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The light brown–skinned girl on the cover, her hair in two Bantu knots, pairs her ballet tights and tutu with basketball shorts and sneakers. The rhyming story opens with Ina warming up at a ballet barre on the sidelines of a basketball court. Illustrating Ina’s parallel enjoyment of ballet and basketball, Casal balances a double-page spread of the girl striking six ballet poses with one of her performing six basketball moves a few pages later. And the fact that her dribble and plié require the same bending and her grand jeté resembles a leap on the basketball court suggests not only that she adores them both, but that ballet enhances her basketball playing and vice versa. When a light-skinned blond basketball player points at Ina and says, “Dancers dance and players play! This is B-ball, not ballet!” Ina replies confidently, “Wait until you see me fly.” And fly she does. While there’s a sweetness to Casal’s wonderfully composed digital illustrations, they also carefully show the para...

X owner Elon Musk and Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino will both oversee the trust and safety team at the company formerly known as Twitter, the social media concern said on Monday. X's product and engineering team will report to Musk, while Yaccarino will oversee all other divisions, including human resources, legal, finance, sales and operations, X said. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/NZaCzGb

The overall valuation of the crypto sector dropped by 0.26 percent in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin, along with Leo and Near Protocol recorded minor gains on Monday. Ether stewed in losses, alongside majority popular altcoins. These include Tether, Solana, Polygon, and Polkadot among others. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/CXIrDve

Walmart has paid $1.4 billion to buy out hedge fund Tiger Global's investment in e-commerce firm Flipkart, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a letter by the hedge-fund to its investors. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/nB510QN

Space travel in the wild, wild future is conducted via the “Voyalten Web,” faster-than-light spaceship portals used by numerous civilized worlds who participate in an intergalactic socio-economic trading system. The resulting trans-species “Lodespace” has spawned a syndicate of ruthless, paramilitary thugs, controlled by the alien kingpin Gulna Kii Fessenog and his Fleet. The human Levort Aatra occupies the lowest social rung of Lodespace. He’s a “prospector,” scrounging for salvage on the abandoned planet Tayoxe (“The mask of desperation wore heavily on the prospectors who had taken multiple trips down to Tayoxe and found nothing. There were more of these cases on every trip”). Levort’s one advantage is a lifelong friendship with fellow human Bayfo Niall, an armed “enforcer” who uphold the Fleet’s self-serving regulations at ground level. An unfamiliar, four-armed alien informs Levort that a collective of civilizations has generated an alternative to the Voyalten Web: portable device...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 was launched at the company's Galaxy Unpacked held in July. The smartphone, successor to last year's Galaxy Z Flip 4, is powered by a custom Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. The South Korean tech giant hosted another Galaxy Unpacked event in February this year, where it announced the launch of the Galaxy S23 series. The top-of-the-line Galaxy S23 Ultra ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/HismrqC

When Leo, a Toronto boy in grade 5, is randomly assigned by his teacher to correspond with Elsa, a Boston fifth grader, he’s annoyed. Not only must he write to a girl, but each letter must be at least 250 words long. He expresses his feelings in a haiku appended to one letter: “THIS IS REALLY DUMB (5) / I COULD BE PLAYING OUTSIDE (7) / LIKE I SAID IT’S DUMB (5).” Leo is dealing with a lot: His family’s move from Montreal has been a rough adjustment, he feels excluded at school, and he cycles home by a different route every day to avoid high school bullies. As they continue their correspondence, Leo, who has a tendency to see the glass half empty, is sometimes rude to Elsa, but he also finds solace in having someone to confide in. Optimist Elsa is revealed several months into their pen-pal relationship to be a wheelchair user with spina bifida. Fed up with Leo’s self-pity, she writes, “At least you can walk and run. I can hardly walk at all.” Even though she is developed as a character...

The deadline to file ITR (Income Tax Return) without any late fee is approaching closer. The last date to file ITR for assessment year 2023-24 is July 31. So far, the Income Tax Department has not announced any extension in the last date for filing ITR. One can easily file ITR online using a few simple steps. Once the ITR is filed, all taxpayers await the tax returns... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/NL589lU

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has introduce an on-demand streaming platform, name NASA+. The website will be ad-free, no-cost, family-friendly service. Moreover, the US space agency is also revamping its science websites. For now, it is a beta website that can be accessed the preview of the beta website. NASA has invited public to explore the we... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/eX9hyFM

Less than a week after its launch, the Worldcoin crypto project of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman is already under scrutiny by European regulators over its reliance on an eye scan to verify a user's identity, France's data protection agency said Friday. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2fpyYTE

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is confirmed to launch soon. The phone has previously been listed on Geekbench with two SoC variants. Recently, a live image of the phone was leaked online and it was also spotted on a wireless charging database, suggesting that it will come with a slower charging capacity than the other Galaxy S23 models. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/reJoE56

Vedanta group chairman Anil Agarwal on Friday said that the first phase of its semiconductor project will involve a $5 billion (roughly Rs. 41,300 crore) investment of the overall $20-billion (roughly Rs. 1,64,500 crore) outlay, and the venture will be ready with made-in-India chip in two and a half years. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/14o7jwY

US President Joe Biden is planning to sign an executive order to limit critical US technology investments in China by mid-August. The order focuses on semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. It won't affect any existing investments and will only prohibit certain transactions. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/16zeDJT

From Intel to Samsung, global chipmakers are celebrating the beginning of the end of a semiconductor supply glut, but the outlook for demand from customers outside the artificial intelligence (AI) industry remains gloomy. All the major markets for chips — smartphones, PCs and data centres — have shrunk this year. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/1jT2OMd

iPhone 15 Pro models will reportedly come with a higher price tag than the ongoing models. The iPhone 15 Pro will reportedly cost up to $100 (roughly Rs. 8,000) more than the iPhone 14 Pro whereas the iPhone 15 Pro Max could see a price hike of $100 to $200 (roughly Rs. 26,000) more than the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Pricing would remain similar for the standard iPhone 15 an... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/wuqI4VH

On Wednesday, Meta revealed numbers that show Reels videos are growing rapidly among both users and advertisers and are quickly catching up to the ByteDance-owned TikTok app that is beloved by young users and has reshaped the social media landscape. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/Ej0cGl6

A parliamentary panel on Thursday expressed concern over mushrooming of cyber crimes and increasing data vulnerability, and suggested that the government should come out with a framework to deal with such risks. The Standing Committee on Finance recommended setting up of Cyber Protection Authority (CPA) and advocated that the CPA engage ethical hackers to test ecosys... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/TP0u74H

Walt Disney's India streaming service plans to start enforcing a policy of allowing its premium users to login from only four devices, an effort aimed at limiting password sharing in a key market, two sources with direct knowledge said. Disney's plan comes just as streaming rival Netflix in May started telling subscribers in more than 100 countries they will need to p... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/NpJ19Qi

Samsung will manufacture its premium flagship devices Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 in India to meet local requirements, a senior company official said on Thursday. Samsung started manufacturing the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 in India from December, four months after their launch. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3YeKRIi

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 were launched alongside the Galaxy Watch 6 series and the Galaxy Tab S9 series on Wednesday. All the devices were introduced during the Galaxy Unpacked event held in Seoul. Here we compare the price, specifications and features of the two foldable smartphones. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/JjOzxrg

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 were launched on Wednesday during the Galaxy Unpacked event in Seoul. The foldable smartphones were unveiled alongside the Galaxy Watch 6 series and the Galaxy Tab S9 series. The company has now confirmed the prices of the foldable phones in India. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/9efxWMN

Alphabet's second-quarter profit exceeded Wall Street expectations on Tuesday and the Google parent announced that its long-time CFO, Ruth Porat, would assume a new role while the company sought a new finance chief. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/cuWXIVP

Barbie has faced criticism from various sources, including Elon Musk and Indian actor Juhi Parmar. While Musk slammed the movie for 'anti-man' feminist overtones, Juhi Parmar objected to the language and content in the film, claiming that it isn't appropriate even for children above the age of 13. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/WeUT3zP

ChatGPT is now available for download on Android devices in India, the US, Bangladesh, and Brazil. The app was earlier available only to Apple's iOS since May this year. The ChatGPT app for Android is available for free, but OpenAI is offering an optional subscription to access a better large language model (GPT-4) and additional features. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/qVoz23e

France's antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday it had issued a statement of objection against Apple, citing concerns the US technology company could have breached regulations linked to the use of iPhone user data for advertising purposes. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/pcwkeWS

Microsoft on Tuesday laid out an aggressive spending plan to meet demand for its new artificial intelligence services after surpassing Wall Street estimates for fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and profit. Costs rose sharply as Microsoft built new data centers to support AI, and Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood said on a conference call with analysts the company's capita... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/UqP3whg

Whitney Dagner has returned to Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California, to help her grandparents, who brought her up after both her parents took off. Her brother, Nick, her grandmother Goldy, and her grandfather Pops all help with her gift shop, Dame of the Sea, and Whit is happily dating police diver Felix Ramirez. When Goldy insists Whit join her at the funeral of a woman whose son Goldy had dated 50 years ago, trouble is on the horizon—what else could it mean that Pops has refused to go? Darren Milner is attending his mother’s funeral with Jericho, his male romantic partner, whose presence makes Whit realize that Goldy had been helping Darren keep his sexuality a secret back when it “could have gotten you beat up, ostracized, and sometimes even killed.” Strangely, in the middle of the funeral, a car races up and knocks the coffin to the ground. The driver, Elsie Jacobs, who was once engaged to Darren, creates a nasty scene. Later, when Jericho falls to his death from ...

Adobe's $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1,63,400 crore) bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma will reportedly face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation following EU regulators' preliminary review. The move underscores antitrust watchdogs' wariness of tech deals where bigger companies may acquire rival start-ups to shut them down. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/WhMKa42

As many as 14,007 cyber fraud cases were registered in 2021, Parliament was informed on Monday. Quoting National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said "total number of cyber fraud cases which includes...frauds committed through online apps is 14,007 in 2021 (latest published data pertains to the year 2021)." from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/bDkeYLo

Digital payments and fintech platform PhonePe on Monday launched a feature to pay income tax through its app. Individuals and businesses can pay self-assessment and advance tax through UPI or credit card via the application, without logging into the income tax portal, PhonePe said. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/yU10mJn

Vodafone reported an acceleration in first-quarter top line growth on Monday, driven by strong demand in Britain and improvements in Germany, Italy and Spain, marking a positive start for new chief executive Margherita Della Valle. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/ur9ewx8

Lawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried rejected prosecutors' claims that his discussions with a New York Times reporter amounted to witness tampering but agreed to accept a gag order, they said in a letter to the judge in the criminal fraud case. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/MxFi5Ut

Every summer, the author leaves her suburban Long Island home to spend time alone in the isolated wilderness of Bobs Lake, in Ontario, Canada. Accompanied only by two dogs for companionship, she stays in a simple log cabin on a small island she inherited from her father, Philip, who died when she was just a teenager. Her time here is usually spent enjoying the wilderness, but one year she had to interrupt her time as her “island self” to visit her ailing mother, Dorothea, in a nearby care home. Dementia had already claimed her mother’s mind, and her overall health was in rapid decline; her dire condition led McGrath to “unravel the puzzle of [her] relationship with [her] parents.” Back at the cabin, McGrath’s memories of her father reveal a troubled man—an alcoholic World War I veteran whose experiences as a soldier birthed a deep, silent rage (“There were times when he seemed to be looking for a fight, setting us up as the enemy, defying us to love him. I’ve read that survival of war...

Twitter owner Elon Musk on Sunday signalled he would do more to take the social media company in a new direction with a rebranding that will replace its well-known blue bird logo with an X after acknowledging advertisers have been slow to return. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/QtFOdLg

Fintech firm One97 Communications, which operates under the Paytm brand, expects to generate free cash flow by the end of this year, a top company official said on Saturday. Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, in an earnings call, said that growth for the company in the June 2023 quarter came on account of expansion in payments, financial services and commerc... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/GMZH8kw

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 is set to take place on July 26 in Seoul, Korea. In a build-up to the imminent launch, Samsung has released a teaser video for the Galaxy Z Flip 5. At first glance, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 looks similar to the Galaxy Z Flip 4, however, a closer look shows the slightly redesigned hinge. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/s6KHGDi

ChatGPT has exploded in popularity, and people are using it to write articles and essays, generate marketing copy and computer code, or simply as a learning or research tool. However, most people don’t understand how it works or what it can do, so they are either not happy with its results or not using it in a way that can draw out its best capabilities. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/iWfxmT1

Actors have been protesting since June against the use of AI-generated actors in movies and TV. SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, said AI poses an “existential crisis” for actors who worry their past, present and future work will be used to generate “synthetic performers who can take their place.” from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/1KT52iH

Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal is back in the hands of Britain's antitrust regulator after an appeals court granted an adjournment, and the grounds for why the UK should reconsider its block on the US software giant's takeover were published. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/XdJQRh7

Chinese smartphone makers, including Oppo Mobile, Vivo India and Xiaomi Technology, have been found evading taxes worth Rs. 9,000 crore in India, Parliament was informed on Friday. Data shared by the Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Rajya Sabha showed tax evasion comprising customs duty and GST. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/8AmlGI9

Smartphone maker Xiaomi is betting big on the Rs. 10,000-Rs. 15,000 device segment to regain its lost market share, a senior official of the company said on Friday. Xiaomi India President, Muralikrishnan B said that the company has come up with a reset strategy and will focus to be "India's most loved and trusted smartphones" and IoT brand with "focus on efficiency a... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/tuJUAK7

Government's initiative Open Network for Digital Commerce has collaborated with a subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange to launch an academy to provide information to sellers and network participants about simple ways to conduct e-commerce business. In the current phase, the ONDC Academy will provide learning content in text and video formats to sellers about man... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/VvTQ073

iPhone 15 series could hit the markets only in October rather than September, claims analyst. A media report contradicts this suggestion and states that iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will be available in limited units at launch in September due to screen manufacturing issues. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/vmd82pa

The harboring of defectors from the Soviet Union in their “leap to freedom” was a tremendous coup for the West. However, as historian and Russian Review editor Scott shows in this multilayered academic study, it was also a delicate balancing act between the two Cold War powers. The right to seek asylum was affirmed in the 1948 U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and refugee protections were later detailed in the 1951 Geneva Convention. Although originally designated as those who fled from the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies, political defectors came to encompass migrants from China, Vietnam, Cuba, and elsewhere in the socialist world. The backgrounds of the defectors were diverse—from artist to sailor to politician to embassy administrator—and their cases often uneasily straddled the “political and ideological fault lines of the Cold War.” In the U.S., the National Security Council created a defector program by the early 1950s, with the aim of selecting Soviet defecto...

Microsoft was hit with an EU antitrust complaint by German rival alfaview on Thursday, the second so far over its bundling of video app Teams into its Office product, as the bloc's regulator prepares to investigate the US tech giant. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/m91ICYu

Abraham Keen helms a charity that offers aid to unhoused people, but the mayor and the police of Old York (the former New York in a dystopian America) write off the “subterraneans” as an inconvenience. And they’re soon looking at Abraham for all the wrong reasons. They claim his estranged teenage son, Joe, belongs to a terrorist group, and they want Abraham’s help in snaring its “religious lunatic” leader, the mysterious Liberator. To get answers, Abraham heads to Venice, the HQ of House of Never —the company behind reality-augmenting pills to which Joe is addicted. Sadly, Abraham finds only trouble and soon has no choice but to escape into his apparent memories. It’s relentlessly confusing; he’s caught up in a war that ended a decade ago. Is he really Abraham Keen or is the life he’s known merely part of his “false dreams?” Woodward’s novel thrives on perplexity. Characters Abraham meets either know nothing, purposefully withhold relevant details, and/or are exceedingly strange, like...

Hackers and propagandists are wielding artificial intelligence (AI) to create malicious software, draft convincing phishing emails and spread disinformation online, Canada's top cybersecurity official told Reuters, early evidence that the technological revolution sweeping Silicon Valley has also been adopted by cybercriminals. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/HKs8bSE

TikTok on Thursday opened up its research software to researchers in Europe ahead of new EU rules requiring Big Tech to do more to police online content. TikTok, owned by ByteDance, is one of 19 online platforms and search engines subject to tougher requirements that will kick in from August under the Digital Services Act (DSA). from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/f7gwvpz

Oppo Reno 10 5G series launched in India earlier this month. The series comprises three models — Oppo Reno 10 5G, Reno 10 Pro 5G, and Reno 10 Pro+ 5G. The Oppo Reno 10 Pro models are already available for sale. The pricing for the Oppo Reno 10 5G has been revealed today via Flipkart. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/J3WzxRl

The overall crypto market valuation slipped by 0.28 percent in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin and Ether, both registered price drops on Thursday, July 20, alongside Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash. Among a small number of cryptocurrencies that managed to mint profits, Cardano, Solana, and Dogecoin etched their names. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/L4J2e7D

Tesla reported a jump in second-quarter profits Wednesday as a series of price cuts translated into sharply higher car sales. The EV manufacturer reported profits of $2.7 billion (roughly Rs. 22,156 crore), up 20 percent on the year-ago level. Revenues surged 47 percent to $24.9 billion (roughly Rs. 2,04,334 crore). from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/h7kTbvY

Apple is reportedly working on artificial intelligence (AI) offerings similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. The iPhone maker has built its own framework, known as "Ajax", to create large language models (LLMs) and is also testing a chatbot that some engineers call "Apple GPT", the report said, citing people with knowledge of the matter. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/M1PKTE5

Netflix on Wednesday said subscriptions to the media streaming service climbed by nearly 6 million in the wake of its crackdown on password sharing. The streaming giant finished the recently ended quarter with a total of 238 million subscribers and a profit of $1.5 billion (roughly Rs. 12,309 crore), according to an earnings release. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/fnsEKYP

Netflix will begin rolling out its account and password sharing controls in India, after taking similar steps in over 100 countries earlier this year. The streaming service has, so far, allowed multiple users to share a single account in India, regardless of location from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/PEmWnNg

OnePlus 12 is reportedly in the works. The flagship handset is yet to be officially announced by the Chinese smartphone brand, but ahead of that, its complete specifications have been leaked online. It might run on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. The OnePlus 12 is said to feature a 5,400mAh battery with support for 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/ZDr1sRW

As per various threads and comments popping up on Reddit, several Pixel users have begun facing issues with the smartphones. The issue sees both Google’s default and third-party apps crash when opened. It isn’t clear what the underlying issue is, but it could be down to an old Android WebView bug. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/hPzYybD

The White House on Tuesday along with companies such as Amazon, Alphabet's Google and Best Buy will announce an initiative that allows Americans to identify devices that are less vulnerable to cyberattacks. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/Rpc3ArD

A woman—who may be controlled by a zombie ant fungus—invites her ex-boyfriend over for a late-night reconciliation (“Zombie Ant Fungus”). A parks and wildlife employee is forced to take a bear into her home when there’s no more room in the woods only to realize, a few weeks into the stay, that the “bear” is actually just a man in a bear suit (“Parks and Wildlife”). A zombie, reanimated for the purpose of serving as a crash test dummy, falls in love with his zombie co-pilot, Jane, over the course of several catastrophic drives together (“Crash Test Zombies”). From Dungeons and Dragons clerics to reluctant pit fighters to body-snatching aliens pretending to be human, the characters in these 16 stories press up against the walls of their realities, probing for those places where recognizable humanity turns into something less familiar. In “Bed Just Right,”a family’s suburban home is rendered an exotic museum when their creepy neighbor sneaks in and begins examining their things: “He wond...

Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) said on Wednesday it had cancelled the license of the local arm of collapsed U.S. cryptocurrency exchange FTX, effective from July 14. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/97ric2s

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Samuel Little confessed to killing 93 women between 1970 and 2005. The FBI has confirmed his involvement in at least 60 of these murders, making Little the most prolific known serial killer in U.S. history. Before Little died in a Los Angeles prison in 2020, Lauren, the author of the memoirs Everything You Ever Wanted and Some Girls , exchanged letters with him and, ultimately, conducted hundreds of hours of face-to-face interviews over the course of a few years. This book is an amalgam of scenes from the author’s relationship with Little, records of her interactions with law enforcement, vignettes from her travels to understand the murderer and his victims, a memoir of this time in her life, and imagined narratives about the women Little killed. Attempting to give Little’s victims a voice through fiction makes emotional sense, and it might make artistic sense in a different kind of narrative. However, this is a nonfiction book, and this choice casts a cloud of confusion over the ent...

Mehar’s famous polo player father’s luxurious royal lifestyle, his impending wedding to a socialite, and the constant online documentation by his fiancee’s social media influencer daughter ensure many soirees and paparazzi always hot on their trail. Though reconnecting with her grandmother and aunts brings back fond childhood memories, Mehar is often baffled by royal etiquette. Sufiya, her grandmother’s young assistant, helps her find her bearings, which leads to a growing friendship that blooms into a romance. Mehar uncovers secrets behind the unravelling of her parents’ marriage and continues to harbor nagging suspicions about her future stepmother’s and stepsister’s motivations. Convinced they have less than noble intentions for marrying into her father’s family, she plans to stop the wedding. The story explores the secret Sapphic romance as well as concepts such as personal sacrifice and societal pressures to bow to tradition over pursuing self-realization and love. Richly describ...

Beattie taught for many years at the University of Virginia, and her familiarity with the town surrounding it shows in the references to the streets, shops, and local landmarks through which her anxious characters wander—masked or social distancing in some stories, as the collection moves from the early days of the lockdown through the turmoil over the Robert E. Lee statue in Lee Park. The decision to remove the statue and rename the park Market Street Park prompted the 2017 Unite the Right rally that ended with the death of a counterprotestor. Beattie’s protagonists are middle-class, liberal people appalled by the rally but ambivalent about “Lee’s visage [serving] as a magnet for all that was wrong with race relations, the past, the present, the future.” They are also preoccupied with personal issues. The woman living with her fiance’s father during lockdown (“Pegasus”) wonders how committed her absent lover is and worries about the father’s failing memory. He’s not the only one gett...

It's 1944, and the war is lingering, creating significant hardship on the homefront—particularly for Black women, who have few opportunities for fairly paid work. This prompts Judy Washington, a New Yorker whose husband, Herbert, is fighting in Europe, to enlist in the Women’s Army Corps in hopes of earning enough money to support her mother and doing meaningful work until the war ends. At basic training in Iowa, she becomes friends with Stacy McFadden, Bernadette Moore, and Mary Alyce Dixon; their unit is led by Capts. Charity Adams and Abbie Campbell, two Black women, longtime friends, who applied for and were accepted to Officer Candidate School together. In 1944, Charity is promoted to major, and her unit is sent to England to handle a backlog of millions of letters between soldiers and their families; their mantra is, “No Mail, No Morale.” Over the course of the next few years, the women depend on their friendships for support, as Judy is personally affected by the mail backl...

This gentle, spare narrative opens on Sam observing the new neighbors using Filipino Sign Language. Seeing “their hands move as if to music,” Sam is curious. The neighbors’ young daughter, Mai, walks to school with Sam, at first by happenstance, though later they intentionally seek each other out. The two become fast friends, letting loose and giggling as they carry their school books on their heads. A communication lapse occurs when Sam runs up the hill only for Mai to be left behind (“Mai thought that we were hiding behind a tree”). After the mix-up Mai decides to teach Sam some FSL, allowing Sam’s “hands to dance.” This opens the door to deeper confidence, and the children start sharing their hopes and dreams: “Mai wants to be a teacher. I want to protect our earth.” Alvarez’s deft use of space and color brings vibrancy and movement to the story and characters. The black lines representing Mai’s flowing hair are paired with textured colors and objects invoking a dreamy tone. The du...

The UN security council will formally discuss AI technology for the first time on Tuesday, as governments are exploring ways to mitigate the risks AI poses to the global economy and international security. Britain, which holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council this month, will seek global dialogue about the impact of the technology on security and pea... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/hc5UsIO

Infosys has inked a five-year deal with an existing client with a target spend of $2 billion (roughly Rs. 16,400 crore) for artificial intelligence and automation services, the IT services firm said in an exchange filing. According to Infosys, the agreement includes AI and automation development, modernization, and maintenance. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/DQ4jbz7

Wall Street's top regulator is developing rules to govern the use of artificial intelligence on trading platforms, which poses a risk of conflicts of interest, the agency chief said in a speech on Monday. The US Securities and Exchange Commission will also need "new thinking" to confront challenges to financial stability presented by the use of technologies such as pr... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/RgmzpHf

Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023, scheduled for July 15 and July 16, is now live on the e-commerce website. The ongoing sale event is only available to Amazon Prime members. Users can avail huge discounts on a variety of electronic devices during the sale. Prime members can get up to 65 percent off on large appliances like refrigerators, washing machines and ACs. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/msVoKXc

Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023 is currently live for all Prime members and is accessible to users through the Amazon website and the mobile application. The sale will last two days — July 15 and July 16. The e-commerce giant is offering several big discounts and deals on a host of different items. Here are some of the best deals on Apple products for you to grab. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/pGljsOt

Apple introduced a series of products at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2023 in June this year, which included a new 15-inch MacBook Air model, a Mac Studio and Mac Pro, all powered by Apple's M2 chips. A new report from Apple analyst Mark Gurman now suggests that the company is planning to announce an October debut for M3 iMac, M3 13-inch MacBook Air and ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/Z2nIAaP

Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023 is now in its second day and is available to all Prime members in India. The deal began on June 15 and will end on June 16. The following are some of the best bargains on car accessories for you to grab on the last day of the sale. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/4voi8Ie

Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023 is ongoing and today is the last day to get your hands on some of the best deals and discounts. The two-day sale is providing price cuts on a variety of products, including electronic devices. As the sale will now be live for only less than 24 hours, interested buyers can hurry to purchase products at some of the best all-time deals. It is t... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/GHbTrS4

Prime Day Sale 2023 is here and it brings several discounts and deals on Bluetooth speakers. On July 15 and July 16, the Amazon Prime Day 2023 sale is open for Prime members only. With up to 60 percent off on Bluetooth speakers, the Prime Day 2023 Sale offers the perfect price cuts you might be looking for. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/oiuxPyv

Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023 is now available to all Prime members in India. The sale started on June 15 and will last till June 16. Following are some of the best deals available during this sale on smartphones under Rs. 20,000. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/7fYZqxg

Here's a list of the best true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones you can buy during the ongoing Amazon Prime Day 2023 sale. The list includes earbuds from popular brands such as Sony, Jabra, JBL, OnePlus, and Oppo that are priced under Rs. 10,000. This is a sweet spot for earbuds, as the ones in this list offer really good sound and get features such as active noise can... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/oDOQ6zq

Amazon’s Prime Day Sale is here and it is one of the best times to upgrade your existing smartphone. Read through this article to know which new smartphone launches you should watch out for during this Amazon Prime Day Sale. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/ykqiO1v

Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023 is currently live for all Prime members and is accessible to users through the Amazon website and the mobile application. The sale will last two days — July 15 and July 16. The e-commerce giant is offering several big discounts and deals on a host of different items. Here are some of the best deals on Apple products for you to grab. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/YtmTch4

Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023, scheduled for July 15 and July 16, is now live on the e-commerce website. The ongoing sale event is only available to Amazon Prime members. Users can avail huge discounts on a variety of electronic devices during the sale. Prime members can get up to 65 percent off on large appliances like refrigerators, washing machines and ACs. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/b0eqfT3

Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023 is now live for all Prime members. The ongoing Prime Day Sale 2023 from Amazon will go on for two days — July 15 and July 16, and is exclusive for Prime members. The e-commerce giant is offering huge discounts on a number of electronic products, including smartphones, laptops, TVs, home appliances as well as smart devices. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3CzOg08

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India and France have agreed to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in this European nation, opening a huge new market for Indian innovation. Addressing the Indian community at the La Seine Musicale, a performing arts centre on an island in river Seine, Modi said very soon Indian tourists will be able to make rupee p... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/tdfNCqK

Twitter said on Thursday that select content creators on the social media platform will be eligible to get a part of the advertising revenue the company earns. The content creators will get a share of revenue from ads displayed in their replies, Twitter said, adding that to be eligible the creators should be verified users with at least 5 million impressions on their ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/asMBxWU

Indian online gaming firms planning to relocate overseas to avoid a new 28 percent tax on the sector run the risk of violating the country's foreign exchange laws, Vivek Johri, head of the indirect taxes' department, said on Thursday. New Delhi does not plan to implement the tax retrospectively, he said, in response to speculation it could do so. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/uZt2wzs

Former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, who has been instrumental in the country’s space sector innovation said that the Chandrayaan-3 mission is going to be successful and a game-changer event for India. Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar exploration mission, will make India the fourth country to land its spacecraft on the surface of the moon and demonstrate the ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/qIRouGc

Amazon Prime Video has collaborated with the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India to announce a new business reality series. The show will highlight promising entrepreneurs who are working on made-in-India solutions to impact socio-economic change in India. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3un2PIa

Tesla has started discussions with the Indian government for an investment proposal to set up a car factory in the country, with an annual capacity of as many as 500,000 electric vehicles, the Times of India reported on Thursday. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/YyZMqVo

In 2017, researchers at Alphabet’s Mountain View, California, headquarters were talking over their midday meal about how to make computers generate text more efficiently. Over the next five months they ran experiments and, not realizing the magnitude of what they’d discovered, wrote their findings up in a research paper called “Attention is All You Need.” The ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/O79Rps2

NASA on Wednesday released an image obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth, as the U.S. space agency marked one year since it unveiled the telescope's first scientific results. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/6BdSpDV

The Bank of China is now testing an offline payment system which would work while in integration with SIM cards. The Bank of China has struck partnership deals with two national telcos — China Unicom and China Telecom to facilitate these trials. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/AOifbkG

Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar exploration mission, will make India the fourth country to land its spacecraft on the surface of the moon and demonstrate the country’s abilities for safe and soft landing on lunar surface. The countdown for the launch of mission will begin on Thursday ahead of take off on Friday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/Sb8xksA

Facebook owner Meta will contest EU antitrust charges at a closed hearing on Friday in a bid to stave off a possible hefty fine after regulators charged it with tying its classified advertisements service to its social network, people familiar with the matter said. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/T9jPAWJ

Tom Cruise is ‘working diligently’ on his next movie — after Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning — which will be shot in outer space. For it, the actor will be reunited with his Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman, with Universal Pictures backing it on an estimated budget of $200 million (about Rs. 1,647 crore). Back in 2020, NASA confirmed that Cruise wou... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/F0HRU25

Superman: Legacy has added actors Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, and Edi Gathegi to the cast, following the confirmation of David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan for the roles of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, respectively The film is set to release in July 2025. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/qSvfdLA

Readers facing a world full of distressing problems are encouraged to become involved in changemaking. The writer argues that teens have characteristics that make them particularly effective: energy; a willingness to take risks, try new things, and speak out about their passions; and wide-ranging social networks. She begins with stories of 12 young activists, most from the U.S., although three international subjects are included, two from Brazil and one from Uganda. Refreshingly, these are not the usual examples, and they cover a wide variety of causes and projects, from distributing athletic shoes to kids who need them to working for criminal justice reform. The book describes some necessary qualities for successful activism and cites the astute observation of Katie Eder, one of the young people profiled, that being “the odd one out, maybe a bit of a misfit,” can help people feel motivated to challenge inequities. Rawitt breaks down activism into fundamentals—understanding your cause...

LG Electronics said on Wednesday it is targeting $77 billion (roughly Rs. 6,33,791 crore) in sales by 2030 and plans some KRW 50 trillion (roughly Rs. 3,19,007 crore) of investment as the South Korean company announced its future strategy. It plans to become a global top 10 company in vehicle components by more than doubling revenue to KRW 20 trillion (roughly Rs. 1,2... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/mQBDJlG

Huawei Technologies is plotting a return to the 5G smartphone industry by the end of this year, according to research firms, signalling a comeback after a US ban on equipment sales decimated its consumer electronics business. Huawei should be able to procure 5G chips domestically using its own advances in semiconductor design tools along with chipmaking from Semicondu... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/BElxMuD

A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusive access to games in... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/fVn83uN

“Sometimes battles are fought with guns and bravery. But sometimes battles are fought with walls and a good engineer, like Rufus Putnam….” The author expertly crafts a colorful, fact-based narrative for middle-grade and older elementary school readers around the key role that Continental Army engineer Rufus Putnam played in the Revolutionary War, using his technical expertise to enable Gen. George Washington to recapture the city of Boston from British control. Washington’s troops required walls to protect the soldiers firing cannons at the British, but the frozen ground made digging foundations impossible; nothing short of an engineering miracle would provide a solution (Pattison relates how others, including Col. Henry Knox, QM Thomas Mifflin, and, indirectly, Gen. William Heath, were essential in making Putnam’s innovative design for walls that could be solidly built on frozen ground a reality). In addition to giving young readers an intriguing look at a specific event in early Ame...

Meta's social media apps Instagram and Facebook, messaging app WhatsApp and Twitter-rival Threads were all back up after an hour-long outage affecting thousands of users on Monday, according to Downdetector.com. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/M6NibOr

Uber Technologies Chief Financial Officer Nelson Chai is planning to leave the ride-hailing company, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Chai reportedly informed Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi of his intentions to move on, though a decision on the timing of his departure hasn't been made. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/QrVfKWB

Thousands of US users across Meta Platforms' social media offerings Instagram and Facebook, and WhatsApp reported outages on Monday, according to Downdetector.com. Around 13,000 users reported issues with accessing Instagram, while around 5,400 and 1,870 users faced outages on Facebook and WhatsApp, respectively. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/5vXiQnJ

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Australia's competition watchdog on Monday asked consumers, businesses and other relevant stakeholders to provide their views about the business practices of data brokers in an attempt to regulate the country's digital platform services sector. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/YbeMN8x

Dante O’Donnell is the VIP concierge at Sunny Junket Vacation Rentals, helping his famous and wealthy guests get the most out of their stays in Palm Springs. When private eye Jazz Friendly—who previously helped Dante get out of a very tight spot—asks him to hook up a friend of a friend with a place to stay, Dante is happy to oblige. The client in question is famed, reclusive romance novelist Maude Movay, who needs a quiet hideaway where she can finish the final book in a bestselling series. Jazz loves Maude’s work, and Dante is able to set the author up with a lavish guesthouse in a gated community, with everything she needs to bang out the manuscript in a month’s time. Unfortunately, Maude—who turns out to look nothing like her author photo—ends up dead, with a cryptic final message in her typewriter: “To Jazz Friendly, my dearest chum and most devoted reader. Yours forever, Maude Movay.” Jazz and Dante spring into action to solve the murder, which involves a massive, multimillion-do...

Jack Sweeney, the creator of an account tracking Elon Musk's private jet in real time, has moved to Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter-rival Threads after being suspended from Twitter last year. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/S4TghwA

The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to approach the sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) this week for the auction of a set of spectrum bands as well as radio waves held by permits that are due to expire in 2024, an official source said. DoT is expected to hold the auction in the March quarter of the current fiscal. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/bQmLnNR

Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models. The proposed class action lawsuits filed by Silverman, Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden in San Francisco federal court Friday allege Facebook pa... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/8CDLBX1

Samsung Galaxy M34 was launched in India on July 7 under the price range of Rs. 20,000. The smartphone, successor to Galaxy M33, runs on Android 13-based One UI 5. Two days before the launch of Samsung's smartphone, OnePlus hosted its Summer Launch event, where the Chinese company release the OnePlus Nord CE 3. With a triple camera setup, this handset from OnePlus pac... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/lY1bjdS

Meta has made it easier for WhatsApp users to transfer their chat from an old phone to a new phone without use of any backup or cloud services. WhatsApp now allows Android as well as iOS users to transfer their chat history, along with media attachments, between phones running the same OS. Here's the process to transfer WhatsApp chat history on Android as well as iOS ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/JWYqzLE

OnePlus Nord 3 was launched in India on July 6. The smartphone, with two storage and RAM variants, has debuted in India at a starting price of Rs. 33,999. Meanwhile, the iQoo Neo 7 Pro, also available in two variants, was launched in India on July 4. The price for the smartphone starts at Rs. 34,999. Here, we compare the price and specifications of the two smartphones... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/dWHGK9c

Bob Comet, a retired librarian, is 71 and has lived an unremarkable life in Portland, Oregon, in a mint-colored house that belonged to his late mother. “He had no friends, per se; his phone did not ring, and he had no family.” The year is 2005, and this dreary state of affairs stems partly from the fact that shortly after he married her in 1959, Bob’s wife ran off with his best friend. Things begin to change for the retiree when he encounters a woman about his age in a pink sweatsuit staring at the refrigerated beverages in a 7-Eleven. After he learns that she is a resident of a nearby senior center and returns her there, he makes a startling discovery. The narrative shifts to Bob in his 20s, when he becomes a librarian and meets his wife-to-be and the man who would become his best friend, before the two betrayed him. The story shifts again, to Bob at age 11, when he ran away from home and had an adventure with two eccentric women who performed elaborate stage shows. They are among th...

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, the largest creditor of bankrupt crypto lending firm Genesis, sued parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG) and its CEO, the day after DCG missed the exchange's deadline for agreeing to a restructuring deal for the venture capital firm's troubled unit. DCG and Gemini, two prominent players in the crypto industry, have clashed several... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/DzK41U2

Twitter's claim that Meta Platforms stole trade secrets to build its new microblogging site may be the first volley in a legal battle between the social media giants, but experts say Twitter would have to clear a high hurdle if it sues.  In a letter sent on Wednesday, Twitter alleged that Meta used its trade secrets to develop its new social media platform, Threads, ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/mV98iEb

Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group will acquire 100 percent stake in semiconductor and display units from sister concern Twin Star Technologies, the conglomerate said on Friday. Twin Star Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volcan Investments Limited which is the ultimate holding company of Vedanta Limited. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/UkEMOLo

Formula 1 has announced a 24-race calendar for 2024, running from March to December. The championship will kick off in Bahrain and end in Abu Dhabi, with a greater focus on regionalisation to solve for logistical burdens. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/oVS2KQ1

Google has accused the Competition Commission of India (CCI) of ordering changes to its business model "only to protect" rival Amazon. Amazon earlier complained about its struggles to develop a modified version of the Android system due to Google's restrictions. Google has approached the Supreme Court of India to quash the CCI's October order asking the company to ma... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/ASapxd6

Meta's Threads is now available for download on Android and iOS in 100 countries and has crossed ten million sign-ups within the first few hours of its launch, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. Threads is the biggest challenger yet to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, which has seen a series of potential competitors emerge but not yet replace one of the social media's... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/YanGVWx

Huawei Nova Y71 has been launched by the company in global markets. The mid-range offering from the smartphone company sports a 6.75-inch HD+ display. The phone is equipped with a 6,000mAh battery and runs on the EMUI 12 out-of-the-box. Huawei hasn’t revealed the name of the processor powering the smartphone, which is equipped with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of inbuilt st... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/CLI32rg