An animal rescue centre has revealed it may have to close unless it can raise £90,000 to keep the doors open. The Farm Animal Sanctuary in Evesham looks after 600 rescued farm animals, including pigs, goats, and alpacas. The centre, whose patron is Dame Joanna Lumley, said running costs rose by 50% while income has halved since 2022. "We rely heavily on our supporters and donations coming in," said Louise Stuart, farm manager at the centre, which opened nearly 40 years ago. "Prices have all increased, cost of living has gone up and more and more our donations have dropped." Feed bills in particular have almost doubled, she added, because of the cost of growing and transporting produce. With funds running "dangerously low", the sanctuary set up an online crisis appeal, estimating £30,000 a month was needed to survive the start of winter. So far donations have reached more than half its target, but the charity says it still has some way to go to secure the centre's future. "We're doing everything we can to acquire the money," said Nick Jones, who looks after animal welfare at the sanctuary. "It's hard for us to carry on running on as we are. We need a regular income," added Ms Stuart. The charity also hopes to raise £750,000 by December 2024 to buy the site from its landlord.

The Ninja goes electric, but it’s not what you probably think it is. Rather than being a blisteringly fast sportbike with unlimited low-rpm torque and razor-sharp handling, the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja e-1 is a motorcycle firmly entrenched in the urban mobility segment. With a list price of $7599 and supersport styling, this battery-powered Ninja allows you to stealthily traverse big cities without leaving a trace. Let’s dig into the details of this all-new electric motorcycle. The 2024 Kawasaki Ninja e-1 has a brushless, permanent magnet synchronous motor that will propel it up to 52 mph, and then some. In everyday riding, you get 5kW of power and a top speed that keeps you off the freeway, even in urban areas. However, the Ninja e-1 has an ace up its sleeve: e-boost. Push a button, and you get 15 seconds of 9kW of power, and that’s good enough for 65 mph. That will help you pass a slow-moving vehicle, or reach escape velocity when the stoplight turns green. The Ninja e-1’s electric motor has two modes. Top speed in the Road mode is 52 mph, with Eco mode restricting you to 37 mph. However, e-boost can be invoked for 15 seconds in Eco mode to run the Ninja e-1 up to 45 mph. The range of the Ninja e-1, when laying off the e-boost, is 41 miles. The Eco mode will undoubtedly extend that a bit, though Kawasaki is tight-lipped about how much. Kawasaki has equipped the 2024 Ninja e-1 with a pair of hot-swappable lithium-ion batteries. You can run the Ninja e-1 with one or two batteries installed, though if there’s only one battery, you’re restricted to Eco mode and no e-boost. There are multiple charging options for the two 30 amp-hour batteries. You can charge them on the bike, though they charge one at a time. You can remove them from the bike—they live under the storage box—and charge them one at a time with the included charger. If you get the accessory dock, you can charge both batteries simultaneously—a 3.7-hour job going from zero to full. Charging a battery from 20 percent to 85 percent takes just 96 minutes. If you have spare batteries, you can simply swap them out while charging. With no clutch or gearbox, the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja e-1 is easy for a new rider to operate. Hop on the bike, turn it on, and flick up the kickstand. From there, you press the Drive Ready button, and it’s ready to go. If you put the kickstand down, the Ninja e-1 automatically switches from Drive to neutral. As you will be riding the Ninja e-1 in the tight confines of urban areas, there is a Walk mode and reverse function. With the e-1 stopped and the throttle off, push the mode button for a few seconds, and the TFT screen turns red. That tells you the e-1’s speed is limited to 3.1 mph. To get the e-1 into reverse, plus the throttle forward past the stop. Top speed in reverse is 1.8 mph. Sporting a trellis frame, the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja e-1 has ergonomics similar to the Ninja 400 gasoline-powered motorcycle. That means it’s relatively small and impressively light—309 pounds with both 25-pound batteries installed. The Ninja e-1 should have sporty handling to match its fairing-equipped countenance. The 24.4-degree rake and 3.7 inches of trail are identical to the Ninja e-1’s unfaired maternal-twin sibling—the 2024 Kawasaki Z e-1 ABS. The wheelbase is less than 54 inches, so agility and maneuverability should rule the day—remember, the top sustained speed of the e-1 twins is not ready for the freeway, so there’s no reason to lean the handling toward high-speed stability. Along with regenerative braking, the Ninja e-1 has a disc brake on each wheel. Up front, you get a modest 300mm disc and conventionally mounted two-piston caliper, and the rear has a 220mm disc with its own two-piston caliper. The IRC Road Winner RX-01 tires on 17-inch rims should shoulder their acceleration, deceleration, and cornering responsibilities handily. We will take the Ninja e-1 for a run or two on the famed ridge-running Mulholland Drive separating the Los Angeles Basin from the San Fernando Valley—a thrilling and scenic 11-mile adrenaline blast of urban twisties. The Ninja e-1 has the electronics you’d expect from an urban motorcycle. You get LED lighting and a TFT dash that pairs via Bluetooth to your iOS or Android smartphone, provided you’ve installed Kawasaki’s free Rideology The App Motorcycle app. Unfortunately, Rideology gets a 1.6 rating on the Apple Store, and tracks you across apps and websites. Practicality matters on an urban motorcycle, and the Ninja e-1 comes through. What looks like a fuel tank is actually a storage box with a 6.6-pound capacity. There’s also space under the passenger seat to stow the charger and a U-lock. You have a choice of one colorway for the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja e-1, which should be in dealerships this month. The Metallic Bright Silver/Matte Lime Green/Ebony looks good to us, and we look forward to urban testing of this stealthiest of Ninjas. 2024 Kawasaki Ninja e-1 Specs MOTOR • Type: Permanent magnet synchronous • Rated power: 5kW • Maximum power: 9kW • Transmission: Clutchless single-speed • Final drive: Chain BATTERY • Type: Lithium-ion • Maximum capacity: 60 Ah (two 30 Ah batteries) • Charge time: 3.7 hours per battery • Estimated range: 41 miles (Road mode w/o e-boost) CHASSIS • Frame: Steel trellis • Front suspension; travel: Non-adjustable 41mm fork; 4.7 inches • Rear suspension; travel: Linkage-assisted, spring-preload adjustable gas-charged shock; 5.2 inches • Tires: IRC Road Winner RX-01 • Front tire: 100/80 x 17 • Rear tire: 130/70 x 17 • Front brake: 290mm disc w/ 2-piston caliper • Rear brake: 220mm disc w/ 2-piston caliper • ABS: Nissin ABS DIMENSIONS and CAPACITIES • Wheelbase: 53.9 inches • Rake: 24.4 degrees • Trail: 3.7 inches • Seat height: 30.9 inches • Curb weight: 309 pounds • Color: Metallic Bright Silver / Matte Lime Green / Ebony 2024 Kawasaki Ninja e-1 ABS Price: $7599 MSRP

https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/jack-sparrow-leonardo-dicaprio-titanic-8969501/ leonardo dicaprio, leonardo dicaprio titanic, titanic costumes, titanic auction, jack sparrow, johnny depp, jack sparrow pirateOther lots include Johnny Depp's stunt costume from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.(Source: Stills from Pirates of The Carribean, Titanic) Leonardo DiCaprio’s role as Jack Dawson in Titanic propelled him to superstardom, and now certain Titanic memorabilia has been made available to the public. For a price. One of the costumes created for the now 48-year-old actor during the film’s production will be auctioned off next month. The set includes tan corduroys with suspenders, a white collarless shirt, and a charcoal vest. A tag inside the vest reads ‘Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio’ with the date August ’96 and includes the name of the tailor, Dominic Gherardi. Propstore, which is selling the costume, estimates that it would fetch between 98,000 and 197 million pounds, which is more than 99 lakhs INR. Propstore, an entertainment memorabilia auctioneer, is selling over 1,800 items during its annual live auction. Freedom Sale A shirt, waistcoat, and pants DiCaprio wore in Titanic, Honey Ryder’s bathrobe as worn by Ursula Andress in Dr. No, and Johnny Depp’s stunt suit from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides are among the costumes for sale. Other items on the auction block include Stanley Kubrick’s hand-written shooting script for The Shining and a coat worn by Marlon Brando in The Godfather. With an estimate of 500,000 – 1 million pounds, the light-up head actor Anthony Daniels wore to play C-3PO in “Star Wars: A New Hope” leads the sale, which Propstore thinks will earn more than 12 million pounds. The bidding will begin on November 9 and end on November 12. Titanic, created and directed by James Cameron, was the Barbie of its generation. For 15 weeks in a row, the film remained at the top of the box office. Much of this was due to people repeatedly watching the three-hour drama. Titanic grossed $1.8 billion at the box office at the end of its run.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/67021820 New Zealand booked their spot in the World Cup quarter-finals after an 11-try hammering of Uruguay. Damian McKenzie, Richie Mo'unga, Will Jordan and Cam Roigard scored first-half tries in Lyon. A second-half hat-trick from Leicester's Fainga'anuku helped put the All Blacks out of sight, with McKenzie one of the star performers. New Zealand will finish second in Pool A if France avoid defeat against Italy on Friday to top the group. Line-ups New Zealand: McKenzie; Jordan, Lienert-Brown, J Barrett, Fainga'anuku; Mo'unga, Roigard; Tu'ungafasi, Taylor, Lomax, Whitelock, Vaa'i, Frizell, Cane (capt), Jacobson. Replacements: Taukei'aho, Williams, Newell, S Barrett, Blackadder, Christie, B Barrett, Clarke. Uruguay: Silva; Mieres, Inciarte, Vilaseca (capt), Freitas; Etcheverry, Arata; Sanguinetti, Kessler, Arbelo, Dotti, Leindekar, Ardao, Bianchi, Diana. Replacements: Pujadas, Benitez, Peculo, Rodríguez, Civetta, Ormaechea, Berchesi, Alonso. Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67022404 An armed man demanding to speak to the Wisconsin governor was arrested in the state capitol, posted bail, and returned - only to be arrested again. The shirtless man, who had a holstered handgun, was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon for illegally carrying a firearm in the building. But he posted bail and returned that evening with an assault-style rifle. Governor Tony Evers, a Democrat, was not in his capitol office at the time, according to a state official. But the governor's office itself declined to comment, telling the BBC "we do not comment on specific security threats or the governor's security detail". Mr Evers had been present in the Capitol earlier on Wednesday to meet individuals testifying against a series of bills. Speaking to reporters at an event in Oregon on Thursday, he said: "The capitol police took control of the situation so it's over, but it's always something you don't want to see happen." "I never, ever talk about what my security detail does or what they're planning on doing. But anytime something like this happens, obviously they re-evaluate," he added. The armed man approached Mr Evers' office around 15:00 EST (19:00 GMT) on Wednesday, according to Tatyana Warrick, a spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Department of Administration. She said he had a leashed dog with him when he appeared at the security desk outside the governor's office and refused to leave until he met Mr Evers. A single police officer sits at the desk on the building's first floor, which also houses a conference room and offices for the attorney general. The public has free access to the capitol building and there are no metal detectors at entryways. Weapons can be brought into the building if they are concealed and the carrier holds a valid permit, but the man was carrying it openly and did not have a permit. But after being booked into the local Dane County Jail, he posted bail and returned again to the capitol grounds just before 22:00 EST carrying a loaded AK 47-style rifle. The building closes at 19:00 EST. Officers spoke to him, asked to search his backpack and found "a collapsible police-style baton, which is illegal as the man did not have a valid concealed carry permit," Ms Warrick said. The would-be assailant was taken into custody a second time on Wednesday night for a psychiatric evaluation "based on concerning statements", she said. Ms Warrick could not confirm to the BBC if the man remains in custody. Police for the city of Madison also did not confirm the man's whereabouts, but said in a police report: "The subject was taken into protective custody and conveyed to a local hospital." The man has not yet been publicly identified, but capitol police named the man in a bulletin sent to lawmakers and their staff on Thursday with his photo attached. Police said he told them he "would continue coming to the capitol until he spoke to the governor about domestic abuse towards men". They added that he "likely has access to a large amount of weapons and is comfortable using them", and that lawmakers should "use extreme caution when in contact" with him. No court charges appeared to have been filed against the man as of Thursday. Evers has become a target of violent threats Public and elected officials across the US currently face a rising number of threats in violence. They include high-profile figures, such as governors and Supreme Court judges, as well as lesser-known individuals like local school board members. Mr Evers was elected Wisconsin's governor in 2018 and was re-elected last year, both times by narrow margins in a state that is closely contested between the two parties. The former educator's governorship has effectively served as a one-man veto against several pieces of Republican-backed legislation. In June, a Madison resident was sentenced to one year in prison for making dozens of threats, via voicemail, email, Facebook and other methods, against Mr Evers and other state officials. His warnings to Mr Evers were of a highly graphic nature, including messages that referred to the governor as a "dead man walking" and "a marked man". Thursday's incident comes more than a year after Mr Evers appeared on the hit list of a gunman previously accused of zip-tying and fatally shooting a retired county judge at his Wisconsin home. The hit list with Mr Evers' name on it also included those of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Michigan's Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer, the target of a kidnapping plot in 2020.

https://www.gadgets360.com/games/news/horizon-forbidden-west-2-discs-two-complete-edition-release-date-ps5-coming-to-pc-bonus-burning-shores-guerilla-games-playstation-4453458 Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition is reportedly the first two-disc PS5 game. As per an image posted by the ‘Does it play?' Twitter account, the base game, its Burning Shores expansion, and some digital goodies all total out to 121GB, and will be available on the two discs included in the physical edition. The game is slated to launch Friday, October 6, and with that, it has beaten the upcoming Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth to the punch, which was also planned for release on two discs. This move is a big win for console owners who value physical media — or rather, the ability to access games anywhere and anytime without restrictions such as a constant internet connection. The hefty new edition is priced at $59.99 (about Rs. 4,999) and includes a Horizon Forbidden West digital artbook, a digital soundtrack, Horizon Zero Dawn Vol. 1: The Sunhawk digital comic book, a few extra poses and makeup in the photo mode, and some outfits that can be unlocked via in-game progression. As mentioned before, all of this is packaged with the acclaimed 2022 RPG, which charts the adventures of young huntress Aloy across a majestic post-apocalyptic frontier, in hopes of protecting mankind from an infectious red blight. There's also the Burning Shores expansion — released in April — which turned the city of Los Angeles into a volcanic archipelago, bringing new machines to hunt. Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition is also headed to PC, albeit sometime in early 2024. Nixxes Software, PlayStation's in-house porters who brought Spider-Man Remastered to PC, has been tasked with this job and the release will indeed include all the aforementioned bonus content. There's no word on PC-exclusive features yet, but going by past ports, we can hope to see keyboard + mouse compatibility, alongside support for ray-tracing, Nvidia's DLSS and AMD's FSR-based upscaling tech, and being able to experience the game's beautiful vistas across ultra-wide displays. This adds to haptic feedback when using the PS5 DualSense controller on a wired connection. For the time being, it appears PlayStation will continue sticking to CEO Jim Ryan's promise of bringing PS exclusives to PC two or three years after their initial launch. As for whether this changes after his retirement in March next year, only time will tell. In May, developer Guerilla Games confirmed that Horizon Forbidden West sold 8.4 million copies across PS4 and PS5, with the franchise as a whole — includes the prequel Horizon Zero Dawn, its Frozen Wilds DLC, and the PS VR2 game — selling 32.7 million units. At the time, the team also claimed that Aloy's adventures would continue in a sequel.

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-chinese-media-scholar-taoist-philosophy.html Elon Musk's vision of Twitter, now rebranded as X, as an "everything app" is no secret. When the X logo replaced Twitter's blue bird, the internet buzzed with heated discussions about just what it would mean for X to be an everything app. Musk promoted his super app project by referring to the Chinese all-in-one app WeChat. But for many American users unfamiliar with WeChat, a train of questions followed. What's it like to use WeChat? How has WeChat become "everything" in China? Would it be possible to replicate the app's success in the U.S.? I'm a Chinese digital media scholar, and I've used WeChat since 2012. But, in contrast to Musk's enthusiasm, I don't think WeChat is something to write home about. I believe it's ordinary rather than special, lacking distinctive features compared with the other po[CENSORED]r apps I studied for my current book project about Chinese touchscreen media. WeChat's inconspicuousness on my phone screen is no accident. Although WeChat is an everything app in the sense of being a digital hub for over a billion users, the app's design is intentionally grounded in a more nuanced and philosophical meaning of the word "everything" than you might expect. WeChat is an all-inclusive media ecosystem Launched in 2011, WeChat has become an all-in-one app that offers services covering most aspects of everyday life, from instant messaging and mobile payments to photo- and video-sharing social networking. It has become a staple of daily activities for 1.3 billion Chinese mobile users. WeChat is also the app that China-bound travelers can download if they want to install only one app. WeChat can help you fill out customs declaration forms, call a taxi, pay for your hotel room and order food. Without WeChat, a traveler in China would be like a fish out of water, since everything in China now runs through smartphone screens and mobile payment platforms. In this sense, WeChat is indeed an everything app. Its "everythingness" refers to its near omnipresence and omnipotence in everyday life. The app creates an all-encompassing and ever-expanding media ecosystem that influences users' daily activities. It forms a gigantic digital hub that, as German philosopher and media theorist Peter Sloterdijk once described, "has drawn inwards everything that was once on the outside." This "everythingness" leaves little room for rival companies to achieve similar dominance and turns every tap or swipe on a user's smartphone into something a big tech company can profit from. This dream of an internet empire is perhaps what is so enticing for tech leaders like Musk. A counterintuitive design philosophy Despite WeChat's status as an everything app, it's one of the least notable and attractive apps on my smartphone. WeChat rarely changes its logo to celebrate holidays or sends admin notifications to users. The app forms a relatively closed social space, since WeChat users can see only what their contacts post, unlike apps like Weibo or TikTok, where celebrities amass millions of followers. But the lack of flashy, attention-grabbing features is actually one of WeChat's intentional design philosophies, as WeChat's founder and chief developer Allen Xiaolong Zhang made clear in his annual public speeches in 2019 and 2020. Zhang emphasized that one of WeChat's design principles is to "get users out of the app as fast as possible," meaning to reduce the amount of time users spend in WeChat. This might seem paradoxical—if WeChat is trying to get its users to leave the app as fast as possible, how can it maintain its internet empire? Typically an app's po[CENSORED]rity is assessed based on how long users spend in the app, and users' attention is the scarce resource various digital platforms fight for. But Zhang claims that in order to sustain users' daily engagement with the app in the long run, it's important to let them leave the app as fast as possible. A low demand for time and effort is key to bringing users back into the app without exhausting them. A Taoist message behind WeChat's design The design of WeChat miniprograms makes Zhang's idea clear. Miniprograms are embedded into WeChat as third-party developed sub-applications, and they provide users with easy access to a large range of services—like hailing a taxi, ordering food, buying train tickets and playing games—without leaving WeChat. Users can simply search in the app or scan a QR code to open a miniprogram, skipping the cumbersome processes of installing and uninstalling new apps. Miniprograms are stored in a hidden panel at the top of the screen. They can be opened by swiping down the screen. These miniprograms appear to be ephemeral, diffusive and almost atmospheric. They give users the feeling that WeChat has disappeared or merged into the environment. WeChat is what media scholars call "elemental": inconspicuous and nonintrusive, yet pervasive and as fundamental as the natural elements, just like air, water and clouds. This environment of pervasiveness and unobtrusiveness resonates with the ancient Chinese Taoist philosophy that understands nothing (wu 无, or "not-being") as that which forms the basis of all things (wanwu 万物 or "ten thousand things"). As Tao Te Ching states, "Dao begets One (or nothingness), One begets Two (yin and yang), Two begets Three (Heaven, Earth and Man; or yin, yang and breath qi), Three begets all things." For Taoist thinkers, not-being determines how all things within the cosmos come into being, evolve and disappear. Although the depth of these sagely texts is unfathomable, the Taoist thoughts from the past help people appreciate the interplay of everything and nothing. This perspective adds another layer of meaning to "everything" and opens up alternative visions of what an everything app can be. Perhaps WeChat's interpretation of the word "everything"—as simultaneously pervasive and inconspicuous—is the secret to its success over the past 10 years. I believe many tech leaders could benefit from a more sophisticated understanding of "everything" when envisioning the everything app, and not just equate "everything" simply with big and comprehensive.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/hp-envy-move-all-in-one-portable-pc-price-specs When I work in my apartment, I carry my laptop from room to room. But HP's newest All-in-One hopes to be just as portable. The Envy Move is a 23.8-inch all-in-one desktop with a handle and a battery so that you can put it anywhere in your home. This isn't a first — I've seen weird Amazon brands do it — but I haven't seen it from a major company in recent memory. And HP doesn't call it the first of its kind, but rather the "world's first moveable all-in-one with a QHD display". Of course, an all-in-one requires peripherals. HP includes a keyboard with an integrated trackpad, which can fit into a rear fabric pocket on the back of the device when you're carrying it around. There's a "self-deploying" kickstand and a handle at the top of the device. There's an optional "Sherpa cover," which you can use to protect the screen while you move the monitor around. The specs are more befitting of a laptop than the average desktop. It's armed with Intel's 13th Gen Core i3 or Core i5 U-series processors, which you typically find in thin ultraportables. Up to 16GB of LPDDR5-4800 RAM is soldered to the motherboard, and the SSD is configurable from 256GB to 1 TB (only the 512GB can be a PCIe Gen 4, according to the spec sheet). The webcam is a 5MP IR camera with a privacy shutter, and HP can use the camera to automatically turn off the screen when you walk away. Ports include USB Type-A, USB Type-C, and HDMI video in, so you can use the computer as a monitor for other gadgets.With a 6-cell, 83 WHr battery, HP claims that the Envy Move will run for "up to 4 hours" on a charge. Of course, you could also just plug it in like any other all-in-one desktop with the included 90W power adapter. In a brief hands-on, I found the 9.04-pound desktop not to be terribly heavy for what it is. I was most impressed by the self-deploying feet, which shoot out when buttons on the bottom are pressed and keep the desktop stable. The all-in-one is made primarily of recycled plastic, and it doesn't feel the most premium, but it does keep things light. The strap felt strong enough to support the weight, however. The mesh that holds the keyboard felt a bit cheap, but at least there's a way to keep the included peripheral and the Envy Move together. HP believes this kind of device could serve as a home hub — a screen for every room in the house that you carry around as you need it. Do yoga with it on the floor, work with it in the office, get cooking videos from the kitchen, etc. To do that, it will have to prove more useful than laptops, which are a bit more personal, as well as smartphones. I'm not sure it fits my needs, but I could see how people would use it.

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https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/reviews/samsung-fold-5-review-price-in-india-vs-galaxy-z-fold-4-4432169#pfrom=indepth Samsung is currently at peak innovation with its foldables and the iterative updates we've been getting since the past year is proof of it. While there's nothing wrong with that, it does mean there's little to get excited about. This year was no different with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, which launched in July. Apart from the usual upgrades such as a newer processor, Samsung has used a revised hinge mechanism which has helped bring down the weight and thickness of the phone by a bit. This doesn't change the game in anyway, but it's certainly a step in the right direction. Needless to say, current owners of a Galaxy Z Fold 4 can easily skip this generation and wait for next year's model. But if you have an older Fold phone, is the Galaxy Z Fold 5 worth upgrading to? Here's our review after spending a good month with it. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 price in India The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 surprisingly starts at the same price as last year's model (which is still officially being sold in India). Rs. 1,54,999 gets you 256GB of storage and 12GB of RAM. There are two more variants with the same amount of RAM but higher storage. The 512GB variant is priced at Rs. 1,64,999, while the 1TB variant is priced at Rs. 1,84,999. Considering you cannot expand the storage, it's nice to have such options. For most users, I think the base variant should suffice. It's available in Icy Blue, Phantom Black, and Cream. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 doesn't come with Samsung's S Pen, and will have to be purchased separately. If you'll be doing that, then it's best to get the S Pen case which has a little docking station for the stylus on the back. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 design The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is virtually indistinguishable from its predecessor but if you look closely, small changes like the placement of the LED flash and the colours are some of the ways to tell the two apart. It's still one of the best-built horizontally-folding phones thanks to the shatter resistant glass on the front and back and the aluminium frame. The new hinge also allows the two halves to sit nearly flush with each other when folded, thereby reducing the gap. The phone is IPX8 rated for water resistance. Both displays on the Galaxy Z Fold 5 are very similar to the Fold 4 with the exception of the peak brightness of the folding display, which is now 1,750 nits compared to 1,200 nits. The display dimensions on the Galaxy Z Fold 5 are the same as before, which includes a 6.2-inch HD+ AMOLED outer display with a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 7.6-inch QXGA+ main display with a 120Hz refresh rate.

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-gamers-highlight-disparities-algorithm.html Is The Witcher immersive? Is The Sims a role-playing game? Gamers from around the world may have differing opinions, but this diversity of thought makes for better algorithms that help audiences everywhere pick the right games, according to new research from Cornell, Xbox and Microsoft Research. With the help of more than 5,000 gamers, researchers show that predictive models, fed on massive datasets labeled by gamers from different countries, offer better personalized gaming recommendations than those labeled by gamers from a single country. The team's findings and corresponding guidelines have broad application beyond gaming for researchers and practitioners who seek more globally applicable data labeling and, in turn, more accurate predictive artificial intelligence (AI) models. "We show that, in fact, you can do just as well, if not better, by diversifying the underlying data that goes into predictive models," said Allison Koenecke, assistant professor of information science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. Koenecke is the senior author of "Auditing Cross-Cultural Consistency of Human-Annotated Labels for Recommendation Systems," which was presented at the Association for Computing Machinery Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT) conference, in June. Massive datasets inform the predictive models behind recommendation systems. The model's accuracy depends on its underlying data, especially the proper labeling of each individual piece within that massive trove. Researchers and practitioners are increasingly turning to crowdsourced workers to do this labeling for them, but crowdsourced workforces tend to be homogenous. During this data-labeling phase, cultural bias can creep in and, ultimately, skew a predictive model intended to serve global audiences, Koenecke said. "For the datasets used in algorithmic processes, someone still has to come up with either some rules or just some general idea of what it means for a data point to be labeled in some way," Koenecke said. "That's where this human aspect comes in, because humans do have to be the decision makers at some point in this process." The team surveyed 5,174 Xbox gamers from around the world to help label gaming titles. They were asked to apply labels like "cozy," "fantasy," or "pacifist" to games they had played, and to consider different factors, such as whether a title is low or high complexity, or the difficulty of the game controls. Some game labels—like "zen," which is used to describe peaceful, calming games—were applied consistently across countries; others, like whether a game is "replayable," were applied inconsistently. To explain these inconsistencies, the team used computational methods to find that both cultural differences among gamers and translational and linguistic quirks of certain labels contributed to labeling differences across countries. The researchers then built two models that could predict how gamers from each country would label a certain game—one was fed survey data from globally representative gamers, and the second used survey data from only U.S. gamers. They found that the model trained on labels from diverse global po[CENSORED]tions improved predictions by 8% for gamers everywhere when compared to the other model trained on labels from just American gamers. "We see improvement for everyone—even for gamers from the U.S.—when the training data is shifted from being entirely U.S.-centric to being more globally representative," Koenecke said. In addition to their findings, researchers crafted a framework to guide fellow researchers and practitioners on ways to audit underlying data labels to check for global inclusivity. "Companies tend to use homogeneous data labelers to do their data labeling, and if you're trying to build a global product, you'll run into issues," Koenecke said. "With our framework, any academic researcher or practitioner could audit their own underlying data to see if they might be running into issues of representation via their data labels or choices."

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-tracks-drones-with-sound e’ve seen our fair share of Raspberry Pi-powered drones before, but this is the first time we’ve seen a Pi-powered drone tracker. This project was put together by a team of researchers from the University of Texas as well as the University of Tennessee and has been dubbed DroneChase. It’s impressive in that it not only tracks drones using a camera, but also can estimate where the drone is should it move behind an object where it’s completely unseen. The Pi is programmed to draw a red box around the drone when it’s detected. Of course, it’s easy enough for it to track the drone using image recognition with a camera. Where it gets really interesting is how it detects the drone when hidden from view. The team decided to hone in on the drone’s location by using audio. The red box will appear based on the estimated location even if it’s not visible. According to the paper put together by the team, the project is designed to be mounted to a vehicle. The AI is trained using a model that helps it locate the drone if it’s in the visual scope of the camera. This is used in tandem with a custom system designed by the researchers that uses multiple microphones to help triangulate the drone's location. The hardware is housed inside of a 3D-printed enclosure that was digitally designed for the project. It houses the Raspberry Pi along with a speaker, a battery pack to keep things mobile and six different microphones. The video feed is captured using a Logitech Conference Cam BCC950. The team is using six microphones, as this helps with the accuracy of estimating the location of the drone when it’s out of visual range. This side of the project took the most work and is at the heart of their effort. You can read more about how this system works as well as how it was developed in greater detail in the official research paper. If you want to get a closer look at this Raspberry Pi project, we absolutely recommend reading through the DroneChase paper to both understand and appreciate all the hard work that went into its creation.

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