https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx78e7xe8jo Two of three raccoons which escaped in Sunderland have been found, but one is still on the run. A trespasser let the animals out of their enclosure at Sunderland Training and Education Farm before Christmas, and they were spotted by people in the Pennywell area. On Friday night, Rocket and Pinch, the two female raccoons, could not resist the temptation of hot dogs left in a crate on the farm and were safely transferred to their newly-secured enclosure. But the male raccoon Meeko remains at large. Volunteers from Raccoon Rescue UK have been looking since before Christmas using humane traps which look similar to a slimmed down dog crate. They have food at one end and a trigger pad in the middle, which when pressed closes the crate door. They have used kibble, fruits, nuts and the trio’s favourite treat of hot dogs to entice them back. But Iain Jenkins from the group said it had not been a smooth ride, as they were outsmarted last week. “They came (the raccoons) on Thursday evening and being quite intelligent animals, they managed to get the food by tipping the trap over and accessing the food from underneath,” he said. The following day the team secured the empty trap the wall, ready for Friday’s recapture when they were caught “red-handed”, he said. Mr Jenkins believes they are close to catching Meeko too. “This time of year he will want to be where the females are," he said. "So his nose as well as his instincts will lead him back. It’s looking pretty good. I don’t think they’ll be a raccoon on the loose in Sunderland for much longer.”

https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2024/01/29/2024-kawasaki-klx230sm-first-look-9-supermoto-fast-facts/ It’s update time for the smallest supermoto. The 2024 Kawasaki KLX230SM gets motor and chassis changes that should make it a quite different mount this year. Let’s see what Kawasaki has done to the little sumo. The geometry of the 2024 Kawasaki KLX230SM is radically different from that of the previous generation. The rake has been tucked in 1.6 degrees to 24.9 degrees, the trail reduced by nearly a half-inch to 3.0 inches, and the wheelbase shorted almost a half-inch to 353.7 inches. Expect the 300-pound motorcycle to be noticeably more agile for 2024. 2024 Kawasaki KLX230SM First Look: Price Much of the new geometry comes from reworking the suspension. Kawasaki shortened the fork travel by just over a half-inch to 7.4 inches while lengthening the rear wheel travel over two inches to 8.8 inches. The shock also gets a wider spring-preload adjustment range. The ground clearance is reduced by 0.4 inches to 8.7 inches, which shouldn’t bother anyone. Rather than running front-high, the KLX230SM is now crouched forward. A new subframe makes room for the additional rear wheel travel, yet sits lower. Despite the longer travel, the seat height is 0.2 inches lower for 2024, and that includes more padding for the seat, which sits 33.1 inches above the pavement and has a flatter profile. 2024 Kawasaki KLX230SM First Look: MSRP With the new two-tone seat and chassis attitude, the ergonomics have been massaged. The handlebar has been moved incrementally forward and sits higher, while the footpegs are moved back a bit. The tank and the plastic surrounding it are new, with fewer opportunities to interfere with your knees. The motor gets some torque enhancements. After the air flows through a narrower intake port, it finds a considerably smaller intake valve—33mm, down 4mm from last year. As the exhaust gases flow out, they are outed down a longer header pipe. The ECU is also remapped for improved torque production. 2024 Kawasaki KLX230SM First Look: For Sale You can pair your smartphone with the dash via Bluetooth and Rideology The App. Kawasaki’s free app alerts you to phone calls and performs various data-logging duties. The LED headlight is new, as is the sleeker cowling. ABS is now standard. There is no longer a non-ABS version of the KLX230SM. The 2024 Kawasaki KLX230SM has a $5599 price tag. If you stop by your Kawasaki dealer, you may see one on the showroom floor. You can have the KLX230SM in any color you like, as long as it’s Battle Gray. 2024 Kawasaki KLX230SM Specs ENGINE Type: Single-cylinder four-stroke Displacement: 233cc Bore x stroke: 67.0 x 66.0mm Compression ratio: 9.4:1 Valvetrain: SOHC; 2 valves Fueling: EFI w/ 32mm throttle body Cooling: Air Transmission: 6-speed Final drive: Chain CHASSIS Front suspension; travel: Non-adjustable inverted 37mm fork; 7.4 inches Rear suspension; travel: Linkage-assisted spring-preload adjustable shock; 8.8 inches Tires: IRC RX-01 Road Winner Front tire: 110/70 x 17 Rear tire: 120/70 x 17 Front brake: 300mm semi-floating petal disc w/ 2-piston caliper Rear brake: 220mm petal disc w/ single-piston caliper ABS: Standard DIMENSIONS and CAPACITIES Wheelbase: 53.7 inches Rake: 24.9 degrees Trail: 3.0 inches Seat height: 33.1 inches Ground clearance: 8.7 inches Fuel tank capacity: 2.0 gallons Curb weight: 300 pounds Color: Battle Gray 2024 Kawasaki KLX230SM Price: $5599 MSRP

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/68103490 Wicketkeeper Ben Foakes says England can deal with "extreme spin" if the rest of the series in India is played on pitches offering excessive turn. England are 1-0 up in the five-match series after winning an astonishing first Test by 28 runs in Hyderabad. They were in the same position three years ago, only to lose the next three Tests on pitches that turned sharply. "Quite a few of the lads have a gameplan that will do well on those pitches," said Surrey gloveman Foakes. England's win in the first Test was only India's fourth defeat in 47 home matches. On a pitch that turned, but rarely dramatically, the tourists overturned a 190-run first-innings deficit thanks mainly to Ollie Pope's epic 196 and 7-62 by debutant spinner Tom Hartley. In 2021, England comfortably defeated India in the first Test on an incredibly flat pitch in Chennai. With vastly different surfaces prepared for the remainder of the series, England struggled against India's spinners and did not manage a total above 205 in any of the last three Tests. "That first Test was played on a flat wicket and then they went to raging 'bunsens'," said 30-year-old Foakes. "All three were probably the worst pitches I've batted on." Hartley hopes for 'respect' after incredible debut We've given India something to think about - Wood TMS podcast: England's greatest overseas win? Even though England still lost 14 wickets to spin in Hyderabad, the tourists were able to put the home attack under huge pressure. With the likes of Pope and Ben Duckett utilising all manner of sweeps and reverse-sweeps, the second innings was the first time in four years that both Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who will miss the second Test through injury, conceded more than 100 runs. And Foakes says England, under captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum, have a much different approach to tackling India's skilful spinners than 2021. The second Test in Visakhapatnam, starting on Friday, could be played on a pitch that spins more than the first Test. "It's more of a mindset shift of how to go about it, because in those conditions the bowler is massive favourite to win the contest," said Foakes. "It's how many blows you can put in. "Before there was a fear of getting out and that put us in our shells. Now it's not worrying that you are getting out and accepting that you probably are on those sorts of surfaces. You can actually go and dominate at times as well." Foakes returned to the England XI in Hyderabad for the first time since February. In the home summer, Jonny Bairstow kept wicket as England looked to pack their batting line-up during the Ashes. However, with Harry Brook missing for personal reasons, Bairstow is playing as a specialist batter and Foakes has returned behind the stumps. "I obviously found missing the Ashes difficult," said Foakes, who has played 21 Tests for England. "With my career in England being in and out a lot it wasn't as if I was shocked. It sucks getting dropped, but I have come back a few times. I've proved I can come in and out so I definitely don't think that as much now."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68123202 Disposable vapes are set to be banned as part of plans to tackle the rising number of young people taking up vaping, the government says. Measures will also be introduced to prevent vapes being marketed at children and to target under-age sales. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested adult smokers trying to quit would still have access to alternatives like vapes under the proposals. The ban is expected to be introduced across the UK, the government said. It is already illegal to sell any vape to anyone under 18, but disposable vapes - often sold in smaller, more colourful packaging than refillable ones - are a "key driver behind the alarming rise in youth vaping", according to the government. Figures from the Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) charity suggest 7.6% of 11 to 17-year-olds now vape regularly or occasionally, up from 4.1% in 2020. Announcing the plans on Monday, Mr Sunak said it was right that "strong action" was taken to stamp out vaping in children. "Children shouldn't be vaping, we don't want them to get addicted, we still don't understand the full long-term health impacts," he said. The UK Vaping Industry Association said vapes had helped "millions of adults quit and stay off cigarettes", and said the proposals would put children at risk by "turbocharging the black market". Mr Sunak suggested the proposals struck the right balance between restricting access for children and maintaining access for adult smokers trying to quit smoking. Vaping is substantially less harmful than smoking, but it has not been around for long enough for its long-term risks to be known, according to the NHS. line More on vaping and disposable vapes How dangerous is vaping and what is the disposable vape ban? Never start vaping, says girl with lung damage Vapes '95% safer' than cigarettes messaging backfired High lead and nickel levels found in illegal vapes Warning a child could die due to drugs in vapes Vapes 10 times legal size seized at ports line The vapour that is inhaled can still contain small amounts of chemicals that are found in cigarettes, including nicotine - which is addictive but not seen by the health service as one of the most problematic ingredients in cigarettes. The proposals follow last year's announcement of a ban on the sale of cigarettes to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 as part of an attempt to create a "smoke-free generation". Former prime minister Liz Truss criticised the proposed ban, describing it as "profoundly unconservative". Sir Keir Starmer asks why the government has been slow to act on banning disposable vapes. Health Secretary Victoria Atkins told the BBC she was confident the new bill regarding vapeswould pass Parliament by the time of the general election - expected to be this year - with it coming into force in early 2025. Once the timing is confirmed, retailers will be given six months to implement it. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he supported a disposable vapes ban but criticised what he described as a two-year delay by the government in introducing legislation. The bill could be brought in using existing legislation designed to protect the environment. Campaigners have long argued that disposable vapes are wasteful and that the materials and chemicals used to make them, including their lithium batteries, make them difficult to dispose of safely. Vape cigarettes in woman hand - stock photo The latest changes would also introduce powers to stop refillable vapes being sold in a flavour marketed at children and to require that they be produced in plainer, less appealing packaging. The government will also be able to mandate that shops display refillable vapes out of sight of children and away from other products they might buy, like sweets. A further public consultation will take place to decide which flavours should be banned and how refillable vapes will be sold, the government said. To help stop under-age sales, additional fines will be brought in for any shops in England and Wales caught selling vapes illegally to children. Glyn Potts, head teacher of Oldham's Newham Catholic College, said action needed to be taken to stop children being "bombarded" with "attractive" products on social media and in shops. He also told BBC Radio 4's Today programme there was evidence that some vape pens had been repurposed to contain "cannabis derivatives" which he claimed could hospitalise young people. Vaping alternatives like nicotine pouches - small white pouches that are placed between the lip and gum - will also be banned for children. The pouches release nicotine but do not contain tobacco, so can currently be legally sold to under-18s. The Scottish and Welsh governments both said they would introduce bans, either with legislation in their own parliaments or by supporting UK-wide measures. Northern Ireland remains without a devolved administration following a breakdown of power sharing, but its Department of Health said it had "a long-standing strategic aim" to be tobacco-free and would make preparations to allow incoming ministers to take a decision on the ban. The UK has joined a small group of countries planning to ban disposable vapes. Australia, France, Germany and New Zealand have all announced similar plans, although only New Zealand has so far implemented them. Some will argue the UK's plans still don't go far enough. There have been calls for a tax on e-cigarettes to bring them in line with tobacco, while Australia has made vapes available only by prescription. 'Desperate attempt' Dr Camilla Kingdon, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said creating a "smoke-free generation" would reduce young people's chances of developing preventable diseases in later life. But the UK Vaping Industry Association said it was "dismayed" by the announcement, adding that disposable vapes had "played a key role in helping millions of adults quit and stay off cigarettes". It instead called for better enforcement of current laws, describing the proposals as a "desperate attempt by the government to sacrifice vapers for votes" which would put children at greater risk by "turbocharging the black market". Elf Bar - one of the country's biggest vape manufacturers with sister brand Lost Mary - said it supported the government's wish to stop children using vapes but expressed disappointment "with the outright ban". The UK arm of the British American Tobacco, the third-largest player in the disposable market, suggested increased controls on "importation, appeal, and access" would "more effectively reduce under-age use". Trading Standards officers say more resources and time is needed to help crack down on rogue retailers. Local authorities can impose a maximum fine of £2,500 and the government announced a £30m package to support enforcement in October.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68138853 Hamas's political leader has confirmed it is studying a new proposal to pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip. Ismail Haniyeh said the group had been invited to discuss a framework set out by Israel, the US, Qatar and Egypt. It reportedly proposes a six-week truce, when more Israeli hostages would be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners. Mr Haniyeh stressed that Hamas's priorities were a permanent ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal, but Israel's prime minister ruled them out. Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the war would not end until "total victory" had been achieved, which he said meant the elimination of Hamas and the release of all hostages. The conflict was triggered by an unprecedented cross-border attack by Hamas gunmen on southern Israel on 7 October, in which about 1,300 people were killed and about 250 others taken hostage. More than 26,700 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. During a week-long ceasefire in late November, 105 Israeli and foreign hostages were freed in exchange for 240 Palestinians held in Israeli jails. Israel says 136 hostages are still being held, although about two dozen of those are presumed to be dead. A map graphic showing the increasing damage across Gaza from October to November to January On Sunday, Qatar's prime minister, the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency and Egypt's intelligence chief held talks in Paris with the heads of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency and Shin Bet internal security agency. They agreed the terms of a framework for a second pause in the fighting, which US media reports said would see Hamas release any remaining elderly, women and child hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners during an initial period of six weeks. If that was successful, there could be another two phases of swaps, with male Israeli soldiers eventually included. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that he could not confirm the details of the proposal, but called it "a strong one and a compelling one". The Israeli prime minister's office called the talks "constructive", but noted that there were "significant gaps which the parties will continue to discuss". At least half of Gaza buildings damaged or destroyed, new analysis shows Israel W Bank hospital raid kills three Palestinian fighters Counting the destruction of religious sites in Gaza On Tuesday morning, Hamas's Qatar-based political chief said it had received an invitation to go to Cairo to discuss the framework and would respond "on the basis that the priority is to halt the aggression on Gaza and pull the occupation forces out". Mr Haniyeh stressed that Hamas was "open to discussing any new practical initiative or ideas, provided that they should lead to a comprehensive halt to the aggression, securing shelter for our displaced people... rebuilding [Gaza], lifting the blockade and achieving a serious swap of the captives to guarantee freeing our prisoners" in Israeli jails. Israel's far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, meanwhile threatened to "dismantle" the coalition government if a "reckless deal" was reached with Hamas. Later, Mr Netanyahu appeared to address the remarks by both men. "I would like to make it clear: We will not conclude this war without achieving all of its goals," the prime minister said in a speech in the occupied West Bank. "This means eliminating Hamas, returning all of our hostages and ensuring that Gaza never again constitutes a threat to Israel." "We will not withdraw [forces] from the Gaza Strip and we will not release thousands of terrorists. None of this will happen. What will happen? Total victory!" An Israeli tank manoeuvres along Israel's perimeter with northern Gaza, seen in the background (30 January 2024) The Israeli military's recent operational activity has been focused in the southern Khan Younis area The developments came as battles raged between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters across Gaza, particularly in the southern city of Khan Younis. On Tuesday afternoon, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said Israeli tanks were stationed in the "front yard" of Al-Amal Hospital, which is in the west of the city, and that they were "firing live ammunition and smoke grenades at the displaced individuals and PRCS staff". "We deeply worry for the safety of our teams, the wounded, the sick, and thousands of displaced people in the building. Fires have broken out in tents within the confines of the PRCS Headquarters," it added. There was no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), but a spokesperson earlier told Reuters news agency that its forces were not storming the hospital. It has previously accused Hamas of operating inside and launching attacks from hospitals, which the group and local medics have denied. Intense fighting and bombardment have also been reported around the nearby Nasser Hospital, which is the largest medical facility still functioning in Gaza. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Monday that the handful of medics remaining there were contending with very low supplies to treat between 300 and 350 patients who not could be evacuated. Rami, an MSF nurse, described how surgeons in the emergency department were being forced to reuse abdominal gauze. "They use it once, then squeeze out the blood, wash it, sterilise it and reuse it with another patient," he said. Displaced Palestinians rest on a roadside after fleeing the city of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip (30 January 2024), The UN estimates there are 1.7 million displaced people in Gaza, many of whom have fled the fighting around Khan Younis The IDF believes top Hamas commanders are holed up inside tens of kilometres of tunnels beneath Khan Younis, possibly along with hostages. It says it has so far "eliminated over 2,000 terrorists above and below ground" there and uncovered facilities for holding hostages and command centres. On Tuesday, the IDF confirmed that it had been pumping "large volumes" of water into parts of Hamas's vast network of tunnels across Gaza. There was widespread concern when its plan was first reported. Hostages' families feared it could threaten their lives and experts said using seawater could gravely damage the aquifer that is Gaza's only natural water source. "The capability was developed in a professional capacity, including analysis of the soil characteristics and the water systems in the area to ensure that damage is not done to the area's groundwater," the IDF said. "The pumping of water was only carried out in tunnel routes and locations that were suitable, matching the method of operation to each case."

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https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/xiaomi-14-ultra-launch-expected-timeline-camera-details-mwc-2024-4960351 Xiaomi 14 Ultra is expected to be unveiled soon. The model is likely to join the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro that were unveiled in October 2023. These handsets are expected to be introduced globally at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 which will be held in Barcelona from February 26 to February 29. The top-of-the-line Ultra model may be launched alongside the other Xiaomi 14 models at the same event. Several leaks and reports over the past few months have suggested several key features of the purported flagship phone. The latest leak also hints at the launch timeline as well as some camera specifications of the handset. Tipster Fixed Focus Digital (translated from Chinese) claimed in a Weibo post that the Xiaomi 14 Ultra is expected to launch in February. The timeline coincides with the MWC 2024 event, which has historically seen big launches from various smartphone makers. It is, therefore, likely that the Xiaomi 14 Ultra, expected to succeed the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, may be unveiled at a Xiaomi event during MWC 2024. The Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro models, which have only been launched in China so far, are also likely to be introduced globally at the same time. The tipster added that the main rear camera of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra may support a variable aperture ranging between f/1.63 and f/4.0. Earlier leaks have suggested that the phone may feature a 50-megapixel Sony LYT-900 sensor with a f/1.6 lens as part of its primary camera. The rumoured quad rear camera system of the handset has also been tipped to include a 120mm periscope telephoto shooter and a Vario-Summilux 1:1.63-2.5/12-120 aspherical (ASPH) lens. The Xiaomi 14 Ultra has also been tipped to come with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, a 6.7-inch 2K AMOLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate, and a 5,180mAh battery with 90W wired and 50W wireless charging support. For security, the phone may also carry an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor. Like other Xiaomi 14 handsets, the Ultra model will likely also ship with the company's new HyperOS skin on top of Android 14. Notably, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra is equipped with a Leica-tuned quad rear camera system which includes a 50-megapixel 1-inch IMX989 primary sensor, alongside three 50-megapixel IMX858 sensors. The front camera of the handset uses a 32-megapixel sensor.

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-app-indigenous-brazilians-languages.html For Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, getting online is a challenge. Now, a smartphone app is making it easier to connect by allowing them to use their own native languages. Hyper-connected Brazil has more cell phones than people—over 250 million, for a po[CENSORED]tion of 203 million, according to communications consultancy Teleco. But even when they have smartphones and internet connections, the sprawling country's 1.7 million Indigenous inhabitants have often been excluded from the connectivity revolution, since devices typically have keyboards in Brazilian Portuguese and not Indigenous languages. "Linklado," an app developed by two young friends from the Amazon region, offers a fix: It is a digital keyboard enabling native communities to write with the mix of Latin letters, bars, swoops, accents and other marks used in many Indigenous alphabets in Brazil. Launched in 2022, it is helping Indigenous users communicate with each other and the world, whether from far-flung villages deep in the Amazon or the cities and towns that dot the region. "Linklado has done so much good for Indigenous peoples, including me," says Cristina Quirino Mariano, 30, a member of the Ticuna people. "Before, we couldn't write on our phones. Now we can," she told AFP, speaking Portuguese, Brazil's official language. The original inhabitants of the land now known as Brazil had oral traditions before Portuguese colonizers arrived in the 16th century. When Europeans began writing down these languages, they denoted the different sounds by adapting the Latin alphabet with symbols known as "diacritics." Witoto Indigenous leader and teacher Vanda Witoto hopes the Linklado app will help 'save the Bure language,' which is spoken by her people. But these alphabets were unavailable on cell phones—until now. The situation "left Indigenous people sending audio messages on their phones, because they couldn't write exactly what they wanted to say," says Noemia Ishikawa, Linklado's project coordinator. The 51-year-old biologist had trouble getting her own research translated. "I spent 14 years complaining we needed a keyboard to fix this problem," she says. Four-day challenge Today, "the app works for every Indigenous language in the Amazon," around 40 in all, says Juliano Portela, who developed it with a friend, Samuel Benzecry, when he was just 17. Both natives of the Amazon region in northern Brazil, the pair are now studying in the United States. Benzecry, who knew about the difficulties some of their Indigenous neighbors had writing on their phones, enlisted Portela, a programming whiz, to find a solution. "At first, I was going to make a physical keyboard. But then I realized it wouldn't be practical, because some Indigenous people don't have computers," Portela told AFP. The Parque das Tribos neighborhood, where Indigenous people from 35 ethnic groups are currently living in Manaus, Brazil. "It took us four days to make the app. We had no idea it would be so fast." They began testing their creation in May 2022, then launched the official version that August. It has been downloaded more than 3,000 times since. But the number of users is higher. "A lot of Indigenous people are still using the test version we sent out on WhatsApp, which people forwarded to each other," Portela says. Getting paid to translate Linklado is free. But it offers an option for non-speakers to pay to have texts translated into Indigenous languages. The revenue-generating project is helping Indigenous women—who are often left out of Latin America's biggest economy—earn income with their knowledge of local languages. Rosilda Cordeiro da Silva, a 61-year-old Indigenous languages teacher, is part of the app's pool of translators. The Linklado app is enabling Brazil's native communities to write with the mix of Latin letters, bars, swoops, accents and other marks used in many Indigenous alphabets. "It's been very positive for me," she says. Having the digital keyboard, she adds, "has made me surer of myself when I translate." The app is also helping the effort to save Indigenous languages at risk of dying out. Vanda Witoto, a 35-year-old Indigenous activist, hopes it will help "save the Bure language, which is spoken by the Witoto people." "This keyboard means we don't have to use characters that don't belong to our language," she says. Beyond the Amazon, saving endangered languages is a global challenge. Fully half the world's languages—mostly Indigenous ones—are at risk of disappearing by the turn of this century, according to a 2018 report by the United Nations.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/german-police-claim-largest-bitcoin-seizure-ever-more-than-dollar2-billion-recovered-in-ongoing-video-piracy-investigation German police confiscated over $2 billion worth of Bitcoins (BTC) during investigations into the movie2k.to pirate movie streaming site, according to a report from Der Speigel. This is the largest-ever currency seizure by German law enforcement according to Germany’s State Criminal Police Office (LKA). According to the Der Speigel report, 50,000 Bitcoins were secured by police in Saxony during the investigation of two men (aged 40 and 37) suspected of running a German portal for movie2k.to through May 2013 and squirreling away their profits as cryptocurrency. Remember — at that time, 50,000 BTC wasn’t worth anywhere near the $2 billion+ it is now. In 2013 BTC started the year valued at $13 and ended at about $750. If we say the funds were converted to BTC at a value of around $500, the 50,000 Bitcoins would have represented about $25 million in hidden loot. The two men currently under investigation seem to have been quizzed about “commercially unauthorized exploitation of copyrighted works under the copyright law and subsequent commercial money laundering,” reports Der Speigel. That’s legalese for 'making money from stolen movies and then hiding it.' Since the accused individuals seem to have ended their movie2k.to work in May 2013, it's possible they thought they'd gotten away with it. Pirate movie streaming portal movie2k.to is said to have hosted more than 880,000 illegally copied movies and TV shows between the fall of 2008 and May 2013. According to the source report, this isn’t the first large sum of money discovered as a result of investigations into the site. A programmer who worked on movie2k.to hand over $27 million in BTC to police while in pre-trial detention in 2020. Those funds were classified by police as “damage compensation.” But $2 billion is nearly 75 times that amount. A surprisingly broad range of governmental and legal organizations have worked together to progress the movie2k.to investigations and prosecutions. According to Der Speigel, the General Prosecutor's Office in Dresden, the state criminal office of Saxony, and the tax investigators from the tax office in Leipzig were supported by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), as well as the FBI — yes, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Also probably playing an important role has been an “IT expert” company based in Munich. Investigation into movie2k.to is ongoing, and the prosecutor’s office says it is still looking for additional suspects.

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-bull-eye-bar-code.html Few objects in the world are more immediately recognizable than the bar code. After all, bar codes are all around us. They're on the books we buy and the packages that land on our doorsteps. More than 6 billion bar codes are scanned every single day. They've become such an accepted part of our daily lives that it's hard to imagine how they could look any different. I've researched various technologies throughout my career as a media studies professor, but it wasn't until I began writing my book about the cultural history of the bar code that I realized how even the most mundane objects in our lives look the way they do because of decisions that are mostly lost to history. When I began combing through the archive of bar code history at Stony Brook University, I realized just how close we came to a world where we scan bull's-eye or Sun symbols to buy our groceries. Our story begins in 1949, when Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver submitted a patent for the first bar code. That patent described the basic structure of using pairs of lines to represent numbers that is still used in bar code technology more than 70 years later. What their patent didn't include, however, was anything most people today would recognize as a bar code. In fact, the first bar code didn't include vertical lines at all. Instead, the world's first bar code used a series of concentric circles in the shape of a bull's-eye. Woodland and Silver initially struggled to get companies interested in their invention. But the bar code's fortunes began to change in 1960, when the engineer and physicist Theodore H. Maiman built the first working laser, which made it possible to quickly decode a bar code's line patterning. Not long afterward, in 1967, the railroad industry implemented Kartrak, which was the world's first official bar code system. Kartrak bar codes were developed to automatically identify rail cars as they moved past scanners, but they used a design of lines of varying colors that looks more like a piece of modern art than the bar codes we use today. But Kartrak struggled from the start—the system wasn't as accurate as people had hoped—and it stopped being used in the 1970s. Despite being the first bar code to be officially adopted by an industry, the multicolored design of the Kartrak symbol is now just a footnote in history. Around the same time Kartrak was launched, the grocery industry set in motion a chain of events that eventually resulted in the bar code we know today. In the late 1960s, various stores began bar code pilot projects that used vastly different types of bar code symbols. One of the symbols was the original bull's-eye bar code, which by that point was owned by RCA because it had purchased the patent rights. But other stores used symbols developed by other companies. For example, a company named Carecogn had developed a Sun symbol and the Litton company created a fan symbol that were part of pilot projects. The grocery industry soon realized that this Wild West period of experimentation couldn't last. Bar codes could work as a way to automate inventory and checkout only if everyone in the grocery industry agreed to use the same symbol. Otherwise, the system would be overly complex and expensive. So in 1971, the grocery industry formed a committee tasked with developing an industrywide data standard and choosing a symbol that stores would agree to adopt. The seven bar code symbol finalists displayed in the official internal reports of the symbol selection committee. The data standard the committee developed—the Universal Product Code—was designed to work with different types of bar code symbols. It's still in use 50 years later. The committee then had to choose the symbol. They solicited applications from various companies and narrowed the pool down to seven finalists. That was when the drama really began. The RCA submission was the early leader among the seven finalists. The bull's-eye bar code, after all, was the original bar code symbol, and RCA was a powerful company that had invested significant resources in developing the technology. RCA's main competitor was a latecomer to the battle for bar code dominance: the IBM symbol invented in the early 1970s by George Laurier. Between March 1971 and March 1973, the committee extensively tested the seven finalists, listened to pitches from each company and met multiple times to discuss the path forward. Throughout the process, RCA and IBM remained the front-runners, and in a somewhat ironic twist, Joseph Woodland—the "father of the bar code" and inventor of the bull's-eye symbol—advocated for the IBM symbol over his own invention. Realizing their symbol might not be selected, RCA began to pressure the committee and threatened to pull out of the bar code industry altogether if their bull's-eye bar code was not chosen as the industry standard. The committee's deadline to select a symbol was March 1973, and the decision went down to the wire. In its final meeting, the committee chose the IBM symbol despite concerns that, to quote the historian Stephen Brown, "by opting for the oversquare symbol instead of the bulls-eye, the Committee may have dramatically slowed the pace of implementation" because of RCA's pressure. The IBM symbol became the industry standard, and the very first Universal Product Code bar code was scanned at a grocery store in Troy, Ohio, on June 26, 1974. Rather remarkably, the IBM symbol the committee chose is still going strong almost 50 years later. The bar codes you scan at a grocery store are essentially the same bar codes someone would have scanned in the 1970s. Based on meeting notes from the symbol selection meetings, the committee members felt they were doing important work. But even in their wildest dreams, they could not have imagined how consequential their decision ended up being. The bar code design they selected became one of the most iconic images of capitalism and has inspired architects' building designs, symbolized dystopian conformity in science fiction, become a po[CENSORED]r tattoo and even inspired online fan communities. But the design that changed the world came remarkably close to being a forgotten piece of history. If a few grocery executives had voted a different way, we might be moving through a world filled with bull's-eyes.

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/onexplayer-x1-is-a-nintendo-switch-inspired-3-in-1-handheld-gaming-pc-with-meteor-lake-and-a-120hz-1600p-display One month after its original teaser, OneXPlayer unveiled a new handheld gaming PC dubbed the OneXPlayer X1. The device features three distinct modes of operation, setting it apart from more traditional 2-in-1 gaming devices. OneXPlayer is advertising the X1 as the world's first "large screen 3-in-1 handheld" gaming PC that features a laptop, tablet, and handheld mode inspired by the Nintendo Switch. The new handheld isn't available yet, but OneXPlayer offers a launch discount on its Indiegogo page for those interested in purchasing the new 3-in-1 device. Specs-wise, the handheld comes with Intel's brand-new Core Ultra 7 155H or Ultra 5 125H CPUs. These chips come with Intel's new bleeding-edge Meteor Lake CPU architecture that is more efficient than its previous Raptor Lake architecture. These new CPUs also come with Intel's most potent integrated graphics solutions, featuring the same Xe graphics architecture as Intel's higher-end A-series desktop GPUs. The Ultra 7 155H gets eight Xe cores, while the Ultra 5 125H gets seven. The OneXPlayer X1 also has high-speed memory and storage solutions, including LPDDR5x memory clocked at 7467MHz, and a M.2 2280 slot featuring PCIe Gen 4 speeds. Memory capacity can be configured as high as 64GB, while SSD capacity can be as high as the PCIe Gen 4 NVMe protocol allows for. The Best SSDs on the M.2 form factor top out at 8TB. OneXPlayer has opted for a large, high-resolution display compared to other handheld competitors like the Steam Deck. It measures just shy of 11 inches, and the screen resolution is 2560 x 1600 to keep pixel density as high as possible. Unsurprisingly, the screen refreshes at 120Hz, making it perfect for fast-paced games. Other specs include a Harmon AudioEFX system, detachable controllers (similar to the Switch), Thunderbolt 4, Oculink, USB 4, and a 65.02-watt-hour battery featuring 100W rapid charging. As previously stated, the bread and butter of this new handheld is its "3-in-1" functionality, featuring dedicated laptop, tablet, and handheld gaming modes. In laptop mode, the device functions like a Surface clone, featuring a Surface-like stand and keyboard for playing regular PC games (with a mouse) or getting work done. The stand folds in in Tablet mode, and the keyboard can be detached for tablet use. For handheld use, the X1 features a pair of controller grips that attach to the right and left of the screen, mimicking consoles like the Nintendo Switch. Alternatively, you can also plug the two grips into a centerpiece, turning the grips into a standalone gaming controller. Availability has not been announced at this time, but based on the manufacturer's launch discount, it appears the OneXPlayer X1 could arrive at any time.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-67929003 Lord David Cameron has said he is "worried" Israel may have broken international law in Gaza. The foreign secretary said he regularly consulted government lawyers over incidents in the war, but refused to say whether the legal advice suggested Israel had acted illegally. Lord Cameron stressed the government had not changed its support for Israel. Since the outbreak of war following Hamas' attack on 7 October, over 23,000 Palestinians have been killed. The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 59,000 Palestinians have been injured. Why are Israel and Hamas fighting in Gaza? Israel says war expected to continue throughout 2024 Israel declared war on Hamas after the group led a massive attack on communities inside Israel, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking some 240 others back to Gaza as hostages. Israel is also fighting a claim from South Africa that it is committing "genocidal" acts in Gaza at the International Court of Justice. Lord Cameron said he did not agree with South Africa's claim. Speaking during his first grilling by MPs since joining the House of Lords, the former prime minister said: "I don't think that is helpful, I don't agree with it, I don't think it's right". During a tense exchange with SNP MP Brendan O'Hara, Lord Cameron said he has seen things "deeply concerning" during the crisis but did not directly criticise the country's actions. He called on Israel to allow in more humanitarian aid and restore water supplies to northern Gaza. The Israeli military have conducted air strikes on Gaza, and launched a ground offensive But Lord Cameron repeatedly side-stepped questions on whether he had seen legal advice suggesting Israel had breached international law, telling the foreign affairs committee "I don't want to answer that question". He said: "If you're asking me am I worried that Israel has taken action that might be in breach of international law because this particular premises has been bombed or whatever? "Yes, of course I'm worried about that, and that's why I consult the Foreign Office lawyers when giving this advice on arms exports." But he hinted that government lawyers had not suggested international law had been broken. He told MPs the legal advice he had seen was "consistent with the fact we have not changed" rules on exporting weapons to Israel. Tory MP Bob Seely put it to Lord Cameron that he had seen legal advice suggesting the Israeli government is "vulnerable to a challenge from the Hague court and from elsewhere that in some of the things they are doing in, potentially, in relation to proportionality, there is a vulnerability." "It's close to that," Lord Cameron replied. Action in Israel Downing Street later said Israel needs to "act carefully" and avoid risking further escalation in its war with Hamas. Asked if Rishi Sunak shares Lord Cameron's concerns about whether Israel has been acting within international law, the prime minister's official spokesman said: "It is an issue we continue to keep under review and obviously we have made our views clear to the Israeli government at a number of levels on this." The spokesman added: "Fundamentally, though, we recognise that it is Israel that is responding to a terror attack, first and foremost." Two British nationals are still being held hostage by Hamas as heavy bombardment and fighting continues to shake the region, Lord Cameron told the committee. Asked if he knew if the hostages are alive, Lord Cameron said: "I just don't want to say any more. We don't have any information to share with you." During a ceasefire in November, 105 hostages were released by Hamas. Lord Cameron's comments come as US secretary of state Antony Blinken held talks in Israel seeking to set a plan for Gaza's post-war future. Mr Blinken has called for winding down of the Israeli military campaign in Gaza to reduce regional tensions. US officials have called for the Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to take over in Gaza and for negotiations to resume on the creation of a Palestinian state.