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News: GameStop jumps after report on NFT trading hub, crypto pact

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A GameStop Inc. store is shown in Encinitas, California, U.S., May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mike BlakeShares of GameStop Corp (GME.N) rose on Friday after the video game retailer announced plans to expand its non-fungible token (NFT) market and partner with crypto companies. The company’s shares soared last year as they were at the center of a battle between small investors coordinating on online forums and Wall Street hedge funds that had taken short positions. Since mid-November, its shares have mostly fallen. GameStop jumped 7.3% to $ 140.62 on Friday after the company reportedly built an online NFT trading center for virtual game collectibles and cryptocurrency partnerships on Thursday. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters about GameStop’s plans, which were reported by the Wall Street Journal.GameStop declined to comment on the reports.NFTs, which use blockchain to record the ownership of digital items such as images and videos, surged in popularity in 2021, leaving many confusedabout why so much money was being spent on copiable digital items that do not physically exist.Highly volatile crypto assets have tumbled in recent months, with bitcoin plummeting to a more than three-month low of $42,001.97, down about 38% from its $69,000 all-time high in November.Ether , used to buy NFTs, has slumped to $3,219.77, levels last seen in early October.”Stocks themselves are speculative rather than fundamental, and to some extent cryptocurrencies are also not very speculative in nature . excessive exposure to cryptocurrencies could have an effect on the balance sheets of these companies.” , warned analyst Mirabaud Neil Campling. Short sales against GameStop increased by roughly 1 million shares in the past 30 days to 8.4 million, now worth $ 1.11 billion and equal to 13% of GameStop’s free float , according to data from S3 Partners.Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at S3 Partners, said Friday’s stock move is unlikely to be a small hedging rally. “We would first need to erase recent market earnings on the short side, which means reverting to levels in the range of $ 170 $ 200 per share,” for a short squeeze to occur, said said Dusaniwsky.

A GameStop Inc. store is shown in Encinitas, California, U.S., May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Shares of GameStop Corp (GME.N) rose on Friday after the video game retailer announced plans to expand its non-fungible token (NFT) market and partner with crypto companies.
The company’s shares soared last year as they were at the center of a battle between small investors coordinating on online forums and Wall Street hedge funds that had taken short positions. Since mid-November, its shares have mostly fallen.
GameStop jumped 7.3% to $ 140.62 on Friday after the company reportedly built an online NFT trading center for virtual game collectibles and cryptocurrency partnerships on Thursday. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters about GameStop’s plans, which were reported by the Wall Street Journal.

GameStop declined to comment on the reports.

NFTs, which use blockchain to record the ownership of digital items such as images and videos, surged in popularity in 2021, leaving many confusedabout why so much money was being spent on copiable digital items that do not physically exist.

Highly volatile crypto assets have tumbled in recent months, with bitcoin plummeting to a more than three-month low of $42,001.97, down about 38% from its $69,000 all-time high in November.

Ether , used to buy NFTs, has slumped to $3,219.77, levels last seen in early October.

“Stocks themselves are speculative rather than fundamental, and to some extent cryptocurrencies are also not very speculative in nature . excessive exposure to cryptocurrencies could have an effect on the balance sheets of these companies.” , warned analyst Mirabaud Neil Campling. Short sales against GameStop increased by roughly 1 million shares in the past 30 days to 8.4 million, now worth $ 1.11 billion and equal to 13% of GameStop’s free float , according to data from S3 Partners.

Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at S3 Partners, said Friday’s stock move is unlikely to be a small hedging rally.

“We would first need to erase recent market earnings on the short side, which means reverting to levels in the range of $ 170 $ 200 per share,” for a short squeeze to occur, said said Dusaniwsky.

News: Chinese police rap Walmart for cybersecurity loopholes – local media

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Walmart signs are displayed inside a Walmart store in Mexico City, Mexico March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File PhotoChinese authorities rapped Walmart for allegedly breaking cybersecurity laws, according to local media, the latest issue for retailer U.S which is already the subject of allegations in the country for allegedly halting sales of products from the Xinjiang.Police in southern China’s Shenzhen city discovered 19 “vulnerabilities” in Walmart’s network system (WMT.N) in late November and accused them of taking a long time to fix the flaws the China Quality News, backed by the country’s market regulator, reported on Wednesday.Walmart was ordered to make fixes, the report said, without mentioning fines or details of the vulnerabilities. The retail giant and the Shenzhen police did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday.This marks a fresh set of troubles in China for Walmart, which in the past month has faced criticism for what local media has said was its deliberate removal of products sourced from Xinjiang from its apps and stores.Xinjiang is a growing point of conflict between the Western governments and China, as U.N. experts and rights groups estimate more than a million people, mainly Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities, have been detained in camps there.China has rejected accusations of forced labour or any other abuses in the far western region.Walmart has seen a wave of membership cancellations of its arm Sam’s Club branch in China since the Xinjiang problem. The Chinese transplant agency also accused the retailer and the Sam’s Club of “stupidity and myopia”. Although Walmart has not commented publicly on the matter, Reuters reported that a Sam’s Club executive told analysts during a phone call that it was a “misunderstanding” and that there had been no deliberate withdrawal of products from Xinjiang fined 10,000 yuan ($ 1,568) in Shanghai by the city’s market regulator for violating food safety laws after discovering that a frozen plant product did not have a production date or of expiration date, according to a separate report released by local media.

Walmart signs are displayed inside a Walmart store in Mexico City, Mexico March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo

Chinese authorities rapped Walmart for allegedly breaking cybersecurity laws, according to local media, the latest issue for retailer U.S which is already the subject of allegations in the country for allegedly halting sales of products from the Xinjiang.

Police in southern China’s Shenzhen city discovered 19 “vulnerabilities” in Walmart’s network system (WMT.N) in late November and accused them of taking a long time to fix the flaws the China Quality News, backed by the country’s market regulator, reported on Wednesday.
Walmart was ordered to make fixes, the report said, without mentioning fines or details of the vulnerabilities.
The retail giant and the Shenzhen police did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday.

This marks a fresh set of troubles in China for Walmart, which in the past month has faced criticism for what local media has said was its deliberate removal of products sourced from Xinjiang from its apps and stores.

Xinjiang is a growing point of conflict between the Western governments and China, as U.N. experts and rights groups estimate more than a million people, mainly Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities, have been detained in camps there.

China has rejected accusations of forced labour or any other abuses in the far western region.
Walmart has seen a wave of membership cancellations of its arm Sam’s Club branch in China since the Xinjiang problem.
The Chinese transplant agency also accused the retailer and the Sam’s Club of “stupidity and myopia”.

Although Walmart has not commented publicly on the matter, Reuters reported that a Sam’s Club executive told analysts during a phone call that it was a “misunderstanding” and that there had been no deliberate withdrawal of products from Xinjiang fined 10,000 yuan ($ 1,568) in Shanghai by the city’s market regulator for violating food safety laws after discovering that a frozen plant product did not have a production date or of expiration date, according to a separate report released by local media.

News: India’s antitrust body orders Google inquiry after news publishers complain

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The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKayIndia’s competition regulator on Friday ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google following allegations by news publishers, saying its initial view was that the tech giant had violated certain antitrust laws.In its order, the Competition Commission of India (ICC) said Google dominates some online search services in the country and may have imposed unfair conditions on news publishers. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The complainant, the Digital News Publishers Association, which includes the digital weapons of some of India’s largest media companies, said Google denies its members fair advertising revenue. “In a well-functioning democracy, the essential role played by the media cannot be compromised,” the ICC order said. “It appears that Google is using its dominant position in the relevant markets to enter / protect its position in the market for information aggregation services.News organisations, which have been losing advertising revenue to online aggregators such as Google, have complained for years about tech companies using stories in search results or other features without payment.The CCI order also mentioned new rules in France and Australia – fuelled by media lobbying and public pressure – that have led to licensing deals around the world collectively worth billions of dollars.

The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

India’s competition regulator on Friday ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google following allegations by news publishers, saying its initial view was that the tech giant had violated certain antitrust laws.

In its order, the Competition Commission of India (ICC) said Google dominates some online search services in the country and may have imposed unfair conditions on news publishers.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The complainant, the Digital News Publishers Association, which includes the digital weapons of some of India’s largest media companies, said Google denies its members fair advertising revenue.
“In a well-functioning democracy, the essential role played by the media cannot be compromised,” the ICC order said.
“It appears that Google is using its dominant position in the relevant markets to enter / protect its position in the market for information aggregation services.

News organisations, which have been losing advertising revenue to online aggregators such as Google, have complained for years about tech companies using stories in search results or other features without payment.

The CCI order also mentioned new rules in France and Australia – fuelled by media lobbying and public pressure – that have led to licensing deals around the world collectively worth billions of dollars.

News: Reddit taps Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs for IPO – source

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Reddit app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoSocial media platform Reddit Inc, whose message boards became the center of the stock trading frenzy in 2021, relies on Wall Street banks Morgan Stanley (MS.N) and Goldman Sachs Group (GS. N) for its initial public offering, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. Reddit had confidentially filed for an IPO in December and is aiming for a valuation of more than $15 billion at the time of its listing. It was valued at $10 billion in a private fundraiser led by Fidelity Management in August. A second source familiar with the matter said JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) is also one of the top underwriters on the deal.Goldman Sachs and Reddit did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase declined to comment. Reddit, founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, has over 50 million daily active users and over 100,000 communities. Its message boards, most notably the WallStreetBets thread, have been at the center of a pitched battle between small traders and large hedge funds, and have helped make big gains in very short stocks of companies like GameStop (GME. N) and AMC (AMC .N), while popularizing the term meme stocks. Globally, IPOs raised a record $594 billion in 2021, in the wake of stock rallies, with technology and healthcare the biggest sectors driving IPO volumes in stock exchange.There were 426 technology IPOs last year and 332 healthcare-related deals, collectively accounting for almost 42% of IPO proceeds raised by companies globally, according to Refinitiv

Reddit app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Social media platform Reddit Inc, whose message boards became the center of the stock trading frenzy in 2021, relies on Wall Street banks Morgan Stanley (MS.N) and Goldman Sachs Group (GS. N) for its initial public offering, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Reddit had confidentially filed for an IPO in December and is aiming for a valuation of more than $15 billion at the time of its listing. It was valued at $10 billion in a private fundraiser led by Fidelity Management in August.

A second source familiar with the matter said JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) is also one of the top underwriters on the deal.

Goldman Sachs and Reddit did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase declined to comment. Reddit, founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, has over 50 million daily active users and over 100,000 communities.

Its message boards, most notably the WallStreetBets thread, have been at the center of a pitched battle between small traders and large hedge funds, and have helped make big gains in very short stocks of companies like GameStop (GME. N) and AMC (AMC .N), while popularizing the term meme stocks.

Globally, IPOs raised a record $594 billion in 2021, in the wake of stock rallies, with technology and healthcare the biggest sectors driving IPO volumes in stock exchange.

There were 426 technology IPOs last year and 332 healthcare-related deals, collectively accounting for almost 42% of IPO proceeds raised by companies globally, according to Refinitiv

News: Google launches Ripple, an open standard that could bring tiny radars to Ford cars and more

January 8, 2022
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İmage Credit: GoogleGoogle has been publicly building tiny radar chips since 2015. They can tell you how well you sleep, control a smartwatch, count sheets of paper, and have you play the world’s smallest violin. But the company’s Soli radar hasn’t necessarily seen commercial success, primarily in an ill-fated Pixel phone. Now Google has launched an open source API standard called Ripple that could theoretically bring the technology to additional devices outside of Google, possibly even a car, as Ford is one of the participants in the new standard. Technically, Ripple is under the auspices of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the same industry body that hosts the CES show in Las Vegas each January, but there’s no doubt who is actually behind the project. “Ripple will unlock useful innovations for the benefit of all. General Purpose Radar is a key emerging technology for solving critical use cases while respecting privacy,” read a quote from Ivan Poupyrev, The man who led the team through G oogle’s ATAP skunkworks. who invented Soli in the first place.”Standard Radar Api” seems to be the original Name.Adritionally, the Github ripple project is filled with references to Google, including different instances of “Copyright 2021 Google LLC” and contributors must sign a Google Open Source license agreement to participate. (One commit points out that the project was updated “to include CTA.”) Ripple appears to be a rebranding of Google’s “Standard Radar API,” which it quietly proposed one year ago (PDF).None of that makes it any less exciting that Soli might find new life, though, and there may be something to the idea that radar has privacy benefits. It’s a technology that can easily detect whether someone’s present, nearby, and/or telling their device to do something without requiring a microphone or camera.Ford, for its part, tells The Verge that indoor radar might become part of its driver-assistance technologies. Right now, the automaker says it’s using “advanced exterior radars” to research those features instead (which sounds expensive to me). Here’s a statement from Ford’s Jim Buczkowski, who’s currently heading up the company’s Research and Advanced Engineering team:We are investigating how to use indoor radar as a source of sensors to improve various customer experiences in addition to our Ford CoPilot360 driver assistance technologies which now use advanced exterior radars. A standard API, with input from the semiconductor industry, will allow us to develop hardware-independent software purchases and give software teams the freedom to innovate across multiple radar platforms. Other companies are also exploring radar: Amazon is also investigating whether radar could help it track your sleep patterns; This smart dog collar uses miniature radar to monitor vital signs, even if your dog is very hairy or furry, and this bulb does the same for humans. But most of the participants listed in Google’s initiatives so far are chip and sensor vendors, with only Ford and Blumio, which have a development kit for a radar-based blood pressure sensor, stand out.

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Google has been publicly building tiny radar chips since 2015. They can tell you how well you sleep, control a smartwatch, count sheets of paper, and have you play the world’s smallest violin. But the company’s Soli radar hasn’t necessarily seen commercial success, primarily in an ill-fated Pixel phone. Now Google has launched an open source API standard called Ripple that could theoretically bring the technology to additional devices outside of Google, possibly even a car, as Ford is one of the participants in the new standard.

Technically, Ripple is under the auspices of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the same industry body that hosts the CES show in Las Vegas each January, but there’s no doubt who is actually behind the project. “Ripple will unlock useful innovations for the benefit of all. General Purpose Radar is a key emerging technology for solving critical use cases while respecting privacy,” read a quote from Ivan Poupyrev, The man who led the team through G oogle’s ATAP skunkworks. who invented Soli in the first place.

“Standard Radar Api” seems to be the original Name.

Adritionally, the Github ripple project is filled with references to Google, including different instances of “Copyright 2021 Google LLC” and contributors must sign a Google Open Source license agreement to participate. (One commit points out that the project was updated “to include CTA.”) Ripple appears to be a rebranding of Google’s “Standard Radar API,” which it quietly proposed one year ago (PDF).

None of that makes it any less exciting that Soli might find new life, though, and there may be something to the idea that radar has privacy benefits. It’s a technology that can easily detect whether someone’s present, nearby, and/or telling their device to do something without requiring a microphone or camera.

Ford, for its part, tells The Verge that indoor radar might become part of its driver-assistance technologies. Right now, the automaker says it’s using “advanced exterior radars” to research those features instead (which sounds expensive to me). Here’s a statement from Ford’s Jim Buczkowski, who’s currently heading up the company’s Research and Advanced Engineering team:

We are investigating how to use indoor radar as a source of sensors to improve various customer experiences in addition to our Ford CoPilot360 driver assistance technologies which now use advanced exterior radars. A standard API, with input from the semiconductor industry, will allow us to develop hardware-independent software purchases and give software teams the freedom to innovate across multiple radar platforms.

Other companies are also exploring radar: Amazon is also investigating whether radar could help it track your sleep patterns; This smart dog collar uses miniature radar to monitor vital signs, even if your dog is very hairy or furry, and this bulb does the same for humans.
But most of the participants listed in Google’s initiatives so far are chip and sensor vendors, with only Ford and Blumio, which have a development kit for a radar-based blood pressure sensor, stand out.

News: Facebook parent’s head of communications leaves company

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A 3D printed Facebook’s new rebrand logo Meta is placed on laptop keyboard in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationHead of communications for Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O), John Pinette, will be leaving the company, the social media company said on Friday. Chris Norton, vice president of international communications, will fill the acting role, a Meta spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters. “John Pinette has left Meta. We are grateful for his positive contributions during an intense and significant time in the company’s history and wish him well,” the statement said.The spokesperson declined to say the reason for Pinette’s departure, citing Meta’s policy of not commenting on personnel matters. The Wall Street Journal first reported the departure of Pinette on Friday.Pinette was appointed vice president of global communications in April 2019, according to the company’s website. Before Joining the company, Pinette led communications for Gates Ventures, Bill Gates’ private office and innovation lab, for five years and was Asia Pacific Communications Manager for Google. Corp (MSFT.O).

A 3D printed Facebook’s new rebrand logo Meta is placed on laptop keyboard in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Head of communications for Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O), John Pinette, will be leaving the company, the social media company said on Friday.

Chris Norton, vice president of international communications, will fill the acting role, a Meta spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

“John Pinette has left Meta. We are grateful for his positive contributions during an intense and significant time in the company’s history and wish him well,” the statement said.

The spokesperson declined to say the reason for Pinette’s departure, citing Meta’s policy of not commenting on personnel matters. The Wall Street Journal first reported the departure of Pinette on Friday.Pinette was appointed vice president of global communications in April 2019, according to the company’s website.

Before Joining the company, Pinette led communications for Gates Ventures, Bill Gates’ private office and innovation lab, for five years and was Asia Pacific Communications Manager for Google. Corp (MSFT.O).

News: Andrew Garfield says Tom Holland was ‘jealous’ of his Spider-Man suit because Holland ‘had to use his nose’ to work his phone

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On the left: Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man. On the right: Tom Holland as Spider-Man in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Columbia Pictures/Sony; Matt Kennedy/Sony/Marvel StudiosWhen multiple generations of Spider-Man come together as they did in the recent Spider-Man: No Way Home, it’s only natural for the actors behind the mask to compare their different Spidey costumes, with Amazing SpiderMan actor Andrew Garfield recalling the ‘one of his companions. SpiderMen is jealous of a particularly useful item included in his costume. Remembering the first time they were all in their respective costumes, Garfield discussed what it was like on the set of No Way Home with three live SpiderMens.“[Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and I] talked about what worked for each of us,” Garfield said in an interview with Variety. “[Holland] was jealous because I have little zippers in it. my dress that I can take off my hands very easily. ”In fact, Garfield recalled how Holland was forced to resort to a workaround to use the phone while he was dressed, saying,“ So that the phone works, he had to use his nose because he couldn’t access his hands. Garfield brought back other memories during his time with Holland and Maguire while working at No Way Home, as Garfield discussed what he was not just as as a SpiderMan fan himself, but as one of the many. Actors who played the character on the big screen. “I think the first time we all put the costume together,” Garfield said, “it was hilarious because it’s just three normal guys who were just actors who had just come outside. But then you too become a fan and say, “Oh my God, we are all dressed together and doing as it says!”We would also have deeper conversations and talk about our experiences with the character.Garfield recalled other memories during his time with Holland and Maguire while working on No Way Home, as Garfield discussed what it was like not only as a fan of Spider-Man himself but as one of several actors who have portrayed the character on the big screen. “I think the first time we were all in the suit together,” Garfield said, “it was hilarious because it’s like just three ordinary dudes who were just actors just hanging out. But then also, you just become a fan and say, ‘Oh my god we’re all together in the suits and we’re doing the pointing thing!’… We would have deeper conversations, too, and talk about our experiences with the character.”Garfield summed up his experience with his fellow Spider-Men, as the actor went on the reveal the origins behind one of his improvised lines in No Way Home. “There’s a line I improvised in the movie, looking at [Maguire and Holland] and I tell them I love them,” Garfield said. “That was just me loving them.”Although it’s been almost a decade since Garfield last donned the Spidey suit in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the actor recently spoke about returning to the role on a possible future project. Garfield also spoke about what got him aboard the multiversal cast of No Way Home, including how one scene in particular convinced him to dress up as a WebSlinger again.Garfield has elaborated further on the initial pitch for the film when he was approached by Sony and Marvel, detailing the concept that would allow him to explore an old character in a new way.

On the left: Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man. On the right: Tom Holland as Spider-Man in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”

Columbia Pictures/Sony; Matt Kennedy/Sony/Marvel Studios

When multiple generations of Spider-Man come together as they did in the recent Spider-Man: No Way Home, it’s only natural for the actors behind the mask to compare their different Spidey costumes, with Amazing SpiderMan actor Andrew Garfield recalling the ‘one of his companions. SpiderMen is jealous of a particularly useful item included in his costume. Remembering the first time they were all in their respective costumes, Garfield discussed what it was like on the set of No Way Home with three live SpiderMens.

“[Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and I] talked about what worked for each of us,” Garfield said in an interview with Variety. “[Holland] was jealous because I have little zippers in it. my dress that I can take off my hands very easily. ”In fact, Garfield recalled how Holland was forced to resort to a workaround to use the phone while he was dressed, saying,“ So that the phone works, he had to use his nose because he couldn’t access his hands.
Garfield brought back other memories during his time with Holland and Maguire while working at No Way Home, as Garfield discussed what he was not just as as a SpiderMan fan himself, but as one of the many. Actors who played the character on the big screen. “I think the first time we all put the costume together,”

Garfield said, “it was hilarious because it’s just three normal guys who were just actors who had just come outside. But then you too become a fan and say, “Oh my God, we are all dressed together and doing as it says!”We would also have deeper conversations and talk about our experiences with the character.
Garfield recalled other memories during his time with Holland and Maguire while working on No Way Home, as Garfield discussed what it was like not only as a fan of Spider-Man himself but as one of several actors who have portrayed the character on the big screen.

“I think the first time we were all in the suit together,” Garfield said, “it was hilarious because it’s like just three ordinary dudes who were just actors just hanging out. But then also, you just become a fan and say, ‘Oh my god we’re all together in the suits and we’re doing the pointing thing!’… We would have deeper conversations, too, and talk about our experiences with the character.”

Garfield summed up his experience with his fellow Spider-Men, as the actor went on the reveal the origins behind one of his improvised lines in No Way Home. “There’s a line I improvised in the movie, looking at [Maguire and Holland] and I tell them I love them,” Garfield said. “That was just me loving them.”

Although it’s been almost a decade since Garfield last donned the Spidey suit in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the actor recently spoke about returning to the role on a possible future project.
Garfield also spoke about what got him aboard the multiversal cast of No Way Home, including how one scene in particular convinced him to dress up as a WebSlinger again.

Garfield has elaborated further on the initial pitch for the film when he was approached by Sony and Marvel, detailing the concept that would allow him to explore an old character in a new way.

News: SpaceX’s Starlink internet service has more than 145,000 users so far

January 7, 2022
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A Starlink user terminal, also known as an antenna or satellite dish, on the roof of a building.(Photo:-SpaceX)Elon Musk’s SpaceX provided an update on its Starlink internet service on Thursday, as the company launched more satellites into orbit. SpaceX engineer Jessie Anderson said during a webcast of the company’s first launch of the year that Starlink now has more than 145,000 users in 25 countries around the world. It fell from 140,000 users in early November, but represents a slowdown in user growth. On Thursday, the company launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, carrying 49 Starlink satellites into orbit. Starlink is the company’s plan to build an interconnected Internet network with thousands of satellites – known in the space industry as a constellation. It is designed to provide high speed Internet access to consumers all over the planet. SpaceX has approximately 1,800 Starlink satellites in orbit.The increase of 5,000 users in two months represents slower growth. As of November, SpaceX had added about 11,000 users per month since the service began in October 2020. Late last year, SpaceX noted on its website that the “silicon shortage has delayed production” of Starlink user terminals, “which impacted our ability to fulfill orders. SpaceX’s valuation has reached over $100 billion, which industry analysts attribute largely to the market potential of its Starlink service.

A Starlink user terminal, also known as an antenna or satellite dish, on the roof of a building.(Photo:-SpaceX)

Elon Musk’s SpaceX provided an update on its Starlink internet service on Thursday, as the company launched more satellites into orbit.

SpaceX engineer Jessie Anderson said during a webcast of the company’s first launch of the year that Starlink now has more than 145,000 users in 25 countries around the world. It fell from 140,000 users in early November, but represents a slowdown in user growth.

On Thursday, the company launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, carrying 49 Starlink satellites into orbit.

Starlink is the company’s plan to build an interconnected Internet network with thousands of satellites – known in the space industry as a constellation.

It is designed to provide high speed Internet access to consumers all over the planet. SpaceX has approximately 1,800 Starlink satellites in orbit.

The increase of 5,000 users in two months represents slower growth. As of November, SpaceX had added about 11,000 users per month since the service began in October 2020.

Late last year, SpaceX noted on its website that the “silicon shortage has delayed production” of Starlink user terminals, “which impacted our ability to fulfill orders.

SpaceX’s valuation has reached over $100 billion, which industry analysts attribute largely to the market potential of its Starlink service.

News: Astronomers Capture Red Supergiant Star Exploding in Massive Supernova – For the Very First Time

January 7, 2022
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An artist’s impression of a red supergiant star in the final year of its life emitting a tumultuous cloud of gas. This suggests at least some of these stars undergo significant internal changes before going supernova. Credit: W.M. Keck Observatory/Adam MakarenkoThe death of a star is one of the most dramatic and violent events in space, and astronomers have had an unprecedented spot at the explosive end of a stellar giant star. Ground-based telescopes provided the first real-time look at the death throes of a red supergiant star. While these aren’t the the brightest or most massive stars, they are the largest by volume. A popular red supergiant, which has attracted interest due to its irregular eclipsing, is Betelgeuse. This star is located in the galaxy NGC 5731, about 120 million light years from Earth distant it was ten times as massive as the sun. Before they go out in splendor, some stars experience violent eruptions or release bright layers of hot gas. Until astronomers witnessed this event, they believed that red supergiants were relatively calm. before they explode in a supernova or collapse into a dense neutron star.Instead, scientists watched the star self-destruct in dramatic fashion before collapsing in a type II supernova. This star death is the rapid collapse and violent explosion of a massive star after it has burned through the hydrogen, helium and other elements in its core.All that remains is the star’s iron, but iron can’t fuse so the star will run out of energy. When that happens, the iron collapses and causes the supernova. A study detailing these findings published Thursday in The Astrophysical Journal.”This is a breakthrough in our understanding of what massive stars do moments before they die,” said lead study author Wynn Jacobson-Galán, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at University of California, Berkeley, in a statement.”Direct detection of pre-supernova activity in a red supergiant star has never been observed before in an ordinary type II supernova. For the first time, we watched a red supergiant star explode.”Astronomers were first alerted to the star’s unusual activity 130 days before it went supernova. Bright radiation was detected in the summer of 2020 by the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy Pan-STARRS telescope on Maui’s Haleakalā.Then, in the fall of that year, the researchers witnessed a supernova in the same spot.They observed it using the W.M. Keck Observatory’s Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer on Maunakea, Hawai’i, and named the supernova 2020tlf. Their observations revealed that there was material around the star when it exploded — the bright gas that the star violently kicked away from itself over the summer.”It’s like watching a ticking time bomb,” said senior study author Raffaella Margutti, an associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Berkeley, in a statement. “We’ve never confirmed such violent activity in a dying red supergiant star where we see it produce such a luminous emission, then collapse and combust, until now.”Some of these massive stars likely experience consequential internal changes that cause the tumultuous release of gas before they die, the finding has shown.The work was conducted while Jacobson-Galán and Margutti were still at Northwestern University. They had remote access to the Keck Observatory’s telescopes in Hawai’i, which was “instrumental in providing direct evidence of a massive star transitioning into a supernova explosion,” Margutti said.”I am most excited by all of the new ‘unknowns’ that have been unlocked by this discovery,” Jacobson-Galán said. “Detecting more events like SN 2020tlf will dramatically impact how we define the final months of stellar evolution, uniting observers and theorists in the quest to solve the mystery on how massive stars spend the final moments of their lives.”Source: CNN

The death of a star is one of the most dramatic and violent events in space, and astronomers have had an unprecedented spot at the explosive end of a stellar giant star.

Ground-based telescopes provided the first real-time look at the death throes of a red supergiant star.
While these aren’t the the brightest or most massive stars, they are the largest by volume. A popular red supergiant, which has attracted interest due to its irregular eclipsing, is Betelgeuse.
This star is located in the galaxy NGC 5731, about 120 million light years from Earth distant it was ten times as massive as the sun. Before they go out in splendor, some stars experience violent eruptions or release bright layers of hot gas.
Until astronomers witnessed this event, they believed that red supergiants were relatively calm. before they explode in a supernova or collapse into a dense neutron star.

Instead, scientists watched the star self-destruct in dramatic fashion before collapsing in a type II supernova. This star death is the rapid collapse and violent explosion of a massive star after it has burned through the hydrogen, helium and other elements in its core.

All that remains is the star’s iron, but iron can’t fuse so the star will run out of energy. When that happens, the iron collapses and causes the supernova. A study detailing these findings published Thursday in The Astrophysical Journal.

“This is a breakthrough in our understanding of what massive stars do moments before they die,” said lead study author Wynn Jacobson-Galán, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at University of California, Berkeley, in a statement.

“Direct detection of pre-supernova activity in a red supergiant star has never been observed before in an ordinary type II supernova. For the first time, we watched a red supergiant star explode.”

Astronomers were first alerted to the star’s unusual activity 130 days before it went supernova. Bright radiation was detected in the summer of 2020 by the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy Pan-STARRS telescope on Maui’s Haleakalā.

Then, in the fall of that year, the researchers witnessed a supernova in the same spot.

They observed it using the W.M. Keck Observatory’s Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer on Maunakea, Hawai’i, and named the supernova 2020tlf. Their observations revealed that there was material around the star when it exploded — the bright gas that the star violently kicked away from itself over the summer.

“It’s like watching a ticking time bomb,” said senior study author Raffaella Margutti, an associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Berkeley, in a statement. “We’ve never confirmed such violent activity in a dying red supergiant star where we see it produce such a luminous emission, then collapse and combust, until now.”

Some of these massive stars likely experience consequential internal changes that cause the tumultuous release of gas before they die, the finding has shown.

The work was conducted while Jacobson-Galán and Margutti were still at Northwestern University. They had remote access to the Keck Observatory’s telescopes in Hawai’i, which was “instrumental in providing direct evidence of a massive star transitioning into a supernova explosion,” Margutti said.

“I am most excited by all of the new ‘unknowns’ that have been unlocked by this discovery,” Jacobson-Galán said. “Detecting more events like SN 2020tlf will dramatically impact how we define the final months of stellar evolution, uniting observers and theorists in the quest to solve the mystery on how massive stars spend the final moments of their lives.”

Source: CNN

News: Apple loses lead Apple Silicon designer Jeff Wilcox to Intel

January 7, 2022
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The Apple Park campus stands in this aerial photograph taken above Cupertino in October 2019.Sam Hall/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesJeff Wilcox, Apple Silicon Leader and T2 security processor developer, left Apple to join Intel and oversee the architecture of all Intel System-ona-Chip (SoC) designs.As Apple heads to the end of its self-imposed two-year transition from Intel to its own Apple Silicon, the company lost the head of his M1 development team. Jeff Wilcox originally joined Apple from Intel in 2013 and is now returning to the company while working on new processors. “After eight great years, I decided to leave Apple and look for another opportunity,” wrote Wilcox on his LinkedIn page. “It’s been an incredible journey and I couldn’t be more proud of all that we did during my time that culminates in the move from Apple Silicon to the M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max systems and SOCs. I will miss all my colleagues and friends at Apple very much. “I am pleased to announce that I have a “Engineering Group CTO, Client SoC Architecture at Intel Corporation,” he said. Big things are still to come!Wilcox returned to Intel in early January 2022.It’s not yet known who Apple intends to replace him with as Director, Mac System Architecture.Nor is it known whether Apple tried to keep Wilcox. Separately, Apple has recently been offering $180,000 bonuses to engineers to prevent them leaving.

The Apple Park campus stands in this aerial photograph taken above Cupertino in October 2019.Sam Hall/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Jeff Wilcox, Apple Silicon Leader and T2 security processor developer, left Apple to join Intel and oversee the architecture of all Intel System-ona-Chip (SoC) designs.

As Apple heads to the end of its self-imposed two-year transition from Intel to its own Apple Silicon, the company lost the head of his M1 development team.

Jeff Wilcox originally joined Apple from Intel in 2013 and is now returning to the company while working on new processors. “After eight great years, I decided to leave Apple and look for another opportunity,” wrote Wilcox on his LinkedIn page. “It’s been an incredible journey and I couldn’t be more proud of all that we did during my time that culminates in the move from Apple Silicon to the M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max systems and SOCs.

I will miss all my colleagues and friends at Apple very much. “I am pleased to announce that I have a “Engineering Group CTO, Client SoC Architecture at Intel Corporation,” he said. Big things are still to come!

Wilcox returned to Intel in early January 2022.It’s not yet known who Apple intends to replace him with as Director, Mac System Architecture.

Nor is it known whether Apple tried to keep Wilcox. Separately, Apple has recently been offering $180,000 bonuses to engineers to prevent them leaving.

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