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You'll never be left without a firearm in Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, a heavily armed Frontier Q&A explained this week.Odyssey's big sell is that, on top of getting out of your ship to stretch your legs, you'll be able to shoot up all sorts of bandits and lawmen across thousands of dusty extra-terrestrial towns. To that end, you'll never be left unarmed."Just as you will always have a Sidewinder available as a ship, all players will have a side arm to help them in combat," Frontier explained.The Q&A generally covers the essentials for understanding Odyssey's first-person blasting. There'll be a wide range of weapons to acquire and modify, from "pistols, rifles and SMGs, to shotguns and rocket launchers". You can leave ammo and items for other players, and while there'll be no dedicated melee weapons, you'll be able to thwack people with the butt of your rifle.Frontier has already described how they want a "sphere of combat" including on-foot, SRV and starship combat. This week's Q&A goes a little further, making it sound like you'll be able to do significant damage to unshielded ships with rockets and grenades.Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is coming later this Spring, following a closed alpha earlier in the season. While this isn't the first time Elite has made planetfall, the developer recently went into great depth on how it's rebuilding billions of traversable planets for Odyssey.

Liaisons, some dangerous, some inspired and many unexpected, have long created drama in the automotive industry.Half a century ago, no pundit could have imagined modest, middle-class Peugeot being a lead player in an industrial combine including the mighty (it was then) Fiat, America’s third-biggest car maker (it was then) Chrysler and Opel and Vauxhall, twinned then cast off by General Motors. Almost as wild would have been the idea of Fiat swallowing Chrysler, Jeep and a pick-up brand called Ram.Yet that’s exactly how things turned out, with Stellantis formed from the merger of the PSA Group (which grew out of Peugeot) and FCA (Fiat and Chrysler merged).So how did its various brands get here, and what are some of their most memorable creations? Fiat invented the supermini with the 127 in 1971, and its Punto descendant was often the best seller in Europe. It’s amazing that the firm abandoned such success, despite tight margins.Tipo: A fine example of Fiat’s bipolarity: the charming 500 on one side, the dull and underdone Tipo on the other. A fine piece of retro engineering that has succeeded beyond Fiat’s wildest dreams, doubtless saving the brand.124 Spider: FCA’s on-off commitment to models caused this pleasingly effective Fiat-and-Mazda mongrel’s early death.Alfa Romeo8C Competizione: Beautiful proof Alfa can easily sell a car for over £100k, but proof ignored.

It’s been too long since we’ve been to the movie theater, so join us as we refresh your memories of the experience. Specifically, let’s talk about the great science fiction and fantasy novels that have wowed us on the big screen.Everyone has their classics. Lavie loves Paul Verhoeven’s “Starship Troopers,” the controversial 1997 film that parodied Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 novel (and is slated for a reboot.) Silvia is a fan of Roger Corman’s Poe cycle and the stories that inspired it. There are so many science fiction and fantasy books-to-films, so we decided to focus on favorites that perhaps haven’t gotten as much attention as they should.Silvia: I don’t often follow the old adage: Read the book before you watch the movie — but I should have for “Under the Skin” by Michel Faber. I saw the film when it came out in 2013, and I’m afraid that when I read the novel afterward, I could not shake the impression of Scarlett Johansson as the alien who picks up men and takes them to what is essentially a meat processing facility. In the novel, her character has a more bizarre appearance and the book has a dreamy, haunted quality, along with moments of shocking cruelty. Slow, but delicious and disturbing.I discovered “The Repossession Mambo” by Eric Garcia after I chanced upon the film “Repo Men” (2010) with Jude Law in the lead role. Both share a great concept: In the near future, you can buy spare organs with ease, but you better make your payments. Enter our cynical protagonist who used to repossess organs and is now being hunted for his heart. The result is a noir that also has a bitter sense of humor. It reminded me a bit of Philip K. Dick and some of his harried characters.My third choice is “The Company of Wolves” (1984), an adaptation of Angela Carter’s short story of the same name (from the collection “The Bloody Chamber”) and the radio play version that can be found in “The Curious Room: Collected Dramatic Works by Angela Carter.” It’s amazing how such a short story could give way to a whole movie, and yet if you’ve ever read Carter’s work it makes perfect sense. Director Neil Jordan distills all the Freudian, fairy tale imagery and horror contained in Carter’s work into one surreal version of Little Red Riding Hood with werewolves. Many authors have reworked fairy tales, but Carter was one of the first to attempt such bold takes, and remains one of the best.Lavie: The Japanese film “Battle Royale” (2000) is based on a novel by Koushun Takami that’s available in the United States thanks to the efforts of the Haikasoru imprint. I never tire of recommending Haikasoru’s books, and “Battle Royale: Remastered” (translated by Nathan Collins) — a pulpy tale of school kids pitted against each other on an island — is no exception. Another great from Asia is the lavish 2019 Chinese science-fiction film “The Wandering Earth,” which is based on Liu Cixin’s novella. You can find it in his English-language short story collection of the same name. Moving on to France, “Planet of the Apes” is improbably based on Pierre Boulle’s “La planète des singes” (originally translated as “Monkey Planet” in the UK). And yes, Boulle also wrote the novel “The Bridge Over the River Kwai.”You’d need to be intrepid to have watched the 1990s Israeli-made, English-speaking film “The Road to Ein Harod,” a very odd dystopia starring, I kid you not, Gregory Peck’s son and Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter. It was a critically and commercially panned venture. But it is based on author Amos Kenan’s miniature masterpiece of the same name, a surrealist, nightmarish odyssey set in a near-future Israel that ends with a grand science fictional twist. Translated from Hebrew in 2001 by D. Hecht, the book is only available secondhand — one for you obscurists out there.Another difficult find that’s worth it: The 2004 Thai film “The Siam Renaissance” is the tale of a Thai archivist in France who time-slips to the royal court of Siam in the 19th century, and it is fantastic, but the novel it is based on, “Thawiphop” (Two Worlds) by Thommayanti has never been translated. It was huge in Thailand, though, having been adapted multiple times since publication. Could an enterprising publisher please pick up this historical fantasy romance for the English-language reader?Finally, let’s not forget a couple of classic science fiction short stories that got turned into movies. Robert Sheckley’s “The Seventh Victim,” about a deadly game of hunting humans, improbably became a film (“The Tenth Victim”) starring Marcello Mastroianni. And “Mimsy Were The Borogroves” by C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner became, 64 years later, the movie “The Last Mimzy.” The films may not have fared as well, but the stories are at the very heart of science fiction’s history, and I wish more people read them.Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of “Mexican Gothic,” Gods of Jade and Shadow” and “Signal to Noise.” Lavie Tidhar is the author of several novels, including “The Violent Century,” “A Man Lies Dreaming,” “Central Station” and, most recently, “By Force Alone.”

Luther Burbank High School senior Emili Carrillo is finding ways to learn English — but lately, school isn’t making that easy.The 17-year-old moved from Mexico nearly four years ago with her dad, and works part-time as a cashier at a grocery store.“Working has helped me a lot, because I have to practice my English,” Carillo said about chatting with customers on the job.But learning English at her South Sacramento school — an entirely computer-based activity since last March — is another matter.“It’s been hard for me,” she said about attending classes online, which eliminates opportunities to practice English with peers. “When we were at school … we kind of communicated more with our classmates. And this year, during the pandemic, we don’t even talk sometimes.”As the momentum builds to reopen schools in California, early evidence suggests that English-learning students have fallen behind more than their peers.Education experts say school leaders should act now to reverse a widening achievement gap between students with financial resources and kids with less support at home.“Now is the time where we have to acknowledge that these gaps have widened during the pandemic and really be intentional about providing extra supports,” said Heather Hough, executive director of Policy Analysis for California Education at Stanford University.Hough says that, with the right resources and support, educators can fast-track learning. “And this doesn't have to have a long term catastrophic event on their lives,” Hough said of the pandemic.Hough’s research released in January showed that California students in 18 school districts grew less in mathematics and English language arts than they would have over a typical year. The evidence was most pronounced in the younger grade levels.But the most concerning impacts, according to Hough, were that kids in socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, which in the study included low-income students and English language-learning kids, were further behind than their peers.“In the fifth grade, our research shows that students learning English are about 30 percent behind where they would be in a normal year in English language arts, compared to 10 percent for students that are not learning English,” Hough said.And this is a significant group: English-learning students make up almost a fifth of California’s public school po[CENSORED]tion, according to California Department of Education estimates from 2019.Although some may already be fluent in English, more than 40% of the students enrolled in California public schools overall — some 2.5 million kids — speak a language other than English at home. More than 81% of English-learning students in California schools speak Spanish, according to the state statistics.Larry Ferlazzo teaches history and English to non-native-speaking students of all levels at Luther Burbank. He tries to make the best of “Zoom school” by teaching with humor and interactive online quizzes. But the quality is not the same as learning face-to-face, he said, where gestures and informal interaction can help student comprehension.“There’s no question that grades are suffering, not just for [English-learners], but for all students,” Ferlazzo said about how students are doing nationwide. He writes extensively about education trends and improving school instruction for national outlets such as EdWeek.During a couple of his online classes one recent Wednesday morning, almost all students had their cameras off, with just cartoon characters or animal photos to represent their space on the screen. Students responded to Ferlazzo or teacher aide questions by writing in the chat, instead of verbalizing their answer.But the technical glitches and physical distance are not the only thing preventing non-native English speakers from learning more. Ferlazzo says many of his students are children of immigrants from all over the world — Afghanistan, Central America, Vietnam, and the Pacific Islands — and family responsibilities sometimes keep them from attending class.“Many of our students are having to take care and assist younger siblings,” he said. “A fair number of our students are also having to work nearly full time to help their families during the recession.”And Ferlazzo says he hears of a case of COVID among one of his students, or their family members, at least once a week.“When you’re sick, when you’re worried, you just can’t concentrate,” he said.Hough says the learning gap between disadvantaged groups and other students during the pandemic is directly tied to the different supports kids have at home.“In some families, students have full time tutors, or even a credentialed teacher, who's at home supporting their learning. Or a parent who doesn't work, who's supporting their learning full time,” she said. “On the other end of the continuum, we have families where perhaps there isn't an adult at home during the day at all because all adults in the family are out working multiple jobs.”The California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom are still deadlocked about how to reopen schools, and what resources will be available when they do.Samantha Tran of Children Now says policymakers should focus resources on the most disadvantaged kids, such as English language learners, and that should include summer school and partnerships with community-based organizations.“How do we address some of this learning loss in a way that engages kids, that gets them excited about learning, and dare I say … be fun?” Tran asked.Emili Carrillo has juggled many things during the pandemic, including being a peer tutor for Ferlazzo’s class. She says she knows teachers are trying their best to connect with students during the pandemic, but she still sometimes has trouble communicating.Carrillo will likely be able to feel more connected to her peers and teachers in a couple of months. The Sacramento City Unified School District plans to restart in-person instruction for the youngest grade levels in early April. High schoolers would see each other again in May, but only if the COVID threat level goes down in the county.

If any car symbolises how far Hyundai has come in the last few years, it’s the Kona. Not only does it sell well for them (the aim is for 17,000 in the UK this year, which would make it the firm’s second best-selling car), but it’s also got nearly the full gamut of powerplant offerings to cover any customer’s needs. Petrol mild-hybrid, hybrid and electric - there’s even a hot ‘N’ version coming. Europeans also get diesel versions, but Hyundai sold so few here it doesn’t bother anymore.The car has recently been facelifted and this time we’re trying out the hybrid version of that surgery. It’s not the most radical design overhaul but if you enjoy playing ‘spot-the-facelift’, you should know that the narrow DRLs are even narrower (if that was possible), while there’s more plastic cladding around the nose and the front fog lights are more rounded and less blocky. The rear also features a smidge more plastic cladding and similarly tweaked lower lights. In addition, new paint colours are available (complete with predictably jazzy names like Surfy Blue) and new wheel designs. The 18-inch alloys on our test car look particularly good.Overall, it’s not what I’d call a beautiful car, but it is at least distinctive - something that’s needed when the compact crossover class is so crowded with rivals like the Renault Captur, Toyota C-HR and Nissan Juke.Inside, the overhaul continues with a fresh new infotainment system - 10.25-inch touchscreen but mercifully with plenty of physical buttons directly beneath it - so it looks less like a Fisher Price system these days. There’s a new digital dash as well. There’s an electric handbrake now and the odd touch of chrome - nothing major but it certainly helps to make it look more up-to-date.There’s plenty of technology on offer: wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto phone connection is standard across every trim, and all bar the base Kona come with nav and BlueLink Connected Car Services, the latter of which covers things like Last Mile Navigation (which will transfer the last bit of nav instruction to your phone, if the end bit of your journey has to be on foot), Connected Routing (smart navigation, so it’ll update according to traffic) and Live Parking information (does what it says on the tin). It’s a subscription service but you get five years for free.Leather is standard in this Ultimate trim level and features both heated and ventilated front seats - the rears are also heated as standard. Impressive stuff, from a car that costs under £30,000.Those rear seats are a bit flat, but you perch quite high in the back so there’s good visibility over the driver’s shoulder. Anyone over six foot should be wary though - because of the high seating position, headroom is a bit limited in the rear.We’re testing the hybrid version here, but a 1.0-litre mild hybrid is also available on the Kona for the first time. Our 1.6-litre petrol hybrid is good for 141bhp and 108 lb ft, all helpfully assisted by the 1.56kWh battery and 32kW electric motor. It’s a self-charging hybrid - no plug-in here, unlike rivals like the Captur. Hyundai reasons that if you want more of an electric experience, you can opt for the full EV Kona. The headline sprint takes 11.3 seconds and fuel economy is 55.4mpg and 115g/km, the latter of which are within the margin of error when compared to rivals like the Toyota C-HR

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is regarded as one of the most influential political leaders across the globe, is celebrating his 70th birthday on Thursday (September 17, 2020). For 70-year-old PM, age is just a number for him since he has been a fitness freak and an ardent believer in the Yogic way of living since his childhood days.The charismatic leader, who is known for his excellent oratory skills, vision and innovative ideas, has been working assiduously towards empowering the poor and marginalised. India has tremendously benefited from his astute leadership, firm conviction and decisive action.From fasting, regular morning walks to doing yoga, here are a few things that help him maintain a healthy lifestyle and make him one of the fittest leaders across the world

hether you’re a professional wordsmith or are simply hoping to make your daily correspondence a bit more polished, these simple tips should help. Also, if you’re the former, I’d love to grab a coffee and pick your brain about career stuff.Every Day vs. EverydayEvery day means “each day”; everyday is an adjective meaning commonplace or ordinary. Let’s look at some examples:Every day, you wake up.You wake up consumed by the never-ending to-do list of everyday tasks that get in the way of you finishing your poetry chapbook.Their vs. They’re vs. ThereThough homonyms, each of these words has its own definition. Let’s take a look at how to use them properly:All parents want their children to be successful.But they’re unable to see that, for my generation, getting a college degree isn’t a guarantee of long-term success.There is no way I can just “go to medical school” at this point—I’m already knee-deep in debt and I know nothing about biology. It’s too late to start over.The Serial CommaAlso known as the Oxford comma, this hotly debated punctuation mark can be used to clarify the logic of sentences that include a list of three or more things. Let’s take a look at an example:My career as a freelance editor is being threatened by A.I.-powered browser plug-ins, a growing cultural preference for visual media over the written word and my diminishing sense of get-up-and-go.Without the clarifying use of a serial comma, this sentence could be read to connote that the second and third items in the list are examples of the first, when, really, they are separate, powerful forces, each of which threatens my livelihood.Em Dash vs. En DashThe em dash is a versatile punctuation mark, often used in place of a colon or comma. The en dash is most commonly used to indicate a range of time or numbers. Let’s look at some examples:Here I am—dangerously close to forty—staring down the barrel of a grand return to retail sales.My initial stint in retail (2005–2014) was intentionally undertaken to give me a stress-free means of income while I focussed on my first novel, a manuscript that more than a dozen publishers would call “exhausting” and “Jonathan Safran Foer-esque, in the worst possible way.”Nauseous vs. NauseatedDespite often being used interchangeably, nauseous means causing nausea, wheras nauseated means to feel sick. Let’s look at some examples:According to friends, my “whole vibe”—the complaining, the middle-distance stares, the “sad-sack routine”—has become nauseous.I, too, am nauseated by my general outlook on life, often wishing I could go through a metamorphosis and become more like my personal-trainer buddy Graham (he’s just so happy, all the time).Farther vs. FurtherFarther describes literal distance; further describes abstract distance. Let’s look at some examples:I’ve tried the whole “new city” thing, each time moving farther away from my home town, but I can’t move away from . . . myself (if that makes sense?).How is it possible that I’m further from accomplishing my goals now than I was five years ago? Maybe it’s time to change goals?Insure vs. EnsureInsure means to cover something with an insurance policy; ensure means to guarantee. Let’s look at some examples:Without an employer health plan, I won’t be insured.Not having health insurance ensures that I’m one medical emergency away from bankruptcy. Maybe I should go into advertising. I don’t know. I’d love to learn more about employment opportunities at your company. Please pass my résumé on to anyone you know in a hiring position.

With the best free DVD ripper, you can back up your movie collection and save it digitally for easy and convenient streaming around your home.The best free DVD ripper is Handbrake – an open source tool that can save movies in virtually any format, with no limits on the number of files you can back up, or the length of the videos. However, it can't handle discs protected by DRM, so we've also gathered together a collection of other free DVD rippers with different feature sets, so you can choose the best one for you.Some DVD rippers are better suited to ripping movies, keeping subtltles, menus and other details intact, while others work best for ripping other data.Just remember to make sure to check intellectual property law in your country first before you rip those DVDs. Much like CDs, there are no international copyright laws that cover free DVD rippers, so make sure it's legal where you live.The best DVD ripper overall is WinX DVD Ripper PlatinumIf you're interested in backing up your DVD collection and don't want to be held back by time restrictions or slow processing, WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is the best tool we've tried. It isn't free like the tools below, but you get a lot for your money, and it can even handle discs that are encrypted, region-locked or unplayable. It can create videos files for playback on virtually any device too, with preset profiles so you can watch your movies on a phone or tablet. HandBrake is not only a free DVD ripper (or video transcoder, as it prefers to be known) but also open source, so it's totally free in every sense of the word.More than a decade in the making, the software finally reached version 1.0.0, It is – or at least looks – a little more complicated that some of the others we're looking at here, but don’t let that put you off. By default there's no support for bypassing copy-protection, but this is something you can get around with a little research (bearing in mind IP laws in your country).As with other programs, there are a number of presets ready for you to choose from, but you can also manually tailor each ripping session if you prefer. If you're working with ISO images or disc folders, it's possible to queue up multiple encoding jobs to run consecutively to save having to be around when each finishes. The sheer level of control makes HandBrake well worth a try.

The Gigabyte camp has added a new rendition of the GeForce RTX 3060 to its arsenal. Barring any subsequent models, the Aorus GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (GV-N3060AORUS E-12GD) appears to carry the flagship tag of Gigabyte's custom GeForce RTX 3060 models, and is also looking to be the fastest GeForce RTX 3060...for now.The Aorus GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G features a 1,867 MHz boost clock, 5.1% higher than Nvidia's reference specification. It comes with two vBIOS profiles: one for silent and another for performance. Previous to the Elite model, the GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G and GeForce RTX 3060 Vision OC 12G were the fastest SKUs in Gigabyte's lineup with a 1,837 MHz boost clock. Although the Elite version only has a 30 MHz higher boost clock, the graphics card comes with a steeper power requirement, apparently.As opposed to Gigabyte's other GeForce RTX 3060 offerings that leverage a single 8-pin PCIe power connector, the Aorus GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G needs the same 8-pin plus an additional 6-pin PCIe power connector. This obviously bumps the recommended minimum power supply capacity from the previous 550W up to 650W. The Aorus GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is also armed with a triple-fan cooling system and has dimensions of 296 x 117 x 56mm. The cooler seems to be overkill for a GeForce RTX 3060 as the renders show that it extends far beyond the graphics card's short PCB. On the aesthetics side, Gigabyte kept the design relatively low-key with a simple, black shroud with a tiny Aorus RGB-illuminated logo and cooling fans with ARGB rings.The cooling system adheres to Gigabyte's WindForce 3X design with five composite heat pipes transferring the heat away from the GA106 die and memory chips towards the bulky heatsink. Subsequently, a trio of 80mm semi-passive cooling fans dissipate the heat. The Aorus GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G comes equipped with a black, metal back plate that helps with cooling and improves the graphics card's rigidity. According to Gigabyte, the extended heatsink allows hot air to exit through the large cut-out.In terms of display outputs, the graphics card provides two HDMI 2.1 ports and two DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. The configuration is sufficient to support up to four monitors simultaneously.Gigabyte hasn't revealed the pricing for the Aorus GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G as the GeForce RTX 3060 isn't officially available until tomorrow. Since it'll likely be one of the best GPUS among custom GeForce RTX 3060 models, we don't think it will be easy on the pockets.

Earlier this month, a Bloomberg report said that Electronic Arts executives were preparing to examine the current state of Anthem's reboot and decide whether to continue with the process or pull the plug. Today the results of that examination were announced, and BioWare has confirmed that work on Anthem Next has been halted."2020 was a year unlike any other however and while we continue to make progress against all our game projects at BioWare, working from home during the pandemic has had an impact on our productivity and not everything we had planned as a studio before COVID-19 can be accomplished without putting undue stress on our teams," BioWare Austin studio director Christian Dailey wrote."I know this will be disappointing to the community of Anthem players who have been excited to see the improvements we’ve been working on. It’s also disappointing for the team who were doing brilliant work. And for me personally, Anthem is what brought me to BioWare, and the last two years have been some of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my career."The end of Anthem's development does not mean the end of the game, however: Dailey said BioWare will continue to keep Anthem running "as it exists today."Despite some pre-release issues, Anthem came out strongly and was the best-selling game of February 2019. But it flagged quickly, and was clearly in trouble just a few months after release, not just due to bugs but because it was "woefully boring and sparse"—the sort of problem that can't be fixed with simple patches. It finished the year as the 15th-best-selling game overall, according to NPD numbers (via VentureBeat)—far from the triumph we expected in pre-release days.As disappointing as it might be for some die-hard fans, the end of Anthem's development really comes as no surprise. Dailey took charge of Dragon Age 4 late last year following the surprise departure of Mark Darrah, and that's obviously a far greater priority for BioWare than a far-from-guaranteed Anthem resurrection. The studio is also well into a highly-anticipated new Mass Effect game, an equally major undertaking.Dailey confirmed that BioWare is prioritizing those two games, saying that "we need to laser focus our efforts as a studio and strengthen the next Dragon Age, and Mass Effect titles while continuing to provide quality updates to Star Wars: The Old Republic.""To the Anthem community, thank you for your passion and creativity," he wrote. "Your feedback and suggestions most certainly help shape the team’s direction, and on a personal note, your kindness and encouragement were much needed last year."Our own Anthem review in 2019 concluded, "There are so many loose threads that I'm constantly asking myself 'why?' ... As a live service game, it's reasonable to expect that Anthem will change a great deal the same way that Destiny 2, The Division, and Warframe have. BioWare certainly seems keen on responding quickly to feedback, which is promising. But I'm not going to hold my breath."

With more employees working from home than ever before, the internet continues to play a much larger role in our daily lives which is why Mozilla is bringing new multi-tasking and privacy protection features to Firefox.To help prevent users from being tracked on the web, the company has announced Total Cookie Protection for Firefox. This feature stops cookies from tracking users across the web by creating a separate cookie jar for each website.Total Cookie Protection is the latest tool in Mozilla's suite of privacy protections called Enhanced Tracking Protection. By combining this new feature with Firefox's recently announced supercookie protections, the browser now offers comprehensive protection against cookie tracking on desktop and on mobile for smartphones running Android.We've built a list of the best browsers for mobile and desktopThese are the best proxy service providers on the marketAlso check out our roundup of the best endpoint protectionSVP of Firefox, Selena Deckelmann provided further insight on how Mozilla has been working to prevent cookies from tracking its users in a blog post, saying:Firefox's recently announced supercookie protections, the browser now offers comprehensive protection against cookie tracking on desktop and on mobile for smartphones running Android.We've built a list of the best browsers for mobile and desktopThese are the best proxy service providers on the marketAlso check out our roundup of the best endpoint protectionSVP of Firefox, Selena Deckelmann provided further insight on how Mozilla has been working to prevent cookies from tracking its users in a blog post, saying:RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU...Xiaomi Mi 11 | Everything you need to know23/02/21Xiaomi Mi 11 | Everything you need to knowGalaxy S21 | Everything you need to knowvideo playingGalaxy S21 Ultra | Everything you need to...26/01/21Galaxy S21 Ultra | Everything you need to knowIPhone 12 Pro | Everything you need to...24/12/20IPhone 12 Pro | Everything you need to know in 1 minuteAirPods Max | Everything you need to know in 1...24/12/20AirPods Max | Everything you need to know in 1 minutePS5 | Everything you need to know in 1...14/12/20PS5 | Everything you need to know in 1 minute"In our ongoing commitment to bring the best innovations in privacy, we are working tirelessly to improve how Firefox protects our users from tracking. In 2019, Firefox introduced Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) which blocks cookies from known, identified trackers, based on the Disconnect list. To bring even more comprehensive protection, Total Cookie Protection confines all cookies from each website in a separate cookie jar so that cookies can no longer be used to track you across the web as you browse from site to site."Multiple Picture-in-PictureLast year Mozilla released a Picture-in-Picture feature for its browser which received high praise from Firefox users and even managed to top the company's Best of Firefox 2020 features list. However, some users wanted more than just one picture-in-picture view.For this reason, Mozilla has added multiple picture-in-picture views to its desktop browsers for Mac, Linux and Windows with keyboard controls for fast forward and rewind.This new feature could certainly help those who work with a lot of videos multi-task but it's also launching ahead of one of the biggest sporting events of the year, March Madness.

With Bitcoins trading at almost $50,000 per bitcoin, perhaps it is finally time for me to get into the cryptocurrency game? Instead of buying bitcoins, could I use my Raspberry Pi to mine for bitcoins instead?What is Cryptocurrency mining?Crypto mining is the digital version of mining for gold, combining performing complicated calculations and pure luck (being the first to complete the calculation) with your computer. Mining is essential to cryptocurrencies in order to maintain their distributed ledger, aka Blockchain.While Bitcoin is the most well-known form of cryptocurrency, it’s hardly the only game in town. All forms of cryptocurrency use blockchains to maintain the validity of each transaction and prevent someone from fraudulently spending their coins more than once.Is Raspberry Pi Bitcoin mining profitable in 2020?My initial research showed that mining for bitcoins with any consumer grade computer is not profitable when factoring in the cost of electricity and hardware. Most bitcoin mining is now done on ASIC Bitcoin Miners; hobbyists and individuals can find limited success by joining a mining pool, harnessing the power of a group of distributed computers. What if we joined a mining pool, used solar panels to power our Pi, and ‘wrote-off’ the cost of our hardware? Bitcoin mining is an extremely competitive venture with too many other miners, increasing difficulty levels, and lower rewards for miners.

EA has patented a technology that could allow people to stream games while they download in the background.The patent was approved on February 16 and can be found over on the US Patent and Trademarks Office website along with a funky diagram explaining how it works (thanks, GameRant).Described as a "dynamic video game client," the technology seeks to check if a game being launched has been downloaded on the user's PC. If not, the game will instead be streamed upon request, while it downloads in the background. Once the game's downloaded, the client will seamlessly shift from the streamed version to the locally downloaded one.It's a pretty nifty bit of technology if EA goes anywhere with it—it says it seeks to bridge the "time consuming" installation process, which with the size of some games these days (looking at you, Warzone) can take hours. Bit annoying if you're looking to jump into a game with your mates, but don't have it installed.That's not to say it'll be perfect, though. Streaming games is still relatively uncommon, requiring a ton of resources on both ends. A lot of internet connections still aren't up to scratch for streaming games at a consistently good quality—throw a 100GB+ download in the background and if your internet is anything like mine, it'll buckle within seconds.There's already a bunch of similar technologies knocking about: World of Warcraft's launcher has different stages of critical download data which allows you to play the game before it's already installed, albeit at a lower stability. A bunch of other games will usually let you play the first mission or a small segment before the rest downloads, too.These usually involve a small initial download though, and EA's patent looks to eliminate that entirely. It all sounds very convinient and means next time you get the impulse to return to a game you've long uninstalled, you won't have to wait hours to play it.

Nobody dreams of owning a Dacia. Even the marque’s marketing people know that.Their research tells them most buyers with £12,000 to £15,000 to blow on a simple, reliable and robust car currently have a second-hand Volkswagen Golf in their mind’s eye, not a showroom-fresh Dacia.But they also believe that their new Sandero and Sandero Stepway models – which have just migrated to the lighter, extremely versatile CMF-B platform introduced by the latest Renault Clio – can change the minds of value-focused buyers.They have good evidence: the just-launched Mk3 Sanderos are far more capable than their predecessors; beat pricier and bigger-name superminis for kit and even refinement; are nowadays built to the same standard as Renault-badged cars; and carry a three-year, 60,000-mile warranty.The standard Sandero hatchback has already given a good account of itself here (and collected the coveted What Car? Car of the Year Award on the way). The Sandero Stepway, a crossover take on the same car, has an elevated ride height, body cladding to make it look more ‘outdoorsy’ and a set of extremely clever roof bars that reconfigure in seconds into the handiest of racks. As our mid-spec Comfort test car shows, the equipment is amazingly generous, given the barely credible £12,995 list price, since it includes air-con, LED headlights, an 8.0in touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto functionality, keyless entry and even heated front seats.On bald equipment-for-the-money grounds, no rival makes sense. The happy story continues on the road. The 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine is quiet, smooth and friskier than its official 11.9sec 0-62mph time promises (although the bi-fuel option seems rather beside the point, given that LPG is hard to source in the UK).The steering and chassis hit an excellent standard. The great-looking seats are really comfortable. The rear leg room beats all comers. The ride is taut and controlled. And only when you’re cruising really fast do wind and road noise begin to intrude.

Principal Richard Marsh, said: “We welcome students from any background and fully appreciate the diversity it brings. Clara is a great addition to our school community and has already done a presentation to her Form Group about what life is like for teenagers in Spain which was both informative and interesting.” Clara said: “Northern Ireland is famous for its warm welcome and that was certainly the case for me with my host family and everyone at Coleraine College. As a result, I found it very easy to settle in. I also really love the scenery. “There are so many cultural differences but I find them interesting rather than a challenge. The houses here are very different to the ones at home and the food as well as when you eat. At home, we do not have dinner until 9pm or 10pm but here it is much earlier. That took a little getting used. And of course, the accent and the slang!“ * A message from the Editor:
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democracy" is spelled out in huge white letters on a street in Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon."Justice for Myanmar" is carved on a row of watermelons by chefs protesting against the Feb. 1 coup.Recommended VideosPowered by AnyClipAn important video title messageThe message "Reject Military" is formed by letters on the t-shirts of a row of hard-hatted protesters.All are in English.While the language is in daily use by only a minority in the country of 53 million people, which is also known as Burma, it often dominates protest slogans and placards as protesters try to get their anti-coup message to the world."Writing in English is more effective than writing in Burmese," said student Ko Ko Lwin, 21, who is from a generation that came of age as Myanmar opened up to the world and is now at the forefront of the protests."We want the international community to help us," he said.Protests have drawn hundreds of thousands of people to the streets across the country daily for nearly three weeks to oppose the coup by generals who alleged fraud at last year's election."Free our leader," read thousands of placards in English, referring to elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who became a symbol of resistance to a previous half century of army rule.The use of English by protesters drew scorn from junta-appointed Information Minister Chit Naing."Writing in English, asking others to help and to intervene in our country? I am not such a stupid, helpless person as to do that," Myanmar language state media quoted him as saying."Know the dignity of your race and parents. You are not alone. Don't disrespect the dignity of your nationality."The language of the ethnic Bamar majority has been the official language since independence from Britain in 1948. The use of English fell in and out of favour at various points during nearly half a century of junta rule over a country with over 130 ethnic groups.Education in all languages was a stated priority of Suu Kyi, an Oxford graduate.SECOND LANGUAGEBut even as a more globally connected generation emerged during the transition to democracy that started in 2011, English skills remained low overall - one 2020 survey ranked Myanmar's English proficiency 93rd out of 100 countries measured.The recent calls for international support echo those that brought decades of foreign backing for Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years under house arrest in a fight against previous juntas.But those foreign campaigns did little to sway the generals in what became one of the world's most reclusive countries, and some suspect the same will be true this time."International reactions of statements and sanctions will have no effect," wrote historian and author Thant Myint-U on Twitter.Protesters say they see foreign support as an important boost to morale that also undermines the junta's credibility and puts greater scrutiny on security forces who have a record of bloody crackdowns on protests.They seek tougher sanctions than the limited steps so far by the United States and a few other Western countries."We need U.S. army to save our situation," said some placards held up outside the U.S. embassy this week.In parallel with street protests, there is a social media campaign in English - designed to gain global attention - on Facebook, used by some half of Myanmar's people, and more recently on Twitter.Memes in English quickly pick up the theme of the day and protesters are swift to respond to foreign governments' reactions to what is happening in Myanmar."Thanks a lot Indonesia for acceptance of our wishes and our real voice," a user identified as Thandar Htun wrote on Twitter after Indonesia confirmed it was not calling on the junta to hold new elections - a proposal protesters have rejected."Ur help can support our Myanmar citizens."(Writing by Matthew Tostevin; Editing by Mike Collett-White)

Spain continues to be on a high level of alert when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. The epidemiological curve is falling, but the 14-day cumulative number of coronavirus cases per 100,000 inhabitants is still above 250 – the limit considered by the Health Ministry to be one of extreme risk.Keeping the virus under control at these levels is very challenging, and the government is calling on the country’s regions – who are in charge of controlling the pandemic in their territories, as well as managing their health systems – to not let down their guard during any deescalation of the current restrictions.In its official report on Monday, the ministry registered 20,849 new infections and added 535 Covid-19 fatalities to the official death toll. These figures cover Friday, Saturday and Sunday.“Our intensive care units [ICUs] and hospitals are at high occupation levels,” said Fernando Simón, the director of the Health Ministry’s Coordination Center for Health Alerts (CCAES), during a press conference on Monday evening to present the latest data. “If we start with rising trends, this would mean a serious setback for our healthcare system.”Since the beginning of the month, hospital admissions have fallen by half and there are 28% fewer people in the ICUs. But the stress on healthcare centers continues to be high, with a third of ICU beds currently occupied by Covid-19 patients.“We have 11 regions below 250 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the progress that we can expect is for this trend to hold steady for the next few days,” Simón continued. “However, we still have high incidences, and from the experience that we have from previous waves, we cannot let our guard down more than is appropriate. Excessive relaxation of the current measures could see us end up with serious problems.”With 383 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last 14 days, the Madrid region is currently in the worst situation, with only the North African exclave city of Melilla presenting worse data, at 435. The Canary Islands, with 109 infections per 100,000 people, have the lowest rates of transmission. Despite the positive trend, Simón insisted that the risk of a rise in infections is high should the current restrictions be relaxed or if they are not bolstered. That scenario would, once more, lead to a spike in hospital admissions.According to the Health Ministry, on Monday there were 15,208 Covid-19 patients in Spanish hospitals, 52% down on the figure for February 1. But healthcare centers are still under pressure. More than 3,500 coronavirus patients are currently in ICU beds, which are the scarcest resource during this pandemic. This represents 33% of the total number of ICU beds.There are regions, however, where the pressure is even greater. In Madrid, for example, 46% of ICU beds are occupied by Covid patients, while the figure is above 40% in Ceuta, Catalonia and Castilla y León.The effects of the third wave are still being noted in the number of deaths. This month so far, there have been 8,555 Covid fatalities, with 814 in just the last seven days. February may even outstrip November as the month with the most deaths (9,200 were registered in the penultimate month of 2020). Simón stated, however, that the forecast was that the number of fatalities would also fall in the coming days.The epidemiological outlook in Spain remains highly unstable and the country is on a knife-edge. The Health Ministry and the epidemiologists are calling for caution when it comes to deescalating restrictions, but the regions are pressing ahead with the process regardless. Galicia, where hostelry establishments have been closed for a month and people have been prohibited from meeting unless they do not live together, will relax these measures from Friday. But the premier of the northwestern region, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, warned that “if we have to move backwards, we will do so.”Murcia has also decided to increase the number of people who do not live together who can meet to four, and has suspended all of the territorial restrictions within the region. Castilla y León has increased the opening hours of its stores and sidewalk cafés to 9.30pm.The incidence is falling in the whole country, but not at the same speed. In fact, Catalonia has put the brakes on its deescalation after detecting a slowdown in the fall in new infections. Despite having restrictions in place – hostelry can only open with limited capacity and for breakfast and lunch – the figures are not falling as they were two weeks ago. In fact, the transmission rate of the virus, of the R number, is now at 0.95, very close to the limit that the authorities consider for the pandemic to be under control. Pressure on hospitals remains high in Catalonia and the regional health chief, Alba Vergés, warned on Monday during an interview with regional TV station TV3 that a rise in infections would be a serious problem right now. “The risk of a fourth wave while in this situation is very dramatic,” she said.

Citroën has revealed the promised fully electric version of its Berlingo MPV, with a 134bhp motor and a claimed 170-mile range.Called the e-Berlingo, it is one of three electric van-based people carriers the PSA Group will launch this year - in line with its aim of completely electrifying its line-up by 2025 - arriving ahead alongside mechanically identical Peugeot e-Partner and Vauxhall Combo-e Life siblings.The e-Berlingo - along with its Vauxhall and Peugeot siblings - sits atop PSA’s EV-compatible e-CMP platform, which also underpins the Vauxhall Corsa-e, Peugeot e-208 and new Citroën e-C4.It is powered by a 134bhp electric motor and a water-cooled 50kWh lithium ion battery, giving the e-Berlingo an 84mph top speed and claimed 170-mile range. As standard, the battery enables 100kW rapid charging, meaning that the e-Berlingo can be recharged from empty to 80% capacity in 30 minutes.The e-Berlingo offers three driving modes. Normal mode limits power to 109bhp for everyday driving. Eco mode restricts power to 82bhp and reduces heating and air conditioning to preserve energy. Power mode enables the van’s full 134bhp.Otherwise, the design and interior are largely carried over from the combustion-engined car, save for the addition of blue badging and trim accents. The 8.0in central display offers EV-specific display modes, and there is an EV drive mode toggle switch in place of the gear selector. Five seats are fitted as standard, while the long-wheelbase version gains a third row, each accessible via a pair of large sliding doors at each side.The innovative 'Modutop' roof lining is one of 26 individual storage cubbies throughout the cabin, and offers 92 litres of storage within a translucent casing, accessible from the rear seats or boot.As with its siblings, the e-Berlingo is also available in panel-sided commercial form. Citroën CEO Vincent Cobée said: “The Citroën Berlingo van is renowned for its practicality and usability. By adopting the best electric vehicle technology, it now offers professional users a zero-emissions solution.”To this end, load-carrying capacity is unchanged from the combustion-engined models, with a maximum capacity of 4400 litres and an 800kg payload.Citroën has yet to announce pricing for the e-Berlingo, but orders will open soon ahead of first UK deliveries between October and December.

With the Ryzen 5000 series, it's fair to say that AMD has finally, and fully, eclipsed Intel's performance dominance in desktop PCs. AMD's Zen 3 architecture has landed in the new Ryzen 5000 series, breaking the 5GHz barrier with a newer version of AMD's most successful architecture to date. We've got plenty of gaming and application benchmarks, power measurements, and thermal testing here in this article to serve as a guide to the performance you can expect from AMD's most dominant series of processors in more than a decade. We also have pricing guides and links to tips on where to find the chips at retail, and you can see how the Ryzen 5000 chips rank compared to Intel's chips in our CPU Benchmark Hierarchy.The desktop PC was first on AMD's Zen 3 chopping block, but the new microarchitecture will eventually power AMD's full lineup of next-gen processors, including the Ryzen 5000 "Vermeer" desktop processors that have taken over our list of Best CPUs, and the EPYC Milan data center processors. AMD has also now announced its new Ryzen 5000 Mobile series, which is coming to retail soon in a host of new laptops.The first four Ryzen 5000 series desktop PC models stretch from the $299 Ryzen 5 5600X up to the $799 Ryzen 9 5950X. Barring shortages, the CPUs are on shelves now and represent a massive shift in the AMD vs Intel CPU wars. AMD has finally eclipsed Intel's desktop PC processors in every single metric that matters, like single- and multi-threaded workloads, productivity applications, and 1080p gaming performance, all by surprising margins.AMD's Zen 3 features a ground-up rethinking of the microarchitecture that finally allows it to take the 1080p gaming performance lead from Intel. Paired with a 19% boost to instructions per cycle (IPC) throughput and peak rated boost speeds of up to 4.9 GHz, Zen 3 is the magic 7nm bullet that finally upsets Intel from its position at the top of our CPU gaming benchmarks. In fact, given what we've seen so far, it looks like AMD could soon enjoy a dominating position in the desktop PC market unlike anything we've seen since the Athlon 64 days.Intel is stuck with its Comet Lake CPUs until next month to try to fend off the Ryzen 5000 series when Rocket Lake arrives in Q1 2021. Intel has finally dropped the details on Rocket Lake, revealing that it comes with a backported Cypress Cove microarchitecture that also delivers a 19% IPC gain, just like Zen 3, which might help even the score against the Ryzen 5000 processors in some areas - but definitely not all. Rocket Lake tops out at eight cores, and it's not coming to market until March while Zen 3 is on shelves now.Here's the Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 series processors that AMD has launched thus far, but we expect more to come to market soon:

Dialling in to your next Microsoft Teams call is about to get a lot simpler for Outlook users thanks to a new update on the platform.Microsoft is reportedly set to add a 'join meeting' button in Outlook when a Teams meeting is added to your diary.This would allow users to join a Microsoft Teams meeting call directly from their Outlook window, putting an end to fiddling around with multiple video conferencing apps and services to try and dial in in time.Here's our list of the best online collaboration services aroundWe've also built a list of the best business webcamsAnd we've ranked the best headsets for conference callsSuch quick-join functions are already in place for Google Workspace users, who can connect to a Google Meet call directly from their calendar marker, or start a new call directly from their desktop or Gmail mobile app.Currently, Outlook users have to go through quite a long process to join a meeting on Microsoft Teams, needing to go into the calendar marker, select a "Join Teams Meeting" link. This will then open their web browser, which will in turn launch the Microsoft Teams app, but not before asking for confirmation again.But help is at hand, as a Microsoft Teams engineer confirmed in a posting on the Microsoft Teams UserVoice site that Outlook meeting reminders now include the Teams meeting join button in the reminder. Clicking on this button now takes users directly to their call.Microsoft Teams has not just become extremely po[CENSORED]r as a workplace tool – it is increasingly being used for educational purposes as well, with over 100 million students now using the collaboration tool.The news comes shortly after it was announced Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to add some personal touches to their meeting experiences following the announcement of branded lobbies.The new feature will allow Teams users to customize the pre-meeting experience, as in addition to a custom branded meeting lobby, tools for monitoring, tracking, and analyzing data on users and devices were also included.

If you've yet to dive into Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, you might want to carve out some gaming time: to celebrate Season 2's release, Activision is making Cold War's multiplayer and outbreak modes free-to-play for a whole week.The free access week starts at 10 am PT (6 pm GMT) on February 25 and goes on until 10 am PT (6 pm GMT) on March 4. The free modes include Cold War's new Zombies mode Outbreak, which plonks you on a big old map with one of five objectives to complete.The launch of Season 2 and the free access week also brings the Apocalypse 24/7 playlist, which chucks in a whole mix of different game modes on the Apocalypse map. There's Team Deathmatch, Kill Confirmed, Domination, and Hardpoint modes—great if you're looking for a more traditional Call of Duty experience.Fan favourite Gun Game is getting its Cold War debut too, which has you rotating through a set of 20 pre-determined weapons in a free-for-all format. There's a bundle of other multiplayer modes available for free, like Gunfight Blueprints and Face Off.To top it all off, there's double XP and double weapon XP for both paid and free players from 10 am PT 26 February to 10 am PT 1 March. And the free access week tempts you into buying the full thing, it'll carry over any progress you gained too.

workers may soon be able to find their next gigs through a new LinkedIn service that’s currently under development.LinkedIn Marketplaces will enable users on the Microsoft-owned professional social networking platform to find, connect, hire, and pay freelancers all on the platform itself.Reports quote LinkedIn spokeswoman Suzi Owens as saying that the platform has noticed a rise in people searching and requesting services from others during the pandemic. “In the future we'll be building new ways to share more about the services you [could] offer directly through your LinkedIn profile,” Owens told The Information.LinkedIn MarketplacesThe Covid-19 pandemic has spruced up the gig economy, as work from home and remote working become the norm for working professionals.RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU...video playingGalaxy S21 | Everything you need to knowGalaxy S21 Ultra | Everything you need to...26/01/21Galaxy S21 Ultra | Everything you need to knowIPhone 12 Pro | Everything you need to...24/12/20IPhone 12 Pro | Everything you need to know in 1 minuteAirPods Max | Everything you need to know in 1...24/12/20AirPods Max | Everything you need to know in 1 minutePS5 | Everything you need to know in 1...14/12/20PS5 | Everything you need to know in 1 minuteXbox Series X | Everything you need to...14/12/20Xbox Series X | Everything you need to know in 1 minuteLinkedIn’s move isn’t surprising since it is reported that Upwork and Fiverr, the two behemoths in the freelance marketplace field, together generated about $550 million in revenue last year. With over 700 million professionals already on its network, it stands to reason that LinkedIn wants to have a share of the pie as well.However, what apparently sets Marketplaces apart from the existing functionality is that it’ll be tied to the LinkedIn digital wallet that is also supposedly in the works. The wallet will enable LinkedIn to facilitate transactions between the employers and the freelancers, making the platform an attractive end-to-end solution in the gig economy.If reports are to be believed, LinkedIn has been working on the Marketplaces feature since October 2019, and it’s set to go public later this year in September.Get your business site online with the

Last year, Hogwarts Legacy developer Avalanche distanced the Harry Potter RPG from series creator JK Rowling and her transphobic commentary. It's going to be harder to separate the game from lead designer Troy Leavitt, however, after it was discovered the industry veteran had a side-gig as a pro-Gamergate YouTuber.On Friday, a series of tweets from Did You Know Gaming contributor Liam Robertson gained traction highlighting a snapshot of Leavitt's YouTube channel. While it's been inactive since March 2018, the channel has quietly acquired over 2 million views largely through videos lashing out at feminism and social justice.I know this is just shocking but the lead designer of Hogwarts Legacy is Troy Leavitt, a far right YouTuber who used to make anti-fem and pro GG vids: https://t.co/kDNm9ri9zH pic.twitter.com/w3dDy0YXe4February 20, 2021In follow-up tweets, Robertson claims that he's not trying to "cancel" Leavitt. None of this information is particularly private, but he felt it important to share to help people make more informed choices over whether to support Hogwarts Legacy. The replies also summarise a video Leavitt made in defence of John Lasseter, dismissing the sexual assault allegations against the former Pixar boss—who left his position in 2017 in response to the scandal—and the wider #MeToo movement as a "moral panic", while noting that Lasseter was "personally nice" to him during development of the Cars 2 licensed game.At just under 26,000 subscribers, Leavitt's channel isn't overwhelmingly po[CENSORED]r. But it also isn't hidden, with the designer still linking to it in his Twitter bio. In a 2018 video titled "Bushnell did nothing wrong", he explains that publisher WB Games was not only aware of, but completely unfussed by his video output when he was hired at Avalanche."I’m happy to say that, even though I disclosed my YouTube channel to WB Games, it didn’t appear to be an issue for them," said Leavitt. "Not that they endorse anything that I’ve said, of course, but at least they seem more concerned with making good games than with pushing some kind of a social justice agenda, so there is hope."For many, Hogwarts Legacy was already tainted. Despite an official FAQ insisting that the story was crafted without input from Rowling, whose sharp turn into transphobia has shattered many long-time Potter fans' love of the series, WB Games declined to comment when Kotaku asked whether the author will be paid royalties.PC Gamer has reached out to WB Games for comment.