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A Software Bug Caused Two Alaska Airlines Flights to Suffer Tailstrikes on the Same Morning
In aviation, a “tail strike” is an unfortunate incident in which a plane’s tail literally strikes the runway, the ground, or another stationary object. Typically, such episodes will occur during take off or landing and, typically, they’re not considered dangerous. However, that’s not always the case, and they have…
The Morning After: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ and the problem with too much VFX
It’s time for more Marvel Cinematic Universe, more special effects, more families in danger and more sinister baddies, with a bigger role for Kang the Conqueror – the big cross-movie threat, a la Thanos – played by Jonathan Majors. Alas, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania suffers from too many special effects, sadly.
It uses Industrial Light and Magic’s (ILM) StageCraft technology (AKA “the Volume”), which came to prominence in Star Wars series The Mandalorian. It’s a series of enormous LED walls that can display real-time footage, synchronized to interactive lighting to make it feel like actors are in these sci-fi landscapes, fighting these threats to humanity. Still, Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar says the tech, the actors and the narrative fail to convince.
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James Webb telescope captures ancient galaxies that theoretically shouldn’t exist
Their age and Milky Way-like size make them an anomaly.
According to images taken near the Big Dipper by the JWST, scientists found six potential galaxies that formed just 500 to 700 million years after the Big Bang. That they could be almost 13 billion years old isn’t what makes them odd, though, it’s that they could have as many stars as the Milky Way, according to the team’s calculations. The scientists explained the galaxies should not exist under current cosmological theory because there shouldn’t have been enough matter at the time for that many stars to form. Now, that sounds like the start of a MCU movie.
Google’s Magic Eraser photo tool is coming to older Pixel phones
And other Google Photos features will be more broadly available.
Google is bringing photo features once exclusive to recent Pixel phones to more devices. Magic Eraser, a tool to easily remove unwanted people or objects from an image, debuted in 2021 on the Pixel 6, and starting today, Google is rolling out Magic Eraser to Pixel 5a and earlier models. All Pixel models and Google One subscribers will also gain access to an HDR effect to boost the brightness and contrast to videos. The same goes for Google One subscribers. Members on all plans will have access to Magic Eraser through Google Photos, even if they’re on iOS.
Netflix cuts prices in over 30 countries (but not the US)
It’s experimenting.
Despite raising North American prices a year ago, Netflix is getting cheaper in over 30 countries – just not in the US. The company has cut prices by as much as half in parts of the Middle East (Yemen, Jordan, Libya and Iran), Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya), Europe (Croatia, Slovenia and Bulgaria), Latin America (Nicaragua, Ecuador and Venezuela) and Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines). The company introduced a cheaper ad-supported plan in 12 countries last October – it’s clearly trying a bit of everything.
Elon Musk says California is home to Tesla’s engineering headquarters
The CEO moved the company’s corporate headquarters to Texas in 2021.
Despite moving its corporate headquarters to Texas, Tesla now considers California its global engineering home base. Elon Musk said a Palo Alto engineering hub will be “effectively a headquarters of Tesla.” Tesla will use a former Hewlett-Packard building in Palo Alto as its new engineering headquarters. The move is an about-face from the CEO’s previous comments about the state: Musk didn’t mince words about California’s regulations and taxes when he moved Tesla’s official corporate headquarters to Texas in 2021, complaining about “overregulation, overlitigation, over-taxation.” But he’s back.
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Nicola Bulley’s daughters attend morning clubs & sleepovers with pals to ‘take their mind off’ search for missing mum
NICOLA Bulley’s young daughters have been having sleepovers with friends to “take their minds off” the search for their mum.
The dog walker, 45, vanished after dropping her children off at school in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, on Friday January 27.
Flowers left by a missing sign in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire[/caption]
Since then there has been no trace of the mum-of-two, leaving her family in agony.
Friends have said Nicola’s girls have been hanging out with pals to keep a sense of normality.
One source told the Mail on Sunday: “It’s to try to retain a sense of routine.
“To take their minds off [what’s happening].”
It comes after Nicola’s broken boyfriend revealed his hope of finding her alive is “stronger than ever”.
In an emotional Facebook post, Nicola’s partner Paul Ansell wrote: “Eight days without you and it feels no more real now than it did on day one.
“The agony continues but the hope is stronger than ever of finding you.
“There is no evidence yet to suggest any scenario over another and all options must be kept wide open.
“Please if anyone still has dash cam footage from the area, particularly along Garstang Road on Friday January 27, and hasn’t yet checked or handed to the police [please do].
“We need her home. We will not entertain any other outcome.
“We need a happy ending to this nightmare.
“Please keep hope and positive vibes high and let’s find Nikki – My beautiful partner and our girls’ amazing mummy.”
Cops yesterday revealed their “main working hypothesis” was that Nicola had “sadly fallen” into the icy River Wyre.
Police explained they thought she may have plunged in while trying to retrieve her dog Willow’s tennis ball.
However Superintendent Sally Riley, of Lancashire police last night said cops found “no evidence of a slip or fall” near the bench where Bulley’s mobile phone was found.
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iPhone 14 Crash Detection Alerts Police Minutes After Early Morning Tasmania Accident
According to Australia’s ABC News, a four-wheel drive truck towing a horse float collided with a tree stump in Tasmania at 1:45 a.m. on Monday. Crash Detection alerted nearby police, who were able to get to the scene within eight minutes, even though the passengers were unconscious.
Five people ranging in age from 14 to 20 were taken to the hospital, and one person with serious injuries was transported to Melbourne by air ambulance. In accidents with life-threatening injuries, immediate help can make a major difference. “In a case where people had lost consciousness in a crash like this, it is certainly something that alerts police quickly,” said Tasmania Police Inspector Ruth Orr. Officers had also already been in the area, which helped with the response time.
Apple’s iPhone 14 models have only been out for four months, but the Crash Detection feature has already helped multiple accident victims, as has the Emergency SOS via Satellite function that can contact police in emergency situations where WiFi and cellular service are unavailable.
Unfortunately, Crash Detection can also trigger false positives, which can be frustrating for emergency responders around amusement parks and ski resorts. In November, Summit County dispatchers in Utah said they had seen a major uptick in accidental 911 calls, and just this week, a report from The Japan News said that the Kita-Alps Nagano Fire Department had received a total of 134 false calls primarily triggered by Crash Detection, with those calls occurring between December 16 and January 23.
Japanese firefighters do not recommend turning off Crash Detection, despite the inconvenience. “It’s an effective function in the event of a really serious accident, so we can’t ask users to turn it off,” they said.
Apple has already adjusted Crash Detection, optimizing it with the iOS 16.1.2 update to cut down on false positives, but reports in December suggested that 911 dispatchers were still getting a number of accidental calls. Utah Summit County Sheriff Jamie FitzSimons said in December that Apple is aware of the problem, and that more refinement is needed. “We are communicating with Apple to get them to pay more attention to this, but it feels like we are trying to turn a battleship in a bathtub,” said FitzSimons.
This article, “iPhone 14 Crash Detection Alerts Police Minutes After Early Morning Tasmania Accident” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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