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The US Coast Guard says that a debris field located in the North Atlantic suggests that a submersible missing since Sunday, with five passengers on board, suffered a "catastrophic implosion". The vessel, which had limited oxygen supplies, went missing deep under the ocean on Sunday after setting off to explore the wreck of the Titanic. It prompted a massive five-day search and rescue operation led by US, Canadian and French agencies. On Thursday evening, the Coast Guard said it had located five major pieces of the Titan amid debris around the Titanic site, which it said was "consistent with catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber". The agency offered its condolences to the families of the victims and said it could not confirm if their bodies would ever be recovered. The search is being wound down over the next 24 hours, although remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) will remain on site. Ahead of its press conference, OceanGate - the company that operates the tours - released a statement saying it believed all five passengers on board "have sadly been lost". "Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this tragic time," the company said. "We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew." Follow live for latest updates Map showing location of the Titanic wreck site in relation to Newfoundland and St John's and some of the ships being used in the search On Thursday morning local time, two deep-water remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) arrived at the search site. A submersible attached to the Canadian vessel Horizon Arctic reached the sea floor. The Victor 6000, which is operated from the French research vessel Atalante, was also deployed. It had a robot that could reach the seabed 3,800m (12,500ft) down, and would have had the capacity to lift the Titan sub to the surface. The vehicles designed for navy submarine rescues can't get anywhere near as deep as would be needed. You can read more about the equipment being used in our visual guide. Authorities said earlier that the search area had been expanded to approximately twice the size of the US state of Connecticut, and a sub-surface search area of around 2.5 miles (4km) deep. Earlier in the search, on Tuesday and Wednesday, hopes were raised when a Canadian plane picked up underwater noises, but the US Coast Guard was unable to confirm they were from the sub. On Wednesday the agency said that ROV operations had been relocated "in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises", but "yielded negative results". Who was on board? Suleman Dawood and Shahzada Dawood IMAGE SOURCE,DAWOOD FAMILY Image caption, Suleman Dawood, 19, and father Shahzada Dawood, 48 The five people on board were: Hamish Harding, a 58-year-old British businessman and explorer Shahzada Dawood, 48-also a British businessman -and his son, Suleman Dawood, 19 Paul-Henry Nargeolet, a 77-year-old French explorer nicknamed "Mr Titanic" Stockton Rush, 61, is the chief executive of OceanGate, the firm behind the dive You can read more about them all here. When did it go missing? The Polar Prince first arrived near the Titanic wreck on Sunday morning and the Titan was launched at 08:00 local time - it was expected to resurface at 15:00. Contact was lost one hour and 45 minutes into its descent, at about 09:45. The Coast Guard said they were notified of the problem at about 17:45 - eight hours later. The agency's command centre in Boston then began coordinating search efforts. The Titanic wreck site is approximately 600km (370 miles) off the coast of Newfoundland. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65934887

The summer showcase season may be over, but I hope you've still got some room left in your brain to saturate with a metric ton of cool-ass games. The latest Steam Next Fest has landed, bringing hundreds of demos, gameplay livestreams and developer chats until June 26. It's a great time to dive in and discover something new, or maybe check something out that caught your eye during showcases like Wholesome Games, Day of the Devs or our own PC Gaming Show. With hundreds of demos all vying for your attention, it can be tough to know which games to give your attention and hard drive space to. Thankfully, the team at PC Gamer have delved into a whole bunch of 'em, and here are 16 of our favourites that we think you should check out. Laysara: Summit Kingdom Three separate towns span Laysara's mountain. A town sits on a lower grassy level, while two other towns sit higher up, separated by a river. (Image credit: Quite OK Games) Developer: Quite OK Games | Release date: 2023 | Steam page Sponsored Links Create AI Apps with Prompts www.getlazy.ai Mollie Taylor: Not enough city builders play around with verticality, but Laysara: Summit Kingdom has you creating entire settlements up various mountain landscapes. I've had my eye on this since we showed it off at our PC Gaming Show last year, and the demo doesn't disappoint. There's a lot to keep tabs on, but even from the demo's tutorial, I had a ton of fun strategising to ensure all my workers had plenty of food, activities and spiritual endeavours to keep them happy. Just watch out for the avalanches that threaten to descend on your meticulously built towns. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU... CLOSE Sticky Business A cardboard box with custom-selected purple paper and multicoloured shredded paper filling sits on a table. Custom-made stickers are selectable at the top of the screen, with an assortment of them placed inside the box in a pixel-art style. (Image credit: Spellgarden Games) Developer: Spellgarden Games | Release date: 2023| Steam page Mollie Taylor: I'm all too guilty of spending hours browsing through Etsy, wishing I was artsy enough to rock an awesome small business. Sticky Business finally lets me realise those dreams in all its cosy pixelated pastel glory. Frankenstein different shapes, images and text together to create stickers, do your best to shove as many as possible on a single sheet to maximise profit and then lovingly package each order with different paper and filling types. It's a low-pressure management sim bursting with creativity, the perfect game to unwind with after a long day. Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Two dialogue options are presented for the player to choose for Grace. One says "Must it be an Idol?" while the other says "This feels pointless." A blonde man in the background looks forlorn. (Image credit: Summerfall Studios) Developer: Summerfall Studios | Release date: August 3, 2023| Steam page Mollie Taylor: What if Telltale games were musicals? Stray Gods is a narrative adventure where everyone sings their feelings, and you can change the course of the songs and story by choosing how the main character Grace croons her thoughts. Considering it's inspired by an episode of one of my favourite TV shows, it's no surprise I was already engrossed in its half-hour demo. With a gorgeous modern comic book style and a star-studded cast behind it, Stray Gods is hitting all the right notes. Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles A blue and purple tinged landscape of trees sit in the background of a deckbuilding game. (Image credit: Little Leo Games) Developer: Little Leo Games | Release date: 2023 | Steam page Robin Valentine: Astrea very much walks in the footsteps of Slay the Spire, but instead of gaining cards and building a deck, you're creating your own pool of dice. You collect and apply faces to make each dice your own, and then roll them in battle and use your results as your attacks. We've been keeping an eye on it since last year, and it's a really fascinating take on the genre, layering all sorts of interesting strategic decisions over its six-sided cubes. If you like the concept, check out the demo for Tamarak Trail too, which plays with the same idea with some interesting twists of its own. Viewfinder A first-person view of a pixelated, old-school videogame type screen in the middle of a strange green sky surrounded by stone and purple bushes. (Image credit: Sad Owl Studios) Developer: Sad Owl Studios | Release date: July 18, 2023 | Steam page Robin Valentine: This mind-bending puzzle game really has to be seen to be believed. Even if you're not normally a fan of brain-teasers, the Viewfinder demo is a must-play just to see its space-warping magic tricks in action. Armed with a magic camera, you're able to take photos, and then place those photos in the world to change the space around you. It's difficult to convey in words, so check out my extended look at the game, with plenty of gifs and screenshots, if you need convincing. SteamWorld Build An overview of the map in SteamWorld Build, with trees, a farm and other buildings dotted around the desert landscape. (Image credit: Thunderful Development) Developer: Thunderful Development| Release date: Coming soon | Steam page Robin Valentine: SteamWorld Build is a wonderfully layered experience—above ground, it's a city builder, but your mines take you down into a Dungeon Keeper-like experience below, and keep adding more and more depth as you burrow down through further levels. Managing it all simultaneously gives the game a great pace, avoiding the sluggishness that city builders can fall into. The demo gives you a good taste, but just know that even when you're done you've only scratched the surface—in my recent hands-on, I couldn't believe how much I uncovered. Gord An isometric view of a nighttime island splattered with blood in Gord. (Image credit: Covenant.dev) Developer: Covenant.dev | Release date: August 8, 2023 | Steam page Robin Valentine: You know those bleak, grubby little towns you visit in the Witcher games? The ones that are perpetually under siege by horrible monsters? Gord is basically a city builder about running one of those towns. My extended hands-on left me a little worried about both its micro-management and dodgy voice-acting, but it's got a lot of really interesting ideas and wonderfully grim visuals, and it's hard not to be intrigued by a game that asks you to make a child sacrifice to a monstrous swamp god before you're even out of the tutorial. Little Kitty, Big City A black cat sits atop a crate in a fruit and vegetable shop, surrounded by boxes of pineapples, kiwis, lettuce and other foods. An elderly woman is stood looking at the cat, her hands on her hips disapprovingly. (Image credit: Double Dagger Studio) Developer: Double Dagger Studio | Release date: 2024 | Steam page Lauren Aitken: Cat games are superior to every animal-based game in every way and I will die on that hill. In Little Kitty, Big City, you can get the zoomies, knock people over to steal their sandwiches and yell at them as you look to gather items for your fellow anthropomorphised pals. You can find little hats to put on the titular kitty and perform 2023's best in-game emotes like Big Stretch and Lie Down. I liked the froggy hat in particular, which is giving big pandemic Animal Crossing amphibian vibes. Philippa Warr, who you might remember used to work for PC Gamer, has worked on Little Kitty, Big City, but I like it because I am a cat enthusiast. Hammerwatch 2 A top-down view of three characters in a town. The paths are stony and lined with trees, with buildings either side that have their roofs missing so the player can peer inside them. (Image credit: Crackshell) Developer: Crackshell | Release date: August 15, 2023| Steam page Lauren Morton: I was jazzed when I heard Hammerwatch 2 was happening. Even more so when I realized it was going to be much bigger than the past two hack-and-slash dungeon crawlers, this time with an open world, quests, and extensive itemization. It's truly a full action RPG now. You get a taste for that in the demo, which dumps you onto an island beset by pirates holed up in a cave. Hammerwatch 2 isn't shy about chucking quests at you right off the bat, most for diving down into the first pirate hideout dungeon. I'm already enjoying the interplay of skills on my rogue (love a good grenade skill) and those awful beetles of the other Hammerwatch games are back to ruin my day. Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew Two purple beams of light shoot out from the player's character. They are directed towards skeletons emerging from a green portal inside a wooden shed, housed on a small desert island. (Image credit: Mimimi Games) Developer: Mimimi Games | Release date: August 17, 2023| Steam page Lauren Morton: I honestly cannot say enough good things about Mimimi's stealth tactics games. They just get it. Fraser's played their latest real-time stealth pirate romp and in his Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew preview he had a grand time playing the first act. As with Shadow Tactics and Desperados 3, Shadow Gambit's levels are a giant knot of overlapping view cones, restricted areas, and accidents waiting to happen for you to unpick with your crew and their individual murder talents. Moonstone Island Two pixelated chibi characters walk past each other in a wintry town. The one on the upper left has a speech bubble that says "Hey!" while a green-haired character on the right has one that says "What's up?" (Image credit: Studio Supersoft) Developer: Studio Supersoft | Release date: Q3 2023 | Steam page Lauren Morton: It's true that when it comes to farm and life sims I am partial to pixel art, and I think Moonstone Island is the demo to try among the several farmlifers I played this Next Fest. This is part Pokemon—collect spirits who you'll use to do turn-based deck battles with—part Minecraft with its crafting and procedurally generated world of islands, and part Stardew with its town of villagers to befriend and date. Moonstone's demo has a very smooth introduction to all of its systems and a really cute, cohesive visual style. I'm also just super weak to the invitation to explore for the perfect island to settle down on. The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood A witch wearing a large black hat called Fortuna sits cross-legged on the floor with a large book in her lap. Text of her talking to the player is on the right-hand screen, reading "Everything is intertwined, and in constant relation. A river in the middle of the jungle can put in context the nature of an office worker." (Image credit: Deconstructeam) Developer: Deconstructeam | Release date: 2023 | Steam page Harvey Randall: While I'm sure seeing into the future would make me much better at video games, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood's demo is giving me second thoughts. I didn't know what to expect from Deconstructeam's newest narrative experience, but it's thoughtful, gorgeous, and fascinating. This game sees you—a banished witch—form a pact with a behemoth demon to forge a new tarot deck. You can customise your own bespoke cards, then use them to read the fortunes of your friends. The catch? You cannot reload a previous save, all choices are final. "After all," warns the game's save creation screen, "this is a game about fate." If you're into narrative games that are prepared to break your heart, this one's worth a try. Battle Shapers A Wind Magistrate locks onto the player who is in a first-person view. A lego-like armour adorns their left arm, while their right arm is a red gun. (Image credit: Metric Empire) Developer: Metric Empire | Release date: Q3 2023 | Steam page Morgan Park: Well would you look at that, an indie FPS with a legitimately unique hook. Battle Shapers is like playing Doomfist with a machinegun: your loadout revolves around the mechanical fist on your left arm, which lets you punch, dash, and ground pound across arenas while also laying waste with the guns in your right hand. The basic punch works like a Doom 2016 glory kill to finish off enemies and regain armor. Busting through robos with a single swing feels great, and the guns are no slouch either. Weapons and fist attacks change throughout a run by finding perks, guns, new abilities, and stage modifiers. That all sounds great for keeping things fresh my 12th time through a stage, but it's Battle Shapers' strong FPS fundamentals that'll get me in the door when it releases in early access later this year. Lies of P A character in a bunny mask gestures to their background, where two people lean against a coffin with the word "LIAR" painted in white and another bucket-wearing member rests a lance against their shoulder. (Image credit: NEOWIZ) Developer: NEOWIZ | Release date: September 19, 2023 | Steam page Harvey Randall: As an out-and-proud soulslike enjoyer, my expectations were tepid heading into Lies of P's demo. I wasn't expecting it to be bad, don't get me wrong, but there's a wide gulf between bad and good: A whole band of mediocrity that becomes especially concerning when a game borrows as heavily as Lies of P does. I was delighted to find out that Round8 Studio hadn't been telling fibs. Lies of P plays less like a discount Bloodborne and more like a slower-paced Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, with an emphasis on perfect guards and stance-breaking over dodge rolls. It borrows a swiss army knife of gadgets from From Software's catalogue, and even has a few surprises of its own. It's fast becoming an unexpected darling for 2023, which should keep us from going hollow during the eternal wait for a Bloodborne port. Home Safety Hotline An old-school computer window displays a picture of a mouse, along with a description, its danger and the solution. (Image credit: Nicholas Lives) Developer: Nicholas Lives | Release date: TBA | Steam page Joshua Wolens: What if you were a witcher, but instead of actually schlepping out to people's homes to battle monsters you just gave them advice about what to do over the phone and hoped for the best? Also, what if it was the 90s and you had to work using a garish CRT monitor attached to a charming but inefficient dial-up connection? These are the questions Home Safety Hotline dares to ask. This is a short demo—only about 20 minutes all told—but the vibes are impeccable. You sit at your desk and help callers navigate home-based problems like black mold and mice, eventually graduating to help them deal with lamp sprites, desk secretions, and stair slugs. And if someone asks for help with a problem you don't have on your list? Just tell them how to deal with moles and cross your fingers. Probably don't answer the phone if they ring back again, though. Thronefall A small army surround a structure in Thronefall, which sports a very minimalist art style. (Image credit: GrizzlyGames) Developer: GrizzlyGames | Release date: Q3 2023 | Steam page Sean Martin: I was really surprised by this smart little tower defense, which seems to take influence from two of my favourites: Kingdom Two Crowns and Bad North. But where Kingdom can often feel a bit bloated, as you ride across your realm tackling the titanic task of its maintenance, Thronefall benefits from a simpler gameplay loop. During the day, you spend your trickle of coins to build houses, recruit soldiers, and expand your homely little realm. At night, enemy armies attack, and you have to defend what you built. Where Thronefall distinguishes itself is in allowing you to ride out with your troops, command them, and even fight or bait enemies. When morning rolls around, buildings are repaired and soldiers replenished, so you can set about using that tithe of coins to expand your fledgling realm rather than simply rebuild what was lost. Since you control when the night begins, too, there's less time pressure around deciding how to spend your coin, which is a welcome feature in an often stressful genre. https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-next-fest-june-2023-best-demos/

Windows 11 has an ‘emergency restart’ feature that’s tucked away, and you’ve likely never seen it, but the function could come in handy if your PC freezes up. Indeed, this option has been hidden deep in the restart machinery of Microsoft’s OS since Windows Vista, apparently (so yes, it’s in Windows 10 as well as 11, and all the other outdated incarnations of Windows going back to the big ‘V’). What exactly does this feature do? It reboots your PC when all has gone awry, with the warning: “Click OK to immediately restart. Any unsaved data will be lost. Use this only as a last resort.” Can’t you just reboot your PC anyway, using the Start menu (Power button)? Indeed you can, and that’s the way to go normally, but the emergency restart option is for situations where the interface has partly fallen over when your system has frozen, and the Start menu is unresponsive (or a crashed app is interfering with the reboot process, stalling it). RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU... In such cases, as Betanews discovered, you can press CTRL+ALT+DELETE together, and here’s the clever bit, hold down the CTRL key and click on the Power button at the bottom-right of the screen (the icon that’s a little circle with a line at 12 o’clock). That will put you into the Emergency Restart screen, with the message mentioned above, so you can then click OK and an emergency reboot will be performed. Analysis: A useful extra escape route – but not without risks This is a pretty cool ability to have, because if you can’t action a normal reboot (via the Start menu) for whatever reason – including a crashed application messing that option up, as mentioned – you can (hopefully) access this emergency restart. Now, Microsoft only advises it as a last resort (and this is maybe why the feature isn’t documented, too) because it’s a short and sharp reboot that doesn’t bother with any of the pleasantries that a normal restart executes. Meaning all that housekeeping stuff that really should be done before shutting down the system. It quickly kills everything and turns off the system without safeguards, but that comes with some risks (data corruption is the most obvious potential peril that springs to mind). However, and this is the key bit, it’s still a (somewhat) safer option than physically powering off your PC when it has locked up (by pressing the reset button, if your computer has one, or holding down the power button – or simply yanking out the plug, which is the real last resort). So, if you can’t reboot any other way, this is a useful last-ditch method to know about. Of course, if your PC has frozen to the extent that even CTRL+ALT+DELETE doesn’t do anything, then you’ll have no choice but to turn to the power switch (or plug). While we’re on the subject of cool Windows 11 shortcuts you might not know about, here’s another one we were reminded of on Twitter this morning. As Jen Gentlemen, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, points out, any time you want live captions to appear in a game or when watching a video (if the source content doesn’t have its own captions), just press the Windows key + CTRL + L together to swiftly turn them on. https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11-has-a-hidden-emergency-restart-feature-you-probably-dont-know-about

Intel today announced it has agreed to sell an approximately 20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication to Bain Capital, a private equity firm, valuing IMS at approximately $4.3 billion. Intel first invested in IMS in 2019 and acquired the Vienna, Austria-based business in 2015. IMS makes important chip-making tools, and works specifically on multi-beam mask writing, which has been helpful for leading-edge semiconductor nodes using extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV). IMS will continue to be led by chief executive officer Dr. Elmar Platzgummer and will operate as a standalone subsidiary. "The advancement of lithography is critical to driving continued progress in the semiconductor industry, and mask writing plays a central role in the industry’s transition to new patterning technologies, such as high-NA EUV," said Matt Poirier, senior vice president of corporate development at Intel in a press release. "Bain Capital’s investment and partnership will provide IMS with increased independence and bring strategic perspective to help accelerate the next phase of lithography technology innovation, ultimately benefitting the ecosystem as a whole." Intel suggests that the "increased independence" will help fast-track more innovation in lithography and that it will ultimately help the "ecosystem as a whole" by fostering collaboration across the industry. Intel's sale of the minority stake is expected to close in the third quarter of 2023. This year, IMS is expected to launch MBMW-301, a fourth-generation multi-beam mask writer. Later today, Intel is expected to provide updates on its internal foundry plans. It's unclear if this announcement was dropped because it will have an effect on this news. Intel's stock was down slightly in morning trading. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-to-sell-minority-stake-in-austrian-chip-firm

Rights groups advocate an end to the slaughter and say the mammals are also under serious threat from climate change. Iceland’s government said it was suspending this year’s whale hunt until August 31 due to animal welfare concerns, likely bringing the controversial practice to a historic end. A recent monitoring report by the country’s Food and Veterinary Authority on the fin whale hunt found that the killing of the animals took too long based on the main objectives of the Animal Welfare Act. KEEP READING list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Iceland to end whaling as demand dwindles list 2 of 3 Ships must slow down to save endangered whales, US gov’t says list 3 of 3 Photos: Volcano near Iceland’s main airport erupts end of list The veterinary authority broadcast shocking video clips that showed a whale’s agony as it was hunted for five hours. “If the government and licensees cannot guarantee welfare requirements, these activities do not have a future,” said Svandis Svavarsdottir, the minister of food, agriculture and fisheries, in a statement on Tuesday, as she announced the suspension of “all whaling operations”. Animal rights groups and environmentalists hailed the decision, with the Humane Society International calling it “a major milestone in compassionate whale conservation”. Svavarsdottir said she would seek the opinions of experts and whale-hunting licence holders to explore further limitations on whaling in the future, the government said. Iceland has only one remaining whaling company, Hvalur, and its licence to hunt fin whales expires in 2023. Another company hung up its harpoons for good in 2020, saying it was no longer profitable. Iceland’s whaling season runs from mid-June to mid-September, and it is doubtful Hvalur would head out to sea that late in the season. The hunting of fin whales, which can reach lengths of more than 20 metres (65.6 feet), was resumed in Iceland in 2006 following a 1986 moratorium. Annual quotas authorise the killing of 209 fin whales – the second-longest marine mammal after the blue whale – and 217 minke whales, one of the smallest species. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/20/iceland-suspends-whale-hunt-on-animal-rights-concerns

Caterham will reveal a new electric model on July 12, with Autocar last month reporting it will be a two-seat sports car. According to the report, the new sports car is completely unrelated to the Seven, though it will share a lot of the same characteristics. The car is being designed by Anthony Jannarelly, a designer best known for the W Motors Lykan HyperSport. UPDATE 6/21/23: This story has been updated with the official reveal date of the new Caterham model, with the company announcing the upcoming EV will debut on July 12. Caterham also released a short video that provides a glimpse of the new car. Caterham has announced it will reveal a new electric model on July 12. The company also posted a teaser video on social media, giving a glimpse of the upcoming car. Along with the reveal date, the 22-second clip shows a shrouded view of the new Caterham's front end. This content is imported from twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Last month, Autocar spoke with Caterham's lead designer, Anthony Jannarelly, who is best known for the his work on the W Motors Lykan HyperSport. The project has advanced quickly, with Autocar reporting that it was "just an idea in people’s heads" in September and that now a design reveal is imminent. Now we have a Switching from a front-mounted internal combustion engine to an electric powertrain opens the door for Caterham to evolve, something Jannarelly emphasized to Autocar. As he put it, the intent is to "please the existing Caterham fans while also trying to reach another type of audience." "The principle is always lightness," Jannarelly explained. "And the driving pleasure is a consequence of this lightness. The key words are always simplicity, lightness, and driving joy." caterham super seven 2000 CATERHAM Expect a Fresh Look According to Autocar, Caterham CEO Bob Laishley previously confirmed the new EV will hit the manufacturer's ideological pillars but will also distinguish itself from the Seven. That means that besides the cars sharing the basic two-seat design and simple cabin, we shouldn't expect too many other similarities. ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW Switching to an EV powertrain will allow for new styling cues, and possibly a more compact structure. One thing we do know for sure (because Jannarelly confirmed it to Autocar) is that the unnamed future car will not feature the same elongated hood design that the Seven uses, and it could take on a more traditional sports-car shape. Laishley also got into a bit more detail on the construction of the new car, even hinting at a potential roof. “Like the Seven, it will have a steel spaceframe—but a different one—because they're easy to modify in production if you need to," he said to Autocar. It will have a six-panel enveloping body in aluminium or carbon fiber: two sills, two doors, plus clamshell openings front and rear. It will be prettier and more modern than a Seven—those will be big points of distinction—and maybe it will have a roof. We're designing it as a pure EV from the start, with rear drive only." With the reveal less than a month away, a production version could come as soon as 2026. Caterham generally doesn't list its prices online, but we feel confident in saying that the EV will run a premium over the Seven lineup. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a43793998/electric-caterham-announced-report/

Nickelodeon India partnered with the Ayush Ministry of India to educate and inspire young minds about the numerous benefits of yoga under its flagship campaign - #YogaSeHiHoga – marking the fourth consecutive year of collaboration. As part of the campaign, renowned duo Motu-Patlu, magic toon Rudra, and the latest alien in town Abhimanyu were seen spreading the message of a healthy lifestyle at the biggest yoga event in the country in Jabalpur. The toons were seen performing yoga Aasans with the Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and other dignitaries. Dog Stares Down In The Storm Drain Every Day - Firefighters Speechless When They See Why Bakeinto A Marine rushes home to greet his wife, but is surprised when he sees her. Tips and Tricks Kavita Garg, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ayush said, “The Ayush Ministry has always supported and encouraged innovative initiatives that promote the practice of yoga. The longstanding association between Nickelodeon and the Ayush Ministry exemplifies the power of entertainment and education coming together to create a positive impact on children's lives and inculcate in them healthy habits. #YogaSeHiHoga initiative aims to introduce yoga as a regular part of children's lives, capturing their attention from a young age through beloved characters like Motu & Patlu, and we eagerly anticipate further endeavors to engage our future generation." Nicktoons Seen performing alongside 150,000 people at the grand event at Garrison Ground, Nicktoons, with their infectious energy and playful spirit, made the practice of yoga fun and engaging for the kids present. International Yoga Day: Bollywood fitness queens Malaika Arora and Shilpa Shetty share asana videos Nicktoons The event also witnessed Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving a special video message addressing the participants about the importance and values of practising yoga. Together, the Nicktoons not only spread the joy of yoga but also instilled a sense of mindfulness and self-awareness in the hearts of those who attended. https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-toons-celebrate-international-yoga-day-with-yogasehihoga-campaign-606943

US President Joe Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator at a fundraising event in California. His remarks came a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Mr Xi for talks in Beijing, which were aimed at easing tensions between the two superpowers. Mr Biden also said Mr Xi was embarrassed after an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down by the US. China said it "firmly opposes" Mr Biden's comments. "The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset, in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two box cars full of spy equipment in it, was he didn't know it was there," Mr Biden said at the event on Tuesday. "That's a great embarrassment for dictators. When they didn't know what happened," he added. The balloon, which China says was monitoring weather, drifted across the continental US before being destroyed by American military aircraft in February. Washington later said it was part of a sprawling Chinese intelligence collection programme. Mr Blinken, who was meant to visit Beijing at the time, postponed the trip in the wake of the incident. Anxious neighbours sigh in relief as US and China talk War with US would be unbearable disaster - China The paradise islands caught in the US-China crosshairs China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning called Mr Biden's remarks "extremely absurd and irresponsible". Speaking at a regularly scheduled press conference on Wednesday, she said that the comments were "an open political provocation" that violated diplomatic etiquette. Mr Blinken's visit over the weekend, the first by a US secretary of state in almost five years, restarted high-level communications between the two countries. Mr Xi said some progress had been made in Beijing, while Mr Blinken indicated both sides were open to more talks. Major differences, however, remain between the two countries. Relations have plummeted in the wake of a Trump-era trade war, Beijing's assertive claims over Taiwan and the shooting down of the alleged spy balloon. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65969802

The Steam subreddit has long been one of my go-to checks of a morning, for the simple reason that the crowd there really, really care about what's going on with Valve's omnipresent PC gaming platform. As one should, of course! It's a community that pores over small changes and is constantly coming up with potential improvements, complaints, and Gabe Newell memes, and honestly I kinda admire anyone who thinks this much about a gaming client. Check out the Steam subreddit today, however, and you will find no detailed arguments about how achievements are displayed or chart discussions. Instead you will find a whole bunch of enthusiasm for and posts about steam. You know, a substance containing water in the gas phase that has a million different applications, the harnessing of which is one of the most important technological revolutions in history. The community is leaning into the whole Valve/Steam versus valve/steam misunderstanding because of Reddit's ongoing battle with large parts of its own userbase and third-party developers: who for many years have been able to use the site's API for free in creating third-party applications (which a lot of people use, because reddit's official app didn't exist for ages and when it arrived was rubbish). The large-scale protest saw over 7,000 subreddits going dark, though the Steam subreddit is one of many joining in the protest in its own way. Sponsored Links This Cheap Drone Might Be The Best Selling Gift In Pakistan Drone X Pro "As ya'll likely know, we've been dark to support the blackout against reddit's antagonistic behavior towards its own userbase," said a post from the moderators. "The admins sent us a message saying we must open or get removed, so here we are". It ends by pointing users towards the Steam discord which remains active but, honestly, please don't all move to Discord: It's an awful replacement for forums. https://www.pcgamer.com/the-steam-subreddit-has-suddenly-become-all-about-actual-steam-and-steam-trains/

The Apple Vision Pro rocked the VR world when it was announced at WWDC 2023, with Apple CEO Tim Cook revealing that it’ll boast some mightily impressive specs, a quirky design, and (disappointingly) a sky-high price. While many who have tested the device have highlighted their love of it – TechRadar's Lance Ulanoff declared that he “wore the future” in our hands-on Vision Pro review – one element of the design has been mocked and derided by many: the external battery pack. It's a smartphone-sized block that Apple says can be slipped into a trouser pocket. However, it's not clear how you'd wear the battery if you don't have a suitable pocket – there's no belt loop for example – and the wire running from the battery to the headset isn't the most elegant solution. The battery life is also rather short at two hours. At first glance, it’s very much an un-Apple aspect of the design, and it certainly has some downsides. But I think it might be the best feature Apple has introduced, and I hope other VR headsets follow suit. Flow: Best Sidebar for ChatGΡT chrome.google.com A Vision of VR’s future Two of the biggest problems standalone headsets face – weight and usage time – are (at least in part) due to their battery. Because these kinds of headsets have to function independently, rather than being tethered to a computer or console. you need to cram a lot of parts into them, which increases the weight and impacts comfort and accessibility. Batteries make up a good chunk of this weight, and if you want a headset that’ll last for a while it needs a big heavy battery. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU... CLOSE The Meta Quest Pro I love the Quest Pro, but don't wear it for eight hours a day (Image credit: Future) As VR headsets transition from something you might only want to wear for an hour, to something you might need to wear for most of the day (for work, play, and social reasons) they need to be light, comfortable, and last for a while. I tried wearing the Meta Quest Pro every day for work for a whole week, and the strain on my neck made it an experience I don’t want to repeat. The Vision Pro’s external battery pack could help it and other headsets hit the sweet spot for comfort and performance, and might convince me to give working in VR another go. The obvious advantage is the battery’s weight is no longer carried by your head; it’s in your pocket instead. Apple hasn’t revealed how heavy its headset is, but those who have tried it say it feels lighter than other commercially available headsets like the Meta Quest Pro and Oculus Quest 2. So it should be more comfortable to wear for extended periods of time than rival devices. The other upside is that, while Apple’s included battery pack can only deliver two hours of use on a single charge, an upgraded battery from Apple (or a third party) could keep you immersed for much longer without adding any weight to the headset. It’s not entirely clear if the battery pack is removable, but it looks like it might be. Having the option to use a different battery to the one that's included could also explain why Apple said the Vision Pro “starts” at $3,499 (around £2,800 / AU$5,300). I can see more expensive Vision Pro options coming with extra battery packs – so you can charge one while using the other then swap them over when the first runs dry – or larger batteries to make them a worthwhile upgrade over the base model. In defense of internal batteries Having the battery in the main headset can have its benefits. VR headsets are traditionally front-heavy – with displays, processors, cameras, and everything else housed in a box that sits on the wearer’s face over their eyes. Newer headsets with slimmer 'pancake' lens designs have helped to alleviate this issue, but another way to combat this design problem is by putting the battery at the back of the headset’s strap. The Meta Quest Pro uses this design, and its strap-bound battery serves as a counterweight to the other components. As a result, while it’s heavier than the Quest 2, it can feel like the Quest Pro is lighter and easier to wear. The Apple Vision Pro headset at WWDC 2023 The Apple Vision Pro should inspire other headsets (Image credit: Future) What's more, while the battery pack cable isn’t going to be as annoying or restrictive as the one used by headsets tethered to a stationary console or PC – which can be easy to trip on or wrap yourself up in if you aren’t careful – it may sill cause distractions. You could catch your arm on it, or even just brush past it, and in those moments you may be ejected from your immersion and remember that you’re in your living room rather than some faraway place. However, given the weight savings and battery life gains that could be had, these are compromises I’d be willing to make. We’ll have to wait and see if other headset makers follow suit, but some companies have already shown the advantages of stripping out the battery from their headsets – it was one of the positives I found in my HTC Vive XR Elite review, though the execution wasn’t perfect – and I hope others follow the Vision Pro’s lead. https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/why-i-love-this-much-mocked-apple-vision-pro-design-feature

A gorgeous-looking headset, with superb sound quality and a great-sounding microphone, with an external USB soundcard, a choice of ear-pads, and plenty of voice presets when combined with the Logitech G software. We reviewed the Logitech G Pro X when it was released and gave it 4 stars praising it for its premium look and feel but balking at the price. At this sale price of only $59, the Logitech G Pro X wired gaming headset is an excellent deal. The bottom seems to be falling out of the price of SSDs at the moment and I'm all for it. One of the best deals on large-capacity SSDs has just gotten even better with the price of the 4TB TeamGroup MP34 dropping to just $168. It may not be the best SSD available, but this gen 3 SSD still performs well, with speeds of 3,500/2,900 MB/s sequential read/write. If you're still rocking an AM4 motherboard and are looking to squeeze more performance out of the last gen platform, then upgrading to AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D for $288 is a great option. The 5800X3D was the peak of performance for a gaming CPU on AM4 thanks to its revolutionary stacked 3D cache that made it outperform the competition in pure gaming power. See below for more great Real Deals. TL;DR — Today’s Best Deals Logitech G Pro X Wired Gaming Headset: now $59 at Amazon (was $129) 4TB TeamGroup MP34 M.2 PCIe 3.0 SSD: now $168 at Amazon (was $209) AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU: now $288 at Amazon (was $449) AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU: now $535 at Newegg (was $589) Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition GPU: now $215 at Newegg (was $249) https://www.tomshardware.com/news/a-superb-logitech-gaming-headset-for-only-dollar59-real-deals

A monkey torture ring sadistically abused and killed baby macaques on camera for customers in the UK and US, an investigation has found. A year-long BBC probe found the cruel ring was operating globally with hundreds paying Indonesians to torture and kill infant long-tailed macaques on video. An alleged key video distributor in the US, known as the 'The Torture King', discussed a poll on one of the groups that gave the option of hammers or pliers for use in torture, adding: 'It went from baby bottle teasing to fingers being snipped off.' The torture ring started on YouTube, before moving to private groups on Telegram, the BBC World Service investigation found. In the secretly filmed video, M Ajis Rasjana tells an undercover reporter that when he is 'very, very angry' he hits the monkeys against the wall. In the secretly filmed video, M Ajis Rasjana, talks to the undercover reporter. He says that if he is 'very, very angry' he hits the monkeys against the wall +3 View gallery In the secretly filmed video, M Ajis Rasjana, talks to the undercover reporter. He says that if he is 'very, very angry' he hits the monkeys against the wall Rasjana also notes that about a week ago he banged a monkey's head against the wall and blood was coming out of its mouth, which he says was 'so cool', while laughing Rasjana also notes that about a week ago he banged a monkey's head against the wall and blood was coming out of its mouth, which he says was 'so cool', while laughing Journalist says Titanic sub is 'like something made by MacGyver' BBC journalists in Libyan kidnap horror after being abducted Man, 19, appears in court charged with rape of 15-year-old girl in sea He also notes that about a week ago he banged a monkey's head against the wall and blood was coming out of its mouth, which he says was 'so cool', while laughing. Police are now seeking out the buyers and a number of arrests have already been made. BBC journalists went undercover in one of the main Telegram torture groups, where hundreds of people got together to plan torture ideas and commission people in Indonesia and other nations in Asia to put them into practice. The group aimed to make tailored videos showing the abuse, torture and sometimes killing of baby long-tailed macaque monkeys. The BBC located the torturers in Indonesia, and the buyers and distributors in the US. They also managed to access an international law enforcement effort to have them punished for their actions. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12214001/Monkey-torture-ring-abused-killed-baby-monkeys-camera-customers-UK-US.html At least 20 people are now under investigation around the world, including three women living in the UK who were arrested by police in 2022 and released under investigation, and one man in Oregon, USA, who was indicted last week. Mike McCartney, allegedly a key video distributor in the US, who is called 'The Torture King' in the videos, described to the BBC journalists the moment he joined his first Telegram monkey torture group. McCartney, who the BBC say used to be a motorcycle gang member and served prison time before he joined the monkey torture network, remarked: 'They had a poll set up. Do you want a hammer involved? Do you want pliers involved? Do you want a screwdriver?' He said the video that arose from it was 'the most grotesque thing I have ever seen'. McCartney came to run a number of Telegram groups that saw torture enthusiasts distributing videos. 'It's no different than drug money,' he said. 'Drug money comes from dirty hands, this money comes from bloody hands.' The BBC also identified two other key suspects being investigated by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Stacey Storey, a grandmother from Alabama in her 40s known as 'Sadistic' among others in the network, and a ringleader known as 'Mr Ape', whose real name was not disclosed by the broadcaster for safety reasons. At the end of the video, the reporter asks Rasjana if he can take a photo of one of the monkeys At the end of the video, the reporter asks Rasjana if he can take a photo of one of the monkeys 'Mr Ape' said in an interview with the publication that he had caused the deaths of at least four monkeys and tortured several others more. He said he had commissioned 'extremely brutal' videos. Department of Homeland Security agents took Storey's phone, finding almost 100 torture videos, along with evidence that she had funded the creation of some of the most horrifying videos produced. Storey was involved in a torture group earlier this month, according to police sources. Approached by the BBC in Alabama in January, Storey said she had been hacked and would not comment on the allegations in depth. 'Mr Ape', Mike McCartney and Stacey Storey are three of five key targets in the Homeland Security investigation, which is ongoing. They have not been charged, but could face up to seven years in jail if prosecuted and convicted. The DHS investigation is being led by Special Agent Paul Wolpert. He said all law enforcement involved had been profoundly shocked by the alleged crimes. 'I don't know if anybody would ever be ready for a crime like this,' he said. 'The same with the attorneys and the juries, and anybody who reads that this is going on. It is going to be a shocker I think.' He added that anyone taking part in the distributing or buying of monkey torture videos should 'expect a knock on the door at some point'. He said: 'You are not going to get away with it.' Police in Indonesia have arrested two torture suspects. Asep Yadi Nurul Hikmah, who was charged with animal torture and the sale of a protected species, received a three-year prison sentence. M Ajis Rasjana was sentenced to eight months, the maximum available for animal torture.

The Cadillac Escalade IQ is confirmed to be the EV version of the luxury brand's grandest SUV, and it will debut on August 9. This marks Cadillac's third electric "IQ" model, joining the Celestiq sedan and Lyriq SUV. While no official details have been revealed, the Escalade IQ will use GM's Ultium battery technology. UPDATE 6/20/23: This story has been updated with details about the official debut of the new electric Cadillac Escalade IQ, which will take place on August 9. The company has also revealed another teaser photo—this time of the EV SUV's front end—along with a short video. Cadillac's biggest SUV—and biggest moneymaker—is getting the electric treatment, and the company has now confirmed what it will be called. The Escalade IQ will be the first EV version of the luxury brand's grandest SUV, and it will be officially introduced on August 9. cadillac escalade iq front teaser CADILLAC Along with confirming the name, which had been rumored since GM trademarked the name Escalade IQ and Escalade IQL back in 2021, Cadillac last month released a teaser image that shows a close-up of the electric model's badge. The company today has also released a second teaser image (shown above) of the new EV Escalade's front end, which is shrouded in darkness but provides a glimpse of its lighting signature. Plus, Cadillac posted a short video on its YouTube channel. This content is imported from youTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Other than that, we're still waiting on more details about the Escalade IQ. The rendering at the top of this story at least provides an idea of what it might look like.Earlier this year, Cadillac Vice President Rory Harvey confirmed that three new electric models will debut in 2023, and now we know the Escalade IQ will be one of them. That also suggests it will be a 2024 model, since a Cadillac spokesperson previously confirmed to Car and Driver that all three new EVs would arrive for the same model year. ELOW cadillac escalade iq badge tease Despite the current lack of information, there's no doubt the 2024 Cadillac Escalade IQ will use GM's Ultium battery technology. If it's anything like the GMC Hummer EV SUV, the Caddy could have a roughly 177-kWh battery capacity and three electric motors making 830 horsepower or more. Of course, it will also almost surely weigh over four tons. We should find out that information and more in less than a month. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a43945177/cadillac-escalade-iq-electric-suv-name-revealed/

“Hysterical” or “obsessed” are among the adjectives used to describe female fans. There is also the derogatory term “groupie.” Female fan culture is usually not taken seriously in society, which goes way back to the era of the Beatles, says Victoria Cann, a professor at the University of East Anglia in Norwich in eastern England who studies gender and identity in youth. The widespread assumption is that girls would “like the Beatles because they used to fancy them, whereas boys, when they like the Beatles, it’s about how they play the piano and play the guitar and they’re good musicians,” she told DW. Underlying this wasthe sexist belief that “young women have no sense of what’s important in the world; they’re just obsessed, and they’re hysteric.” It’s a form of structural misogyny, which assumes that women are irrational compared to men. Collecting K-pop cards is ‘not cool’ Fangirls feel misjudged, especially in the K-pop scene. South Koreans call female K-pop fans “bbasooni,” fangirls who blindly chase after male idols, according to the Korea Times. That may be why many fangirls keep it a secret that they like K-pop, the newspaper says. Vivien Pistor has been a K-pop fangirl for years. From her native Germany, the 25-year-old travels abroad for concerts buys every album released by her favorite band, Stray Kids, and collects and trades photo cards for different K-Pop bands. The fact that she collects cards often raises eyebrows. Unlike the po[CENSORED]r Pokemon cards, where collecting was respected, “it’s not cool for girls to collect K-pop cards,” she told DW. Pop or soccer — fans have similar experiences Whether fandom is acceptable depends largely on whether a fan group is mainly male or female, argues Victoria Cann. Soccer fans are criticized but rarely ridiculed, for instance. Yet pop fans are comparable to soccer fans: Both groups spend a lot of money on their favorite team or band. They shout and sing to cheer on their idols on the pitch or the stage. They are keen to have a souvenir, be it a soccer jersey or a band merch shirt. Soccer fans come up with impressive choreographies in the stadium, and fans at concerts will typically hold up lighters or mobile phones in unison during ballads. ADVERTISEMENT Where the ridicule comes from Fangirling is an expression of femininity; it is a way for girls to “explore their femininity and have fun with it,” says Cann, adding that femininity is something that isn’t particularly valued unless it’s serving patriarchy in some kind of way, which “fangirling doesn’t necessarily do.” That’s why this phenomenon is often ridiculed, she adds. Marie Feller, another K-pop fan from Germany, avoided openly admitting her passion for the music genre as a teenager, as she used to hear her classmates make stupid, even racist, comments about the very K-pop singers she idolized. “It used to make me very uncomfortable. I didn’t talk about it because I wanted to keep my friends.” The 21-year-old still doesn’t mention her fandom to just anybody. K-pop fangirls are creative and political “There’s more to fangirl life than just listening to the music,” argues Vivien Pistor, who translates Korean song lyrics, which allows her to get to know the language and Korean culture better. Marie Feller makes bracelets and hands them out at concerts. They used to try to teach themselves the choreography to K-pop songs. “Of course, it’s a bonus that the K-pop idols are good-looking,” Marie says of her favorite band, NCT Dream. “But I don’t know anyone who is a fan just because of that.” The fangirl narrative is often limited to screaming and fainting, but the young women are in fact politically active, too. After George Floyd’s murder in the US, fans of the successful BTS K-pop band called for donations to the Black Lives Matter movement. When the hashtag “WhiteLivesMatter” trended on Twitter, K-pop fans deliberately spammed the hashtag so that right-wing slogans were less noticeable. Victoria Cann’s advice to young women derided as fangirls is: shrug it off. “If you find pleasure in something and it’s not harming anyone — and fangirling’s never harming anyone — then so what? So what if people don’t like it? So what if they don’t understand it?” A day in the life of K-pop group members: Exercise, train, sleep, repeat There’s so much potential in being a fangirl, Cann says. “Fandoms offer community, they offer pleasure just by listening to the music, help make sense of the world or feel less alone,” she says. “Those things are really important.” https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/why-fangirls-arent-just-screaming-teens-8674670/

The US and China have pledged to stabilise their tense relationship following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's two-day visit to Beijing. Mr Blinken met China's President Xi Jinping for talks on Monday, restarting high-level communications between the rival superpowers. Mr Xi said they had made progress, while Mr Blinken indicated that both sides were open to further talks. But the top US diplomat made clear that there remained major differences. "I stressed that... sustained communication at senior levels is the best way to responsibly manage differences and ensure that competition does not veer into conflict," Mr Blinken told reporters after the 35-minute meeting at the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square. "I heard the same from my Chinese counterparts," he said. "We both agree on the need to stabilise our relationship." But Mr Blinken, 61, said he was "clear-eyed" about China and there were "many issues on which we profoundly - even vehemently - disagree". Relations between Beijing and Washington have plummeted in the wake of a Trump-era trade war, Beijing's assertive claims over Taiwan and the shooting down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon over the US earlier this year. War with US would be unbearable disaster - China The paradise islands caught in the US-China crosshairs Can the US live in Xi Jinping's world? Mr Blinken's visit is the first by a top US diplomat in almost five years. Discussions between him and Mr Xi included everything from Russia's war in Ukraine and America's fentanyl crisis to Taiwan, North Korea and alleged human rights abuses by China, the US state department said. And although there were no clear breakthroughs, Mr Xi suggested relations could be moving in a positive direction. "The two sides have also made progress and reached agreement on some specific issues," he said, in a transcript of his remarks released by the US state department. "This is very good." The meeting with Mr Xi was not originally on Mr Blinken's schedule and was announced just an hour before it took place. It would have been widely viewed as a snub had it not happened, however, especially since Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates met Mr Xi in Beijing earlier this week. Instead, the Americans will be able to point to the secretary's visit - which also included meetings with China's top diplomat Wang Yi and Foreign Minister Qin Gang - as a successful re-engagement with the Chinese government after months of frosty relations. US President Joe Biden and officials in Washington have said they view the Chinese as rivals and competitors and not adversaries. It is a fine line to walk, however, as the competition - both militarily and economically - heats up. With the meeting, Mr Xi was also sending a message to his own people that his government was reaching out to Washington. Taiwan is the biggest area of contention between the two countries and the one that has the highest potential of escalating. China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province and Mr Xi has indicated that he wishes to bring Taiwan under Beijing's control during his term in office. However, Taiwan sees itself as distinct from the Chinese mainland with its own constitution and leaders. US President Joe Biden said last year that the US would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack from China, a move condemned by Beijing. But on Monday, Mr Blinken again stressed that Washington does not support Taiwan independence, adding that he sought to "disabuse" China of the notion the US is "seeking to economically contain them". He said China gave some assurances too. It again stressed that it would not supply lethal aid to Russia to use in Ukraine, but Mr Blinken shared concerns about private Chinese companies aiding Russia's military. However, China knocked back a US proposal to restart communication channels between the countries' militaries - a key objective of the talks. While the trip yielded no great progress - as was expected - when concluding his news conference, Mr Blinken said he hoped it signalled better communication in the future. "Progress is hard. It takes time. And it's not the product of one visit, one trip, one conversation," he said. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-65947192

When Cyberpunk 2077 had its big redemption arc thanks to post-launch patches and the Edgerunners anime, I scoffed⁠—this game was always this good, glitches or last-gen console performance notwithstanding, but those vaunted updates never quite got at the real malaise at the heart of its RPG system: character building and gear that never felt substantial or rewarding, and always served as more of a drag on Cyberpunk's great combat, stealth, and storytelling. CLOSE A post-Summer Game Fest interview by VGC, though, has my hopes up: creative director Pawel Sisko and quest designer Despoina Anetaki described "all the core main systems" of the massive RPG as having been "redone or updated in a major way" for upcoming expansion Phantom Liberty. Sasko says that the game's enemy AI and especially the NCPD will be overhauled, and he described multiple alert levels and a greater variety of units from the cops that sound more in line with the Grand Theft Auto games. That certainly sounds nice, but the police AI in Cyberpunk never bugged me the way it seemed to grate on everyone else⁠—maybe I'm just too much of a good noodle and never got in enough trouble to notice. Sponsored Links Build and Monetize AI Apps with Words www.getlazy.ai The more enticing proposition for me is what Sasko said of upcoming changes for character building: "The biggest [main system changes] are the perks and skill trees, which have been rebuilt completely." While Cyberpunk offers this dizzying array of viable playstyles for V, a lot of the skill trees behind them boil down to "+3% headshot critical hit chance while airborne"-style nonsense. Shooting, hacking, slicing, or sneaking through Night City feels great, but building V to do so has always been stultifying. A screenshot shared by jordgoin to the Cyberpunk subreddit shows a more linear agility perk tree that almost reminds me of Dragon Age Inquisition, a game with very good perks and class abilities. The tidbit that most set my mind on fire though, was what Sasko told VGC about sweet, sweet loot: “We’ve also redone the loop and whole progression of the game—the difficulty curve is different, the tiers and drops of loot is different, the archetypes of enemies have been redone for more variety." I've always found Cyberpunk's gear economy to be a majorly-underrated drag on the whole experience, a worst of all worlds take on the looter shooter/live service "numbers go up" deluge of grey, green, blue, and purple drops applied to a single-player game where it just doesn't fit in the first place. Instead of say, Skyrim or Fallout: New Vegas, where level adjustment falls into broad tiers of power⁠—9mm pistols and iron daggers at one end, anti-materiel rifles and Daedric greatswords at the other⁠—every piece of gear in Cyberpunk has a level-adjusted number attached to it determining its damage or damage resistance. The result, for me, was spending way too much time pouring over slight differences in damage and damage per second between slightly different variations of the same revolver. Worst of all was getting a cool, unique weapon and having it get quickly outmoded by common drops once I'd leveled up once or twice. Updated Phantom Liberty perk tree showing more linear progression of perks in the game (Image credit: CD Projekt) I want the Byakko unique katana (with mega lunging attack action!) that I got as a gift for becoming BFFs with black widow underworld kingpin Wakako Okada to be the best damn katana in the game. I certainly don't want it to be out-damaged by a generic "uncommon" sword I find in the hands of a random goon two hours later, and I don't want my only recourse for upgrading cool stuff to be modifying my entire character build to spec into the "Technical Ability" attribute that lets you do so. I'm a hacker cyborg ninja, damn it, not a gearhead! It got to the point that on my latest playthrough I used a mod to just auto-upgrade all weapons and armor on level-up. This, however, borked the game's whole difficulty curve and I grabbed another mod to crank things up past Very Hard to compensate for all that freely-available max-level gear. Even then, it all served to show how mechanically shallow Cyberpunk's gear system was without ballooning level-adjusted damage and damage reduction stats to obfuscate it. We still don't have details on what Cyberpunk's systems overhaul will entail, or even how much will be covered by a free update this September or locked behind Phantom Liberty. What I hope, though, is that CD Projekt will finally deliver RPG mechanics that match the quality of Cyberpunk's quests, world, and storytelling. https://www.pcgamer.com/im-hoping-against-hope-that-cyberpunk-2077s-expansion-overhaul-will-finally-fix-the-games-lingering-mechanics-malaise/

In the near future, it’s seemingly a fair bet that coming on for half of all job interviews will be conducted by AI rather than a person. We’ve been hearing plenty of stories about how job seekers are using AI to hone their applications and even to create resumes, but a ZDNet report takes a different perspective: that of employers, and how they’ll be leveraging artificial intelligence on their side. The article highlights a survey carried out by Resume Builder which offered up a rather staggering figure – namely that 40% of corporate recruiters will use AI to conduct job interviews by 2024. This house is only 27 sq. ft. but when you see the inside you'll want it! Tips and Tricks On top of that, according to expert estimates, 15% of recruiters will rely entirely on AI for all hiring decisions “from start to finish”, we’re told. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU... The survey also found that 46% of job hunters were now using ChatGPT to write their resumes and cover letters. Furthermore, a very high percentage – 78% – indicated that they got a higher level of response from companies (and secured an interview) when using AI to do their job applications (at least in part, though to what extent isn’t clarified by the report). Analysis: Flirting with disaster? We find this pretty scary, to be honest. The indication – and mind, it is just that – that one in seven recruiters (actually a touch more) feel confident that by next year, AI could seemingly handle the entire hiring process, seems like a recipe for, well, if not disaster, then something skirting close to calamitous. We get that a first round of short interviews that are AI-powered might serve as a useful wheat-from-chaff elimination process, but to go much further than that, as suggested, and have an entirely AI-driven recruitment selection (more or less), well, that’s a different ballgame. Sometimes these kinds of surveys can be rather overblown with their findings, of course, but the way AI is being developed, and the pace it’s being pushed out in general, does not make this seem like an entirely unrealistic prospect. It’s certainly something that could unnerve job candidates. How would you feel about your future (or at least, future employment) being judged by AI, and maybe even AI alone in some cases? We think that if we were being interviewed by an AI, then we’d be prone to thinking more in terms of covering key words or phrases, rather than acting naturally – and be less relaxed as a result (and likely perform worse). On the other hand, there may be folks out there who’d be more comfortable being interviewed by an AI rather than a human, perhaps feeling that the former would be less prone to judge them (or at least be more likely to judge them based on their skills and abilities, rather than anything else)? Or maybe that AI would be easier to pull the wool over the eyes of, in some respect, even? We’re not sure either of those things would be true, mind, but still… Whatever your thoughts on having a job interview with a chatbot rather than an actual person, it seems like that from next year, this is a reality we’re going to have to deal with more and more. Meaning that interview preparation could be quite different in some cases, though the experts recommend you simply regard a bot as a human, and don’t act any differently in an interview – and we can see the wisdom there. Alternatively, you could ask your preferred flavor of chatbot – Bing, Bard, ChatGPT – how best to prepare for an interview with AI, and get the inside track, as it were. This further raises the prospect of getting an AI to answer the interviewing AI (at which point, our head explodes). https://www.techradar.com/news/ready-to-be-interviewed-by-ai-for-your-next-job-you-might-have-to-be

Have you ever wondered where that plane passing overhead is going? Now you can know! A maker over at Reddit, known as C0wsaysmoo, has created a Raspberry Pi-powered flight tracking matrix. Not only does it let you know what planes are passing overhead, it also gives you a glimpse at the current weather forecast. The matrix is based on a project, The Fridge Flight Tracker, created by another Reddit user known as Myniceaccount. C0wsaysmoo used this as a template and beefed it up with a few new features. The main screen is configured to show the current time and date. It also displays the temperature and provides a weather forecast for 3 days at a time. The second screen is dedicated to the flight tracking side of the project. This is where things get interesting. The Pi uses your current location to extrapolate what planes are passing by. It then displays details about these flights including things like its route, the flight number, what kind of airplane it is, what airline it is, and in which direction it’s going. Plant Banana Peels All Over Your Garden, Look What Happens A Week Late In this project, C0wsaysmoo is using a Raspberry Pi 3 A+ but there’s no reason you couldn’t use something smaller like a Raspberry Pi Zero or even bigger like the latest Raspberry Pi 4. It’s connected to a 64 x 32px RGB matrix panel that’s controlled using an Adafruit Bonnet. Everything is housed inside of a wooden box and finished with a tinted acrylic cover in front of the screen. C0wsaysmoo was kind enough to make the project open source so anyone who wants to dig into the code is totally free to do so. You can find more details about how it works over at GitHub as well as some behind-the-scenes pictures of it in action. The software for the flight tracker is mainly driven with Python and utilizes FlightRadarAPI, an open-source flight tracking API. Overall, this is a really neat Raspberry Pi project that’s well-finished. It looks great on a shelf and is just as fun to build as it is to look at. Check out the original thread C0wsaysmoo shared to Reddit to get a closer look at how it works and be sure to follow them for more cool projects as well as any future updates on this one. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-tracks-flights-and-weather-in-one-convenient-project

Earlier this month, Yellowstone released an impassioned plea in response to a rash of incidents involving wildlife. “The park calls on visitors to protect wildlife by understanding how their actions can negatively impact wildlife. Approaching wild animals can drastically affect their well-being and, in some cases, their survival.” Park officials might as well have been shouting into the wind, their message unheard or ignored by visitors. “WTF is wrong with people,” a commenter posted on TouronsofYellowstone, an Instagram account that shared a recent video of a shirtless man harassing a black bear. As social media is our witness, spring has ushered in some seriously bad behavior directed at national park denizens. Since late May, park visitors have carried a newborn bison up a river bank (Yellowstone had to euthanize the calf); driven a baby elk to a police station; pet and snapped a selfie of bison; killed or crashed into a menagerie of animals in their cars; and serially tormented bears. Hawaii man fined for disturbing baby bison that Yellowstone euthanized “It has always been happening, but I think we’re just more aware of it because it rockets around on social media,” said John Griffin, senior director of urban wildlife programs at the Humane Society of the United States. “It’s hard to quantify exactly how it’s increased, but it is still occurring, despite the incredible lengths the parks and rangers go to to educate the people who visit.” A photo released by the National Park Service in May shows a park visitor trying to help a baby bison reunite with its herd, which deprived the animal of its chances of survival. (Hellen Jack/National Park Service) Azzedine Downes, president of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, attributes the higher frequency of incidents to the surge of people who retreated to the outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re seeing more of it post-pandemic, because there was an increase of interaction with wildlife and people during the pandemic,” Downes said. Please don’t feed the ponies At Assateague Island National Seashore in Virginia and Maryland, park officials noticed a rise of first-time visitors — and infractions involving the wild horses that reside on the barrier island. Last June, they had to relocate a horse named Chip to a Texas sanctuary because of a food aggression that developed from illegal feedings. Aggressive horse exiled from Assateague, authorities say “Visitors regularly try to pet, feed and sometimes ride the horses. The wild horses are wild, not tame,” said Liz Davis, chief of interpretation and education at Assateague. “When the horses associate humans with food rewards, each occurrence and situation can get progressively more dangerous.” National parks provide guidance on how to safely and responsibly view the wildlife, such as the proper observation distances — generally at least 25 or 100 yards, depending on the park and species. The information is everywhere: on the park’s websites, at trailheads and visitor centers, and in brochures, including the welcome guide and map the rangers hand to each incoming guest. At Assateague, the Pony Patrol, a roving band of volunteers, educate visitors about proper horse etiquette and distribute free straps to secure coolers. The park also provides food storage cabinets at picnic areas. “There are many visitors that think that they are safe in a national park. They may think the wildlife is there for their entertainment. They may view the park as a drive-through petting zoo,” Davis said. “This is one of the best reasons that illustrate the need for our Pony Patrol volunteers.” How pro climber Jimmy Chin survives a long travel day If the rules fail to sink in, park officials may invoke the law. It is illegal to “feed, touch, tease, frighten or intentionally disturb wildlife,” according to the NPS. For instance, the Hawaii man who interfered with the baby bison was fined $1,000. Yellowstone and Grand Teton authorities are investigating at least two of the events. If found guilty, the suspects could face up to six months in jail and thousands of dollars in penalties. 8 hilarious but true wildlife tips from the National Park Service It’s not all stupidity Park visitors have been communing too closely with the wildlife since the early days of the National Park Service, which was established in 1916. Archival photos from the National Geographic Image Collection show Yellowstone visitors tempting bears onto roads with food and congregating around the predators. In the images, the animals are standing on their hind legs like circus performers, leaning into open cars windows or trying eat out of a man’s raised hand. However, videos stored in the Greater Yellowstone Sights and Sounds Archive, a collection of 80,000 historical recordings housed in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Wyoming, depict the dark side of these encounters. In several clips, Yellowstone bison chase people around a cluster of trees, a boardwalk and a car. All does not end well: A man is gored and a child is trampled. “The people who put their kids on top of a bison or on top of a bear. That’s not ignorance. That’s idiocy,” said Alan Beck, director of the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue University in Indiana. A father takes a photo of his kids close to bison near the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park on June 23, 2022. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) People who flout the rules for their own kicks or for their social media followers fall into the “stupidity” category, according to wildlife experts. They are putting their selfish pursuits before an animal’s welfare, which even the most seemingly benign act can compromise. 8 ways to be the absolute worst national park visitor “They’re doing it just to get content or to have a good time without considering any of the potential negatives that could do harm to the animal or to themselves,” Griffin said. “Stress or habituation over time can lead to a management action that results in their being killed.” People who approach wild animals aren’t brave; they are deluded. They might convince themselves that they are neither endangering themselves nor the wildlife, and that the animals don’t mind their presence — a condition that Carol Kline, director of the hospitality and tourism management program at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, calls “cognitive dissonance.” Similarly, a visitor might not recognize a national park as a truly wild place because it is staffed by rangers and comes with an array of urban amenities, such as restaurants, flush toilets and gift shops that sell plush versions of its residents. “Even though it is a wild place, it’s a safe place because it’s got an artificial boundary and a name and a parking lot and bathrooms,” Kline said. “It’s been humanized.” Compassion for animals We grow up reading about wild animals, from cloth picture books to “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling. We visit them in zoos and watch fictional versions sing, dance and banter in movies and TV. As adults, we may dip our little toe in the animal kingdom by adopting a dog or cat, which, despite its four legs and tail, we treat like a human child. Exposure to animals wild or domesticated instills a healthy compassion for other species, experts say, but it also blurs the line between worlds. “Sometimes people associate the love they have for a pet with a wild animal,” Downes said. “When I was a kid, I wanted to be Mowgli. I wanted to fly with Tarzan and have a little chimp, one of the most dangerous animals of all. It’ll rip your face off.” How to explore the 3 newest national monuments Downes said that people who perceive themselves as do-gooders, such as the visitors who “assisted” the baby elk and bison, may suffer from a “savior complex.” Instead of contacting the proper authorities, they swoop in to help. He added that “saving” one animal can help assuage a sense of guilt for not doing more to protect the planet. “You have people who can’t wrap their head around what it would take to save a species. So they say, ‘I’m going to rescue this one particular animal,’” he said. “It’s an emotional response.” Corina Newsome, a conservation scientist with the National Wildlife Federation, said compassion can turn us into protective mama bears, especially when we fall under the spell of infant animals. “It is very natural for a human being of any background to have compassion for another living thing, even more so if we interpret that living thing to be very cute or particularly endearing, which tends to be the case with baby animals.” How to help the street cats and dogs you meet while traveling Ultimately, national park visitors need to respect their place in the ecosystem, which is on the sidelines, observing and appreciating. “How many bison have to be put down?” Kline asked. “How many people have to be injured or killed before people really respect the boundaries and consider the wild wild?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/06/16/yellowstone-bison-selfie-gored/

New Italian EV startup Aehra unveiled its SUV concept EV last year and is taking the wraps off this Sedan EV at the Milano Monza auto show this weekend. The electric duo will not start production until sometime in 2026, so the current lack of details isn't exactly surprising. Aehra has said "The Sedan"—yes, that's the name—will have a range of around 500 miles and will cost somewhere between $175,000 and $200,000. Aehra says it is drawing on local connections in Italy to make its EV lineup a reality. The electric vehicle world remains fertile ground for companies ready to make their mark on the auto industry. One of the new aspirants is Aehra, an Italian electric startup "mobility brand" that announced itself in the middle of 2022. Aehra just took the wraps off of a new premium electric vehicle targeted at the high end of the luxury-EV market. The design rocks, even if the model name falls a bit flat. 2026 aehra sedan ev AEHRA Aehra unveiled the first teaser picture of the new car at the end of May, but that only showed part of the rear spoiler. A new batch of preview images reveals the entire exterior of the elegant upcoming all-electric performance sedan. Aehra's chief design officer, Filippo Perini, previously worked as a designer for Audi, Lamborghini, and Italdesign, so it's not exactly shocking that our first response is that a design this good needs a better name than the one Aehra gave it: the Sedan. 2026 aehra sedan ev AEHRA Aehra is taking all the wraps off its Sedan this weekend at the Milano Monza auto show. The company said it will deliver the first Sedans to customers sometime in 2026. Aehra showed off its SUV concept—which, you guessed it, is called "The SUV"—in 2022. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT composite image of future electric vehicles Future EVs: Every Electric Vehicle Coming Soon genesis x concept Future Cars Worth Waiting For: 2024–2028 british future cars evs Future EVs Coming from U.K. Automakers, 2025–2030 So, what is the Sedan all about? Based on the pictures, the Sedan looks a bit like what we imagine Lexus would do if it decided to tweak the new Prius design for the high-end market, but better. It has four scissor doors and a short, aggressive front end, making it look intimidating and fuel-efficient in one fell swoop. The company isn’t showing all of its cards just yet, but it did say the Sedan will be based on the same platform as the Aehra SUV. Aehar said the Sedan will offer an impressive 500-mile range on a full charge using technology from Miba Battery Systems and will have a top speed of 165 mph. 2026 aehra sedan ev AEHRA The interior features some excellent options, including a pillar-to-pillar infotainment screen that displays pertinent information when the car is in motion but which can be extended upward when the vehicle is parked to provide a widescreen movie display or a way to win Room Rater during your next video meeting. Production Car to Be "Virtually Identical" This kind of eye-grabbing tech isn’t just for the visitors to the auto show. Perini said in a statement that the EV unveiled this weekend "will look virtually identical to the final production model that will arrive in 2026." Full-scale production should start in late 2027, and preorders will open sometime in 2024. According to Reuters, the price tags for both the Sedan and the SUV will be around $175,000 to $197,000. Publicly announced plans are vague but call for Aehra to build about 25,000 units of each model each year. 2026 aehra sedan ev AEHRA Aehra is headquartered in Milan and claims it has "substantial private funding in place" to make its promises real. The Italian startup calls itself a "global ultra-premium electric automotive brand," but "global" here doesn’t mean everywhere, at least at first. The company said Aehra's initial key markets include North America, Europe, China, and the Gulf States. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44233419/aehra-ev-electric-sedan-specs-details/

Snacking has become a widespread habit for millions of people worldwide. Whether it's to satisfy hunger pangs, replenish energy levels, or simply indulge in the taste of certain foods, snacking has become an integral part of our lives. However, the impact of snacking on our health depends on our snacking behaviour. There are various reasons why people snack, such as hunger, social and food culture, boredom, indulgence, and even food insecurity. Additionally, advertisements from the food and beverage industry play a significant role in influencing our snacking choices, often promoting fast food, sugary drinks, and unhealthy snacks. Studies have found that snacking which is unrelated to hunger is associated with higher overall calorie intake, especially among emotional eaters and those experiencing psychological stress. As a result, consuming ultra-processed, hyper-palatable snacks that lack nutrition can negatively affect eating behaviours and diet quality and lead to unwanted weight gain and loss of appetite. According to the Food & Health Survey conducted in 2022 by the International Food Information Council, the most common reasons for snacking are hunger or thirst, the desire for a sweet or salty treat, and the easy availability of snack foods. Alarmingly, 40 per cent of participants admitted to occasionally replacing meals with snacks, primarily lunch. Moreover, during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in snacking reported by younger individuals and parents with children. How to make balanced snack choices Now, let's delve into the importance of balanced snack choices. A balanced snack consists of a nutrient-rich combination of carbohydrates, proteins, and healthy fats that provide sustained energy and contribute to overall well-being. It includes whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and sources of healthy fats like nuts and seeds. Balanced snacks support optimal health by providing a variety of micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals. They promote satiety, aid in digestion, and help maintain stable blood sugar levels. Of course, portion control is also essential to ensure the snack aligns with your calorie needs. Instead of relying on processed snacks, consider incorporating wholesome options like Greek yoghurt with fresh berries or apple slices with almond butter. Traditional nutritious choices like Sattu ladoo, Goondh ladoo, a variety of dates, almonds, and homemade protein bars among others can also serve as satisfying and nourishing alternatives for maintaining a healthy diet. For those unaware, ladoo is a famous sweet from the Indian subcontinent. Also read: Unveiling the silent pain: The emotional journey of new dads battling postpartum depression | Father's Day Benefits of choosing healthy balanced snacks Enhanced energy, well-being, and focus: Balanced snack choices replenish glucose levels, prevent fatigue, and enhance productivity, leading to improved energy levels, overall well-being, and better focus. Appetite regulation and portion control: Balanced snacks help regulate your appetite, stabilise blood sugar levels, and reduce calorie consumption, promoting weight management and enabling better portion control. Additional nutrients: Balanced snacks provide essential nutrients like fruits and nuts, filling any gaps in your regular meals and supporting your overall well-being. Essential support during recovery: Even individuals with poor appetites can benefit from balanced snacks, as they provide necessary nutrients, energy, and support during the recovery process. By prioritising balanced snacks in your daily routine, you can experience boosted energy levels, improved appetite control, increased nutrient intake, and an overall enhanced sense of well-being. These choices can help you lead a healthier, more active, and more productive lifestyle. Remember, the key lies in making mindful and nutritious snack choices that nourish your body and contribute to your physical and mental performance. So, go ahead and embrace balanced snacking for a healthier and happier you! https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-science-of-snacking-exploring-the-benefits-of-balanced-snack-choices-606114

A submersible used to take people to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean, sparking a search and rescue mission. The Boston Coastguard told the BBC on Monday that an operation to find it was under way. It is not clear how many people, if any, were on board at the time it went missing. Small submersibles occasionally take paying tourists and experts to view the wreck of the Titanic. OceanGate Expeditions, a private company that deploys submersibles for deep sea expeditions, recently posted on its social media feeds that one of its expeditions was "under way". The company, which has not commented on the reports, charges guests $250,000 (£195,270) for a place on its 8-day expedition to see the wreck. It bills the trip on its carbon-fibre submersible as a "chance to step outside of everyday life and discover something truly extraordinary". The BBC has contacted the company for comment. The Titanic sits 3,800m (12,500ft) beneath the surface at the bottom of the Atlantic. It is about 600km (370 miles) off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The passenger liner, which was the largest ship of its time, hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in 1912. Of the 2,200 passengers and crew onboard, more than 1,500 died. The Titanic has been extensively explored since the wreck was discovered in 1985. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65953872

The same idea was used elsewhere, for basketball, for boxing (Prize Fighter, AKA "Raging Bullshit"), and not C&C Music Factory, but I'm going to link it anyway because dear Christ almighty, it is a thing that must be witnessed. Even so, this remains the most awkward thing to come out of any of them. Ah, Game Over... Supreme Warrior was made at a time when the initial enthusiasm of "we can put movies on CD" had dampened after people actually, well, played them. The dark days of early 3D games was still ahead, but that was different. Even early on it was clear that at some point they would be the future, while anything reliant on simply spooling FMVs was inherently a stop-gap between 16-bit and whatever came next. One that still led to some great games, like Tex Murphy and Gabriel Knight 2, but was never going to truly do for the home what the likes of Dragon's Lair did for the arcades. They were games born with an expiration date, impressive but empty, and most fondly remembered because they cost so goddamn much that you had only two real choices if you bought one: Stockholm Syndrome, or bitter, bitter tears. Certainly, I'm not expecting a Kickstarter for Supreme Warrior. But if you want to play a modern game on vaguely similar lines, you can do worse than Zeno Clash or Beast Boxing. Both, at the very least, are better than actually being punched in the face. Heh. I love that in the ending, our hero ray-beams the villain. Smart! But that whole "Experience the power of the mask! You are the master... until someone better comes along!" thing? I call bullshit. I was promised ultimate power! Ultimate! Power! And all I get is "Yeah, well, you're OK, I guess..." https://www.pcgamer.com/saturday-crapshoot-supreme-warrior/

It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off. Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I'm still playing now, around 18 months after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it's good fun, but also difficult. What's more, its makers (now the online dictionary Merriam-Webster) are also keeping it fresh in the form of a new variant called the Daily Sequence, which sees you complete four puzzles consecutively, rather than concurrently. But Quordle is tough, so if you already find yourself searching for Wordle hints, you'll probably need some for this game too. I'm a Quordle and Wordle fanatic who's been playing since December 2021, so I can definitely help you solve Quordle today and improve your game for tomorrow. Read on for my Quordle hints to game #510 and the answers to the main game and Daily Sequence. Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers https://www.techradar.com/news/quordle-today-answers-clues-18-june-2023

Upgrading your storage is more affordable these days than ever before, especially if you don’t mind using hardware that isn’t necessarily top-of-the-line. Even SSDs from just a few years ago are remarkably fast and well worth the investment, especially with deals like this on the Intel 670p M.2 2TB SSD. It’s usually priced around $79, but you can take it home for just $69 at Amazon. We reviewed the Intel 670p SSD when it first launched in 2021 and recognized its excellent performance—especially when compared to other SSDs in its class. One of our most significant drawbacks was the MSRP of over $300 back then. Today’s deal takes that concern and throws it out the window. Intel 670p Series M.2 2280 2TB: was $79, now $69 at Amazon Intel 670p Series M.2 2280 2TB: was $79, now $69 at Amazon The Intel 670p 2TB edition can reach read/write speeds as high as 3500/2700 MBps. It has an M.2 2280 form factor and connects using a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. Users also get a 5-year warranty for the drive from Intel. This offer is only for the 2TB edition, but other capacities are also available in this line. They all have an M.2 2280 form factor and connect using PCIe 3.0 x4 interfaces. The Intel 670p uses a Silicon Motion SM2265 controller with Intel 144L QLC memory. The Intel 670p comes with optional 256-bit AES encryption that can be used to help protect your data. The purchase is supported by Amazon’s 30-day return policy and a five-year manufacturer’s warranty from Intel that voids should the drive reach 740 TBE Visit the Intel 670p Series M.2 2280 2TB product page at Amazon for more details and purchase options. As of writing, we’re unsure how long this offer will be available. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-670p-ssd-now-69-at-amazon