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https://www.techradar.com/news/a-new-windows-11-bug-has-somehow-charged-a-laptop-battery-to-over-104 There have been a slew of bugs reported in Windows 11 over the last few weeks, but an unusual one discovered yesterday might be pushing laptop batteries past the 100% charging capacity. PC Gamer reports that a Reddit user by the name of Zondax noticed that their laptop displayed the message "Battery status: fully charged 103%" when the cursor was hovering over the battery symbol, and then further increased to 104% a few hours later. Zondax, who was playing a game of Old School Runescape had the device on charge, as displayed by the image displayed on the original Reddit post, but it's unclear what brand of laptop is beings used. We have reached out for confirmation, and to establish if Windows 11 had been installed onto the device via official means. User Zondax commented after the device hit 104% that " I kinda don't want to unplug it, I'm curious to see how far it will go..", but has not reported any further updates so we don't know if the charge limit has been exceeding any further, but given it shouldn't be possible to get beyond 100% in the first place, we shouldn't disregard the possibility. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU... Veuillez fermer la vidéo flottante pour reprendre la lecture ici. video playingXiaomi Mi 11 | Everything you need to know Galaxy S21 | Everything you need to know 26/01/21Galaxy S21 | Everything you need to know Galaxy S21 Ultra | Everything you need to... 26/01/21Galaxy S21 Ultra | Everything you need to know IPhone 12 Pro | Everything you need to... 24/12/20IPhone 12 Pro | Everything you need to know in 1 minute AirPods Max | Everything you need to know in 1... 24/12/20AirPods Max | Everything you need to know in 1 minute PS5 | Everything you need to know in 1 minute 14/12/20PS5 | Everything you need to know in 1 minute Given that it's still early days for Microsoft's new operating system, bugs are expected which is why some folks are choosing to hold off on upgrading until concerns are addressed and fixed, even if they currently have a device that meets the lofty system requirements to support Windows 11. A few battery related issues have also been reported, including users who can't get a laptop to charge to over 80% and another Reddit thread with multiple users reporting that the duration that their laptop can operate on battery power has tanked since upgrading, with some stating they'll be downgrading back to Windows 10 as a result. Analysis: A matter of safety We have no way of knowing if the battery on the device genuinely is exceeding it's charge limit or if the bug is instead simply displaying incorrect percentages, but if it's the former then this might not be a laughing matter. Battery issues on devices can have disastrous consequences as we've previously seen with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, but as this is an isolated incident I don't think there's any need to panic just yet. For anyone who's concerned, you can easily downgrade back to Windows 10 if you installed it within a 10 day window and then upgrade again when you feel safe to do so. Alternatively, ensure that you don't keep the laptop plugged in when it hits 100%, though this is understandably a lot more troublesome, especially if you're using a power-hungry gaming laptop to play demanding titles. If you're encountering any other issues, make sure you check out our guide on how to fix common Windows 11 problems for more advice as many have a quick fix.

https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-core-i9-12900k-review-benchmarks-performance/ What's different about the Intel Core i9 12900K? The Core i9 12900K represents the very best in Intel's desktop 12th Generation processors, and what that means is it houses the Alder Lake architecture in its most performant form. At its simplest, that equates to more cores, more speed, and more bandwidth than ever before, but if you dig beneath the surface you'll find a chip architecture that is wildly different to what came before. With that comes frame rates, OS requirements, and idiosyncrasies. All of which makes for fascinating analysis. The most notable change of the lot for Intel Alder Lake is the hybrid Core architecture. So let's dig into it, starting with the process that defines the entire chip: Intel 7. Alder Lake is Intel's first desktop processor to use the Intel 7 process node, which was previously referred to as Intel 10nm SuperFin, and also the first in a very long time to not use the 14nm process node. Oh, how times have changed. Intel has finally broken free the shackles of 14nm and managed to escape the node that was once so congested it caused a fairly embarrassing pile-up for the chipmaker. With Alder Lake, it's no longer tied to that node, so it's free to do more in the space it's got, and the company says it even expects to shift a lot of Alder Lake chips this side of New Year So perhaps this is some silicon you'll actually be able to buy at launch. Here's hoping, anyways. The most notable change of the lot for Intel Alder Lake, though, is the hybrid Core architecture. What this means is that Intel is stuffing all of the K-series 12th Gen chips, those which are arriving at launch, with two types of cores: Performance Cores (P-Cores) and Efficient Cores (E-Cores). Advertisement The P-Cores are based on the Golden Cove microarchitecture, which is one step beyond the Willow Lake microarchitecture found in Intel's 11th Gen mobile Tiger Lake processors. In desktop terms, that's roughly two steps on the architectural marathon from the backported Sunny Cove microarchitecture, renamed Cypress Cove, in Intel's 11th Gen Rocket Lake desktop processors, such as the Core i9 10900K. Intel Alder Lake chip render over gradient background (Image credit: Intel) And you're probably already thinking that's a lot of architectural codenames, and you'd be right. Alder Lake is like a Russian nesting doll of architectures. It doesn't get any easier, either, but it is quite a bit more exciting for it. Alder Lake's P-Cores are more closely related to the CPU cores of previous Intel desktop generations. Take the Core i9 10900K, for example, which has eight CPU cores in total. Consider the 12900K's eight P-Cores in much the same way, although considerably faster. For gaming these P-Cores are key. They offer the highest clock speeds of the two—on the Core i9 12900K these reach 5.2GHz at times—and nail down slick single-threaded speed for it. They're also built to minimise latency, and they're technically wider and smarter to catch up with the competition. That's AMD's savvy Zen 3 architecture, by the by. Advertisement Each P-Core has access to 1.25MB of L2 cache. From there, they're hooked up to 30MB of Intel Smart Cache, which is also shared between E-Cores and onboard integrated graphics (disabled in KF-series chips). For a marker of performance, the Core i9 12900K's P-Cores are able to surpass the Cypress Cove cores in the Core i9 11900K by a significant margin, and we're yet to touch on the eight Efficient Cores that Intel has stuffed into the 12900K's back pocket. The Efficient Cores are built on the Gracemont architecture, whose origins are in the Atom lineup. Traditionally built for lower-power, lower-performance processors, Intel has decided that its Atom architecture may find a use in more powerful processors after all, and the Core i9 12900K features eight Gracemont Efficient Cores in total. That's eight Efficient Cores clustered into two groups of four, each group with access to 2MB of L2 cache. These then share access to that same 30MB of Intel Smart Cache that the P-Cores are also privy to. I'll admit I wasn't always sure about Intel's Efficient Cores. Chip designer Arm has been rolling out big.LITTLE designs for a while, to great success, but primarily in the mobile market where power efficiency equates to longer battery life. Intel intends to bring Alder Lake to mobile, too, so I get that angle, but on the desktop side of things, it didn't first appear that these would be of tremendous value. What is a cluster of small cores, built out of Intel's next-gen Atom architecture, going to deliver a PC gamer like me? Well, I should've known it wasn't all about raw numbers, clock speeds, and single-threaded performance, because Intel's Efficient Cores are much more than you might first imagine. These Efficient Cores serve a couple of functions with Alder Lake. For starters, they help increase the multi-threaded performance, as you've simply got more cores to throw at a problem. Then, there's the ability to remove load from the P-Cores in a pinch, which is really where these low-power cores come in handy for gaming. Say you're a streamer and you're trying to play a competitive title on one screen and beam your capture off to the world on the other. An Alder Lake CPU, with a little help from Windows 11, should be able to divvy up this workload in order to keep your P-Cores focused on delivering gaming frame rates and your E-Cores on streaming that over the web. Intel Alder Lake's Thread Director diagram from an Intel event deck describing the goals and stages Intel's Thread Director works in tandem with Windows 11 (Image credit: Intel) Advertisement Therein lies some of Alder Lake's magic, but there's more to getting all of these architectures working together than simply placing them all on one chip. A large part of Intel's Alder Lake performance comes from utilising these two different cores in an effective manner, and to do that it uses something called the Thread Director. The Thread Director helps your OS decide which tasks should go to which cores, by handing your OS more information than it would otherwise have available to it. Through constantly monitoring and feeding thread information back to the OS, Thread Director works to make sure your game always gets priority over your RGB lighting controller doing an update. Thus keeping your frame rate steady. Ultimately, though, it's your OS that makes these decisions, and that's why Thread Director works best with Windows 11, which Intel worked with Microsoft on to get just right for Alder Lake. The use of a hardware embedded Thread Director has a couple of knock-on effects for us, then. Firstly, it means you'll really want to use Windows 11 if you have an Alder Lake processor for the best performance, which has its ups and downs and isn't entirely an OS we recommend today. Secondly, there are still some oddities in the Alder Lake architecture and optimisation that mean these two different cores either aren't utilise to their fullest, or don't function at all with a handful of games. Now, granted, a processor with a straight 16-cores is able to manage multiple workloads just fine, too, such as the Ryzen 9 5950X, but Alder Lake does have a few more performance boons up its sleeve.

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https://www.pcgamer.com/the-sims-4s-new-official-challenges-ask-you-to-become-a-millionaire-or-enemies-with-benefits/ With the release of yesterday's Scenarios update, The Sims 4 now has official versions of the kind of challenge runs that players have been inventing for years. The first of these Scenarios asks simmers to create fresh families and then chase specific goals. So far, they include raising too many toddlers, making 1,000,000 simoleons, or turning a hated roommate into an "enemy with benefits". The new challenges sound like a good way to get back into The Sims 4, or a reason to dabble in Live Mode for the folks like me who are always too preoccupied with building. As Electronic Arts says in its post about the update, "we looked to our vast community to see how you all have been inspiring others, so we’ve leaned into the concept of challenges as inspiration for this feature." Sure enough, if you've heard of the 100 babies challenge you may recognize the Too Many Toddlers Scenario as a slightly less grueling version that only requires you to manage three children simultaneously. There's also a Making Money Scenario that challenges your Sim to start with not a single simoleon in their pocket and find a way to become a millionaire, which is reminiscent of the po[CENSORED]r rags to riches challenge. I particularly love the sound of the Surviving The Holidays Scenario, which has players creating a family with two roommates who start out with grudges against one another. To win the Scenario, you'll need to either turn the enemies into friends who don't have any negative sentiments towards one another or get them to be enemies with benefits. If that one has roots in a community-made challenge then I'm not familiar with it, but I feel like I've seen this plot in my yearly Hallmark movie binge and I am all about it. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU... CLOSE The Sims 4 - Two Sims hold hands and look into each other's eyes lovingly. (Image credit: Electronic Arts) I imagine that the really difficult, off-the-wall challenges like 100 babies will stay the domain of Sims livestreamers and content creators. It's neat to see some entry point challenges officially recognized in game though. The thing about community challenges is that multiple versions of a rule set can get passed around. Not only that, but your game of course doesn't actually recognize the wild hoops you're attempting to jump through. Having an official Scenarios mode in the main menu likely streamlines the setup process and has the added bonus of being recognized by the game. EA says that your Scenario save will keep track of in-game time as you play and let you know how long it took you once checked off.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/eu-cohesion-strategy-green-transition-by-lilyana-pavlova-2021-11 As a new strategy outlined by the European Investment Bank notes, the European Union's regional funding policies must evolve to address multiple goals at once, starting with the transition to a net-zero economy. Cohesion and climate action are now two sides of the same coin. BRUSSELS – Many of the European Union’s poorer members are in a double bind. Though these countries are among those most exposed to the destructive effects of climate change, they also face greater risks from the shift to a green, zero-emission, digital economy. pavlova2_andreswdGetty Images_EUsustainabilitymoney Toward European Green Cohesion LILYANA PAVLOVA explains how EU investment policies will need to change to support multiple missions at once. 0 Add to Bookmarks Previous Next To achieve a smooth and just transition, these countries will need investments geared toward their specific needs. Historically, much of the public investment in the EU’s poorer countries has been in trade-related infrastructure such as highways and railways. But these growth-enhancing investment strategies now need to evolve to help everyone manage the costs of the green transition, which will require new forms of infrastructure and measures to support workers in carbon-intensive industries. For Europe to carry out its ambitious climate agenda, it must address the relative paucity of investment in sustainability in economically weaker regions. That is why the European Investment Bank is rethinking its own “cohesion orientation,” as outlined in a new paper examining our investments in less-developed parts of the EU. Our ambition is to raise the amount we lend in these regions to 45% of our total investments, and to expand our support to include all regions where GDP per capita is below the EU average. Using public finance to draw the EU closer together is one of the EIB’s founding missions. Over the course of the EU’s last seven-year budget period (2014-20), projects in cohesion regions accounted for 30% of EIB lending – a total of €120.8 billion ($139.6 billion), and those investments paid off handsomely. Our internal models show that our lending in cohesion regions over this period will boost growth by at least half a percentage point and employment by at least two-tenths of a percentage point each year for the next 30 years. I have seen the positive effects of EU cohesion policies firsthand through my previous experience as Bulgaria’s minister of regional development and head of the managing authority for regional development. Financial instruments like EIB loans, guarantees, equity investments, advisory services, and partnerships have materially accelerated investment, including by crowding in private capital. Now, these instruments will complement the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility and Just Transition Mechanism. Although the EU’s less-developed regions are mostly in Central and Eastern Europe, parts of Portugal, Greece, and the southern regions of Italy and Spain have long histories of low growth and are also still catching up. Moreover, many formerly wealthy industrial regions are struggling to cope with globalization and technological change. In the EIB’s new approach, cohesion regions (with GDP per capita below 75% of the EU average) will receive up to 23% of our total EU lending by 2025. Bundle2021_web4 Subscribe to Project Syndicate Enjoy unlimited access to the ideas and opinions of the world’s leading thinkers, including weekly long reads, book reviews, topical collections, and interviews; The Year Ahead annual print magazine; the complete PS archive; and more – for less than $9 a month. SUBSCRIBE NOW But the European Commission has also identified “transition regions” with incomes around 75-100% of the EU average as a new vulnerable group. These regions – which can be found in countries ranging from France and Spain to Finland and the Netherlands – will need targeted support to deal with challenges such as dependence on low-tech manufacturing, rising unit labor costs, relatively low educational attainment, and declining industrial employment. Fortunately, there need not be any contradiction between cohesion and ambitious climate goals. In fact, the two go hand in hand, because a failure to ensure that no one is left behind will almost certainly derail the climate agenda. But to make this case to the public, we must emphasize a longer-term perspective, reminding people that the costs associated with the green transition will be but a fraction of the catastrophic costs we will face if we fail to address climate change. The power of this economic logic is why we at the EIB are confident that we can increase our lending to cohesion regions and expand the green share of our loan portfolio to 50% by 2025. The key is to target support carefully, identifying projects that serve both objectives. There is no shortage of investment opportunities in clean mobility, energy efficiency, renewable energy, water and wastewater management, and the industries at the center of any circular economy, not least food and agriculture. In Europe, at least, the potential disruption to jobs and industries from the digital transition is often overshadowed by the decarbonization debate. But the structural gaps in digital activity and innovation between cohesion regions and the rest of Europe are significant. According to the EIB’s 2020 Investment Survey, 63% of firms in Europe’s less-developed regions were not engaged in any “innovation activities.” And even among large firms, the proportion of those pursuing innovation was significantly lower than elsewhere in Europe (39% compared to 52%). New policies are needed to help these regions spur innovation, raise income levels, and adjust to the digital age.

https://www.animalrahat.com/latest-news/compassion-saves-a-dogs-life/ The lives of homeless dogs in India are always hanging by a thread. The daily search for food and water can be hard enough, but things can turn fatal when the food they do find leaves pieces of bone stuck in their mouth. For two agonizing days, this unfortunate dog was left unable to close her mouth after a piece of bone lodged itself in her back teeth. When a kind person noticed that this homeless dog was unable to close her mouth—making it impossible for her to eat or drink—they called Animal Rahat’s emergency line for help. Luckily, a compassionate person noticed that her mouth was ajar and called Animal Rahat for help. Rescue workers soon found her, sedated her, examined her thoroughly, and removed the bone. A bone is wedged in this dog’s back teeth. Thankfully, her mouth and gums were unscathed. The team drove her back to the office for sterilization, vaccinations, healthy meals, and a few days of rest before returning her to her village.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/2022-husqvarna-norden-901/ After almost two years of spy shots, and video teasers Husqvarna have finally lifted the covers off their hotly anticipated Norden 901 adventure bike. Based on the pre-existing KTM 890 Adventure range, the Norden is distinguished from its Austrian siblings by its typically-Husky futuristic bodywork, complete with cyclops LED headlight. Related articles on MCN KTM 890 Adventure bike review KTM 890 Adventure R bike review How to ride a motorbike off-road Said to be ergonomically designed to work with the rider’s body, the smooth plastics wrap tightly around a KTM-derived 889cc parallel twin engine - producing a claimed 103.6bhp and 73.8lb.ft, as well as acting as a stressed member within the steel chassis. Riding the Husqvarna Norden 901 off-road This frame itself also comes from its orange siblings, with a slightly more aggressive rake and trail for faster changes of direction. Also shared with the standard 890 are the WP Apex forks and shock, however there’s now more adjustment and 20mm extra travel in the front end and 15mm extra at the back for a little more composure on the rough stuff. There’s also 30mm of adjustment in the handlebars and the foot peg rubbers can be removed for more grip off-road. A two-piece seat climbs between 854mm and 874mm and gets thinner towards the tank to help riders reach to the floor. A side view of the Husqvarna Norden 901 Also keeping the bike in check are a myriad of lean sensitive electronic aids – made possible by a six axis IMU. This includes cornering ABS on the J.Juan brakes and anti-wheelie – with nine-stage traction control unlocked when the bike is placed in the optional 'Explorer' mode. It can also be deactivated completely if you fancy. Related: KTM 890 Adventure R long-term test Flicking to the off-road ABS setting allows you to lock up the rear wheel, and removes lean sensitivity at the front end for greater precision on loose surfaces. This is further helped by the rugged Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR rubber, which hug a pair of spoked tubeless rims. On top of this, Husqvarna have also thrown in cruise control, an up and down quickshifter and three standard riding modes. Engine braking control also works with the slipper clutch for better precision on aggressive downshifts and deceleration. Parked up on the Husqvarna Norden 901 Helping operate these systems is a 5in TFT display, which can also be connected to your mobile via the Ride Husqvarna Motorcycles App for turn-by-turn navigation. There’s no word on pricing yet, but we’d expect it to sit between £12,000 and £12,500. Norden 901 nearly here: Husqvarna put through its paces by rally legend Cyril Despres First published on 17 August 2021 by Jordan Gibbons Jumping the Husqvarna Norden 901 prototype As the Husqvarna marketing machine gets into full swing, the brand have released their latest video of the new Norden 901; this time we see it tearing around the volcanic plains of Iceland. There are two bikes in the video being piloted by some very handy riders: one is five-time Dakar rally winner Cyril Despres, the other is extreme explorer Mike Horn, who has also raced the Dakar on four wheels. Related articles on MCN KTM 890 Adventure bike review Best touring motorbikes of 2021 How to ride a motorbike off-road As well as amazing views of Iceland, what the video really shows us is just how capable the new bike will be (especially in the right hands). So far all we’ve been able to garner from the bike is what it’s like to ride on the road, when MCN bagged an exclusive first ride last year. The duo explored Iceland on the Norden 901 prototype At the time we said: "it offers a slightly softer – luxurious, even - more real- world alternative to the sportier 890 Adventure R. It’s subtly more welcoming, especially as you sit more in the bike than on it, so you feel more part of the bike and can ride it more intuitively." But now having seen it do the business off-road, it’s clear that it’s just as capable as its orange counterpart. Concentrating on the bike, it’s clear that these machines are one step closer to production, quite possibly even full production spec, and that very little has changed between these and the first prototypes we saw two years ago. Five-time Dakar rally winner Cyril Despres The biggest change, other than the paint finish, is that the two-part split dash has gone in favour of a more conventional TFT – albeit not the one from the 890 Adventure, with Husky instead opting for the 5in full colour unit from the 1290 Super Duke R. It’s no real surprise to see a few items carry over from the 890 accessories catalogue, including the Akrapovic pipe. We’re expecting Husqvarna to unveil two versions of the Norden – a more off-road and adventure focused version with a high mudguard, longer-travel suspension and dual sport tyres as well as a more touring focused model with shorter suspension, comfier seat, larger screen and road-biased tyres. There’s been no official word from Husqvarna on the release of the new bike but we’d expect it to be unveiled in the Autumn and to be in dealers for Spring 2022.

https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/robots-hit-the-streets-as-demand-for-food-delivery-grows-7605986/ Robot food delivery is no longer the stuff of science fiction. But you may not see it in your neighborhood anytime soon. Hundreds of little robots __ knee-high and able to hold around four large pizzas __ are now navigating college campuses and even some city sidewalks in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere. While robots were being tested in limited numbers before the coronavirus hit, the companies building them say pandemic-related labor shortages and a growing preference for contactless delivery have accelerated their deployment. ALSO READ |Humanoid robots are here to help doctors in Covid-19 fight “We saw demand for robot usage just go through the ceiling,” said Alastair Westgarth, the CEO of Starship Technologies, which recently completed its 2 millionth delivery. “I think demand was always there, but it was brought forward by the pandemic effect.” Starship has more than 1,000 robots in its fleet, up from just 250 in 2019. Hundreds more will be deployed soon. They’re delivering food on 20 U.S. campuses; 25 more will be added soon. They’re also operating on sidewalks in Milton Keynes, England; Modesto, California; and the company’s hometown of Tallin, Estonia. Robot designs vary; some have four wheels and some have six, for example. But generally, they use cameras, sensors, GPS and sometimes laser scanners to navigate sidewalks and even cross streets autonomously. They move around 5 mph. Remote operators keep tabs on multiple robots at a time but they say they rarely need to hit the brakes or steer around an obstacle. When a robot arrives at its destination, customers type a code into their phones to open the lid and retrieve their food. The robots have drawbacks that limit their usefulness for now. They’re electric, so they must recharge regularly. They’re slow, and they generally stay within a small, pre-mapped radius. They’re also inflexible. A customer can’t tell a robot to leave the food outside the door, for example. And some big cities with crowded sidewalks, like New York, Beijing and San Francisco, aren’t welcoming them. ALSO READ |Robotic joint replacement: All you need to know But Bill Ray, an analyst with the consulting firm Gartner, says the robots make a lot of sense on corporate or college campuses, or in newer communities with wide sidewalks. “In the places where you can deploy it, robot delivery will grow very quickly,” Ray said. Ray said there have been few reports of problems with the robots, other than an occasional gaggle of kids who surround one and try to confuse it. Starship briefly halted service at the University of Pittsburgh in 2019 after a wheelchair user said a robot blocked her access to a ramp. But the university said deliveries resumed once Starship addressed the issue. Patrick Sheck, a junior at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, gets deliveries from a Starship robot three or four times a week as he’s leaving class. “The robot pulls up just in time for me to get some lunch,” Sheck said. Bowling Green and Starship charge $1.99 plus a service fee for each robot delivery. Rival Kiwibot, with headquarters in Los Angeles and Medellin, Columbia, says it now has 400 robots making deliveries on college campuses and in downtown Miami. Delivery companies are also jumping into the market. Grubhub recently partnered with Russian robot maker Yandex to deploy 50 robots on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Grubhub plans to add more campuses soon, although the company stresses that the service won’t go beyond colleges for now. U.S. delivery orders jumped 66% in the year ending in June, according to NPD, a data and consulting firm. And delivery demand could remain elevated even after the pandemic eases because customers have gotten used to the convenience. Ji Hye Kim, chef and managing partner of the Ann Arbor, Michigan, restaurant Miss Kim, relied heavily on robot delivery when her dining room was closed last year. Kim had partnered with a local robot company, Refraction AI, shortly before the pandemic began. Kim prefers robots to third-party delivery companies like DoorDash, which charge significantly more and sometimes cancel orders if they didn’t have enough drivers. Delivery companies also bundle multiple orders per trip, she said, so food sometimes arrives cold. Robots take just one order at a time. Kim said the robots also excite customers, who often post videos of their interactions. robots Hundreds of little robots __ knee-high and able to hold around four large pizzas __ are now navigating college campuses and even some city sidewalks in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere (Source: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) “It’s very cute and novel, and it didn’t have to come face to face with people. It was a comfort,” Kim said. Delivery demand has dropped off since her dining room reopened, but robots still deliver around 10 orders per day. While Kim managed to hang on to her staff throughout the pandemic, other restaurants are struggling to find workers. In a recent survey, 75% of U.S. restaurant owners told the National Restaurant Association that recruiting and retaining employees is their biggest challenge. That has many restaurants looking to fill the void with robot delivery. “There is no store in the country right now with enough delivery drivers,” said Dennis Maloney, senior vice president and chief digital officer at Domino’s Pizza. Domino’s is partnering with Nuro, a California startup whose 6-foot-tall self-driving pods go at a maximum speed of 25 mph on streets, not sidewalks. Nuro is testing grocery and food delivery in Houston, Phoenix and Mountain View, California. Maloney said it’s not a question of if, but of when, robots will start doing more deliveries. He thinks companies like Domino’s will eventually use a mix of robots and drivers depending on location. Sidewalk robots could work on a military base, for example, while Nuro is ideal for suburbs. Highway driving would be left to human workers. Maloney said Nuro delivery is more expensive than using human drivers for now, but as the technology scales up and gets more refined, the costs will go down. For cheaper sidewalk robots __ which cost an estimated $5,000 or less __ it’s even easier to undercut human delivery costs. The average Grubhub driver in Ohio makes $47,650 per year, according to the job site Indeed.com. But robots don’t always cost delivery jobs. In some cases, they help create them. Before Starship’s robots arrived, Bowling Green didn’t offer delivery from campus dining spots. Since then, it has hired more than 30 people to serve as runners between kitchens and robots, Bowling Green dining spokesman Jon Zachrich said. Brendan Witcher, a technology analyst with the consulting firm Forrester, says it’s easy to get excited about the Jetsons-like possibility of robot delivery. But ultimately, robots will have to prove they create an advantage in some way. “It’s possible that we see this emerge into something else,” he said. “But it’s the right time and place for companies considering robots to test them and learn from them and do their own evaluation.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/04/politics/trump-records-hearing-january-6/index.html (CNN)A federal judge expressed deep skepticism of former President Donald Trump's arguments that he can keep documents from his White House secret during an historic court hearing on Thursday related to the January 6 riot. Judge Tanya Chutkan pressed Trump's lawyers on why, as a former President, he has any right to control the public access to hundreds of pages of records, especially as the House of Representatives investigates the insurrection. "Are you really saying that the President's notes, talking points, telephone conversations, on January 6, have no relation to the matter on which Congress is considering legislation?" Chutkan asked. "The January 6 riot happened in the Capitol. That is literally Congress' house." Chutkan, however, also suggested the House's request could be too broad. Trump has asked the DC District Court to block the National Archives from giving more than 700 pages of documents to the House Select Committee investigating January 6 and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He's claimed the House's investigation is illegitimate, and that his role as a former President should give him control over reviewing and deciding upon access to the records. The Biden administration has approved of handing them over to the House select committee beginning next week. Trump's lawyers are even attempting to keep White House visitors logs secret -- the types of records that past and even the current presidential administration have released. "The former President has rights," Justin Clark, an attorney for Trump, argued. Chutkan also harshly questioned Trump's request for the court to look at every document one by one -- "You're talking years," she said -- and an argument his attorney made that the White House records should theoretically be more guarded than even Trump's personal tax records, which he is still fighting in court to keep secret. "Congress here has not requested private information," Chutkan said. "These documents are sought to further Congress' oversight into the events of January 6. They only seek documents concerning governmental activity." New January 6 court filings reveal what Trump is trying to keep secret from Congress New January 6 court filings reveal what Trump is trying to keep secret from Congress The hearing may be the pivotal moment in a potentially historic legal fight about the authority of a former president, the House's investigative power and the reach of executive privilege. In the short term, the case also may have huge implications for the bipartisan House investigation, which is pushing for records and witnesses before the midterm elections take place next year. Without access to the documents, the House could be hampered significantly in its fact-finding. Judge suggests House's requests are too broad After grilling Trump's lawyers, Chutkan challenged the House Democrats' lawyer on the breadth of the documents that were requested by the committee -- a key issue, because the former President has claimed the request was so massive that it is clearly a political fishing expedition. Chutkan acknowledged that "some of these requests seem very narrowly tailored." But she said on a few occasions during the hearing that other parts of the committee's request covered a wide scope of records, saying it was "alarmingly broad," "very broad," and "really broad." Congress has broad authority to demand documents, but "there has to be some limit," she said. She said a request for Trump's polling data from summer 2020 was "tangential" to the January 6 investigation. She also zeroed in on a request for documents from April 2020, and asked House Democrats' top lawyer Doug Letter to explain how those materials were tied to the insurrection. "We think, maybe, this all ties in with, leading up to this, the fomenting of it, the building a groundswell of feeling that this election was going to be tainted," Letter said, alluding to Trump's comments early on during the pandemic that the election would be rigged by mail-in voting. Letter owned the fact that some of the requests were broad, but said "that's for Congress to decide," and said the federal courts shouldn't tell lawmakers how they should run their inquiry. Chutkan also made the point that to the House that some of the things they may want to see from the Trump White House they don't really need, because Trump was already making his intentions clear, publicly. She especially questioned a House request for polling data. When Letter described how the House sought any information that could illuminate why the then-President was tweeting about election fraud even before the election, the judge quipped, "I'm not sure there's an answer why the President was tweeting whatever he was tweeting." In court, the House has cast its investigation as one of its most critical tasks in history. "In 2021, for the first time since the Civil War, the Nation did not experience a peaceful transfer of power," lawyers for the House wrote over the weekend. "A peaceful transfer of power from one President to another is crucial to the continuation of our democratic government. It is difficult to imagine a more critical subject for Congressional investigation, and Mr. Trump's arguments cannot overcome that pressing legislative need." Any result is likely to be appealed, but the clock will be ticking for both the House and for Trump. The National Archives, a part of the executive branch that inherited Trump's presidential records after he left office, has already decided the House should get access to the records from Trump's term as President. The agency is set to turn those over beginning next week, on November 12, unless Chutkan or an appeals court orders otherwise. Trump has used court system before Trump has turned to the court system several times in recent years to slow down or block Congress from accessing records he believes should stay private. The courts are still working out many of those disputes, such as in cases related to his personal accounting firm's work, his IRS tax returns and his company's banking records. While President, he was able to hold off House subpoenas of his closest advisers using broad privilege claims and the Justice Department's backing. And even before Trump's presidency, lawsuits over executive privilege in document collections have dragged on for years. But the issues about executive privilege that Trump raises now put the court in a novel position weighing the needs of the House against his pleas for privacy for his now-completed time in office. "Permitting the expansive request here would harm future presidents and their close aides by allowing invasive congressional fishing expeditions that will certainly chill candid advice and harm the institution of the presidency," Trump's lawyers wrote to the court this week. The records Trump wants to keep secret at this time appear to be a treasure trove of notes from his top advisers related to his insistence the election was stolen and his reaction to his supporters attacking the US Capitol on January 6. They include parts of the files from chief of staff Mark Meadows, from whom the committee has been seeking testimony, and other key figures like press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. In recent weeks, Meadows has engaged with the House but hasn't come forward to speak -- an apparent stalemate that could shift depending on the Trump court case's outcome. The Archives has given a taste of what Trump is trying to protect in a list, down to the page count, of the handwritten memos, draft public statements, call logs to Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, White House visitor records and more from the files of key White House officials. Those types of records, if obtained by the House, could answer some of the most closely guarded facts of what happened minute by minute between Trump and other high-level officials, including people around him watching the siege and those officials who were under attack. The Biden White House has decided it wouldn't asserted executive privilege on the records the Archives has reviewed so far, citing the extraordinary situation of the attack on Congress. The Archives continues to work through Trump's papers and set dates for them to be shipped to Congress. "President Biden's sober determination that the public interest requires disclosure is manifestly reasonable, and his to make," lawyers for the Biden administration have written in court. The documents Trump is trying to keep secret more than 700 pages from the files of his closest advisers up to and on January 6, according to a sworn declaration from the National Archives' B. John Laster. Those records include working papers from then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, the press secretary and a White House lawyer who had notes and memos about Trump's efforts to undermine the election. In the Meadows documents alone, there are three handwritten notes about the events of January 6 and two pages listing briefings and telephone calls about the Electoral College certification, the archivist said. Laster's outline of the documents gave a glimpse into the paperwork that would reveal goings-on inside the West Wing as Trump supporters gathered in Washington and then overran the US Capitol on January 6. Trump is also seeking to keep secret 30 pages of his daily schedule, White House visitor logs and call records, Laster wrote. The call logs, schedules and switchboard checklists document "calls to the President and Vice President, all specifically for or encompassing January 6, 2021," Laster said. The records Trump wants to keep secret also include draft speeches, a draft proclamation honoring two police officers who died in the siege and memos and other documents about supposed election fraud and efforts to overturn Trump's loss of the presidency. A lawyer for the Biden administration was in rare alignment with the House, advocating for the disclosure of the records and against Trump at the hearing on Thursday. "The former President does not have a freestanding right to challenge the entire legislative venture," Elizabeth Shapiro, a Justice Department attorney representing the National Archives, said in court. She also noted that the records Trump wants to protect will be public someday. The Archives' policies typically keep White House records restricted for 12 years, she said, but branches of government can get access to them before that. "These are not documents where privilege and confidentiality will survive forever. Far from it," she said. This story has been updated with details from the hearing.

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https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/telegram-update-8-2-features-date-bar-calendar-view-admin-control-chat-interactive-emoji-rollout-ios-2599469 Telegram is rolling out a new update that includes multiple features to make using the app easier. These include a fresh date bar and calendar view for the Shared Media page on the iOS app. The newly launched date bar on the side of the Shared Media page will allow users to jump between days and months and find the pictures/ videos they are looking for much faster. The instant messaging platform's latest update also gives admins more control over who can join and see the chat with new admin approval settings. In addition, the Telegram update adds global chat themes and new interactive emojis. Telegram for iOS will now show transit time for shared locations as well. The arrival of the new update was announced for Telegram iOS users on Wednesday, November 3 via a blog post that includes details on how to use them. As mentioned, the update has added a date bar on the side of the Shared Media page that shows all the photos, videos, files, and music that have been shared in a particular chat — individual or group. Users can drag up and down to scroll through shared media quickly with this. Further, users can even pinch to zoom in and out for an improved browsing experience. The Shared Media page gets a new calendar view that lets Telegram users to find media from a specific date. You can also filter shared media by either photos or videos or both. This can be accessed by tapping the chat header then scrolling down and clicking on the menu icon. Telegram Crosses 1 Billion Installs on Google Play Store The latest update carries a preview option for admins. When a user opens an invitation link with Admin Approval turned on, they will see a button to send a join request that admins can manage from a new bar at the top of the chat. With this, Telegram group admins can view an applicant's public profile pictures and bio before approving or dismissing their request. Further, admins can give names to their invite links for better organisation. The eight new Chat themes announced by Telegram in the previous update are reaching iOS devices now. Each of the new themes features Day and Night mode, animated background, and gradient message bubbles. It will be available for Android users soon. Shared locations on iOS will now display transit time with the new update. By tapping a shared location on the chat, users can see the travel time to get there by foot, car, or public transport. How to Delete Your Telegram Account Telegram's new update enables automatic conversion of text typed in the message bar to a caption when a user attaches a media. The Cloud Drafts let users type the message on the computer, then attach the photo from the phone and send it all together. Users will also be getting new interactive emojis with fullscreen effects with the new update. Also, Settings on Telegram for iOS have been redesigned to match the style of iOS 15. How's Nokia brand licensee trying to compete against Realme and Xiaomi in India? 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.

https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-word-update-means-youll-never-get-stuck-with-comic-sans-again Finding the perfect font for your next creative project in Microsoft Word is about to get a whole lot easier as Microsoft is adding a redesigned font picker to its office software. Whether you plan on writing in Helvetica, Times New Roman, Arial or even Comic Sans, there are plenty of free font resources available online to help your work or even your resume stand out from the crowd. However, being able to quickly access your favorite fonts has always been a bit harder as you often have to scroll through a long list. Now though, in a new post on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, Microsoft has revealed that it will soon add a redesigned modern font picker to Office. Modern font picker Microsoft Office modern font picker is a completely reimagined experience for Office that makes it easy to find, save and access all of your favorite fonts. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU... Veuillez fermer la vidéo flottante pour reprendre la lecture ici. video playingXiaomi Mi 11 | Everything you need to know Galaxy S21 | Everything you need to know 26/01/21Galaxy S21 | Everything you need to know Galaxy S21 Ultra | Everything you need to... 26/01/21Galaxy S21 Ultra | Everything you need to know IPhone 12 Pro | Everything you need to... 24/12/20IPhone 12 Pro | Everything you need to know in 1 minute AirPods Max | Everything you need to know in 1... 24/12/20AirPods Max | Everything you need to know in 1 minute PS5 | Everything you need to know in 1 minute 14/12/20PS5 | Everything you need to know in 1 minute Using the redesigned font picker, users can pin their favorite fonts so they can be accessed from any device or platform. This means that whether you're using one of the best laptops for writers or even your smartphone, all of your pinned fonts will be available to use in your Office documents. Microsoft's new font picker also allows you to easily view all of the fonts used in a document including notifications for missing and embedded fonts. You can even choose from all the available styles for a font family such as simply bold, italic or more exotic variants like condensed semi bold italic. At the same time, in the Office Fonts section, users will be able to see which fonts are available on all platforms and don't need to be embedded in a document. The redesigned font picker for Microsoft Office is expected to begin rolling out later this month so that Word users have access to all of their favorite fonts and can add a bit of visual flair to their documents. We've also rounded up the best Microsoft Office alternatives, best free office software and best online collaboration tools to help you work more productively

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cadence-now-offers-pcie60-ip Just weeks after PCI SIG released the final draft of PCIe 6.0 specifications, Cadence introduced one of the industry's first silicon-proven IP packages that enable chip developers to implement PCIe 6.0 support into their designs and test it. The IP is available now and will enable early adopters to add support for PCIe 6.0 to chips due in 2022 - 2023. "Early adopters have already started exploring with the new PCIe6 specification, and we are looking forward to seeing them achieve positive results with TSMC and Cadence technologies," said Sanjive Agarwala, corporate vice president and general manager of the IP Group at Cadence in a statement. Cadence's PCIe 6.0 IP comprises of a controller and a DSP-based PHY (physical interface). The controller features a multi-packet processing architecture that supports up to 1024-bit wide data path in x16 configuration as well as supports all the key features of PCIe 6.0, such as an up to 64 GT/s data transfer rate (in both directions), pulse amplitude modulation with four levels (PAM4) signaling, low-latency forward error correction (FEC), FLIT mode, and L0p power state. The IP is designed for TSMC's N5 node and is available to developers of various AI/ML/HPC accelerators, graphics processors, SSD controllers, and other bandwidth-hungry ASICs that need to add support for PCIe 6.0 as soon as possible. Cadence (Image credit: Cadence) Along with the IP package, Cadence also offers a PCIe 6.0 test chip implemented using N5 and meant to test signal integrity and performance of PCIe 6.0 implementations at all data rates. The chip contains a PAM4/NRZ dual-mode transmitter that is guaranteed to provide optimal signal integrity, symmetry and linearity with low jitter as well as a receiver that can withstand harsh signal impairments and channel loss in excess of 35dB at 64GT/s to provide sophisticated data recovery capabilities. Since with PCIe 6.0 chip developers will be dealing with data transfers at up to 64 GT/s over relatively long traces (for comparison, DDR5 memory currently has a transfer rate of 4.8 GT/s – 7.0 GT/s), ensuring signal integrity and supporting sophisticated data recovery mechanisms becomes a must. "We have been deploying PAM4-based IP since 2019 when we introduced our first-generation 112G-LR SerDes IP, and our vast expertise in PAM4 technology plus our strong collaboration with TSMC provides a robust foundation for success with our PCIe6 products," said Agarwala.

https://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-portal-is-still-the-most-exciting-thing-about-battlefield-2042/ Battlefield 2042's pivot to characters was as inevitable as the backlash to Battlefield 2042's pivot to characters, but even those jeering at the beta from the balcony start listening when Battlefield Portal comes up. If gadget warfare with unique specialists doesn't sit well with you, Portal promises that you can return to the halcyon days of Battlefield 1942, Battlefield Bad Company 2, and Battlefield 3, and even design a Battlefield mode that's uniquely suited to your tastes. The time has come for us desk chair balance experts to prove we actually know the correct time-to-kill tuning for a Battlefield game. DICE explained Portal pretty thoroughly when it was announced, but a new gameplay trailer (embedded above) shows off some of the classic maps and a blog post published today provides the most detailed rundown of the system we've seen so far. Portal can be thought of as an unusually powerful custom server configurator. It's categorically not like Halo's Forge mode, because you can't build or modify maps. Rather, what we'll be able to do is design playlists using Battlefield 2042's new soldiers, weapons, and vehicles, as well as those from the three classic Battlefields I mentioned, with custom rules and variables. We'll be able to mix and match armies, however unbalanced it may be, turn knobs like bullet velocity and health regen rate, and flip toggles like friendly fire and squad reviving. It goes pretty deep, all the way to a visual logic editor for designing your own rules and win conditions. When Portal was first announced, DICE expressed that, yeah, even silly, obviously lopsided modes are possible: If you want to make a 1-v-127 mode, you can do it. What I'm most excited about is the prospect of designing ridiculous PvE modes using Battlefield 2042's bots, which can also be customized. I want to gather a few friends to fight hordes of World War 2 AI infantry with an attack helicopter. Today's blog post shows us what Portal's web tool actually looks like, but what remains a big question for me is how well the sharing and discovery tools will work. Say I design my dream 128-player Battlefield mode. How do I fill it with other players who like my vision? Will thousands of variants on 'WW2 vs modern day' exist simultaneously, all mostly empty and relying on bots to be playable? Will players swarm to whatever modes DICE chooses to promote? The studio has talked about these questions, but I don't think we can know the answers until it's actually operational. Aside from Portal and the standard Battlefield game formats, Battlefield 2042 will include Hazard Zone, a Hunt: Showdown-inspired mode in which squads compete to steal data drives and escape the match alive. Battlefield's last attempt at a more modern mode, BF5's Firestorm battle royale mode, more or less fizzled, and I'm curious to see what DICE has built with presumably a bit more time and experience. Battlefield 2042 releases November 12 for EA Play Pro subscribers, and November 19 for everyone else.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/prevent-future-supply-chain-disruptions-using-ai-models-by-michael-spence-2021-11 When forecasts are not specific enough to be actionable, the supply response cannot adjust in a timely or efficient manner. And because there is relatively little slack built into global supply chains, large deviations from normal patterns produce delayed responses, shortages, backlogs, and bottlenecks, like those today. MILAN – Supply-chain disruptions are severely hampering the global economic recovery. It is a strange situation in many ways. The types of products and services affected by delays and shortages – including a wide range of intermediate goods, from commodities to semiconductors, and the final products that depend on them – resemble what one would see in a wartime economy. And the disruptions took us largely by surprise. leonard71_PHIL NOBLEPOOLAFP via Getty Images_cop26 Why COP26 Will Fail MARK LEONARD predicts that this UN Climate Change Conference will be done in by the same nationalism as usual. 8 Add to Bookmarks Previous Next In fact, in the first quarter of this year, growth was overwhelmingly projected to accelerate, and experts were not exactly sounding the alarm that supply would fail to keep up. Yes, influential macroeconomists did warn that the combination of highly accommodative monetary policy, elevated household-savings balances, pent-up demand, and massive fiscal spending significantly increased the risk of inflation. And, yes, those forecasts – which appear increasingly prescient – implied that a surge in aggregate demand, fueled by a wall of liquidity and frothy asset prices, could outpace supply. But the likely duration of the imbalance remained unknown, and many argued that inflation – and, by extension, supply disruptions – would be “transitory.” Many observers remain convinced that this is the case. But participants in global supply chains increasingly predict that the shortages, backlogs, and imbalances between supply and demand will persist well into 2022, and perhaps longer. It seems clear that, for some significant period, global economic growth will be constrained by supply – a sharp contrast from the years after the 2008 global financial crisis. Although the surge in demand may be larger than mid-pandemic forecasts indicated, it was the basis for the high growth projections in the pandemic recovery period. That makes it all the more important to address two fundamental supply-side questions. First, are there underlying supply constraints that will persist even after pandemic-related blockages are cleared? And, second, is there something about the configuration and functioning of global supply chains that affects the supply response? One can reasonably make the case that the pandemic produced semi-permanent changes in some supply factors. For starters, many workers have dropped out of the labor market or deferred reentering it, despite the rollback of pandemic-support mechanisms. This probably has much to do with the highly stressful or dangerous conditions under which some, such as health-care personnel, worked during the pandemic. Many cargo workers were stranded on ships for months. Bundle2021_web4 Subscribe to Project Syndicate Enjoy unlimited access to the ideas and opinions of the world’s leading thinkers, including weekly long reads, book reviews, topical collections, and interviews; The Year Ahead annual print magazine; the complete PS archive; and more – for less than $9 a month. SUBSCRIBE NOW If workers are to accept such positions now, they will probably demand better compensation and changes in working conditions. Likewise, many of those who shifted to working remotely during the pandemic are resisting a full-time return to the office. Such shifting demands and preferences imply supply-side changes in many segments of the labor market, with unknown long-run effects. But labor-supply effects are only part of the story. We knew that a surge in demand was coming. So, why were global supply chains caught flat-footed? One reason is that pent-up demand was unleashed before the pandemic was actually over. So, as demand increased, pandemic-related disruptions continued to affect major ports and manufacturing facilities, dampening the supply response. Another factor is that demand seems to have risen beyond the system’s peak load capacity. Expanding that capacity will require investment and, more important, time. But, while peak load capacity is crucial in services like electricity (which is difficult to store), it is less important for goods, demand for which must be managed with a well-functioning system that anticipates surges and spreads out the order flow. Therein lies the problem. Global supply networks, as they are currently constituted, are complex, decentralized, and wound tightly, in order to maximize efficiency and minimize waste. But, while this approach works in normal times, it cannot handle major shocks or perturbations. Decentralization, in particular, leads to underinvestment in resilience, because the private returns on such investments are much smaller than the system-wide returns or benefits. Another consequence of decentralization is subtler, and perhaps most easily explained with an analogy to weather forecasting. Although weather is the result of an incredibly complex and interconnected system, forecasting has become increasingly precise and accurate over time, thanks to highly sophisticated models that capture the way relevant factors – such as wind, atmospheric and ocean temperatures, and cloud formation – interact. Global supply networks are similarly complex. But, while we might be able to anticipate broad trends – such as that demand will increase – there is no model or set of models that enable us to predict with any precision how such trends might affect specific elements in supply chains. We have no way of knowing, for example, where new bottlenecks will occur, let alone how market participants should adjust their behavior. When forecasts are not specific enough to be actionable, the system cannot adjust in a timely or efficient manner. The system is essentially myopic: it discovers the blockages when they occur. And because there is relatively little slack built into it, large deviations from normal patterns produce delayed responses, shortages, backlogs, and bottlenecks, like those we are seeing today.

https://www.livescience.com/baleen-whales-eat-more-than-once-thought Earth's largest animals may eat even more gargantuan amounts of food than scientists thought, a new study reveals. Baleen whales — which capture krill, fish, zooplankton and squid by filtering seawater through their special structures in their mouths — may consume up to three times more prey than previously estimated, the study found. The discovery could rattle our understanding of how nutrients flow through ocean food webs. After feeding deep underwater, the whales swim upward to breathe and release impressive plumes of poop near the surface of the ocean. There, the iron-rich whale feces acts as a fertilizer for phytoplankton, microscopic organisms that draw energy from sunlight to conduct photosynthesis. The fertilized phytoplankton then get devoured by hungry krill, which then get eaten by whales, and so on. Related: In photos: Tracking humpback whales If you remove whales from this loop, the iron that would normally be distributed in their poop would instead settle to the ocean floor in krill feces and dead krill carcasses; in turn, this would deprive phytoplankton on the surface of the iron they need to thrive. This may help to explain why, after whalers killed off millions of baleen whales in the 20th century, krill po[CENSORED]tions within the whaling grounds declined dramatically, falling more than 80% in parts of the Southern Ocean, for example, the study authors wrote in the study, published Nov. 3 in the journal Nature. "These animals are more important ecosystem engineers than we previously thought," in that they help boost the amount of fuel available to the entire ecosystem, said first author Matthew Savoca, a National Science Foundation postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station. By helping to conserve baleen whale po[CENSORED]tions today, we could help to restore the iron-recycling system once derailed by industrial whaling, he said. Big eaters Baleen whales get their name from the comb-like structures that grow from their upper jaws. The whales use these structures, made of keratin — the same protein that makes up human hair and fingernails — to filter-feed, either continuously, by swimming open-mouthed through dense throngs of prey, or sporadically, by suddenly lunging at their prey while taking in gigantic gulps of water. Right whales and bowhead whales take the former approach, while blue, fin, minke and humpback whales use the latter. Although scientists understand the basics of how baleen whales feed, estimating how much they eat has been difficult. Prior to the new study, Savoca was interested in how much plastic and other pollutants baleen whales might be ingesting. But to investigate that question, he had to dig into past research of how much prey the whales consume. "To my great surprise … it had never been measured in living whales," Savoca told Live Science. In the past, scientists examined the stomach contents of dead whales to get an idea of how much they ate, but such studies couldn't say how much a given whale ate in a day, month or year. Researchers also developed models of how much food a whale would need to survive, but these models were based on the metabolic rates of other large marine animals, such as captive dolphins. Given the lack of research on live baleen whales' feeding habits, Savoca and his collaborators decided to gather data straight from the whale's mouth (so to speak). "What these authors did is, they actually measured the amount of food eaten by the whales, by monitoring their feeding behavior," said Victor Smetacek, a professor at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Germany who was not involved in the study. Between 2010 and 2019, the team placed tags on 321 individual whales from seven baleen species, which lived in the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern oceans. Each tag, secured with a suction cup, was equipped with GPS, a camera, a microphone and an accelerometer, which recorded the whales' movements for about 5 to 20 hours, until the tag popped off. Related: 15 of the largest animals of their kind on Earth A minke whale tagged by the research team off the coast of Antarctica in 2019. This minke whale, tagged by the research team off the coast of Antarctica in 2019, was part of the new study of how much baleen whales eat. (Image credit: Duke University Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing under NOAA permit 14809-03 and ACA permits 2015-011 and 2020-016.) The tags tracked how each whale moved in 3D space and therefore revealed when they engaged in feeding behaviors, Savoca explained. The team also snapped drone photos of 105 whales, to determine their lengths, their body mass and the amount of water they could likely capture in one mouthful. To figure out how much prey might be in that mouthful of water, the team visited whale feeding sites in boats equipped with so-called echo sounders. Using sound waves, the echo sounders measured the size and density of groups of prey in the whales' feeding grounds. With the tag recordings, drone photos and echo-sounder data in hand, the team could determine how much each whale ate in a day. An adult eastern North Pacific blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) eats about 17.6 tons (16 metric tons) of krill per foraging day, for example, while the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) eats about 6.6 tons (6 metric tons) of zooplankton. Baleen whales feed an estimated 80 to 150 days out of the year, so using these daily intake estimates, the team could get an idea of how much the whales put away in a single feeding season, Savoca said. They found, overall, baleen whales eat much more than previous estimates suggested. For example, researchers thought that the krill-feeding baleen whales living in the California Current Ecosystem, between British Columbia and Mexico, gobble up about 2.2 million tons (2 million metric tons) of prey each year, but in actuality, these whales eat closer to 6.6 million tons (6 million metric tons) of prey annually. "A hopeful story" Having determined how much modern-day whales eat, the team wondered how much whales ate in the past, before industrial whaling severely depleted their numbers. They used whaling industry records to address this question, and focused specifically on Southern Ocean lunge-feeding species, which again nab prey by suddenly charging at them. An estimated 1.5 million of the 2 million lunge-feeding whales killed in the 20th century were removed from the Southern Ocean, with the largest whales, like the blue whale, enduring the greatest losses, the authors noted. The analysis suggests that, at the start of the 20th century, minke, humpback, fin and blue whales in the Southern Ocean likely consumed about 473.9 million tons (430 million metric tons) of krill each year. The loss of millions of whales between 1910 and 1970 likely contributed to the subsequent decline in krill, since the whales' poop once fertilized a major food source for the crustaceans, the authors suggest. "What it implies is that these historic ecosystems … were 10-fold more productive than they are today," based on the amount of iron-rich poop whales would have produced prior to industrial whaling, Savoca said. And on top of the loss of the whales, climate change likely also drove the decline in krill, he noted. But by both conserving whale po[CENSORED]tions and addressing climate change, we could potentially regain some of the lost productivity in these ecosystems. "I really do think there's a hopeful story here," he told Live Science. All the components of the system — the whales, krill and phytoplankton — are still there, albeit in smaller numbers. What the system really needs is a "jump start," Savoca said. RELATED CONTENT —Image gallery: Life at the North Pole —Image gallery: Russia's beautiful killer whales —Photos: See the world's cutest sea creatures Jump-starting the system would involve boosting whale po[CENSORED]tions through a combination of passive conservation efforts, such as establishing new marine protected areas, and active conservation efforts, such as setting ship speed limits to prevent whales from being struck by boats. Regulations could also bar fishing boats from working when whales are in the area, to avoid entangling the animals in nets. And of course, in addition to these direct measures, broader efforts to rein in climate change would also help whales recover, Savoca said. In theory, Smetacek said, scientists could jump-start the whale-krill system in another way: By purposefully fertilizing phytoplankton with iron, thus boosting the organisms' growth and, in turn, bolstering krill and whale po[CENSORED]tions. Essentially, the iron fertilizer would stand in for the missing whale poop. This idea of seeding the oceans with iron has been raised in the past, as a way to increase the amount of carbon that phytoplankton pull from the atmosphere, Mongabay reported. But the idea remains controversial, in part due to a lack of studies on the potential large-scale ecosystem impacts that such fertilization might trigger. It's also not clear if the effort would boost fish and krill po[CENSORED]tions in the long term.

https://amcn.com.au/editorial/norton-v4sv/ NORTON V4SV | MANUFACTURER NEWS 02 November 2021 / Text Size (-) (+) / Print The reborn Norton firm is bringing the V4 back in the form of the new V4SV after spending more than a year redesigning it Before Norton plunged into liquidation at the start of 2020 the firm’s 1200cc V4SS and the planned V4RR superbikes were the company’s leading models. Now the reborn Norton firm is bringing the V4 back in the form of the new V4SV after spending more than a year redesigning the bike to solve the problems that plagued the handful of originals that reached customers. NORTON V4SV Although the V4SS was launched with much ado back in 2016, at that stage the bike was far from ready for production. Indeed, even by the time customers started to receive their V4SS models – a limited-edition introductory model with a £44,000 price tag in the UK – they were still riddled with issues. By the time Norton Motorcycles (UK) Ltd folded in January 2020, just 47 of the bikes had been registered for the road in the UK, with a few others believed to have reached dealers and customers abroad. NORTON V4SV Today’s Norton is a different company – The Norton Motorcycle Co, Ltd – that was formed by Indian manufacturing giant TVS, which bought elements of the previous company from its liquidators, including the naming rights and design IP. As such, it’s in the tricky position of capitalising on the Norton name while still distancing itself from some of the previous company’s problems. Those included the original V4SS models. TVS’s Norton brand originally hoped to fix the bikes that had reached customers, out of goodwill rather than obligation, but on further investigation, a list of 35 faults was found, 20 of them serious enough to be considered safety issues. The idea of fixing the original machines went out of the window, although in the name of goodwill – customers wealthy enough to buy the original machines are worth keeping happy – the company has indicated that there might be some discounts for existing owners who want to swap their current V4s for the new, updated and fixed version. NORTON V4SV The new bike might look much the same as the old one, but it gains a new name – V4SV – and as well as having its mechanical problems fixed it’s finally expected to get type-approved as a genuine production machine. The originals never received emissions approval in Europe, so bikes sold – mainly in the UK – were road registered using looser Single Vehicle Approval rules that are really aimed at accommodating home-built specials. At the moment, Norton still hasn’t shown what the V4SV will look like in road-going form, as the pictures all feature a track-only exhaust that lacks the required catalytic converters, but it has announced the specs of the updated machines. Power drops from the original claims of 200hp (149kW) to 185hp (138kW), still peaking at 12,500rpm, while torque is fractionally reduced from 130Nm to 125Nm at 9,000rpm. The engine is still largely the same, although with the problems of the original version fixed. These appear to largely have been problems with materials and small components, rather than ingrained design flaws, so the overall specs including the bore, stroke, V-angle and compression ratio are unaltered.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/nov/04/i-am-the-biological-father-of-my-exs-21-year-old-daughter-she-insists-i-take-this-information-to-my-grave Several years ago I was contacted by an ex girlfriend who informed me I am the biological father of her 21 year old daughter, the middle of her three children. She was my first serious girlfriend but we split up whilst still young. Our paths crossed several years later and we had a brief affair. Unbeknownst to me she became pregnant through this liaison but kept the matter a secret and remained with her husband who unwittingly raised the child as his own. My ex immediately regretted telling me and insisted I take this information to my grave. Whilst I have respected her wishes, I feel extremely frustrated with the situation and would like to meet and get to know this woman who doesn’t know I exist. I am married (16 years) and have a young daughter of my own. My wife is aware of this situation and fully supportive. Advertisement Eleanor says: As I see it, your dilemma here is about whether to tell the truth. It doesn’t sound like you’d be able to get to know this young woman any other way. That’s a very hard decision to make. Usually when we make choices we think about which outcome we prefer – but here, it’s almost the opposite. You can’t make a decision out of an attachment to a particular outcome. It can’t be about whether you’d like a happy relationship with this young woman – because you can’t rule out that she’d want nothing to do with you. It can’t be about whether your ex should have told you – because exposing deceit now won’t mean she was honest then. It can’t be about getting closure – because you might find it just makes people angrier. There are so many open futures here that the only thing this decision is “about” is whether you’re willing to risk all of them. That makes the focal length of the choice very short. It’s poker rules: you make the best choice you can with the information you have, not claiming to know how things will turn out. Sometimes when I’m stuck in a situation like that it helps to hear what someone else would do, set out almost like a closing argument. Being the listener seems to take the pressure off being the decider. I’ll try to do that for you now – I’ll tell you what I’d do, with the hope that it’ll help you run a resonance check. I stress I don’t offer this as an answer. I offer it so you can test whether you’d be proud to inhabit this kind of reasoning. I wouldn’t tell. Here’s why: yes, her mother made a hurtful decision, and two or three more after that. But that’s done now, set in the resin of time. Reaching out might just be one more hurtful decision. It would mean she had to decide how to feel about a stranger while processing that her mother had an affair and deceived her. It would be a gamble on whether her parents’ marriage would survive, meaning this 21 year old – who didn’t choose any of this – might face a crisis while her support system was in a crisis of its own. Since I wouldn’t be able to guarantee that the world I’d force her into is better than the one she’s currently in, I’d be making that decision unilaterally. That wouldn’t feel fair. So I’d try not to be pulled by the outcome I desperately wanted, or by how wildly unfair it is that I even have to make this choice. I’d try to do the least risky thing. It would feel unspeakably tragic to do that. It would cost me one of life’s most beautiful things. I might even vent the steam of my fury at my ex so my pain had somewhere to go, or even upload my data to a DNA tracing website so that if my child ever went looking she’d be able to find me. But I’d try not to confuse my protest at the situation for an answer about how to resolve it. Sometimes other people’s bad choices leave us with nothing but bad options. I hope it helps to test whether that’s the kind of person you’d feel OK about being. Whatever your answer, I think that’s the way to make this choice: when we can’t make decisions on outcomes, we can ask what kind of reasoning we’d like to shine out from our actions.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59144293 Republican Glenn Youngkin has been elected as Virginia's next governor in a major upset, with his Democratic opponent conceding the race. The ballot has been widely seen as a referendum on Joe Biden's presidency, and defeat will unnerve the Democrats. He won by 10 points in Virginia in the presidential election just a year ago. But rising inflation, a slow economic recovery, a deadlocked legislative agenda and the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan have hit his po[CENSORED]rity. In a speech to cheering supporters, Mr Youngkin promised to get to work straight away to transform the state. "We work in real people time, not government time," the Republican declared. Key takeaways from a bad night for Joe Biden Mr McAuliffe, who served as governor from 2014-18 but saw his opinion poll lead vanish in recent weeks, said he had "come up short" but insisted the state remained on a path towards "inclusion, openness and tolerance for all". The state's current, Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, was unable to stand for re-election as Virginia does not allow governors to serve consecutive terms in office. In more potential good news for Republicans in the state, their candidate, former US Marine Winsome Sears, is tipped to become the first black female lieutenant governor of the state, which was the former seat of the pro-slavery Confederacy during the American Civil War. Winsome Sears celebrates winning the race for Lt. Governor of Virginia as she introduces Republican candidate for Governor Glenn Youngkin during an election night party in Chantilly Virginia, U.S., November 3, 2021. IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS Image caption, Winsome Sears is a former US Marine The Republican candidate for Virginia attorney general, Cuban American Jason Miyares, was also leading that vote count. And Republicans seemed to be closing in on control of the state's House of Delegates. In other elections across the US on Tuesday: In New Jersey, Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli is neck and neck with Democratic Governor Phil Murphy Amid surging crime, Minneapolis voters rejected a proposal to replace the city's police department with a new Department of Public Safety, more than a year after the murder of George Floyd by an officer As expected, Democrat Eric Adams won New York City's mayoral election to replace his party colleague Bill de Blasio; Republican challenger Curtis Sliwa was involved in an argument at his polling station after turning up to vote with a pet cat and being told his furry friend Gizmo could not enter Pittsburgh picked its first black mayor, Democrat Ed Gainey

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https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/money-heist-season-5-volume-2-trailer-release-date-episodes-cast-netflix-2598651 Money Heist fans, Diwali has come early. On Diwali Eve on Wednesday, Netflix unveiled the full-length official trailer for Money Heist season 5 “Volume 2” — that's the final batch of the final five episodes of the final season of the hit Spanish series (known as La casa de papel to Spanish-speaking viewers). In it, The Professor (Álvaro Morte) is haunted by his actions and their fallout, while his heist team and the special forces prepare for all-out war inside the Royal Mint of Spain. In title cards and description, Netflix is dubbing Money Heist season 5 “Volume 2” as the end to the world's greatest heist. Netflix has released a bunch of new images from Money Heist season 5 “Volume 2” as well. The Professor (Morte) arrives in a red Beetle at the start of the Money Heist season 5 “Volume 2” trailer, feeling like he's surrounded by the ghosts of Christmas past. He's greeted instead by Spanish soldiers. A crying Rio (Miguel Herrán) reiterates the bombshell development from season 5 “Volume 1” — Tokyo (Úrsula Corberó) is dead — before he's comforted by Lisbon (Itziar Ituño). Elsewhere, the cop Alicia Sierra (Najwa Nimri) rubs in what The Professor is experiencing: “You see the disappointed faces of the people you failed. It's as if a javelin was hurled through your chest.” Money Heist season 5 “Volume 2” trailer Money Heist 5 Delivers Its Biggest Season With 69 Million Viewers As The Professor seemingly drives away in a car, the Money Heist season 5 “Volume 2” trailer cuts to the soldiers whose chief says: “We came in here to complete a mission: put an end to this heist. And that's what we're gonna do.” The soldiers prepare to barge in, as Palermo (Rodrigo de la Serna) says elsewhere: “I really doubt we're gonna get out of here.” In reply, Helsinki (Darko Perić) tells Palermo: “You'll get me out of here. You promised, and you'll do it.” The rest of the Money Heist season 5 “Volume 2” trailer is made up of action sequences, and the climax signals an ominous end for the red-suited thieves. How will it go actually go down? You will have to wait to watch the series on Netflix to find out. In addition to Morte, Herrán, Corberó, Ituño, Nimri, Serna and Perić, Money Heist season 5 cast also includes Pedro Alonso as Berlin, Jaime Lorente as Denver, Esther Acebo as Stockholm, Hovik Keuchkerian as Bogota, Belén Cuesta as Manila, Enrique Arce as Arturo, Luka Peros as Marseille, Fernando Cayo as Coronel Tamayo, and José Manuel Poga as Gandía. New to season 5 are Patrick Criado as Berlin's son Rafael, Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Tokyo's ex-boyfriend René, José Manuel Seda as army chief Sagasta.

https://www.techradar.com/news/you-can-finally-copy-and-paste-across-android-and-windows Copying and pasting data between Android and Windows 10 devices is no longer a pipe dream thanks to a new Microsoft Swiftkey update. The Cloud Clipboard boost means that users with Swiftkey on their Android devices will now be able to duplicate text typed on their smartphone directly onto their Windows PC, and vice versa. The tool was first announced by Microsoft in a Swiftkey beta release back in August 2021, but now according to MSPowerUser has gone live for users as part of Swiftkey 7.9.0.5. Copy and paste Android to Windows "The days of emailing yourself website links, phone numbers and addresses are a thing of the past," a Microsoft Swiftkey support page noted. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU... Veuillez fermer la vidéo flottante pour reprendre la lecture ici. video playingXiaomi Mi 11 | Everything you need to know Galaxy S21 | Everything you need to know 26/01/21Galaxy S21 | Everything you need to know Galaxy S21 Ultra | Everything you need to... 26/01/21Galaxy S21 Ultra | Everything you need to know IPhone 12 Pro | Everything you need to... 24/12/20IPhone 12 Pro | Everything you need to know in 1 minute AirPods Max | Everything you need to know in 1... 24/12/20AirPods Max | Everything you need to know in 1 minute PS5 | Everything you need to know in 1 minute 14/12/20PS5 | Everything you need to know in 1 minute "You can now use Microsoft SwiftKey’s Cloud Clipboard feature to sync your copied text between SwiftKey Keyboard and Windows." Microsoft says that your Cloud Clipboard will only ever retain your last copied clip, which will be available for an hour. This last copied clip will be shown on your prediction bar as a quick paste option by default - although this can be turned off, and replaced with your last copied clip from another device. To use the tool, you'll need a PC running Windows 10, and an active Microsoft Outlook or Hotmail account - with the company noting that users will not be able to use a Microsoft work email account, Google, or other email addresses. Once you have Swiftkey running (it can be downloaded via the Google Play Store), the new function needs to be activated via Settings > Rich input > Clipboard. Here, the “Sync clipboard history” option will need to be toggled on. After signing in with your Microsoft Account, on your Windows 10 PC, you'll need to navigate to Settings > System > Clipboard, where you'll need to turn on both the ‘Clipboard history’ toggle and the ‘Sync across devices’ toggle. Although SwiftKey is available for iOS, cloud clipboard support is not yet included. Likewise, users will not be able to use SwiftKey to copy information over to devices running on macOS or Linux PCs.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gskill-has-already-pushed-its-ddr5-ram-to-a-whopping-7000mhz/ We’re only at the dawn of the DDR5 era, and yet already we’re seeing a race to ever higher DDR5 speeds. G.Skill proudly announced that it has achieved a DDR5-7000 overclock with its lovely looking Trident Z5 DDR5 memory. This speed is definitely impressive, but will such speeds benefit gamers? We don’t have long to go before we find out. G.Skill memory is highly regarded among overclockers. The company has earned a reputation for delivering highly binned products with low latencies. G.Skill also revealed that its fastest DDR5 kits use Samsung memory chips, and given Samsung’s DDR4 IC prowess, we wouldn’t bet against Samsung being a leading DDR5 component supplier as well. G.Skill didn’t specify which modules they used for the demonstration or whether it required a binned CPU with a highly capable memory controller. The modules were run at DDR5-7000 with 40-40-40-76 timings, perhaps with its fastest DDR5-6600 CL36 kit. No doubt we’ll continue to see faster and faster kits as the technology matures, too. G.Skill DDR5-7000 CL40 screenshot DDR5-7000 is impressive, but also note that it's stable! (Image credit: G.Skill) How long will it be before someone breaks the DDR5-10000 barrier? RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU... CLOSE There’s no doubt that DDR5 delivers a huge step forward in raw bandwidth. This will surely deliver big benefits in many applications. Games tend to be sensitive to latency though, and this is an area that may count against it when compared head to head with a low latency DDR4 kit. We plan to answer that very question ourselves in a future article. In the meantime, do look out for PC Gamer’s 12th Gen CPU review, coming very soon!

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/02/business/air-travel-woes/index.html New York (CNN Business)Canceled flights, packed planes, rising fares and violent outbursts are the new normal for air travel. Flying is getting worse for both passengers and crews. The problems run deeper than the operational meltdowns that caused Southwest (LUV) and American Airlines (AAL) to cancel thousands of flights over four-day periods in recent weeks, each time stranding tens of thousands of angry passengers. Staffing shortages are leading to overworked flight crews and most of the canceled flights. Vaccine mandates could lead to even more staffing shortages. Less choice in flights has led to higher ticket prices. And altercations over masks have been the cherry on the top of a miserable year for travel. Those issues will continue well into the holiday season -- and perhaps they'll get even worse. Airline unions say staff at "breaking point" American and Southwest blamed their recent service meltdowns on lacking enough pilots and flight attendants to adjust for cancellations that began with bad weather. Southwest's October 8-11 cancellation nightmare cost it $75 million, the airline reported recently. Officials with various airline unions say that their members are stressed to the "breaking point" by work conditions because of understaffing. Many pilots and flight attendants say they're having trouble getting hotel rooms they need to have the government-mandated rest while working. Pilots at American have held informational pickets in recent weeks to complain about work conditions, and Southwest pilots are planning their own pickets this month. And the airline unions say they're worried that the problems will get worse with the pick-up in travel expected over the holidays.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/fashion/loved-alia-bhatt-s-green-crop-top-in-face-hidden-picture-here-s-what-it-costs-101635865749936.html Want to look cool with minimal efforts? Take fashion inspiration from Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt as she channels her inner sass and slays the street style trend in sultry crop tops and jeans. Sunkissed pictures and crop tops have been synonymous with Alia this summer and her recent picture in a green crop tank top with face hidden had fans swooning over her sexy street style. Taking to her social media handle, the diva had shared a picture set against the azure blue sky as she hid her face with a yellow leaf and flaunted a waistline to die for. The picture featured the actor donning a green tank top made from a soft organic cotton fabric and sported a cropped back detail. Rocking the minimalist street fashion, Alia redefined summer style and amped up the sensual appeal by teaming it with a pair of low-waist ripped blue jeans. Leaving her silky tresses open in a messy style, Alia accessorised her look with a stack of gold finger rings, one of which was emblazoned with ‘8’, her boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor’s lucky number. Alia cut a sexy silhouette in the ensemble while flaunting the rings before the camera. She had captioned the picture, “the little things (sic)” and punctuated it with a Chinar leaf emoji. RELATED STORIES Bhumi Pednekar to Alia Bhatt-Sara Ali Khan, BTown divas are fans of red pantsuit Bhumi Pednekar to Alia Bhatt-Sara Ali Khan, BTown divas are fans of red pantsuit Shilpa Shetty spotted with son Viaan Raj Kundra, Abhay Deol poses with nephew Karan Deol. See pics Shilpa Shetty spotted with son Viaan Raj Kundra, Abhay Deol poses with nephew Karan Deol. See pics Gauahar Khan’s throwback picture from her wedding day with Zaid Darbar is all about bride and groom fashion Gauahar Khan’s throwback picture from her wedding day with Zaid Darbar is all about bride and groom fashion Mira Rajputs co-ord shirt and shorts worth <span class=webrupee>₹</span>16k prove she is still in beach mode, see pics Mira Rajput's co-ord shirt and shorts worth ₹16k prove she is still in beach mode, see pics The green crop top is credited to Alia’s best friend Meghna Goyal’s clothing brand, Summer Somewhere, that boasts of trendy, affordable, timeless and trans-seasonal cool girl staples that promise to leave one with that nostalgic hint of a summer romance in the vacation-wear. The ribbed tank crop top originally costs ₹1,590 on the designer website. Designed to flatter different body types, crop tops are all the rage in womenswear fashion. Allowing women of all ages to flaunt their mid-riff and amp up the sensual appeal, nothing screams 'summer' quite like crop tops. On the other hand, the Covid-19 lockdowns have cemented a distaste for perfection which then gave a permanent place to street fashion because it is relatable and resonated with how real people got dressed in the midst of a pandemic. Instead of donning one designer in entirety, the magic of street style is in layering different designers, colours, silhouettes and eras together.