaginous skeletons, which do not fossilize well. As a result, most of what scientists know about the enormous predators comes from their teeth, like the one Molly found, which have a harder composition and were preserved in ancient seafloor sediments after falling out the giant sharks' mouths. Molly is not the only child to discover a megalodon tooth. In May 2022, a 6-year-old boy in the U.K. found a 4-inch-long (10 cm) megalodon tooth on a beach in Sussex, England. But unlike other paleontology prodigies, Molly has come across multiple megalodon teeth. "She's found 6 [suspected] megalodon teeth in the last few years but none as big as this one," Alicia said. "She doesn't think she would ever find another Meg like this one." Related: Massive graveyard of fossilized shark teeth found deep in the Indian Ocean Calvert Cliffs is a hotspot for fossilized shark teeth, including megalodon gnashers, because the cliffs are made from layers of seafloor sediment left behind from an ancient ocean that covered the area during most of the Miocene Epoch (23 million to 5.3 million years ago), according to the Maryland Geological Survey(opens in new tab). As the cliffs are worn down by wave action and crumble into the water below, they release ancient teeth trapped within the sediment. On Christmas Day, the tide at Calvert Cliffs was exceptionally low, which, combined with her Christmas present, enabled Molly to wade further out into the water than normal, Alicia said. This likely helped her to snag the massive tooth. Molly's parents are very proud of their daughter's latest discovery and her passion for fossil hunting. "We hope that her find will inspire other kids to explore nature," Alicia said. link: https://www.livescience.com/9-year-old-finds-megalodon-tooth

Banning electric vehicles—or posturing about wanting to—is a political stunt in an era already overstuffed with them. First things first: this is just a proposed bill, and even if it's adopted, it would not be an actual ban on electric-vehicle sales in Wyoming. Instead, this is a political messaging bill, one that spreads love to the oil and gas industry and says EVs just don't work in the state. We agree that different regions of the country are positioned in different ways when it comes to EV adoption, but we see through the legislators' intent with this bill because they added a line that says that, should the bill be adopted, a copy will be sent to the governor of California. Why might that be? Republican legislators in Wyoming have decided it's time to bring the debate over electric-vehicle sales in the state squarely into the political arena. Four state senators and two state representatives have introduced a bill proposal (SJ0004) that expresses support "for phasing out the sale of new electric vehicles in Wyoming by 2035." It's a simple little bill, one that presents wildly unbalanced views of the benefits and costs of EVs and wouldn't, in the end, actually ban EV sales. Not yet, anyway. If adopted, the bill would simply do two things. First, it would force the legislature to shoot for the goal "that the sale of new electric vehicles in the state of Wyoming be phased out by 2035." The bill would also "[encourage] Wyoming's industries and citizens to limit the sale and purchase of new electric vehicles in Wyoming." So, no actual laws, just encouragements. "The Legislature would be saying, 'If you don't like our petroleum cars, well, we don't like your electric cars,'" the resolution's sponsor, Republican State Sen. Jim Anderson, told local media outlet the Cowboy State Daily. The publication reported late last year that Wyoming stands to get $24 million from the federal government to install EV charging stations in the state. If that all sounds like this might be a bit of a political stunt and not exactly a legitimate effort to improve the lives of everyday citizens, you're on to something. The proposed bill's "whereas" section is full of flowery love for the oil and gas industry, saying that extraction of these resources "has long been one of Wyoming's proud and valued industries." It also talks about how "the oil and gas industry in Wyoming has created countless jobs and has contributed revenues to the state of Wyoming throughout the state's history." But the state's official assessment of the bill says it would have absolutely "no fiscal or personnel impact." CC: State of California If that's not clear enough for you, there is a third recommendation that would take effect if the bill becomes law. Under this section, the Secretary of State of Wyoming would be required to send copies of the resolution to President Biden and top federal officials, other Wyoming representatives in Washington, D.C., and, get this, the governor of California. That last line is important and, if you haven't been paying attention, odd. Why would the governor of California care what Wyoming does with EV sales? He wouldn't, but the bill's Republican sponsors apparently want to score political points by bringing California into it. Last year, California announced it would ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035, an actual rule that is already affecting laws in other states and the auto industry's long-term planning. This Wyoming bill of encouragement? Not so much. link: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42522968/wyoming-politicians-call-for-ev-sales-ban/

Tried quiet quitting? Well, when you loathe your job but don’t want to resign, there’s another tactic to improve your working conditions. All it takes is nerves of steel ... Name: Loud quitting. Age: Relatively new. Appearance: The greatest spectacle in the modern working world. Oh God, I’ve only just got the hang of quiet quitting. Relax. They’re different things entirely. “Quiet quitting” wasn’t even quitting, really, was it? Wasn’t it? No, it just meant sticking to your minimum job requirements. Turning up on time, leaving on time, no emails at the weekend. It was basically what having a job used to be like before the world went to hell. So what is loud quitting? It is the latest employment buzzword and it means – get this – quitting loudly. “SCREW YOU GUYS, I’M OUTTA HERE!” Not quite. You see, you don’t loud quit because you want to leave your job. You loud quit because you want to keep your job. What? Think of it as a negotiation tactic. You express your displeasure for your situation by telling your bosses that you’re looking for another job. They respond by panicking and offering you all the riches in the world to stay. Really? Does that work? Sometimes. Sometimes?! So there’s a risk that your superiors will see you throw your toys out of the pram and then just let you go? Well, yes, obviously. Who wants a great big tantrummy toddler in their workforce? I’m so confused. That’s because loud quitting is an art. You don’t just strop into the office and scream that you’ve had enough. That’s what Larry David did at Saturday Night Live. Then, having had second thoughts, he had to worm back in the next day like nothing had happened. So you don’t actually apply to other jobs? No, that’s more like “rage-applying”, where you hate your job so much that you apply for everything going and then take the plunge when an offer comes in. Right. So how do you loud quit? You sow the seeds of your dissatisfaction, reminding your bosses of all your achievements and hinting that you could do the same job for better money elsewhere. Because, if you’re good, they’ll want to keep you. Absolutely. You’re the best employee they have. They’d be fools to lose you to a competitor. I can see one big flaw in this. What if you aren’t the best employee they have? Yeah. Then you’re screwed. Same if you push for too great a raise in your loud-quitting negotiations and your bosses can’t afford to pay you extra. Or if you just don’t get on with people very well. Wow, loud quitting sounds like an incredibly high-risk strategy. It is, especially during a cost of living crisis. But remember: only winners take risks. Winners and very stupid people. Do say: “Have you seen those vacancies at Credit Suisse? Wouldn’t mind doubling my salary …” Don’t say: “Not really, please don’t let me go, I need this.” link: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jan/16/loud-quitting-the-very-high-risk-way-to-negotiate-a-raise

The mayor of Dnipro has warned there may be no further survivors after Saturday's Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city. A whole section of the nine-storey block collapsed and authorities say at least 40 people died. Rescue efforts are continuing. Several others are still missing and 75 survivors were injured. There is "minimal" chance of finding others alive, Mayor Borys Filatov said. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman insisted that the Russian military did not strike at residential buildings. "Attacks are made on military targets, either obvious or disguised," Dmitry Peskov told journalists. Ukraine said the building was hit by a Russian Kh-22 missile, which it does not have the capability to shoot down. The missile is also known to be extremely inaccurate, according to the office of Ukraine's prosecutor general. But Mr Peskov suggested the strike on the building could have been the result of Ukrainian air defence. Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa were also hit on Saturday in attacks which Moscow said were targeted at Ukraine's military and energy infrastructure. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the missile strikes "inhuman", adding that "Russia intentionally keeps on committing war crimes against civilians". President Putin said "everything is developing within the framework of the plan of the ministry of defence and the general staff". Belarus, on Ukraine's northern border, is beginning joint air force drills with Russia on Monday. The Belarusian defence ministry insists they will be defensive, but there are concerns that Moscow is pressuring Minsk to join the war in Ukraine. Belarus was one of Russia's launchpads for the invasion last February. In his evening address on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted he had received many messages of sympathy from around the world and condemned the Russian people's "cowardly silence" over the Dnipro attack. Switching to Russian during his message, he said he wanted to address those "who even now could not utter a few words of condemnation of this terror". "Your cowardly silence, your attempt to 'wait out' what is happening, will only end with the fact that one day these same terrorists will come for you." He added the victims of the strike included a 15-year-old girl and that two children had been left orphans. It has been two weeks since the last wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid. On Saturday, Mr Zelensky said energy infrastructure in the Kharkiv and Kyiv regions had been badly hit. Following the attacks, Ukrainian state energy company Ukrenergo temporarily imposed round-the-clock consumption limits for all regions. Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said the next few days would be "difficult". Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that Ukraine could expect more deliveries of heavy weapons from Western countries. "Recent pledges for heavy warfare equipment are important - and I expect more in the near future," Mr Stoltenberg told German media. Russia's missile barrage came on the same day that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his government would give Challenger 2 tanks to Kyiv's armed forces in a bid to help "push Russian troops back". In response, Moscow said providing more weapons to Ukraine would lead to intensified Russian operations and more civilian casualties. Asked about the supply of British tanks to Ukraine, Mr Peskov replied: "These tanks are burning and will burn just like the rest." link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64282044