Author: 5hspx

Kandao has unveiled its latest and greatest 360-degree camera, the QooCam 3 Ultra, which the company hopes will dethrone the Insta360 X4. And, at least in theory, that looks set to be exactly what it is. The QooCam 3 Ultra is packed with industry-leading features, including 8K HDR video with 10-bit color depth, twin lenses with f/1.6 aperture, and a larger 1/1.7-inch dual sensor, which combine to produce sharper images than the X4, especially in low light conditions. Users can shoot 360-degree video in 8K resolution at up to 30fps, 5.7K video at up to 60fps, and 4K video at…

Aside from the physical heft of data centers seen from highways and the fiber optic cables crawling into homes and offices, the digital world mostly exists in our imagination. That imagination is shaped by the people selling services that rely on that infrastructure. This has given rise to a mythology of technology that aims for simple, graspable explanations at the expense of accuracy.Companies marketing technology products and services wield enormous influence over our understanding of things. Marketing can lean into complexity to obscure the challenging aspects of these products or smooth out any rough edges through oversimplification, and the designers…

A mysterious and deadly disease known as “sloth fever” has spread across Europe and the United States, raising concerns among health officials and the public, and posing a major threat with no known cure at the moment. In recent developments, more than 20 U.S. travelers returning from Cuba have tested positive, according to a Tuesday update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Europe has also reported 19 cases to date. As the number of cases continues to rise, understanding the nature of this fever, how it is transmitted and preventative measures is critical to public health safety. Main…

AMA Newswire Health Tips Your Doctor Wants You to Know August 28, 2024 For many Americans, the entry point into the health care system is the internist, whose primary job is to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases in adults. But before they even step foot in an internist's office, most of them are bombarded with aggressive product marketing, false opinions on social media, and a variety of other social and cultural forces that can harm their health and the patient-physician relationship. Thus, one of the biggest challenges for internists is to ensure that patients turn to them first for health…

Chalkbeat's First Person features personal essays from educators, students, parents, and others who are thinking and writing about public education.When I started teaching in 2003, cell phones were foreign in the classroom. Back then, it was clumsy to even access the Internet, let alone send a text on a cell phone. I remember a student trying to sneak a cell phone into the Bronx high school where I taught, neatly tucking it between two slices of sandwich bread. The phone wouldn't get through the metal detector at the entrance.Of course, our relationship with these devices has changed dramatically over the…

Welcome to Kids Today! I'm Anna North, a senior Vox correspondent covering policy and culture. Today, we're launching the Vox newsletter, which will bring stories about Gen Alpha (people born between 2010 and 2024) and American childhood to readers' inboxes every week. This is a kids newsletter for everyone. If you'd like to receive it, sign up here. Although I am a parent of two young children, I am not here to talk about parenting (for that I would recommend Sarah Petersen or Angela Gervais), but in this newsletter I want to focus on the actual experience of being a…

(Bloomberg) — Nvidia Corp.’s earnings report was impressive by almost any metric, except for the company’s recent performance.Most read articles on BloombergThat was enough to roil markets overnight, but cooler hands prevailed early Thursday as investors speculated that the artificial intelligence revolution was still on track and found solace in money market bets that Federal Reserve interest rate cuts could reach 100 basis points this year.Nvidia shares fell 4%, while the S&P 500, about 1.3% off its all-time high, rose, with futures up 0.2%.In Europe, the Stoxx 600 index was hovering near its all-time high, while Germany's DAX index rose…

Iliad Group CEO Thomas Reynaud reported that the company is now ranked among the top five telecoms groups in Europe in terms of combined fixed and mobile subscriber numbers, and praised the company's continued customer gains. At the end of the first half, Iliad had 40 million mobile subscribers and 10 million fixed-line subscribers across its operations in France, Poland and Italy, with over 1.3 million of these added in the first half alone. In a statement to coincide with the company's half-year results, Raynaud suggested Iliad could have “up to” 61 million users, including those of Tele2 and Republic…

Wall Street ignores Nvidia disappointmentTech stocks drive STOXX 600 to record highUSD rises as GDP data backs Fed to scale back rate cutsOil rises as Libyan supply worries counter small pullback in U.S. stocksGold rises as investors focus on Fed rate cut, inflation dataNEW YORK, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Global stocks edged higher on Tuesday despite investor disappointment over artificial intelligence company Nvidia's earnings, while oil prices recovered from two straight sessions of losses hit by supply disruptions in Libya.Wall Street's major stock indexes rose, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) up 0.64% to 41,353.44, the S&P 500 (.SPX)…

In recent years, rapid advances in technology have transformed nearly every aspect of modern life, from the way we communicate to the way we experience luxury. In 2024, luxury doesn’t just mean extravagance and extravagance – it means living a convenient and fulfilling life. And from smart homes that cater to every need to high-end gadgets that take everyday life to a new level, the latest innovations are enhancing modern lifestyles in ways never before thought possible. Here we take a look at how they've changed the game and heralded a new era of luxurious, seamless and personalized living. Smart…