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tics, international relations and the America First policies that helped chart the course for unprecedented American prosperity and security," the former secretary of state and member of Congress said in a statement released by Fox. "Mike Pompeo is one of America's most recognized and respected voices on foreign policy and national security issues," Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said. "I look forward to his contributions across our range of platforms to share his distinct perspective with our millions of viewers." Pompeo took up the post of secretary of state from his predecessor Rex Tillerson in April 2018 until the end of the Trump administration in January 2021. He was previously director of the CIA. Recently, Pompeo has joined calls for the United States to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and has called the expert report on the origins of the Covid-19 virus a "sham" as part of a "disinformation campaign" from the World Health Organization and the Chinese Communist Party. He was on the front lines of the Trump administration's standoff with China. Fox has hired other members of the Trump orbit in recent months, including his daughter-in-law and campaign advisor Lara Trump and former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. The network has found itself embroiled in controversies over Trump's untrue allegations of election rigging in 2020, with voting machine maker Dominion seeking more than $1 billion in a lawsuit over allegations Fox implicated the company in the false claims.

Microsoft has begun rolling out a new security feature for Edge in Windows 10 that will prevent unauthenticated users from using autofill to enter passwords in its browser. Just like with other modern browsers, Microsoft Edge contains a built-in password manager that allows users to store and autofill their passwords. While convenient, the browser's password management feature could be abused if a user steps away from their computer. We've put together a list of the best browsers available These are the best password managers on the market Also check out our roundup of the best endpoint protection For this reason, Microsoft is now testing a new optional feature in the Canary build of Edge that will require successful user authentication before you can begin using autofill to login to your online accounts. Authentication required Once enabled in Edge, this new feature will require users to authenticate using Windows Hello before allowing them to autofill passwords. However, this feature can also be enabled on devices that don't support Windows Hello. To get started, users need to head to Edge's settings and select the Passwords option in the Profile page. Here you'll be able to decide if the browser will sign you into sites automatically or if you want to require authentication each time you try to sign in. There is also an option to only require you to sign in once every minute or once every session when trying to autofill passwords. After enabling this new security feature in Edge, a Windows Security prompt will appear every time you try to use the browser's autofill feature to enter stored passwords. You'll be able to enter a PIN or use other Windows Hello methods such as facial recognition or fingerprint matching to authenticate and have Edge autofill passwords. This feature is now being tested by Edge Canary users but it will likely come to the stable version of Edge in a future update to Microsoft's Chromium-based browser.

A leaked slide purported to be from Intel's roadmap summarizes what we know about Intel's upcoming 4th Generation Xeon Scalable 'Sapphire Rapids' processor, with some additional details. (Thanks, VideoCardz.) Intel has always envisioned its Sapphire Rapids processor and the Eagle Stream platform as a revolutionary product. Paired with Intel's Xe-HPC 'Ponte Vecchio' compute GPU, Sapphire Rapids will power Intel's first exascale supercomputer that will rely on an AI+HPC paradigm. In the datacenter, the new CPU will have to support a host of new technologies that are not yet available, as datacenter workloads are changing. Sapphire Rapids radically differs from its predecessors on multiple levels, including microarchitecture, memory hierarchy, platform, and even design ideology. The Sapphire Rapids CPU The Sapphire Rapids CPU will adopt a multi-chip module design (or rather a multi-chiplet module) featuring four identical chips located next to each other and packed using Intel's EMIB technology. Each chip contains 14 Golden Cove cores, the same cores used for the Alder Lake CPUs. However, these cores will feature numerous datacenter/supercomputer enhancements when compared to their desktop counterparts. In particular, Sapphire Rapids will support Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX); AVX512_BF16 extension for deep learning; Intel’s Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA), a data copy and transformation accelerator that offloads appropriate assignments from CPU cores (NVMe calls are rather expensive); architectural LBRs (last branch recording); and HLAT (a hypervisor-managed linear address translation). The maximum number of cores supported by Sapphire Rapids will be 56, but there will naturally be models with 44, 28, or even 24 cores. As far as memory is concerned, Sapphire Rapids will support HBM2E, DDR5, and Intel's Optane Persistent Memory 300-series (codenamed Crow Pass) non-volatile DIMMs. At least some Sapphire Rapids CPU SKUs will carry up to 64GB of HBM2E DRAM, offering 1TB/s of bandwidth per socket. We don't know whether these will be separate HBM2E packages placed next to CPU chiplets, or if they'll be stacked below them using Intel's Foveros packaging technology. The processor will also feature eight DDR5-4800 memory channels supporting one module per channel (thus offering 307.2 GB/s of bandwidth per socket). Today, 1DPC sounds like a limitation, but even using Samsung's recently announced 512GB RDIMM modules eight channels will bring 4TB of memory, and higher capacity DDR5 modules will be available later. Finally, Sapphire Rapids processors can be paired with Intel's Optane Persistent Memory 300-series 3DXPoint-based modules, which are said to increase bandwidth substantially compared to existing offerings. Optane modules are meant to bring a lot of relatively cheap memory closer to the CPU to accelerate applications like in-memory databases, so many of Intel's partners would like to have these modules. However, considering the fact that it's unclear which company will produce 3D XPoint for Intel starting in 2022 (as Micron is pulling away from 3D XPoint production and abandons the project), we have no idea whether such modules will be launched at all. Theoretically, Intel could validate JEDEC-standard upcoming NVDIMMs with its next-generation CPUs, but this is speculation. Intel's Sapphire Rapids processors will be made using the company's 10nm Enhanced SuperFin technology that's optimized for performance. With all the advantages that the new CPUs will bring, they will be rather power hungry. The information says that their maximum TDP will hit 350W (up from 270W in case of the Ice Lake-SP), so there's a question on what sort of cooling they'll require. Meanwhile, Intel's upcoming LGA4677 socket will probably be able to deliver a huge amount of power to the CPU. The Eagle Stream Platform Being aimed at a wide variety of workloads, Intel's Eagle Stream platform will support one, two, four, and eight LGA4677 sockets. Cooling will be an interesting topic to discuss in regards to high-performance Sapphire Rapids SKUs for HPC applications, which sometimes use eight CPUs per machine. Meanwhile, these CPUs will use Intel's UPI 2.0 interface that will deliver up to 16 GT/s data transfer rates, up from 11.2 GT/s today. Each CPU will have up to four UPI 2.0 links (probably external links). As far as other enhancements are concerned, Intel's Sapphire Rapids processor will support up to 80 PCIe 5.0 lanes (with x16, x8, x4 bifurcation) at 32 GT/s, and a PCIe 4.0 x2 link. On top of PCIe Gen5, the CPUs will support the CXL 1.1 protocol to optimize CPU-to-device (for accelerators) as well as CPU-to-memory (for memory expansion and storage devices) communications. Some Grains of Salt Intel started sampling of its 4th Generation Xeon Scalable 'Sapphire Rapids' processors several months ago, so it's not surprising that a number of their previously unknown features and capabilities (e.g., HBM2E support and MCM design) were revealed by various unofficial sources in the recent months. In fact, we expect more interesting leaks as more server makers gain access to the new CPUs. Unfortunately, the leaks were never confirmed by Intel or excerpts from its leaked documents, so it's possible some of the information is incorrect. The slide from an alleged Intel roadmap confirms many of Sapphire Rapids' capabilities that are (or were) at least planned to be supported, but keep in mind that these are not the final specifications of Intel's products that will ship in 2022. At this point we cannot confirm legitimacy of the slide, though we can confirm that a substantial portion of information revealed by the paper is indeed correct and has been either confirmed by Intel, or our sources with knowledge of the matter. Meanwhile, we have no idea how old the slide is, so take it with a grain of salt.

People Can Fly's looter shooter Outriders puts a focus on abilities in a way other looter shooters don't, and it makes for an addictive gameplay experience other games in the genre wish they could capture. It's just one of the reasons Outriders seems to be taking the gaming world by storm, skyrocketing to the top of the best-selling games on Steam. The fact that the game was also available on Xbox Game Pass for consoles on launch day is certainly helping to boost its po[CENSORED]rity as well. On its surface, Outriders doesn't look to be anything too out of the ordinary. It features a somewhat generic post-apocalyptic sci-fi setting, cover-based shooting mechanics, character classes, and colored tiers of loot. It certainly has a "been there, done that" feel to it, especially in the game's opening hours. But it's once players begin to level up a few times and unlock more class skills that Outriders truly begins to shine. Why Outriders Makes Sense On Xbox Game Pass By focusing on skill customization, variety, and usage, Outriders outshines much of its looter shooter competition on the gameplay front, giving players more freedom in how to build their character and how to react to any given situation the game throws at them. Here's how Outriders succeeds where other games in the genre fall short. Outriders' Focus On Skills Is What Makes It A Success In Destiny, each class sports a handful of slightly different grenade abilities, a melee ability, and a few different ultimate attacks with a long cooldown to choose from. There are a total of eight skills across the whole game in The Division 2. In Borderlands 3, each class has three action skills at their disposal, but only one can be equipped at any given time. In Outriders, players have three active skills at all times, out of a total of eight available for each of the game's four classes, alongside a melee ability. These three skills can be mixed and matched to complement a huge variety of playstyles and strategies. There are movement abilities, offensive abilities, defensive abilities, and ones that are a combination of several types of abilities all at once. These skills can then be further customized through the game's mod system, which further augments abilities in unique ways depending on which ones are equipped in a player's weapons or armor. Mods can cause abilities to deal additional types of damage, debuff enemies in a variety of ways, or boost the user's damage or defense. If a particular encounter in Outriders is giving a player a hard time, there's nothing stopping them from equipping multiple defensive skills to boost their survivability. Likewise, players have complete freedom to build their character like a glass cannon, focusing on raw damage output and wreaking havoc across the battlefield. Mods can completely change these skills as well, creating new synergies that change how the game is played. Outriders gives players options, and every new skill unlocked feels like an important new tool in the toolbox of each class. Outriders Review In Progress: Worth The Time Outriders' skills aren't "one time use" per encounter, either. Players are constantly using abilities, with most skill cooldowns clocking in at well under 30 seconds. It makes for fast, frantic, and kinetic gameplay that simply isn't found in other games in the genre. Rather than skills simply feeling bolted onto the game's tried-and-true third-person shooting, skill usage is essential in Outriders. There are plenty of aspects of Outriders that aren't particularly memorable, but it absolutely nails its classes and abilities in a way few looter shooters have. By giving players three skills to use at all times out of a selection of eight and letting players choose what to do with them, it never feels like the game is telling players how it should be played. Instead, it gives players the keys to the car and lets them run wild, and it's a blast to play because of it.

Padam does not remember when he began keeping elephants at his hotel. But he says that guests used to pay well for elephant rides in the community forests outside Nepal’s famous Chitwan National Park. Padam’s two elephants were kept busy from dawn to dusk until March 2020. But as soon as the Covid-19 pandemic restricted travel worldwide, one of Nepal’s most po[CENSORED]r tourist sites was largely deserted. Although the Nepali government has now lifted most travel restrictions, Chitwan hoteliers like Padam are still faced with less than 50 per cent occupancy. Captive Asian elephants are used for tourist rides, wedding processions and temple ceremonies. The practice is highly controversial, with campaigners attesting the long-lived animals are often taken from the wild and subjected to cruel treatment to make them compliant. In February, Padam sold one elephant for NPR 6.5 million (approximately USD 56,000) to a trader in India. He hopes this decision will reduce his hotel’s monthly running costs by at least USD 1,000, which had been spent on the elephant’s food and mahout (keeper). Bishal, another hotelier who leads a cooperative of elephant owners, says the group’s members have sold at least 20 elephants to Indian traders in 2021. They now hold 35 elephants, the lowest number since the cooperative was formed two decades ago. However, Nepal and India are both signatories to the global Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Asian elephants are listed on Appendix I of the convention, a category for species that are “threatened with extinction which are or may be affected by trade”. Importing live animals listed on Appendix I (or their parts) for “primarily commercial purposes” is not allowed so as not to “endanger further their survival”. In order to implement CITES, the Nepali government introduced the Act to Regulate and Control International Trade in Endangered Wild Fauna and Flora in 2017. It states, “No person shall purchase, sell, possess, use, plant, rear, captive-breed, transport or import or export or cause to be done so a threatened or vulnerable wild fauna or flora or a specimen thereof.” As defined in the act, “threatened fauna or flora” are all species included on Appendix I of CITES. In 2019, the government published a set of regulations on how to implement the act. Section 2 of the regulations notes that any person wishing to trade in such species or their parts should meet various statutory obligations and obtain a permit from the government. There is no evidence that any of these rules have been followed in the cross-border sale of live elephants. Hari Bhadra Acharya, spokesperson for the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation – the government agency responsible for implementing the act – says no one has sought any approval so far. ‘Clearly illegal’ trade The ongoing trade is clearly illegal, and the government has a responsibility to stop it, says senior advocate Prakash Mani Sharma. The department has not done anything because it has not been “formally” informed about the trade, says Hari Bhadra Acharya. Nevertheless, he adds, he has heard about these activities, and “needful action would be taken once the sale is proved”. Acharya also says Chitwan National Park officials have been “made responsible” to look into the issue, but the park’s information officer Lokendra Adhikari says the park has done nothing about it. The Third Pole contacted Chitwan’s chief district officer Prem Lal Lamichhane to ask if he had taken any initiative to stop the trade, two days after reports of an elephant being sold to India appeared on social media and one day after the issue was covered in a national media outlet. “We tried to confirm what’s going on, but we were told that there was nothing unusual,” Lamichhane said. “We couldn’t confirm the news.” “If you formulate a law but fail to implement it, it is meaningless,” said Sharma. “The state failing to implement it suggests there is a big nexus between the two [the state and the traders]. We are also violating the international law that we are signatory to.”

It has been a while since Nissan lifted the veil on its all-new Qashqai , renewed after more than seven years of career and a restyling in 2017. Suffice to say that it was therefore time for the brand's star SUV to offer itself a little bit of youth, in order to be able to return to hunt on the lands of the Peugeot 3008, which itself offered a small mid-career facelift at the end of last year. Suffice to say that the task is difficult for the Japanese SUV, which has a lot to do with its French rival, who continues to seduce customers. But Nissan is far from having said its last word, and has decided to offer this new version a look that completely breaks with the previous generation, thus fitting in better with the range, with this new V-shaped front panel. - here, more futuristic, is then framed by very graphic and refined optics, while the rear has also benefited from a new stroke of the pencil, with more stretched lights. On board, the SUV makes a real leap forward on all points, with a new digital handset and a more flattering presentation. Based on the Renault-Nissan Alliance's CMF-C platform , this new Qashqai is available at launch with two 1.3-liter petrol engines developing 140 and 158 horsepower, associated with micro-hybridization. If the first comes standard with a manual gearbox, the more powerful is coupled to an Xtronic transmission and can be equipped with four-wheel drive as an option. Later, a brand new E-Power enginewill also make its entry in the range, developing then some 189 horsepower, will embark a gasoline engine intended to supply the electric motor. An innovative system, which then makes it possible to benefit from the advantages of thermal and zero-emission driving, while reducing fuel consumption. New driver aids are also emerging, such as the level 2 semi-autonomous ProPilot driving system. Discover the full range and prices of this new Nissan Qashqai now !

A recent study out of BYU has linked lifestyle choice to Alzheimer’s disease, at least to some degree, through findings that show a possible energy gap between the amount of glucose and ketones being used to power the brain. BYU professor Ben Bikman, who studies diabetes and insulin resistance, thought of a fundamental question surrounding Alzheimer’s disease and insulin resistance in the brain. Bikman said there has been growing evidence that the brains in humans with Alzheimer’s disease are deficient in the use of glucose. “The brain has a certain energy demand, let’s say that is 100%,” Bikman said. “In most instances, glucose is providing virtually all of that energy, nearly 100% all of the time. There is a secondary fuel known as ketones, so the average brain is consuming almost all of its energy from glucose with a little bit of energy coming from ketones at any moment. In some individuals, the brain starts to become deficient in its ability to use glucose. So now glucose can only provide about 60% of that energy, and then ketones would be expected to fill up the rest of that energy. The tragedy is that the average individual has almost undetectable levels of ketones and that’s entirely a matter of lifestyle.” This lack of ketones as well as the brain’s resistance to insulin is linked to lifestyle. Insulin is expected to stimulate tissues or cells to take in the glucose and use it for energy. As the brain becomes more insulin resistant, it can’t take in glucose anymore and this is something Bikman said has been shown in other research. The BYU research expanded on some of those findings. “We found that indeed the expression of genes involved in glucose metabolism was significantly down, very broad across every cell type we looked at in the brain,” Bikman said. “All of the cell types we looked at had significant reductions in glucose-related genes, but the ketone-related genes were almost totally normal.” This is key because it shows that if the brain can receive more ketones, there is a possibility that one could overcome that energy gap. While it may not be able to be filled in with glucose, it can be with ketones but ketones need to be produced by one’s body. With many people having diets that are high in refined sugars and starches, insulin is elevated all of the time, and ketones are only produced when insulin levels are low. These conditions include fasting or low-carb diets, also known as keto diets. Ph.D. student Erin Saito is another one of the lead authors of the study and is doing this project as her dissertation. Another collaborator included Washington University of Saint Louis, which gave the BYU research team access to various brain banks. “BYU is a wonderfully collaborative environment, not only encouraging collaborations within the university but also outside of the university,” Bikman said. “Thus communicating with our internal and external collaborators was very easy and very natural. There was very much a common interest to work on this project together, a common enthusiasm for answering a question that had not been asked yet. It would not have been possible without that mutual collaboration and enthusiasm.” He added that managing the project with enthusiastic students was a delight, making it easy because of the enthusiasm surrounding the project. Bikman said it is gratifying for him to be able to contribute to what little is known about Alzheimer’s disease, because traditional strategies and approaches have continued to fail. “Looking at Alzheimer’s disease as a metabolic problem, I would say, is the greatest breakthrough in our understanding of the disease in decades,” Bikman said. Looking at it through the metabolic side of things allows people to possibly detect the problem years in advance, looking at changes in brain glucose metabolism long before Alzheimer’s sets in. Bikman believes that someday the metabolic approach to Alzheimer’s will be the standard of care. Moving forward, Bikman said he hopes that people feel empowered when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease. He wants people to not look at it as a passive process where they are the victim, but rather acknowledging that their lifestyle choices can either act as the culprit or the cure. “For too long we have viewed Alzheimer’s disease as a disease that is no respecter of person, no respecter of choices and that is simply not true,” Bikman said. “We have long known that people with metabolic disorders, like type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance, are at significantly greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and we have more evidence suggesting that dietary choices and changes do make significant improvements in someone’s cognition.” Even someone in the midst of Alzheimer’s disease can see improvements in memory and learning with a lifestyle change, according to Bikman, and he added that he hopes this evidence will help to strengthen that view and empower individuals to take matters into their own hands.

Queen Elizabeth won hearts as she announced to open royal residence in London to welcome visitors with a first-time opportunity, allowing public to picnic on the Buckingham Palace lawn. The Palace, which traditionally opens to the public during the summer months, remained closed for general public last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, the Royal Collection Trust announced that for the first time ever the public will be allowed to picnic on the Buckingham Palace lawn. The visitors can also explore a self-guided route through the gardens and around the 3.5-acre lake. The Rose Garden, summer house and wildflower meadow can also be viewed through one of the guided tours that will run each day. The spacious 39-acre garden dates back to the 1820s, when King George IV turned Buckingham House into a palace. Despite its urban location, it is home to an array of flora and fauna, including rare native plants seldom seen in London. The historic place is a rich biodiverse habitat, with more than 1,000 trees, the National Collection of Mulberry Trees and 320 different wildflowers and grasses. The gardens' summer opening will run from July 9 to September 19. Visitors can also experience the Queen's garden in springtime on weekends in April and May with guided tours to view the primroses, bluebells, flowering camellia, magnolia and azalea shrubs in bloom.

When the next major update to Windows 10 arrives this fall, users will be able to natively configure the way in which Microsoft's operating system can detect if a person is in front of their laptop. The software giant first added APIs for a feature called “human presence” to Windows a few years ago and hardware makers such as Dell and Lenovo are currently including it in their business laptops. We've built a list of the best antivirus software around These are the best identity theft protection solutions on the market Also check out our roundup of the best malware removal software With human presence enabled, the feature uses a system's hardware and operating system to detect if someone is in front of a laptop to improve ease of use while also enhancing security. Currently though, users must rely on the software from their device manufacturer to manage human presence on their laptops but this will change with the next release of Windows. Human presence Microsoft is in the process of adding native controls for human presence to Windows 10 in its upcoming Sun Valley or 21H2 update that will arrive in October. The next update for Windows 10 will include Group Policy and Settings to manage the feature. According to a screenshot seen by Windows Latest, Microsoft is working on adding three new settings for human presence to its operating system in the form of Force Instant Lock, Force Instant Wake and Lock Timeout. With Force Instant Lock enabled, Windows will automatically lock your laptop if you move away from the screen. This setting uses your device's camera sensors to sense whether you're sitting or standing in front of it or if you've walked away from your computer. Force Instant Wake enables touch-free logins when you sit down in front of your laptop while Lock Timeout will lock your device after a specific amount of time has passed. Whether you're working from home or at the office, Microsoft's human presence feature can prevent others from spying on the contents of your laptop if you decided to step away from the device without closing its lid first.

A week ago, German overclocker der8auer published a video showcasing his findings on delidding a Core i9-11900K, Intel's new flagship Rocket Lake CPU. It's not one of the best CPUs, based on our testing, but it's still a formidable opponent in the right workloads. der8auer found that delidding Rocket Lake yielded very impressive temperature results; however, the process is so difficult that it might not be worth the effort. The problem with the 11900K is its more complex PCB layout of components. Next to the IHS are a bunch of tiny SMD (surface mounted device) capacitors that are incredibly delicate. The capacitors are so close to the IHS that you can easily hit one of them while removing the IHS, which would likely render the CPU nonfunctional. This is unlike the earlier 9th and 10th Gen chips that don't have any SMDs anywhere near the IHS, allowing for a (relatively) safe delidding process if you have the right tools. But der8auer is a professional overclocker and skilled at delidding, so he took the chance on his 11900K. Not only do the SMDs pose problems, but what's even worse is the amount of pressure you need to apply to the 11900K during the delidding. der8auer had to upgrade his CPU delidding tool with a torque wrench to get the IHS to move at all, where past CPUs only needed an Allen wrench. You can see the strain of trying to twist the tool while keeping the delidding box stable in the above video. Needless to say, this adds significant risk to the delidding process. Even with the torque wrench, the IHS didn't want to come off, so der8auer had to resort to warming the CPU up in an oven first. In the end, he was able to successfully remove the IHS, though he mentions several times that he would not recommend most people attempt to do so. The good news is that the end results are quite impressive. der8uer noted a 10C–12C reduction in temperatures, purely from scraping off the solder on the IHS and replacing it with liquid metal. This is very impressive on a chip that already has solder. Using solder (as opposed to some form of thermal paste) between the CPU die and the IHS is already a good solution for thermal dissipation. Upgrading to liquid metal normally only results in about a 5C reduction in temperatures, not 10-12C. It's rather unfortunate that the delidding process is so incredibly risky on Comet Lake CPUs. We'd love to see more delidded 11900K testing to see if der8auer's results are typical, but the likelihood of damaging the CPU is so great that it's not worth the risk for the vast majority of users — even for an impressive 10C drop in temperatures.

As the world moves towards a post-Covid era, economic recovery has become the top priority for governments and businesses alike, and what has become clear is financial literacy and education has become a necessity. While you may have heard of bear markets, bull markets, cash cows and tech unicorns, there are lots of other creatures that have moved from the financial pages to everyday conversation. To help you on this safari, here are five animal metaphors to watch out for in the post-pandemic world. A lemming is a small rodent that lives in the Arctic and is associated with the (now debunked) myth that it takes part in mass suicides by jumping off cliffs into the unknown. It is also the term given to investors who perhaps get caught up in the crowd. When certain companies and their stocks get a bit of attention, the lemmings jump right in - as the world saw with Redditors who hyped up the value of GameStop in January. "Plenty of speculators piled into GameStop to ride the wave of higher prices without looking at the fundamentals of these stocks, which had been badly hit by the pandemic," says Susannah Streeter, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown. "The trend for traders to follow the lead of social media influencers without doing their own homework could also be described as lemming-like behaviour. The risk is that just like lemmings, they follow these influencers off a financial cliff." There's been a huge debate raging about whether the pandemic is a black swan - a high-impact event that makes more sense in hindsight - or a grey rhino, something you really should have expected and done something about. Michele Wucker is the policy analyst and author who first came up with the idea of the grey rhino. "The grey rhino is the big, obvious, scary beast with a horn pointed straight at you that gives you a choice of what to do: get trampled, get out of the way, or harness its strength," she tells the BBC. Chinese officials are so enamoured with the concept that the rhino is now firmly ingrained within the country's financial strategies. President Xi Jinping has even encouraged the country to prepare for grey rhino and black swan events in the upcoming year and have contingency plans in place. Meanwhile, the idea has moved way beyond business into psychology and other fields with the rhino even referenced in a song by South Korean superband BTS. And with people such as Bill Gates warning that there had been signals suggesting a pandemic was on its way for a long time, the rhino's po[CENSORED]rity has surged. Wucker suggests her idea is about future proofing, adding: "The grey rhino is important because it focuses on the future, unlike the black swan which is only visible in hindsight so doesn't give you a chance to head it off." A stag is an investor who likes to make a hot deal and a quick buck before galloping off. The term has been in use for a while, with writer William Makepeace Thackeray even referring to traders as "All the Stags in Capel Court" in his 1845 poem A Doe in the City. When a company goes public, its shares are listed on the stock exchange to be bought and sold. Stags are eager and can get involved at an early stage. Their main objective is to buy and sell immediately. Russ Mould, investment research director at AJ Bell, says in recent times certain new stock market listings, also known as initial public offerings (IPOs), have appeared very tempting to investors because of possible rich and speedy pickings. Mould highlights online food delivery platform DoorDash as one such example, providing "fertile territory" for stags. When it listed on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2020, its share price shot up. But asset manager Alpesh Patel, founder of Praefinium Partners, warns the stag strategy can be a risky one as early access to IPOs isn't actually that easy to get. Therefore success isn't guaranteed. While some people refer to stag investors just with regards to IPOs, others use the term more broadly.

The Maserati MC20 looks fantastic. It debuted in September 2020, though curiously, we've seen vehicles with some measure of strange camouflage as recently as early March 2021. Hitting the track with a thinly disguised tester after a debut is a bit backward, but then again, so is building an aftermarket body kit before a car even goes on sale. Guess Maserati's new supercar just has that effect on the world. Nevertheless, a modest body kit called Aria is in development for the MC20, and it's a sharp one to our eye. It comes from a company in New York called 7 Designs, and if you don't notice all the changes right off the bat, we don't blame you. Among other things, the world hasn't seen much of the MC20 save for a few press photos, so it's not exactly a familiar shape. On the flip side, 7 Designs takes a smoother approach to dressing up the MC20, which is immensely refreshing in an aftermarket world filled with crazy wings, oversized scoops, and flamboyant colors for supercars that stretch the boundaries of taste. That's not to say 7 Designs doesn't inject its Aria design with wings and scoops. Details of the kits aren't available, but it's impossible to miss the larger front splitter and winglets on the front fascia. Side skirts give the MC20 a lower stance, and quarter panels gain modest-looking scoops. Speaking of which, there's a small scoop on the roof and a not-so-small wing at the back. It sits atop a new rear fascia that has an aggressive diffuser and relocated exhaust finishers that appear to occupy the spot where a license plate would go Mind you, these are just things we can see. 7 Designs mentions a "carbon overhaul" on its website to describe the Aria project, and there's a form that folks can fill out to express their interest. The MC20 is already a looker, and this kit certainly adds some aggression to match its 621-horsepower (463-kilowatt) twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6. According to Maserati, the MC20 will reach 62 mph in 2.9 seconds and top out north of 200 mph. As for cost or availability, that's still unclear but one thing is made absolutely clear. Only 25 of the aero kits will be made, making the Aria a very rare upfit once the MC20 reaches dealerships.

Summer is here, so are seasonal issues like fever, dehydration, and even stomach ailments. As the heat rises, one’s digestive system may become slow leading to certain digestive problems. Thus, it is essential to take care of your eating habits and adhere to a healthy lifestyle to beat the heat. Read on to know more about what you can do to take care of stomach problems during summer. “Gastroenteritis is commonly seen during the season in all age groups. Some of its symptoms include vomiting, watery motions, blood in motions, dehydration, and even abdominal pain. Jaundice is another problem that can give you a tough time and leads to symptoms like a pale look on the face, nausea, and hepatitis. This problem occurs owing to unhygienic food and contaminated water. A high-grade fever known as typhoid causing pain, fatigue, weakness, stomach ache and even headache can occur during summer. Even food poisoning occurs due to contaminated food,” said Dr Roy Patankar, leading gastroenterologist and director of Zen Multi Speciality Hospital, Chembur. Other problems to watch out for include nausea, acid reflux. Also, as the heat and humidity rise and dilates the blood vessels and capillaries, and more fluid gets filled in the interstitial spaces between organs and tissues, one may experience bloating. Loss of fluids can lead to constipation. Even Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) can get aggravated during summer. * Eat lighter foods in less quantity. See that you add fibre to your diet and eat fresh fruits, vegetables, pulses, beans, and legumes. Take regular meals at short intervals to ease your digestion process. Heavy meals are a strict no-no. Eat stomach-friendly foods like green vegetables, tomatoes, apples, pears, watermelon, cucumber, sweet potatoes, and pineapple that will also help you stay hydrated for a longer time. Moreover, salads with cucumber, tomato, carrot, and onion are easy to make and should be opted for during summer. Do not forget to add dry fruits and nuts to your diet. Moreover, you can also eat dates that are dense in protein, iron, fibre, calcium, and vitamins. *Drink a lot of water to replenish the fluids that you lose owing to the heat. Not drinking water can lead to constipation and dehydration. Coconut water can be a good addition as it can help neutralise your acid levels in the stomach and reduces the heat. *You may be a fan of spicy, fried, and junk foods but you will have to avoid them during summer. They can invite acidity, bloating, and even stomach inflammation. So, bid adieu to pizzas, chips, and bakery items. *Probiotics can be helpful as they contain gut-friendly bacteria. Yoghurt is jam-packed with protein and the bacteria present in it can ease your digestion process and relieve dysentery. *Avoid eating road-side food and do not eat stale food as it can cause food poisoning. *Exercise daily. You could do yoga, swimming, cycling, running, and even aerobics. Exercising improves overall well-being.

THE danger that misleading or false information poses to society has been grimly demonstrated during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the deadly threat from the virus, many people’s response across the world has often been shaped by misinformation fed through digital platforms. This has either made them trivialise the disease or resort to ‘cures’ without any basis in science and only because they were circulated in social messaging as a ‘remedy’. Vaccine hesitancy in many parts of the world has also largely been driven by rumour and conspiracy theories. This prompted the World Health Organisation early in the pandemic to coin the term ‘infodemic’ to refer to the flood of information and exponential spread of fabricated content. The head of WHO, Tedros Adhanom, declared: “We’re not just battling the virus, we’re also battling the trolls and conspiracy theorists that push misinformation and undermine the outbreak response.” Top UN officials repeatedly warned of the grave social and health ramifications of the proliferation of misinformation and underlined the need to immunise the public against false news. While the global health crisis has seen a stream of false stories the reality is that fake news is all around us today. This presents new challenges to social stability in what has been called the post-truth era, a term that emerged a few years ago. It refers to a phenomenon, itself not new, that is generally described as one where facts are discarded and criteria for establishing the truth are contested. Instead, there is a prevalence of views that only align with people’s personal predilections or emotions. Why has fake news become so common today? Is it really so new? What explains its pervasiveness now? How damaging are the ramifications of a post-facts environment? Fake news is of course not new. Fabrications and untruths have always been around. So have efforts to mani[CENSORED]te the truth. Fact fudging has antecedents in propaganda, long used to mani[CENSORED]te opinion for political aims. Propaganda comprising deceptive narratives has usually been deployed by states or political leaders and aimed at enemies abroad or opponents at home. Disinformation has been used by countries against adversaries throughout history. What distinguishes fake news from propaganda is that individuals and non-state actors are now using it with abandon in the digital age. This makes it unprecedentedly pervasive. Its more pronounced nature means that in its current form false news is a more recent phenomenon. It has been widely noted that it was after the Brexit vote and president Donald Trump’s 2016 election win that debate and concern emerged about the political and ethical implications of these events in which misinformation is commonly believed to have played a role in influencing voters. What then came to be called post-factual politics was described as involving deliberately disseminated falsehoods that misguided the debate and misled people. What explains the omnipresence of fake news today? It is generally agreed that this has much to do with the proliferation of information channels and expansion of social media in the digital era. Communication technology now dominates our lives like never before. Online platforms are widely regarded as the main vehicles for the spread of misinformation. Fake news easily circulates due to the magnifying power of social media and becomes viral in this mostly unregulated environment. Anonymity on social media platforms gives the purveyors of false stories and trolls the comfort that they will not be held accountable for the lies or hate messages they disseminate. Anyone can post fake news on social media without fear of retribution. Facebook and Twitter have been the object of mounting global criticism for this reason. Despite the raging controversy over their role, social media giants who wield immense power have yet to undertake effective self-regulation. A Unesco report notes that steps taken are at best “patchy”. As Timothy Garton Ash once wrote in The Guardian, these digital platforms have become “unprecedentedly powerful amplifiers of lies” and “the profit motive pushes them towards the dark side, via algorithmic maximization of the currency of attention”. In fact, their business model prevents them from instituting real checks on divisive content and ‘digital wildfires’. The spread of fake news has also been linked to the rise of populist leaders who feel no compunction in knowingly selling fact-free narratives. Trump perfected the politics of lies. He consciously used ‘alternative facts’ and mani[CENSORED]ted opinion by espousing conspiracy theories and fabricating threats to further his political career. But he wasn’t alone. Demagogues and their followers across the world have employed similar means for political gain, playing on people’s vulnerabilities by communicating falsehoods. A plausible connection has also been made between the prevalence of fake news and political polarisation. This is because in polarised society and politics people choose to believe what their partisan side transmits or what accords with their own views. They only listen to news media or follow online sites which echo their own bias. Living in information or digital ‘bubbles’ makes them susceptible to anything disseminated by their chosen information channel, true or false. The harmful repercussions of the fake news phenomenon are manifold. An environment where truth is blurred can have far-reaching consequences — misleading people, damaging social cohesion by eroding a sense of shared interest, debasing politics, undermining civic obligations, and even sowing public disorder. Also, as president Barack Obama once famously remarked “fake news is a threat to democracy”. When political debate is degraded by falsehoods and bereft of reason, democracy is jeapardised. By playing off and reinforcing polarisation, narratives based on untruths that demonise ‘the other’ corrode a sense of community and are deeply divisive. Trust also declines in public institutions as misleading information often sows doubts and cynicism. The pernicious effects of hate speech, harassment, online extremism and lies spread against minorities need no elaboration. How these dangers can be mitigated is an imposing challenge of our times. Solutions offered range from greater online regulation, increased monitoring and oversight by social media companies to removing toxic content and ending user anonymity. How effective they can be remains to be seen. Regulating technology is one thing but it is uncivil human behaviour that really needs to change.

Gaming became a po[CENSORED]r part of many people’s everyday lives since the pandemic-induced lockdowns first began in India in 2020. A year later, as we head into what could easily be a second round of multiple lockdowns, gaming with your friends could easily be some of the best stressbusters you could engage in while you stay safe at home. However, if you’ve had your plate full with battle royale titles like PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty Mobile, Free Fire and Fortnite, here are ten other fun games that offer a PvP (Player vs Player) multiplayer mode where you can add your buddies as in-game friends and play with them. We have tried including all kinds of titles from action to sports so you have a good variety to choose from. Among Us (Android+iOS) Okay, most of you have probably heard about Among Us, given the app’s rise to po[CENSORED]rity over the last year, but for those new to gaming, the two-dimensional animated game offers a multiplayer experience that tests your observation, memory and persuasion skills all together in one fun game. If you have a large group, you can play Among Us with up to 10 people in the same match, but if you don’t have as many members, you can always add random players from the internet. Among Us (Android+iOS) Doodle Army 2: Mini Militia is an all-time favourite two-dimensional shooting game that offers great physics with cartoon-like 2D graphics to bring hours of fun. The ability to add your friends over the web means you can enjoy one-on-one battles as well as bring in more players for an all-out deathmatch or split into multiple teams. Simple rules, funny animations, easy-to-grasp controls and lots of weapons and maps to choose from making this game a classic. Bombsquad (Android+iOS) Another action title, Bombsquad gets a little more up close and personal where you and your friends compete in an arena with your own avatars to complete a variety of tasks. While deathmatches allow you to kill everyone else in the funniest ways, including tossing others off the arena, other modes like capture the flag and races are all about strategy and control. Irrespective of what game mode you take, expect hours of fun. Pro Evolution Soccer 2021 (PES 2021, Android+iOS) For football fans, if there’s anything better than the joy of enjoying a game on their local ground, it’s a good game of FIFA on their PCs or consoles. However, for those who rely on mobile phones, FIFA Mobile doesn’t offer the same polished experience. That’s where PES 2021 comes in. You can choose your favourite teams and play against friends right from the moment you start the game thanks to an easy in-game friend system. Football Strike (Android+iOS) Football Strike is another football game for those who want a more casual experience and not the full match thrill of PES 2021. With just two game modes, both based on free-kicks, Football strike is all about accuracy and scoring goals to beat your friends. Rewards come in the form of power-ups and other forms of player avatar customisations.

Finding the best gaming headset is arguably nearly as important as choosing the a graphics card or gaming keyboard. After all, the sound of your virtual world and how you communicate with your friends all depends on the device you wear on your head. But choosing the best gaming headset for you isn't easy, partially due to the sheer amount of market saturation we're facing right now. With the ever-rising po[CENSORED]rity of eSports and the relative simplicity of combining off-the-shelf audio hardware with cushy earcups, a sprinkle of software wizardry and maybe some RGB, PC gamers are now offered more options than ever, whether they're planning to plug their headset into one of the best gaming PCs or the best gaming laptop. A quick search of a few po[CENSORED]r online retailers will yield hundreds of choices across dozens of companies, ranging from under $10 (£8) to over $600 (£460). You may already know how much your willing to spend on a pair of cans, but there are still plenty of other things to consider. Luckily, we’ve been testing piles of gaming headsets (to see every model we've tested, check out our gaming headset reviews page). Below are the best gaming headsets we've tested. Quick Gaming Headset Shopping Tips Here are some things to keep in mind when searching for the best gaming headset for you: Wired or wireless? Wired headsets generally cost less and don’t need to be charged. Therefore, if you typically game at your desk, you may want to stick to wired options to keep things cheaper and simpler. A wired headset also won’t die on you mid-battle. On the other hand, there’s no denying the convenience of being able to run to the kitchen for a drink without having to remove your cans. Headbands and earcups. Comfort is more subjective than measuring audio output and input, but generally speaking you should be wary of plush gaming headsets with thick bulges, cheap foam and cloth covers. When we've tested these types of headsets ,we've often found disappointing acoustic performance. Ear-cushion material can make a huge difference in what your ears ultimately perceive. Audio and mic quality. These are very important if you want the best gaming headset, but impossible to evaluate on the one or two floor models. We focus on these aspects in detail in our reviews. In short, detailed reproduction and good spatial resolution, specifically when it comes to complex noises and environments with multiple sound sources, are more important than any attempt at simulated surround sound. A key Bluetooth spec: aptX. If you do go wireless and opt for Bluetooth (no USB dongle needed), look for headsets that support Qualcomm’s aptX tech, a compression tech (codec) that’s been leveraged for decades in TV and movie voice-work, movie theater audio and thousands of radio stations. If you’ve heard Bluetooth audio in years past and hated it (it definitely was bad for a long time), give an aptX-enabled headset a listen. As long as the underlying hardware is good, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the sound output.

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has migrated its internal financial operations from Oracle to SAP software, reportedly owing to Oracle’s refusal to certify its database for use in Google’s cloud computing platform.. The timing of the move comes on the same day Oracle lost its landmark Android lawsuit against Google. An unnamed source told CNBC that the move to SAP stems from Oracle being adamant about not getting its database certified on Google Cloud, which hampered its adoption, particularly among large companies. These are the best payroll software choices around today Manage your employees using these best HR software Here’s our roundup of the best CRM solutions Reportedly the lack of certification for Oracle forced Google to focus on deploying SAP’s database software in the cloud. However, that has nothing to do with the transition to SAP according to Google. In a statement to ZDNet, Google Spokesperson José Castañeda noted that Google Cloud actively enables Oracle's customers to run their Oracle database workloads on Google Cloud through Google’s bare metal solution. "But that's entirely separate to our decision as an enterprise customer of financial software to transition our financial systems from Oracle to SAP," added Castañeda. According to reports, Oracle co-founder and CTO, Larry Ellison has proudly pointed to Google as a client in past earning calls. In a recent one he even listed dozens of companies and government agencies that have moved from SAP’s ERP to Oracle’s Fusion ERP. The process of migrating off of Oracle’s financial software to SAP is said to complete by next month.

A rare antelope, declared extinct in the wild, has been born at a zoo. The one-month-old, scimitar-horned oryx calf, named Freya, is "thriving", Hampshire's Marwell Zoo said. It shares a paddock with its parents, Christina and Tenzi, as well as white rhinos, Grevy's zebra and ostrich. The zoo is responsible for registering scimitar-horned oryx under human care, and has been instrumental in creating international conservation strategies for the threatened antelopes. Declared extinct in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2000, the species is reliant on captive breeding and reintroduction efforts for its continued survival. Conservation biologist Dr Tania Gilbert said: "The scimitar-horned oryx was one of the first species we brought to Marwell Zoo in November 1971. "Since, we've had 378 births here, making the species one of our biggest success stories in terms of breeding and conservation success." Since 1985, groups of oryx have been reintroduced into protected areas in Tunisia to re-establish them in their natural habitat. The reintroductions began with 10 scimitar-horned oryx from Marwell Zoo and Edinburgh Zoo, coordinated by Zoological Society of London. There are currently almost 300 oryx across five protected areas. Tim Rowlands, from the zoo - which is currently closed due to coronavirus restrictions, said: "The calves will hide for the first few days, which is why their pelage is sand coloured and replaced with a white coat as they grow." While Freya is not old enough yet to venture too far on her own, Mr Rowlands said calves are able to run as fast as the adults from as early as 20 days and "she has been enjoying running around in the paddock".

The Hyundai Veloster has always been an oddity. The three-and-a-half door hatchback wiggled its way into consumers' hearts a decade ago, though sales have only fallen since 2016 as larger crossovers and SUVs gained in po[CENSORED]rity. Mounting evidence suggests that Hyundai could be considering killing off the funky model, according to a new Cars Direct report, which looked at the incentives or lack thereof that the automaker is offering on the car. The publication discovered that the standard Veloster lacks any incentives from the automaker as of April 1 – no rebates, no lease deals, and no APR incentives. However, Hyundai is offering a Final Pay incentive, a special one designed to help dealers clear out stock, which looks to be working. Cars Direct found it "almost impossible" to find the model in stock, discovering around 200 Velosters for sale nationwide, many of which being the hotter N variant. Hyundai is continuing to offer incentives for that model, though. Cars Direct reached out to Hyundai about the model's future, though it received a tepid response. The company said that it has 2021 model year Veloster, Veloster Turbo, and Veloster N models "in dealer/port stock." Last year was difficult for the entire automotive industry due to the coronavirus pandemic, though Veloster sales tanked by nearly 50 percent from 2019, falling from 12,849 to 7,581. That's a drop in the bucket for a company that sold 622,269 vehicles in the US in 2020. Hatchbacks have always struggled in the US, though they've been a dying breed over the last few years. Ford discontinued the Fiesta and Focus, and VW decided that the US would only get the hotter Golf GTI and Golf R variants. Cars Direct notes that this could be the direction Hyundai takes with the model, offering just the hotter variant, though we won't know if the Veloster is dead until the company goes on the record.

Everybody has a certain way of sleeping at night. And while it may feel comfortable for the body, it can do a great deal of damage to the face. A bad sleeping posture can leave wrinkles and prominent lines on your face, and even do some long-term damage. Elaborating on this, Soumali Adhikary, a beauty and lifestyle content creator shares with indianexpress.com some dos and don’ts for shut-eye. Read on. How does sleeping on the side impact the skin? While it may feel comfortable for a person to drift off while on their side, Adhikary says “consistently rubbing your face into the cushion can make structured lines because of the pressing factor of the pillow on the face”. “On the off chance that you are sleeping on a cotton pillowcase, you may make your skin dry on that side, as prolonged exposure to cotton can do that. Try not to rest on your side, but in the event that you should, keep switching sides. Also, buy a silk pillowcase which provides a more smoother surface for the skin to rest,” she says. Some people love to bury their head under or into their pillow while sleeping on their stomach. But Adhikary warns that this may cause “liquid to gather under your eyes, making them look puffy”. “Another explanation is that your skin would feel the squeeze from the pillow, which pulls at it. If you have oily skin, your face will move a portion of the oils to your pillow which can obstruct your pores.” What about resting on the back? “This is an ideal rest position — you’re not applying pressure for the duration of the night. Unlike sleeping on your side or stomach, liquid will not gather around your eyes. Also, your face won’t touch the pillowcase, thus avoiding the back-and-forth exchange of oils, dirt, and grime. To up the stakes of this position, apply a sleeping cream or overnight mask.” According to Adhikary, this position “is a poor choice for snoring and may prevent you from getting a restful night’s sleep”. The sleepers lie on their backs and their arms are down and close to the body. “Approximately 8 per cent of people sleep like this. But if you don’t get enough sleep, it will cause dark circles underneath your eyes, which is the last thing you want.”