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Julie Byrne announces new album, and shares lead single ‘Summer Glass’
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus Rumored to Feature Frosted Glass Like Pro Models
With frosted glass, the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus would look more similar to the Pro models. However, only the iPhone 15 Pro models are rumored to be getting a new titanium frame and even thinner bezels around the display, whereas the standard models are still expected to have an aluminum frame and the same bezel size.
The rear glass panel on the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus is officially removable for the first time since the iPhone 4S, making internal repairs easier. It’s unlikely that a switch to frosted glass would impact this design aspect.
It’s common for features and design elements that are initially exclusive to Pro models to trickle down to the lower-end iPhone models over the years. For example, OLED displays were only available on the Pro models until the iPhone 12 lineup, while the Dynamic Island is expected to be expanded to the entire iPhone 15 lineup this year.
While the source of this rumor accurately leaked that the iPhone 14 would launch in Yellow a few months in advance, they do not have a long-term established track record, so there is no guarantee that their latest information will prove to be correct. Nevertheless, the source’s accuracy in the past makes this rumor worth sharing.
Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 15 lineup in September as usual.
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Deals: Apple Studio Display With Nano-Texture Glass Hits Record-Low Price of $1,349.99 at Amazon ($549 Off) [Update: Sold Out]
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This $549 discount on the nano-texture Apple Studio Display is by far the steepest we’ve ever seen and is available only with the basic tilt-adjustable stand. Amazon is quoting a bit of a delay in delivery times to late April, but for this much of a discount it may be worth locking in that pricing.
While the standard Apple Studio Display comes with an anti-reflective coating to reduce glare, the nano-texture glass option scatters light to minimize glare even more. Apple says the option, which is normally a $300 upgrade over the standard glass, is ideal for spaces with bright lighting sources.
At the moment Amazon is pricing both the standard version and the nano-texture glass version at $1,349.99, so even the standard glass model is seeing one of its best prices ever tracked.
For more discounts, check out our Deals Roundup to shop for even more Apple-related products and accessories.
Update 10:25 am: The nano-texture glass version is currently unavailable from Amazon, but may come back into stock at a later time. The standard glass version remains available for the same $1,349.99 price.
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Deals: Apple Studio Display With Nano-Texture Glass Drops to Record-Low $1,499.99 at Amazon ($399 Off)
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This $399 discount on the nano-texture Apple Studio Display is the steepest we’ve ever seen and is available only with the basic tilt-adjustable stand.
While the standard Apple Studio Display comes with an anti-reflective coating to reduce glare, the nano-texture glass option scatters light to minimize glare even more. Apple says the option, which is normally a $300 upgrade over the standard glass, is ideal for spaces with bright lighting sources.
For more discounts, check out our Deals Roundup to shop for even more Apple-related products and accessories.
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Glass Beads On Moon’s Surface May Hold Billions of Tons of Water, Scientists Say
Anand and a team of Chinese scientists analyzed fine glass beads from lunar soil samples returned to Earth in December 2020 by the Chinese Chang’e-5 mission. The beads, which measure less than a millimeter across, form when meteoroids slam into the moon and send up showers of molten droplets. These then solidify and become mixed into the moon dust. Tests on the glass particles revealed that together they contain substantial quantities of water, amounting to between 300m and 270 billion tons across the entire moon’s surface. “This is going to open up new avenues which many of us have been thinking about,” said Anand. “If you can extract the water and concentrate it in significant quantities, it’s up to you how you utilize it.”
The latest research, published in Nature Geoscience, points to fine glass beads as the source of that surface water. Unlike frozen water lurking in permanently shaded craters, this should be far easier to extract by humans or robots working on the moon. “It’s not that you can shake the material and water starts dripping out, but there’s evidence that when the temperature of this material goes above 100C, it will start to come out and can be harvested,” Anand said. The water appears to form when high-energy particles streaming from the sun — the so-called solar wind — strike the molten droplets. The solar wind contains hydrogen nuclei, which combine with oxygen in the droplets to produce water or hydroxyl ions. The water then becomes locked in the beads, but it can be released by heating the material. Further tests on the material showed the water diffuses in and out of the beads on the timeframe of a few years, confirming an active water cycle on the moon. According to Prof Sen Hu, a senior co-author of the study at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, such impact glasses could store and release water on other airless rocks in the solar system.
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Water trapped in tiny glass beads on the Moon could hydrate future settlements
China’s Chang’e 5 rover has found tiny glass beads containing water in an impact crater on the Moon. Samples collected from a 2020 mission found beads with water content as high as 2,000 parts per million (PPM). Given the prevalence of these glass spheres on the lunar surface, there may be enough to provide 71 trillion gallons of water.
Some beads formed when asteroids collided with the Moon millions of years ago, while others came from ancient volcanoes. Scientists believe the water originated from a chemical reaction when hydrogen ions emitted from the sun — transported to the lunar surface from solar winds — combined with oxygen atoms inside the beads. The water-filled beads are tiny, ranging from “tens of micrometers to a few millimeters.” Still, there are enough on the Moon’s surface to (theoretically) supply an estimated 270 trillion kilograms of water — enough to fill 100 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.
However, scientists haven’t yet figured out how to collect them, and they would need to heat them to around 212 degrees Fahrenheit to extract water. Still, they could be a resource for future lunar settlements, where astronauts could use water for drinking, bathing, cooking, cleaning and even producing rocket fuel.
Scientists believe other moons in our Solar System may have similar beads. “Our direct measurements of this surface reservoir of lunar water show that impact glass beads can store substantial quantities of solar wind-derived water on the moon and suggest that impact glass may be water reservoirs on other airless bodies,” the study’s authors wrote. “The presence of water, stored in impact glass beads, is consistent with the remote detection of water at lower-latitude regions of the Moon, Vesta and Mercury. Our findings indicate that the impact glasses on the surface of Solar System airless bodies are capable of storing solar wind-derived water and releasing it to space.”
The glass beads aren’t our first glimpse at water on the Moon. In 2009, NASA crashed a probe into the Cabeus crater that led to water detection; in 2018, NASA found direct evidence of ice deposits in the Moon’s permanently shadowed craters on its north and south poles. NASA and China / Russia plan to put lunar bases at the Moon’s South Pole within the next decade; the competing initiatives both hope to have inhabitable bases ready by the early-to-mid-2030s.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/water-trapped-in-tiny-glass-beads-on-the-moon-could-hydrate-future-settlements-200030344.html?src=rss
After a decade of hanging on, Google officially discontinues the last of its Glass headsets
Shocking moment thugs glass victim & brawl with baseball bat in middle of residential street in row over social services
THIS is the shocking moment thugs glass a victim and brawl with a baseball bat in the middle of a residential street.
Sinead Feneck, 28, Kyle O’Callaghan, 27, and Jordan Hull, 26, caused a “scene of violence” in Cardiff on March 23 last year when they attended the home of Zoe Hall and her family.
They made threats to kill the woman after she told them she was going to ring social services.
Ms Hall had threatened to call social services on Feneck, which led to a confrontation between the two.
A sentencing hearing at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard Feneck and Ms Hall bumped into each other outside a shop in Llanrumney and the defendant said: “I am going to kill you if you grass me up to social services” and threatened to throw a glass bottle at her car.
She added: “Watch in the next five minutes.”
Feneck, her partner O’Callaghan, and Hull attended Ms Hall’s home in Llanrumney, a suburb of East Cardiff, when her sister Zara Hall saw O’Callaghan smashing up her car.
She went outside and began to record them.
Prosecutor Byron Broadstock said Adam Hall went outside but was confronted by O’Callaghan who threw a punch at Zara Hall.
O’Callaghan then struck Adam Hall to the head several times with the glass, causing a cut to the back of his head.
Hull, who was wearing black clothing and a balaclava, picked up a piece of wood from the floor and used it in a threatening manner before chasing members of the Hall family.
Feneck was described as shouting threats of violence, saying: “Come here – I want to fight you now. I’ll rip your heads off.”
The defendants then left the scene with O’Callaghan causing further damage to Ms Hall’s car.
The value of the damage caused to the car was £1,293.
A video of the incident was played to the court.
Feneck, from Llanrumney; O’Callaghan, also from Llanrumney; and Hull, of Brynheulog, Pentwyn, later pleaded guilty to affray.
O’Callaghan also pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assault by beating, and criminal damage.
O’Callaghan was also to be sentenced for possessing a bladed article on July 14 when he was chased by police from a Tesco store in Cardiff and was seen throwing a machete over a wall.
The court heard O’Callaghan had previous convictions for wounding, criminal damage, and possession of a bladed article.
Feneck has previous convictions for battery, assault by beating, and attempted criminal damage.
Hull has previous convictions for public order offences, criminal damage, possession of a bladed article, battery, theft, robbery, assault by beating, and battery.
In mitigation Derrick Gooden, for O’Callaghan, said his client was remorseful and had been remanded in custody for six months where he has undertaken courses and works as a painter.
Hashim Salmman, for Feneck, said probation had recommended an alternative to custody.
Hannah Friedman, for Hull, said her client was “sorry” for the fear and hurt he had caused.
Since his remand in custody he has become a father to a son and had been unable to receive physiotherapy after breaking numerous bones due to a fall.
Sentencing, Recorder Greg Bull KC said: “Each of you played a part in a scene of violence in a Cardiff street which was wholly unnecessary… Tempers got out of control.”
O’Callaghan was sentenced to a total of 21 months behind bars.
Hull received a 12-month imprisonment.
Feneck was handed a 24-month community order.
She must also carry out 19 sessions of an accredited programme and a 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement.
Jordan Hull, pictured, along with the other accused pleaded guilty to affray[/caption]
Kyle O’Callaghan, pictured, was handed a 21-month prison sentence[/caption]