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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66404312 The 2011 champions made the ideal start when Norway defender Ingrid Engen turned Hinata Miyazawa's cross into her own net. However, Norway equalised a few minutes later when Guro Reiten headed home. Risa Shimizu's heavily defected strike restored Japan's lead before Hinata Miyazawa raced through to score a third and seal her side's progress. The goal cemented Japan's place in the quarter-finals and kept Miyazawa on target for the Golden Boot - she leads the scoring charts in Australia and New Zealand on five. Norway were second best for much of the game but almost set up an exciting finish when goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita superbly kept out Karina Saevik's bullet header. Japan will play either defending champions the United States or Sweden in the last eight. Relive Japan v Norway here Slick Japan keep on rolling Japan are seeking their first Women's World Cup title in 12 years and they have barely put a foot wrong at this tournament. They breezed through the group stage without dropping a point, including an eye-catching 4-0 win against fellow quarter-finalists Spain in their final group game. In that game they played devastating counter-attacking football - winning despite having just 23% possession to show they can dig in and grind out victory against a tough opponent. Reiten's goal is the first they have conceded at this World Cup but apart from that header they once again delivered a strong defensive display. On the rare occasion their defence was beaten, Yamashita was there to make an incredible save. Toothless Norway pay the price Norway were hoping to reach the quarter-finals of a Women's World Cup for a second successive tournament - but in truth they have been out of sorts in 2023. The 6-0 victory against the Philippines in their final group fixture ended a run of six games without a win and Japan were always going to provide a sterner test. Norway's cause at this tournament has not been helped by an injury to star forward Ada Hegerberg, who had not played since the 1-0 loss to New Zealand in their opening fixture prior to taking a place on the bench in Saturday's game. She came on with 16 minutes remaining in the last-16 game but could not affect the outcome. It is unlikely that even a fully fit Hegerberg could have changed much against Japan, who had their opponents pegged back inside their own half for almost all of the second half.

A fox cub has been rescued from an Edinburgh home after residents discovered the creature in their bath. The Scottish SPCA was called to Ormidale Terrace near Murrayfield on Tuesday after the surprise guest was found. It is thought the cub snuck into the house through an open door earlier in the day. The charity said the animal was unhurt and it was released back into the wild. Animal rescue officer Catherine Atterton said: "The resident of the house got a bit of a shock when they discovered the fox cub in the bath! "They think the animal must have sneaked in through an open door at some point during the day but wasn't sure when. "Thankfully the cub was unhurt, just a bit frightened. "We were able to release the cub back into the wild straight away in the vicinity of the fox den we think they came from." If an animal is found in distress, people are urged to call the SSPCA or seek advice on the charity's website. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-66394850

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been given three-year jail sentence over corruption allegations. A court in Islamabad found him guilty of not declaring money he had earned from selling state gifts. He denies the charges and says he will appeal. After the verdict, Mr Khan was taken into custody from his home in Lahore. In a pre-recorded statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, he told his supporters: "I have only one appeal, don't sit at home silently." The former cricketer-turned-politician, 70, was elected in 2018, but was ousted in a no-confidence vote last year after falling out with Pakistan's powerful military. Mr Khan is facing more than 100 cases brought against him since his removal - charges he says are politically motivated. Saturday's verdict centred on charges that he incorrectly declared details of presents from foreign dignitaries and proceeds from their alleged sale. The gifts - reported to be worth more than 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000) - included Rolex watches, a ring and a pair of cuff links. Mr Khan's barrister Gohar Khan said the verdict was "a murder of justice". "We weren't even given a chance. We weren't even allowed to cross [examine], to say anything in defence or conduct our arguments. I haven't seen this kind of injustice before," he told Dawn newspaper. As the court decision was announced, a crowd, which included some prosecuting lawyers, began chanting "Imran Khan is a thief" outside the building. His party, Tehreek-e-Insaf, confirmed to the BBC that after being arrested in Lahore, Mr Khan was flown to the capital, Islamabad, to begin serving his sentence. For months he had avoided arrest, with his supporters at times fighting pitched battles with police to keep him out of custody. In May, Mr Khan was arrested for not appearing at court as requested. He was then released, with the arrest declared illegal. Pakistan army 'petrified' of elections: Imran Khan Friend to foe: How Imran Khan took on Pakistan's army Since then, his party has been under intense pressure from the authorities. Many senior officials have left and thousands of supporters have been arrested, accused of being involved in the protests that followed Mr Khan's arrest. Pakistan's army plays a prominent role in politics, sometimes seizing power in military coups, and, on other occasions, pulling levers behind the scenes. Many analysts believe Mr Khan's election win in 2018 happened with the help of the military. In opposition, he has been one of its most vocal critics, and analysts say the army's po[CENSORED]rity has fallen. Since being ousted, Mr Khan has been campaigning for early elections. Conviction would disqualify Mr Khan from standing for office, possibly for life. Pakistan's parliament will be dissolved on August 9, leaving a caretaker government to take over in the run up to the elections. No election date has been announced, although constitutionally they should take place by early November. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66414696

Poco M6 Pro 5G smartphone has launched in India on Saturday. With a dual rear camera setup, this handset is powered by a Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC. The smartphone will be available for purchase in India starting August 9 at 12PM IST. It is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging. It runs Android 13-based MIUI 14 out-of-the-box. For display, the Poco M6 Pro 5G sports a 6.79-inch display, which is claimed to be the largest display among the smartphones from Poco. The launch of Poco M6 Pro 5G was announced today. In a post on X, Poco India handle announced the debut of the smartphone, which is said to be "5G disrupter". Poco M6 Pro 5G: Price in India, availability Poco is offering two storage and RAM configurations on the smartphone. The base variant with 4GB RAM + 64GB storage is priced at Rs 10,999, while the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage model costs Rs. 12,999. The Poco M6 Pro 5G will go on sale in India on August 9 at 12PM IST. The smartphone will be exclusively sold on Flipkart in the country. iPhone 15 Series Will Reportedly Be Unveiled on This Date With a glass rear, the smartphone will come two colour options — Power Black and Forest Green. Poco M6 Pro 5G: Specifications The Xiaomi sub-brand has launched this 5G smartphone with a 6.79-inch FHD+ display that offers a 90Hz refresh rate and a 240Hz touch sampling rate. For screen protection, the Poco M6 Pro 5G gets a Gorilla Glass 3 layer. It is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC. It runs Android 13-based MIUI 14 out-of-the-box, and promises 2 major OS updates along with 3 years of security updates. On the rear, the smartphone features a dual camera unit, which includes a 50-megapixel AI sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. For selfies and video calls, it houses a 8-megapixel camera which sits in a hole punch cut-out at the top-centre of the display. Infinix GT 10 Pro Goes Official in India With Dimensity 8050 SoC: See Price It is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support over USB type-C cable. The smartphone offers IP53 dust and splash resistance. There is a side-mounted fingerprint scanner on the Poco M6 Pro 5G. https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/poco-m6-pro-5g-launch-price-in-india-rs-10999-12999-specifications-features-4271559

Apple, Adobe, Pixar, Autodesk, NVIDIA, and the Joint Development Foundation have joined forces to develop a standard that can be used to underpin mixed- and virtual-reality experiences — a move that also undermine Meta's efforts in the AR/VR arena. Opening up the 3D universe The companies formed the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) to promote the standardization, development, evolution, and growth of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description technology. They plan to share more information about their plans at both the Academy Software Foundation’s Open Source Days on Aug. 6 and Siggraph on Aug 8. The idea behind the group is to standardize the creation of 3D creativity with interoperable tools and data. That’s significant, as it means the moats between creative assets in the 3D space will be bridged and experiences made available across multiple channels. Nominations are open for the 2024 Best Places to Work in IT It also means creatives will be able to build 3D projects, products, and services to work across all compatible systems. “Standardizing OpenUSD will accelerate its adoption, creating a foundational technology that will help today’s 2D internet evolve into a 3D web,” wrote NVIDIA in a statement. What is OpenUSD? OpenUSD was originally created in 2012 by Pixar Animation Studios as a 3D foundation for its feature films and made open source four years later. Subsequently, Apple at WWDC 2018 announced work with Pixar to develop USDZ Universal, a file format used to create 3D models for augmented reality. At that time, Louis Jonckheere, chief product officer at Showpad, told me, “AR is starting to become more mainstream for both consumer and enterprise applications, but still doesn’t have a file format that people agree on. If a critical mass of people adopt a single file format, such as USDZ, we could see augmented reality applications become even more prevalent.” That format now seems to have arrived. In truth, the high-performance 3D scene description technology is already widely used in 3D content production and delivery. The AOUSD site also observes the standard is being used across enterprises, including the architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing industries. What happens next? The alliance now plans to develop and standardize the specification to help boost its use. It helps that once OpenUSD does become standardized, other standards bodies will be able to include it within their specifications. Khronos Group Vice President Neil Trevett has already confirmed interest in ensuring that his company’s standards, such as gITF, can “support and synergize” with AOUSD. Unity, Epic, Foundry, SideFX, and other big industry names have also offered up statements of support. The one missing element to all this is, of course, Meta, implying a tough struggle ahead for the corporation which has apparently bet its future on AR. The Linux Foundation's JDF was selected to house the project for several reasons. In part, it will enable open, efficient, and effective development of OpenUSD specifications. It also offers a path to recognition of the standard via the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). What they said Cherry picking through the boiler plate statements that accompanied the announcement, we learn more concerning the motivations of the partnership. “Universal Scene Description was invented at Pixar and is the technological foundation of our state-of-the-art animation pipeline,” said Steve May, Pixar CTO and chairperson of AOUSD. “OpenUSD is based on years of research and application in Pixar filmmaking. We open-sourced the project in 2016, and the influence of OpenUSD now expands beyond film, visual effects, and animation and into other industries that increasingly rely on 3D data for media interchange. "With the announcement of AOUSD, we signal the exciting next step: the continued evolution of OpenUSD as a technology and its position as an international standard.” Guido Quaroni, senior director of engineering for 3D&I at Adobe stressed that by providing a common 3D standard the partners will make 3D creative applications better and more interoperable. “Whether you’re building CG worlds or digital twins or looking ahead to the 3D web, content creators need a cohesive way to collaborate and share data across tools, services, and platforms,” said Gordon Bradley, fellow for media and entertainment at Autodesk. What Apple said Of course, to some extent Apple’s interest in 3D assets and Augmented/Mixed reality is now widely known — it sees this as part of a future for computing it has begun to extemporize within the Apple Vision series. Mike Rockwell, Apple’s vice president of the vision products group, explained: “OpenUSD will help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences, from artistic creation to content delivery, and produce an ever-widening array of spatial computing applications. Apple has been an active contributor to the development of USD, and it is an essential technology for the ground-breaking visionOS platform, as well as the new Reality Composer Pro developer tool. "We look forward to fostering its growth into a broadly adopted standard.” https://www.computerworld.com/article/3703869/apple-plays-nice-with-others-for-an-openusd-metaverse.html

Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) has teamed up with China-based SSD brands and developers of flash controllers to market solid-state drives based on its 232-layer 3D NAND memory, reports DigiTimes. While the company does not formally have access to wafer fab equipment required to make such flash memory and cannot sell such devices to multinational drive suppliers, it can still sell in China. YMTC has traditionally worked with Maxio Technology, a China-based developer of SSD controllers, to design solid-state drive platforms. So it is not particularly surprising that the two companies have a platform based on 232-layer 3D NAND. DigiTimes claims that YMTC has teamed up with other China-based SSD controller firms to build drives featuring its latest memory and their chips, though it does not disclose the names of these companies. One SSD supplier that markets 232-layer 3D TLC NAND-based drives is Tengyn. The manufacturer started to sell SSDs featuring YMTC's X3-9070 memory a couple of months ago, and since then, their prices have dropped sharply. Like in other parts of the world, there is an oversupply of 3D NAND in China, so low SSD prices are expected. Meanwhile, since YMTC has trouble selling its advanced 3D NAND memory elsewhere, it is probably willing to sell it at a discount in the People's Republic to keep its fabs busy. YMTC's 232-layer 3D TLC NAND memory featuring its Xtacking 3.0 architecture was developed to address applications like the best client and server SSDs needing high performance and storage density. The memory devices feature a 15.47Gb/mm2 areal density, according to Yole Group, and a 2400 MT/s interface. 3D NAND devices featuring such a speedy I/O can be used to build PCIe Gen5 x4 drives that offer throughput of over 12 GB/s, and such drives are still not common. Yet, because the U.S. government blacklists YMTC, international SSD makers are reluctant to use its advanced 3D NAND memory for their products due to possible risks. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/chinas-ymtc-boosts-ssds-with-232-layer-3d-nand-memory