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Blue Protocol release date estimate, trailers, and latest news
When is the Blue Protocol release date? The free-to-play game comes hot on the heels of the successes of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, introduces an MMO angle, and is being developed by Bandai Namco and published by Amazon Games – a recipe for success by anyone’s standards.
Combining aspects from the top-of-the-range gacha games, MMO games, and action-adventure games, there are high expectations for Blue Protocol‘s worldwide release, especially given the two massive studios behind it. Our first glimpse of the free-to-play game didn’t disappoint, and we have plenty of gameplay and story details to get you prepped. So, here’s the latest on the Blue Protocol release date outside of Japan.
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Unknown Bird-Size Flying Beings FLASHING BLUE LIGHT in Tennessee
A Tennessee witness describes a flashing blue light emanating from a bird-sized being. She and her friend later watch the same phenomenon from a distant tree. What were these beings?
“A few years back, around the end of May, I was taking my dog out a little after midnight and I saw something fly past me. It was a beautiful, glowing blue light that was “flashing” on and off like a firefly, in the same fashion (getting brighter and then dimming at about the same rate, in the same, organic, gradual beautiful way). It was invisible to me when it wasn’t lit up, also like a firefly in the dark. Although it wasn’t completely dark, there were streetlights and enough environmental light to see everything around me. And instead of being the size of an insect, this was more the size of a bird. It whooshed past me, flying in an organic, imperfect path, and in a hurried way that made me feel strongly that it was some kind of animal/creature/being.
It also seemed “intelligent” somehow, though I can’t logically explain why. I had my eyes on it for about ten seconds straight, so I know I didn’t imagine it or mistake something else. It flew right past me and up toward the window where my light was on and I had been working by the window that night. This was an exciting, magical moment for me but I didn’t know what to think of it, and pretty much just went about my night and my life.
A few nights later, my boyfriend came to stay over, and in the middle of the night. I got up to use the bathroom. From the bathroom window in the dark, I could see a huge, tall tree in the distance (we were on the second floor) that seemed to be full of glowing blue lights that were flashing on and off in that same, firefly pattern. But these were bigger than fireflies. They were blue with a slight green hue mixed in. I called him to the window to look, and we stood watching together and then got back into bed and watched from there for quite a while until we couldn’t stay awake anymore. We were both seeing it and we were both in awe and disbelief.
This tree was far away, and I very much doubt that anything as small as a firefly would have been so visible or so bright or so big in our field of vision at that distance. They seemed to be lighting up in these synchronous patterns. Not all at once but as if in a chain of communication. It would go completely dark at times and then we would see one again, then two then three then ten. There were some flying in the air too, they weren’t all in the tree.
I never saw these again that spring/summer or since. We are in middle Tennessee. Not a rural area, but enough space and land around us then that it was a quiet, peaceful place. Have never seen or heard of blue fireflies or anything like that in our area. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts about what these incidents might have been or if anyone has experienced anything similar.” W
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Piracy-loving Twitter Blue users exploit new 2-hour video limit
After attempts to turn Twitter into a full-fledged subscription platform have failed, Twitter owner Elon Musk has his sights set on turning the microblogging platform into a full-fledged video service.
Twitter users have long been able to upload short, minutes-long videos. But, since Musk came along and acquired Twitter, longform has become a priority on a platform where shortform content reigns supreme. Twitter users that subscribe to Twitter Blue for $8 per month can now write tweets 10,000 characters long, far beyond that of the normal 280 character limit.
And, as of Thursday, Twitter Blue subscribers can now upload long videos too. How long? two hours-long.
That’s a big upgrade from the two minutes and 20 seconds that non-subscribed Twitter users can upload. That’s also double that of the 60 minutes previously provided to Twitter Blue subscribers.
The maximum video resolution that users can upload is 1080p and, according to Musk, the file must be no larger than 8GB.
So, what will users do with this new feature? It appears piracy is the number one use case thus far.
One Twitter Blue subscriber immediately uploaded the film Shrek the Third in full. They didn’t even try to keep it on the down-low either, uploading it right in the replies of Elon Musk’s tweet. The tweet featuring the full-length feature film garnered hundreds of thousands of impressions and tens of thousands of interactions.
Roughly an hour and a half after it was uploaded and tweeted out, Twitter finally removed the video and replaced it with a message stating that “this media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner.” It’s not clear whether anyone was able to enjoy the 93-minute movie in its entirety, but it appears to have been possible.
This isn’t the first time Twitter’s new longer videos feature has been utilized for piracy either.
Just a few weeks ago, Twitter users began to upload copies of the newly released Super Mario Bros. Movie. Users had to upload the movie in shorter, one-hour maximum chunks prior to today. Now, they can pretty much fit an entire feature within one tweet with the new two-hour limit.
Other than those looking to pirate movies, it’s unclear who exactly the target for these two-hour-long video uploads might be. Other platforms that allow longform video uploads, like YouTube and Facebook, provide ad-revenue sharing monetization programs for creators so they can be paid for their content. While Musk said he was launching a general monetization program for creators back in February, he has yet to actually pull through with such a program. It simply does not yet exist.
Aside from that, Twitter really is just not made for longform video content. There’s no standalone video player. Videos simply exist as an embed in a tweet. Users can’t view other content while watching because unlike YouTube and Facebook, Twitter does not offer a mini-player.
Furthermore, Twitter is lacking other features for longform videos too. For example, Twitter does not remember where a user left off on a video for future viewing like other platforms do. In addition, video quality on Twitter is just really bad. Even Twitter Blue subscribers who tend to be Musk fans have frequently complained about it. No matter how long you pause a Twitter video in hopes that it would load more of the clip, certain parts in the video will always maintain a lower-quality as if it were perpetually buffering.
And, based on the piracy, and how long these pirated videos actually stay up for, it doesn’t seem like Twitter has much of a copyright detection system going on either.
Maybe Musk will have this all figured out by the time Tucker Carlson officially launches his new show on Twitter.
Twitter now lets Blue subscribers upload two-hour videos
Twitter now lets Twitter Blue subscribers upload videos that are two hours long, and I’ve already seen somebody try to share what appeared to be the full version of Shrek the Third in the comments of owner Elon Musk’s announcement tweet. (The video has since been taken down.)
Videos will be at 1080p resolution and must have an 8GB file size or smaller. The longer two-hour video uploads are also only available if you’re uploading from the web or iOS, according to a support document. If you’re on Android, you’re currently limited to posting videos that are 10 minutes long at most. Despite those limits, I imagine that Shrek the Third won’t be the only full movie to make it onto Twitter; a lot of people recently watched the entirety of The S…
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UPDATE: COSMIC UFO RECORDED – Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia (VIDEO)
In the late afternoon on the 14th of January 2023, photographer D. Cook captured a short video of a UFO appearing in the skies over the vicinity of Leura/Katoomba in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia.
UPDATE:
The report was submitted to MUFON with the original footage – February 2023
3rd May 2023 – I was contacted by MUFON, and the investigator on my case.
I was asked to expand on a few questions, which I answered and sent them back.
5th May 2023 – I was contacted again and the email read:
“I had our video analyst look at the video and we are unable to identify what the object is, but data we have collected indicates that this was a physical object producing shadows and showing a different granular consistency than the clouds around it.”
Further feedback was received 12on th May 2023
(quote from MUFON analysis)
“The sun appears to be above the object slightly to the right and toward the photographer. There is a shadow below and to the left. The AI artifact and noise removal show a bubble-like appearance. The cloud looks yellow and grainy while the orb-like object has a different consistency which supports it being physical in nature.
The photo analysis shows the object to be rectangular in shape where seconds earlier it was a bubble. It appears to me we have a physical object that reflects light.”
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Below is the original report:
I received the following narrative & video from my friend, remote viewing colleague, and photographer D. Cook:
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On the House! Parliament goes blue, red and white to honour King Charles on Coronation Night
Gmail Is Adding a Blue Checkmark To Better Verify Senders
Google is now making the feature much more explicit by adding a “checkmark icon for senders that have adopted BIMI” to more clearly “help users identify messages from legitimate senders versus impersonators.” The company has shared what this will look like on desktop web. The timing of this launch is somewhat amusing, given the rest of the tech landscape. The icon is a blue seal with a white checkmark in the middle, with users able to hover over it on the web. For example, Google’s will say: “This sender of this email has verified that they own google.com and the logo in the profile image. Learn more.” The feature is rolling out today and will be available over the coming days and weeks. It’ll be available to all Google Workspace customers, legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers, and users with personal Google Accounts.
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Even Gmail has blue verification checks now
Google is rolling out a Gmail feature that aims to help you figure out whether a sender is genuine or if they may be a scammer. When you receive an email from a company that has verified its identity, you’ll see a blue check next to their name in your inbox.
The checkmark update is Google’s latest implementation of the Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) tech. Google started testing BIMI in Gmail in 2020. At first, it enabled brands that were enrolled in BIMI to include authenticated logos in their emails. The blue check is a perhaps more obvious indicator that the sender is legitimate.
When you hover over the blue check in Gmail, you’ll see a pop-up that reads “The sender of this email has verified that they own [the domain was sent from] and the logo in the profile image.” The pop-up includes a link that directs you to a page with more information.
“Strong email authentication helps users and email security systems identify and stop spam, and also enables senders to leverage their brand trust,” Google wrote in a blog post. “This increases confidence in email sources and gives readers an immersive experience, creating a better email ecosystem for everyone.” The feature should be live for all users by the end of the week, while Workspace admins can help set up BIMI for their company.
It’s nice to see one company bring back an element of trust to the blue check, which used to be a pretty clear indicator that the person, brand or business on the other end is the real deal. Unlike a certain other company, at least Google doesn’t seem to have weaponized blue checks as part of a culture war or used them to wring more revenue out of users while damaging its overall trustworthiness.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/even-gmail-has-blue-verification-checks-now-200234105.html?src=rss