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A hidden camera is streaming live images of a white-tailed sea eagle nest at a secret location in the Cairngorms. Sea eagles are the UK's largest bird of prey and have a wingspan of up to 2.4m (8ft). Live images of eagles Shona and Finn, who are incubating two eggs, are being fed to RSPB Scotland's Loch Garten Nature Centre at Abernethy. The project has been described as a UK first because of the quality of the camera involved. It forms part of the work being carried out by Cairngorms Connect, a conservation partnership set up to enhance habitats over the next 200 years. The camera is hidden in trees 3m (10ft) from the nest site. It was installed under licence in autumn to avoid disturbing the eagle's breeding season. Jess Tomes, of RSPB Scotland, said: "This is an enormously exciting addition to the visitor offer at the Loch Garten Nature Centre. "The images we're getting live from the nest are phenomenal and our visitors will get a very rare and extremely privileged peek at the domestic life of a breeding, white-tailed eagle pair." She added: "Already we're noticing little personality traits in them - the male is very attentive to his mate and to tidying the nest - it's fascinating to watch." The eggs could hatch around the second week of April. The exact location of the nest is not being revealed to the public to avoid the risk of the birds being disturbed. White-tailed eagles were driven to extinction in Scotland by 1918. The species was later reintroduced to Scotland, with the first birds being taken from Scandinavia and released on the Isle of Rum in 1975. Subsequent reintroductions and the birds' natural dispersal means there are now po[CENSORED]tions spread as far as Fife, Orkney and the north west Highlands. The UK's oldest white-tailed sea eagle, Skye, was identified on the Isle of Mull after being spotted in film shot for BBC Winterwatch earlier this year. Skye's mate of 25 years, Frisa, would be older at 30 years old, if ornithologists can confirm she is still alive. Frisa hatched on Mull in 1992. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-60952972
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Urs Lesse's expertise is in the field of political science, but he also has a more hands-on interest. Every four weeks he gives up his time to help people fix their phones, in his home city of Aachen in the west of Germany. But he can't help you with any make of phone - just one brand called Fairphone. For the past eight years Mr Lesse has been an active member of an unpaid skills-sharing network of dedicated Fairphone users. He organises local community meetings and helps with repairs. "I don't repair phones if I don't have to, but I have always been strongly motivated to encourage people to try to fix their own Fairphones by themselves," he says. "It has always been a matter of passing on information and taking the inhibition away from the people to dare and open their phones," he explains. With a modular design, Fairphone devices allow components such as the display screen, battery, USB ports and cameras to easily be exchanged, repaired and customised by their owners. "The Fairphone 2 could be taken apart in under two minutes," says Mr Lesse. "There were models where you didn't even need tools to take the display off in order to replace it yourself." Fairphone customers range from programmers who have been drawn to the software possibilities of the phones, to consumers in search of a more sustainable product. The firm started in 2013 and follows four principles: sourcing raw materials from non-conflict mining areas, and making products that are recyclable, long-lasting and repairable. According to United Nations figures, a record 53.6m tonnes of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019 - up 21% in just five year - with mobile phones making up a significant part of this. What's more, only 17% of electronic waste was recycled. Fairphone argues that by making phones easy to fix they can have a longer working life, generating less waste and so having a positive impact on the environment. "We know that by increasing the lifespan of a phone by at least two years, you get a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions," says Fairphone co-founder Miquel Ballester. So far, the Dutch firm has sold some 400,000 devices - which means it is a very small player in the smartphone market. "Fairphone is still a niche product, which can't be found in many stores, which is why the community network is important," says Mr Lesse. Yet Fairphone has created waves within the industry, particularly in Germany, where it has earned a significant body of support. Germany has presented Fairphone with numerous certifications and awards, most notably in 2016 the German Environmental Award, the most lucrative environmental prize in Europe. Mr Ballester believes this government acclaim, as opposed to industry market recommendations, is one of the reasons Fairphone has gained such a sizeable following in Germany in comparison to other European markets. Germans tend to be less attached to the status of big brands and are therefore more experimental with trying smaller European ones, the company says. In Hamburg, Ingo Strauch, who also volunteers to help fellow users, says that many people mention data privacy and the easy use of the phone over its environmental benefits. The firm's po[CENSORED]rity in Germany could also be due to Germany's individual purchasing power. "Germany is a wealthy country. The willingness to reach deeper into your pocket for a seemingly fair product is therefore also higher," says Mr Lesse. Fairphone says its priority is not just growth, it wants to change the way the industry works. "We don't want to necessarily become the biggest of the industry, but we want to become the most influential and make sure other manufacturers mirror some of the initiatives that we have," says Mr Ballester. There is some evidence of a preference shift in wider society, says Prof Sigrid Kannengiesser, who specialises in media practices and sustainability at Bremen university. She points to the rise of repair cafés in western Europe and North America, and also to the recent announcement by the European Commission establishing a right to repair, "Consumers, politicians but also some actors in the economy understand that our societies and the way of living of many people must become more sustainable," says Prof Kannengiesser. The big players in the industry have been taking note. Last year Apple launched its "self service repair" initiative, giving customers access to Apple parts and tools. "Self Service Repair is intended for individual technicians with the knowledge and experience to repair electronic devices," says the firm. So how does Fairphone's latest model, the Fairphone 4, compare with other mobiles? Chris Hall, of gadgets website Pocket-lint.com, is broadly positive: "The Fairphone 4 is a solid mid-range device, but it's unique selling point is sustainability, rather than stand-out performance in any other area. "It's impressive that it offers some water resistance, but it's not protected to the same extent as flagship phones. That's a minor downside considering that this is a mid-range device. "As such, while it offers reasonable performance, it's never going to be a power house and when it comes to sheer performance." https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60374806
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Samsung Galaxy M33 5G price in India starts at Rs.18,999 for the base 6GB + 128GB storage model. Samsung Galaxy M33 5G has been launched in India on Saturday as the latest model in the Galaxy M-series. The new Samsung smartphone comes with a 120Hz refresh-rate display and is powered by a 5nm octa-core Exynos processor. Samsung Galaxy M33 5G offers up to 8GB of RAM and a maximum of 128GB of onboard storage. The smartphone carries a quad rear camera unit, headlined by a 50-megapixel main sensor. The smartphone comes preloaded with a list of camera modes, including an object eraser feature and bokeh mode. Furthermore, it offers a voice focus feature that is claimed to eliminate background noise and amplify the receiver's voice during calls. Like the older Galaxy M-series phones, the new Galaxy M33 5G features a massive 6,000mAh battery with support for 25W charging. Samsung Galaxy M33 5G price in India, availability The Samsung Galaxy M33 5G price in India starts at Rs.18,999 for the base 6GB + 128GB storage model. The phone also comes in an 8GB + 128GB storage version with a price tag of Rs. 20,499. However, Samsung is offering both models at an introductory price of Rs. 17,999 and 19,999, respectively. There is no word on how long the introductory period will last. The Samsung Galaxy M33 5G comes in two colour options — Green and Blue — and will be available for purchase via Amazon and Samsung India online store starting April 8. Launch offers on the Samsung Galaxy M33 5G include up to Rs. 2,000 instant cashback for customers purchasing with ICICI Bank cards. The phone will also be available with no-cost EMI options and exchange discounts. Samsung Galaxy M33 5G specifications The dual-SIM Samsung Galaxy M33 5G runs Android 12 with One UI 4.1 on top. It features a 6.6-inch full HD+ Infinity-V display with 120Hz refresh rate. The display has Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Under the hood, it carries an unnamed octa-core 5nm Exynos processor, paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of inbuilt storage. With Samsung's RAM Plus feature, the RAM on the Galaxy M33 5G can be virtually extended by up to 16GB using its inbuilt storage. For photos and videos, the Galaxy M33 5G packs a quad rear camera setup, headlined by a 50-megapixel primary sensor with an f/1.8 aperture. The camera unit also comprises a 5-megapixel ultra-wide-angle sensor with a 120-degree field-of-view and an f/2.4 aperture, a 2-megapixel macro shooter with f/2.2 aperture, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.2 aperture. The rear camera supports different professional photography and videography modes such as bokeh effect, single take, object eraser, and Video TNR (Temporal Noise Reduction). At the front, the handset features an 8-megapixel selfie shooter. Connectivity options on Samsung Galaxy M33 5G include 5G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. The Samsung Galaxy M33 5G also comes with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner. It is backed by a 6,000mAh battery that supports 25W fast charging. https://gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/samsung-m33-5g-price-in-india-rs-18999-204999-specifications-features-sale-date-april-8-galaxy-2858243
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Removing @Vinicius™ from the Team. Reason : Inactive.
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A suburban avenue in Bucha became one of the first graveyards for Russia's hopes of encircling and entering Kyiv and then deposing the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky. The moment came two or three days after the first Russian forces crossed into Ukraine on 24 February, when Ukrainian forces destroyed a column of Russian tanks and armoured personnel carriers moving through the town of Bucha to the city of Kyiv. The convoy was destroyed in one of the first of many Ukrainian ambushes that stopped the Russian advance dead. Our BBC team was able to get to Bucha because during Friday the final Russian soldiers pulled out, as part of what the Kremlin has presented as a calm and rational decision to concentrate on the war in eastern Ukraine. Moscow says, without proof or any reliability, that its war aims in central Ukraine have been achieved, and they never included capturing Kyiv. The truth is that unexpectedly fierce and well organised Ukrainian resistance stopped them outside the capital, and the evidence includes the rusting and twisted wreckage of the column that still lies where it was destroyed on that suburban street. Two or three weeks into the war the Russian invaders ran out of momentum. On the street in Bucha you can see why. Elite troops from Russia's airborne forces rode into the town in armoured vehicles light enough to be carried by aircraft. They came from Hostomel airport, a few miles away, which had been attacked and seized by Russian paratroopers landed by helicopter on the first day of the invasion. Even then, there was fierce resistance from Ukrainian forces. When the column moved through Bucha on the way to Kyiv, they had a harsh awakening. The road is narrow and straight, an ideal place for an ambush. Witnesses said the Ukrainians attacked the convoy with Bayraktar attack drones bought from Turkey. Other neighbours said Ukrainian territorial defence volunteers were also in the area. However they did it, the lead vehicles and the ones bringing up the rear were knocked out and imprisoned the others. The wreckage has not been touched. Belts of 30mm cannon shells lie on the grass verge, along with many pieces of dangerous and damaged abandoned ordnance. Young conscripts ran away, begging, local people said, not to be turned over to Ukrainian territorial defence. A man of around 70 who called himself uncle Hrysha, said: "I felt sorry for them. They were so young, 18 to 20, with their whole lives ahead of them." It looks as if Russians, as they prepared to pull out of Bucha, had no such pity. At least 20 dead men were lying in the street as Ukrainian troops entered the town. Some of them had their hands tied behind their backs. The mayor said they had buried 280 people in mass graves. A few civilians who stayed said they had tried to avoid the Russians. They set up wood fires outside their Khrushchev-era flats, cooking on them outdoors because their gas, power and water were cut. Volunteers are bringing supplies in from Lviv in western Ukraine, and from countries far from the war, geographically at least. "This is the first bread we've had in 38 days," said a woman called Maria, looking at a plastic bag with some modest looking buns inside. Her daughter Larysa showed me round the Soviet-built apartment building. Many of the people who had left for safer areas, or abroad, had bolted shut security doors. The Russians removed them by ripping out the concrete lintels and door posts. A few miles away, the trail of devastation leads to Hostomel airport. Russian airborne troops tried to use it as a base for a push into Kyiv. The world's largest transport plane was destroyed early on. The roof of the enormous hangar built for it was so riddled with a constellation of shrapnel holes. The plane itself, known by the Ukrainian word for dream (Mriya), lies there broken-backed, big chunks of fuselage and engine in places around it. Its fate is a parable of what is happening to Ukraine. An enormous amount of national pride was invested in the aircraft, as a symbol of Ukraine's ability to make big projects all round the world. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60970818
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More assistive writing features coming to Google Docs Google is rolling out an upgrade for Docs that could help users improve the quality of their writing. As explained in its latest blog post, the company is adding a number of new “assistive writing features” to the word processing software, including synonym and sentence structure suggestions. The service will also flag up any “inappropriate” language, as well as instances in which the writer would be better served by using the active rather than passive voice. Google Docs update In the form of the Smart Compose feature, which offers autocomplete suggestions as the user types, Google Docs has long been equipped with a measure of intelligence. However, the company has recently ramped up efforts to introduce artificial intelligence-powered functionality to its Workspace suite, with the goal of boosting user productivity and the quality of work. In addition to this latest update, Google recently announced that Docs is now capable of summarizing the most salient information in any document, eliminating the need to wade through lengthy reports. Separately, an update for Google Drive allows the cloud storage service to intuit which documents a user may want to work on at which time of day, cutting the time spent hunting for specific files. The arrival of further recommendation features for Docs is another step in the campaign to make the company’s product suite more intelligent. “Suggestions will appear as you type and help guide you when there are opportunities to avoid repeated or unnecessary words, helping diversify your writing and ensuring you’re using the most effective word for the situation,” Google explained. “We hope this will help elevate your writing style and make more dynamic, clear, inclusive, and concise documents.” When the tools are active, suggestions will be underlined in purple. Selecting the underline will bring up a small pop up that prompts the user to accept or decline the change. These suggestions will be switched on by default, but can be deactivated under the Tools menu at the top of the page. The new Google Docs features are currently in the process of rolling out and should take effect for all premium business customers by the end of the month. The updates will not be available to Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, nor Enterprise Essentials customers. https://www.techradar.com/news/google-docs-will-now-practically-do-the-writing-for-you
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Intel's Special Edition hits 5.5 GHz with ease. Intel's Core i9-12900K arrived last year as the fastest gaming CPU we've ever tested, but the new Special Edition Core i9-12900KS pushes the Alder Lake family up to a blistering 5.5 GHz, a record high for PCs, making it the fastest desktop PC chip in all categories. The 12900KS comes to market on April 5, but we snagged a chip to put it to the test ahead of the final launch. But that isn't the final word yet: AMD has its $449 Ryzen 7 5800X3D waiting in the wings. The 5800X3D comes with the first 3D-stacked SRAM for desktop PCs, granting the chip a whopping 96MB of L3 cache that AMD says will take back the crown of the best CPU for gaming when it arrives on April 20. Make no mistake, Intel's goal with the 12900KS is to cement itself atop the performance charts to cut off the 5800X3D before it even arrives on the market. Intel aims to accomplish this feat by leveraging the 12900K's existing 16-core 24-thread design, but with a higher binning that supports speeds up to 5.5 GHz on two cores and up to 5.2 GHz for all-core boosts, both enabled by adding in Intel's most advanced boosting tech. That comes at the cost of extra power, though: The Core i9-12900KS comes with a 150W processor base power (PBP), a record for a mainstream desktop processor. As we'll show below, it's an understatement to say the 12900KS runs hot, so it requires the beefiest of cooling solutions. However, as we'll detail, some of that tendency to run hot is by design and it enables a new level of performance for desktop PCs. The speedy 12900KS is sure to satisfy deep-pocketed performance addicts, and it comes with the same overall feature set as the 12900K, like support for DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 on the desktop. AMD can't match that type of connectivity until its 5nm Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Zen 4 CPUs arrive later this year. The 12900KS also comes with Alder Lake's new hybrid x86 design that combines eight big and fast Performance cores (P-cores) with two four-core clusters of small and powerful Efficiency cores (E-cores) that chew through background processes. Intel's Core i9-12900K catapulted the company back to the top of the performance and value charts after the beating it took at the hands of AMD's Ryzen 5000 family, but AMD is finally firing back with seven new chips of its own that will come to market this month. Intel's Core i9-12900KS is Intel's brazen 'power and price be damned' attempt at keeping the performance crown at all costs, just like we saw with Intel's only other 'Special Edition' chip, the Core i9-9900KS. All of this means that while Intel's 12900KS delivers strong performance that leads our CPU benchmark hierarchy, its hefty $739 premium might not be as good of a buy for gaming as AMD's $449 5800X3D. However, the eight-core 5800X3D won't be able to keep pace in any other type of work, as the 16-core Core i9-12900KS has a core count and frequency advantage. Here's how Intel's latest Special Edition stacks up. Intel Alder Lake-S Core i9-12900KS Specifications and Pricing The Core i9-12900KS is a Special Edition chip, but Intel hasn't said if it will only produce a limited number as it did for the 'Limited Edition' Core i7-8086K. However, we do know that the 12900K's thousand-unit price (effectively the wholesale MSRP) lands at $739, so we can expect to see these chips at retail for around $775 to $800 at launch. That's a surprising premium over the 16-core 32-thread Ryzen 9 5950X that now retails for around $600, and it's also much more expensive than the $449 Ryzen 7 5800X3D that AMD says will be faster at games. This means there's a good chance we could see the Core i9-12900KS sell for lower than its suggested pricing after the initial demand is satisfied. The Core i9-12900KS is functionally the same as the Core i9-12900K, which you can read much more about here. We also have deep-dive coverage of the Alder Lake SoC design and core microarchitectures here, along with a broader overview in our Alder Lake all we know article. The 12900KS has eight P-cores just like the 'K' version, but they now boost up to 5.5 GHz (300 MHz increase) if certain conditions are met. The chip also features eight E-cores that also receive an extra 100 MHz of clock speed. Intel has a total of five boost technologies (deeper explanation here), but the standard Core i9-12900K only supports two of them. The 12900KS supports all five to deliver higher clock speeds. Intel's single-core Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB) tech allows the two fastest favored cores to boost to 5.5 GHz if they are below 70C, while the all-core TVB supports 'up to' the frequencies in the table above. The 12900KS also has Adaptive Boost Technology, allowing dynamic all-core turbo frequency adjustments when four or more cores are active. This feature doesn't have a guaranteed boost threshold — it will vary based on chip quality, your cooler, and power delivery. Think of Intel's Adaptive Boost Technology (ABT) much like a dynamic auto-overclocking feature that applies to all-core boosts, but using it doesn't void the warranty. These higher clock speeds require more power. As a result, Intel has increased the Processor Base Power (PBP) to 150W, an increase of 25W over the Core i9-12900K. However, the Maximum Turbo Power (MTP) value, which represents the highest power level during boost activity, remains the same at 241W. Naturally, all bets are off when you remove the power limits, which happens by default on most high-end motherboards. All Alder Lake chips support DDR4-3200 or up to DDR5-4800 memory, but caveats apply. Alder Lake chips expose up to 16 lanes of PCIe 5.0 (technically for storage and graphics only, no networking devices) and an additional four lanes of PCIe 4.0 from the chip for M.2 storage. The 12900KS also comes armed with the UHD Graphics 770 engine with 32 EUs that run at a 300/1550 MHz base/boost, just like the standard 12900K. However, there is no graphics-less F-series variant. Test Setup We tested the 12900KS's boosting, power and thermal characteristics extensively, finding that the chip easily and frequently boosts to 5.5 GHz. It also sustains up to a 5.2 GHz boost clock on all P-cores, though not under all conditions. The peak 305W of power consumption we recorded has an impact on thermals, which regularly stay at 100C under heavy multi-core loads. That's because Intel's auto-overclocking ABT feature is designed to extract the full performance available within the spec'd temperature range. You can find that testing after the game and application benchmarks below. Alder Lake's Thread Director technology steers threads to the correct type of cores. This tech works best with Windows 11, so we use that for testing. It's important that you know that these chips can suffer in very few multi-threaded workloads in Windows 10. You can correct those issues either via command-line utilities or third-party software, like Process Lasso, and receive the full expected performance. Aside from a few errant programs, the overall trends between Windows 10 and 11 are similar. As such, we're not going to post the redundant Windows 10 benchmarks in this article. We also stuck with DDR4 for this round of testing, as overall performance trends are generally the same between DDR4 and DDR5. We have a deeper dive into what that looks like in our initial 12900K review. We tested in the following two configurations: Core i9-12900KS NoPL DDR4: Corsair H115i 280mm water cooler, power limits removed, memory at DDR4-3200 in Gear 1 mode Core i9-12900KS StockPL DDR4: Corsair H115i 280mm water cooler, Intel recommended stock power limits (150/241W), Stock DDR4-3200 in Gear 1 Core i9-12900K: Corsair H115i 280mm water cooler, power limits removed, memory at DDR4-3200 in Gear 1 mode Intel Core i9-12900KS Gaming Benchmarks — The TLDR As usual, we're testing with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 to reduce GPU-imposed bottlenecks as much as possible, and differences between test subjects will shrink with lesser cards or higher resolutions. Because most of the titles below show little meaningful differentiation at higher resolutions, we only tested four of the seven titles at 1440p. The Core i9-12900KS is now the fastest gaming chip in the world, but only by a slight 2.7% gain over the vanilla 12900K in our cumulative 1080p performance measurement. However, we do see a larger 6.9% gain in the 99th percentile framerates, implying a smoother gaming experience. It is noteworthy that a few of our tested titles are approaching a GPU bottleneck at 1080p, so we might see larger performance deltas when new, more powerful GPUs arrive later this year. However, due to the GPU bottleneck, the difference between the two chips is imperceivable at QHD. It's noteworthy that we typically test with the power limits fully removed for our standard measurements, so the 12900K in the above charts is running beyond Intel's 'recommended' power settings but remains within warranty. The 12900KS's 5.5 GHz boost frequently engages in any configuration, contributing to a dead tie between the two KS configurations in our cumulative measurement of performance at 1080p. Moving over to 1440p brings a GPU bottleneck into the equation, so the performance deltas between the chips shrink tremendously. However, those results provide good perspective if you game at higher resolutions and don't plan to upgrade your GPU before buying your next CPU. Flipping through the 99th percentile charts for both resolutions also shows larger deltas, but we have to view those with caution as Windows 11 is still young and suffers from more framerate variability than our Windows 10 test platform. This could result from yet-to-be-updated game code, the relatively new graphics drivers for Windows 11, or some other combination of factors that could be smoothed out in the future. The Core i9-12900KS carves out a win in our game testing, but that 2.7% of extra performance at 1080p comes with a 25% price increase. The 12900KS also can't circumvent the general laws of the universe and make the GPU any faster, so you won't see any noticeable gain at higher resolutions or with games that are already bottlenecked by the GPU. That lack of improvement is disappointing, given that most folks that purchase this expensive chip won't be gaming at lower resolutions. The competition between Intel and AMD is much closer now, so it's best to make an informed decision based on the types of titles you play frequently. Be sure to check out the individual tests below. 3DMark, VRMark, Chess Engines on Intel Core i9-12900KS Synthetic benchmarks don't tend to translate well to real-world gaming, but they do show us the raw amount of compute power exposed to game engines. It's too bad most games don't fully exploit it. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-core-i9-12900ks-cpu-review
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Ultraboy's mod is "ridiculously well-made" Katsuhiro Harada has asked people to "plz stop it" after an Elden Ring-themed Tekken 7 mod was too good. The director of the Tekken series took to Twitter to share his thoughts about a Tekken 7 mod which looks so good in the trailer that it feasibly could have been an official crossover. The mod is ridiculously impressive, so much so, Harada seems a little hesitant about people taking it a little too seriously. As reported by VGC, Harada quote retweeted a trailer of a Tekken 7 mod made by Ultraboy showing off the character models included in the pack. The trailer, no word of a lie, looks official. If you showed this to me without any context I would think it had been leaked from an upcoming collaboration as both Tekken and Elden Ring are under the Bandai Namco flag. But no, it's just a dedicated fan doing an incredible job of recreating these characters in the fighting game. The mod by Ultraboy can be downloaded for your own enjoyment, and includes models of Melina, Malenia, the Prisoner Tarnished, Alexander the pot, Radahn, Ranni and a giant lobster. The trailer shows off the models, not only in in-game cinematics, but also how they fight too. And they look just as good, if not better, when punching their enemies. The trailer and the mod is so impressive it prompted Katsuhiro Harada, the current director and a producer of the Tekken series, to respond. The dev said on Twitter: "Um... Sure, Elden is a Bandai Namco-funded title, and I was the production general manager in charge of Elden, so it's not irrelevant... it's ridiculously well-made mod but plz stop it lol". So now we know that this isn't an official crossover. However, it kind of should be, don't you think? Sorry Harada. The mod is just too good. https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/elden-ring-tekken-mod-is-too-good-director-asks-players-to-plz-stop/
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"Magical." That was how Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas described playing in front of a record-breaking crowd of 91,553 fans at the Nou Camp. It was the team's first appearance in front of supporters at the iconic stadium and the occasion did not disappoint. The players produced a sensational display to thrash rivals Real Madrid 5-2 and reach the Champions League semi-finals, but all eyes were on the crowd, and whether it could surpass 60,739 and set a new record attendance for a women's club game. It went much further, beating a 23-year record of 90,195 from the 1999 World Cup in the United States, to become the largest crowd to watch a women's football match. Ballon d'Or winner Putellas, who grew up watching the men's team at the Nou Camp, said the turnout had left her "speechless". "This has been utterly magical. When the match finished the fans simply didn't want to go home, there was such a connection between them and us while we celebrated," she said. "I saw a lot of girls, children with that spark in their eyes. It's amazing to be part of history." Barca thrash Real in front of record crowd Putellas was among the goals as the defending champions came from 2-1 down to win 5-2 on the night and secure an emphatic 8-3 aggregate victory. Fellow goalscorer Aitana Bonmati said: "We've recently been through some wonderful experiences, especially winning the Champions League. But maybe this was more special. "A full Nou Camp and making history - immense." The night started with Barcelona's team bus having to squeeze through thousands of fans singing and waving flags outside the stadium long before kick-off. Inside the ground, a giant mosaic was formed before the start of the match, spelling out the words "more than empowerment". The club had said that filling the biggest stadium in Europe would "send out a clear message to aspiring young girls all around the world - you can do it too!" 'Women's football unstoppable' Nearly all the 99,354 tickets for the El Clasico had been snapped up after a huge engagement campaign by the club, but with some tickets given away for free, there were question marks over how many fans would turn up. The match started with the stadium only half full, but fans slowly arrived and by the end it was almost at capacity, with those in attendance creating a carnival atmosphere. Barcelona coach Jonatan Giraldez said: "I told my players before the match that it wasn't enough to simply qualify tonight. We had to put on a show for our fans - and we did. "What a great day this has been! We'll remember it all our lives. The match was magical. It's complicated, though, to explain all the emotions you feel on a night like this." Despite seeing his side on the wrong end of a thrashing, Real Madrid coach Alberto Toril agreed, describing it as "a great spectacle, a fiesta for women's football". He added: "Two super teams who wanted to compete, to attack and a huge crowd. Women's football is unstoppable, it's going to grow and grow." And it wasn't just those involved in the match who enjoyed the occasion, as footballers around the world relished seeing women's football on the biggest stage. Everton player Toni Duggan, who used to play for Barcelona, tweeted: "91.553! JUST WOW!!", while Manchester United goalkeeper Mary Earps said it was "insane". Former England and Arsenal defender Alex Scott told DAZN how when she had faced Barcelona with the Gunners they had played in a different stadium in front of "a couple of hundred people". "To have this game played here shows how far the game has come," she added. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60935635
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Crowdfunding Campaign Activates April 5th on IndieGoGo Remember EmGO Technologies, that kickass Ukranian brand that was getting ready for mass production of their electric ScrAmper motorcycle and that had to move over to Indiegogo due to the Russo-Ukranian War? Well, the date to participate in the official launch for the bike is fast approaching – and given generous reception the machine has been getting, we recommend you get in line ASAP to check out the offerings. What does your ideal electric motorcycle look like? Do you want it to mimic a fossil fuel bike…or perhaps you want something completely different? Maybe you want the ability to go off-road and not regret it; maybe you need that option mashed to a cafe racer aesthetic. Choose what you like, we won’t judge – and neither does EmGo Technologies. With the creation of the ScrAmper electric motorcycle (in collaboration with GEON), the brand apparently synced up off-roading capabilities with a more traditional style build to keep the familiarity in the ride. By ‘off-road’, we refer to the bike’s clearance – 207 mm – along with the gearbox that purportedly “creates increased cross-country ability.” Amanda Quick· Motorcycle News ·March 29, 2022·2 min read ScrAmper: Ukrainian Spirit of Freedom in an Electric Motorcycle Crowdfunding Campaign Activates April 5th on IndieGoGo Remember EmGO Technologies, that kickass Ukranian brand that was getting ready for mass production of their electric ScrAmper motorcycle and that had to move over to Indiegogo due to the Russo-Ukranian War? Well, the date to participate in the official launch for the bike is fast approaching – and given generous reception the machine has been getting, we recommend you get in line ASAP to check out the offerings. What does your ideal electric motorcycle look like? Do you want it to mimic a fossil fuel bike…or perhaps you want something completely different? Maybe you want the ability to go off-road and not regret it; maybe you need that option mashed to a cafe racer aesthetic. Choose what you like, we won’t judge – and neither does EmGo Technologies. With the creation of the ScrAmper electric motorcycle (in collaboration with GEON), the brand apparently synced up off-roading capabilities with a more traditional style build to keep the familiarity in the ride. By ‘off-road’, we refer to the bike’s clearance – 207 mm – along with the gearbox that purportedly “creates increased cross-country ability.” Good speed, good range, and short charge time – all while remaining a decent price. That’s been EmGo’s goal with the ScrAmper; and given that they’re currently boasting A HD1025PP (Heavy Duty Power Pack) battery capable of at least 80% capacity after 2000 charge/discharge cycles A ‘super-turbo’ mode that will render the motorcycle able to hit speeds of up to 160 km/h Potential for remote tuning of any ScrAmper to any EmGo customer, anywhere in the world The ability to get a range of 450 km on “two coffee breaks of 40 minutes and one lunch lasting 1.5 hours” from an electric car charger, thanks to the bike’s unique outlet. …besides making us hungry, we’re betting EmGo’s got an all-around winner here. We also have the best perk yet. “Your participation also helps the Ukrainian army to receive electric motorcycles and lithium substations for our production,” states EmGo’s press release. “[For every 15 motorcycles] we will manufacture one, ordered from this company at our own expense, and transfer it to the Ukrainian Army, adapting its options at the request of the relevant units.” “In addition, with each ScrAmper we will provide a 2 kW substation for our production, the Smart Mini BOX.” The crowdfunding campaign – and further access to the ScrAmper – will be available as of April 5th on Indiegogo. Once the date hits, click here to be a part of the campaign (or at least take a gander and see what this amazing brand is really all about…we get the feeling it’ll be right up your alley). https://www.webbikeworld.com/scramper-ukrainian-spirit-of-freedom-in-an-electric-motorcycle/
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The Mexican horror series Diablero won’t be returning for a Season 3 at Netflix, What’s on Netflix has learned. Produced by Morena Films and created by Pablo Tébar and José Manuel Cravioto, the horror series from Mexico first debuted on our Netflix subscriptions back in 2018. Eight episodes were ordered for the first season. Then, around 18 months later, we saw the second season of the show land on Netflix around the world on January 31st, 2020. Now, two years later after the season 2 premiere, we’ve never had anything regarding the future of the show. A few spam blogs speculated we would get a new season in 2021 but that never came to pass. We’ve now heard from sources close to the production that there’s no chance the show will be returning in the future. Of course, the writing was on the wall anyway given the length of time between season 2 releasing and now. Don’t let that put you off checking out the series, however, although there are a few loose ends to the story according to El Comercio, the series does wrap up nicely enough to warrant a watch from start to finish. The two season series is about a group of superhero-esque figures teaming up to battle evil. Ela Velden, Dolores Heredia, Humberto Busto, Christopher Von Uckermann, Gisselle Kuri, Fátima Molina and Horacio Garcia Rojas star. The series has effectively been ghost-canceled which is something we’ve seen increasingly in the last few years. This essentially means that Netflix shows get canceled behind the scenes with cast and crew released to do other projects but either then don’t or aren’t able to talk about the cancelation of the show to the public. Another sign that the show wasn’t going to return for a third season was the fact that all the official social accounts for the show went dark just over a month after release. Among the other Spanish-language shows likely having been canceled behind the scenes include The Club, Green Frontier, Yankee, The Unremarkable Juanquini, The Search, and Puerta 7 to name just a few. https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/diablero-wont-return-for-season-3-at-netflix/
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President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes lynching a federal hate crime, acknowledging how racial violence has left a lasting scar on the nation and asserting that these crimes are not a relic of a bygone era. At a White House Rose Garden signing ceremony, the President didn't hold back in describing the history of racial violence experienced by Black Americans and its continued impact. He said, "Lynching was pure terror to enforce the lie that not everyone ... belongs in America, not everyone is created equal. Terror, to systematically undermine hard-fought civil rights. Terror, not just in the dark of the night but in broad daylight. Innocent men, women and children hung by nooses in trees, bodies burned and drowned and castrated." "Their crimes? Trying to vote. Trying to go to school. Trying to own a business or preach the gospel. False accusations of murder, arson and robbery. Simply being Black," he continued. The bill Biden signed into law, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022, is named after a 14-year-old Black boy from Chicago who was brutally murdered by a group of White men in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a White woman in 1955. His murder sparked national outrage and was a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement. Lynching was a terror tactic used against Black Americans, particularly in the racially segregated South. According to Tuskegee University, which collects records on lynchings, 4,743 people were lynched from 1882 to 1968 and 3,446 of them were Black Reflecting on the "unwritten rules" of behavior Till's mother passed onto her son, the President said, "That same admonition -- too many Black parents still have to use that. They have to tell their children that when it comes to encounters with law enforcement." Biden said the new law "isn't just about the past," pointing to the murder of a 25-year-old Black man who was on a jog and a 2017 Virginia rally of White supremacists and White nationalists where a counterprotester was killed and scores were injured. "From the bullets in the back of Ahmaud Arbery to countless other acts of violence, countless victims known and unknown, the same racial hatred that drove the mob to hang a noose brought that mob carrying torches out of the fields of Charlottesville just a few years ago -- racial hate isn't an old problem. It's a persistent problem," he emphasized. Advocates have been trying to pass federal anti-lynching legislation for more than a century. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois, who introduced the bill signed into law on Tuesday, also introduced a similar version of his current bill in 2019. The following year, the House passed that bill but Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, held it up over concerns that it was overly broad. Paul announced his support for the latest version of the bill earlier this month. And when Vice President Kamala Harris was a senator, she and New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott introduced a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime. The Senate approved the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act in late 2018, but the legislation didn't make it through the House of Representatives. During the signing ceremony, Harris noted that since anti-lynching legislation was first introduced in Congress in 1900, "anti-lynching legislation has been introduced to the United States Congress more than 200 times." Lynching is not a relic of the past. Racial acts of terror still occur in our nation. And when they do, we must all have the courage to name them and hold the perpetrators to account," she added. The ceremony was attended my a wide array of advocates, administration officials and members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, Biden thanked stakeholders "for never giving up." Standing beside Michelle Duster, the great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, the President pointed out that Wells-Barnett came to the White House in 1898 "in order to make a case for the anti-lynching law." Only three House Republicans -- Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Chip Roy of Texas -- voted against the bill. The legislation then passed the Senate by unanimous consent. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said at the time that Congress had tried and failed more than 200 times to outlaw lynching and that the new legislation was "long overdue." Rush, who attended the White House ceremony, said in a statement that he was "elated" to see the bill signed into law, adding, "I am so proud that we have come together -- in a bipartisan fashion -- to enact a law that will ensure lynchings are always punished as the barbaric crimes they are." Till's cousin, the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., said in a statement: "My cousin was a bright, promising 14-year-old from Chicago. My family was devastated that no one was held responsible for the abduction, torture and murder of Emmett. But we are heartened by this new law, which shows that Emmett still speaks in powerful ways to make sure that no one can get away with a racist crime like this ever again." The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the National Urban League also both praised the law's signing. The fund's president, Janai S. Nelson, said the organization commends "Congress and President Biden for passing this long-overdue bill and signing it into law, and for sending a clear message that the US government is committed to deterring this pernicious form of targeted violence." This story has been updated with additional developments on Tuesday. CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated where Emmett Till was from. He was from Chicago. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/politics/biden-emmett-till-antilynching-act/index.html
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A polar bear born at the Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore has been named Brodie. The cub was born in December and his sex was confirmed during a health check last month. Brodie's older brother Hamish was born at the same park in 2017, and was the first polar bear cub to be born in the UK in 25 years. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) held a competition to find a name for the new cub. Brodie shares an enclosure with his mother. The site has been closed off to park visitors. The competition raised more than £70,000 for the park. Victoria gave birth to Hamish in December 2017. He was po[CENSORED]r with visitors to the park, at Kincraig near Aviemore, and could often be seen playing with empty barrels in a pond in an enclosure he shared with Victoria. As part of the breeding programme for the species, Hamish was moved to Doncaster's Yorkshire Wildlife Park in November 2020. Before Hamish, the last polar bear cubs born in the UK were twins at Flamingo Land in Yorkshire in December 1992. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-60863263
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On the surface, action movies are all about the adrenaline pumping fights, explosive shootouts, unkillable warriors and hopeless causes, with a little romance and comedy sprinkled in. Some follow classic battles between good and evil with larger-than-life personas taking on entire armies to fight for what’s right. Others portray a sea of gray characters trying to get their way in cruel and brutal environments. Many of the greatest action movies ever made dive far deeper than simple fast and flashy violence and create complex characters, vibrant worlds, and engrossing stories, while also pushing the envelope with amazingly choreographed action scenes and special effects. To determine the best action movies of all time, 24/7 Wall St. created an index based on each film’s Rotten Tomatoes average critic rating, Rotten Tomatoes average audience rating, and Internet Movie Database average user rating. To be considered, each film needed to have at least 10,000 total user ratings between IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, 10 approved Tomatometer critic reviews, and be classified as an action film by IMDb. Many of the films on this list are in the conversation for best movies ever made and they come from a wide variety of genres. Movies that made the cut include science fiction and fantasy behemoths like Star Wars, Aliens, and Lord of the Rings, and classic adventure franchises like Indiana Jones and Die Hard. There are also several films from India and East Asia, a few of which were remade (some with permission and some without) into po[CENSORED]r westernized versions. Further, there are some classic silent and black-and-white era films that make the list, many written and directed by Buster Keaton, who is best known for his silent films. (These are the greatest movie heroes of all time.) Action films are often the biggest movie events of the year, raking in astronomical figures at the box office and beyond. Huge budgets have allowed action filmmakers to take their art to another level and create truly incredible worlds with massive casts and cutting-edge special effects. Of course, money isn’t everything and there are plenty of big-budget busts -- these are the biggest movie flops in Hollywood history. https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/the-50-best-action-movies-of-all-time/ss-AAVGbOY
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Federal election regulators fined Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee earlier this month for not properly disclosing the money they spent on controversial opposition research that led to the infamous Trump-Russia dossier. The DNC was fined $105,000 and the Clinton campaign was fined $8,000, according to a letter sent by the Federal Election Commission to a conservative group that requested an inquiry. Political candidates and groups are required to publicly disclose their spending to the FEC, and they must explain the purpose of any specific expenditure more than $200. The FEC concluded that the Clinton campaign and DNC misreported the money that funded the dossier, masking it as "legal services" and "legal and compliance consulting" instead of opposition research. The dossier was compiled by retired British spy Christopher Steele. It contained unverified and salacious allegations about Donald Trump, including claims that his campaign colluded with the Kremlin to win the 2016 election. Trump's campaign had numerous contacts with Russian agents, and embraced Russian help, but no one was ever formally accused of conspiring with Russia. The money trail behind the Steele dossier has been a subject of intense political scrutiny for years. More than $1 million flowed from the Clinton campaign and DNC to the law firm Perkins Coie, which then hired the opposition research company Fusion GPS. That company later hired Steele and asked him to use his overseas contacts to dig up dirt about Trump's ties to Russia. Steele has maintained that his research was unverified, required further investigation and was not meant for public disclosure. But his memos were leaked in January 2017, weeks before Trump took office. Over the years, a series of investigations and lawsuits have discredited many of Steele's central allegations about collusion and exposed the unreliability of Steele's sourcing. In the letter announcing the fines, the FEC also revealed that it dismissed related complaints against Steele, Perkins Coie and Fusion GPS, which have all previously denied wrongdoing. The Clinton campaign and the DNC never conceded that they violated campaign finance laws, but they agreed to drop their pushback and accept the civil fines, according to the FEC letter. A DNC spokesman told CNN Wednesday that it has "settled aging and silly" FEC complaints about 2016. A lawyer who represented the Clinton campaign in the FEC case didn't answer CNN's request for comment. Both entities previously said that they didn't know the details of Steele's work in real-time. They've also said the Trump campaign's links to Russia posed a national security risk -- which was the same conclusion reached by a bipartisan Senate probe in 2020. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hillary-clinton-campaign-and-dnc-fined-by-fec-over-trump-russia-dossier-research/ar-AAVGDZm