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CLIMATEWIRE | In Paris eight years ago, world leaders agreed to limit global warming to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius. Six years later, in Glasgow, Scotland, they pledged to phase out coal. And on Wednesday, negotiators patted themselves on the back for the first-ever deal to begin "transitioning away" from fossil fuels.If the past is prologue, it won’t prompt a significant shift in energy markets anytime soon.The deal — brokered at the U.N. climate summit, known as COP28 — comes as global emissions from fossil fuels …

In a major shocker to Jamie Foxx's fans, fresh reports have emerged about the Hollywood star's health. As per a report by okmagazine.com citing Hollywood journalist A.J. Benza, Foxx is said to be partially paralysed and blind along with other complications as an effect of Covid-19 vaccine. Jamie Foxx(Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) In a recent appearance on Dr. Drew Pinsky’s online show "Ask Dr. Drew", Benza has made the sensational claims on Foxx's health. "Jamie had a blood clot in his brain after he got the…

Tokyo can boast of political stability, a soaring stock market and potential victory over deflation, though longer-term challenges remain. Tokyo can boast of political stability, a soaring stock market and potential victory over deflation, though longer-term challenges remain. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong…

The Android 14 “Upsidedown Cake” developer preview is out now, and people have been cracking into it to see what’s in store. Thanks to a new leak from 9To5Google, it seems that Android 14 will let you adjust the contrast on the theme you applied.If you want to check out this developer preview, you can download the image file now. Just know that you will need some technical know-how if you want to try it out. You will need to manually flash the image file onto your system. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you run the…

Image via Universal Pictures Renfield isn’t the first time Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult have been onscreen together, albeit with a completely different dynamic as the pair played father and son in The Weather Man. During their Reddit AMA, Cage and Hoult were asked how they felt to be reunited onscreen after almost 18 years. The Weather Man tells the story of David Spritz (played by Cage), a man who struggles to find the balance between his career and family life. He attempts to reconnect with his estranged…

When placed side-by-side, it becomes immediately obvious why an OLED computer screen can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars more than a traditional LCD display: the OLED’s contrast and black levels far outperform it. But is there a way for LCDs to catch up? There is, if you’ve got the hardware hacking skills to stack two of them together.You’ve probably noticed that the parts of your LCD TV or monitor that are supposed to look black actually end up looking a lot more gray. The issue comes from how the display…

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our local elections newsletter. It’s Ben Oreskes with tons and tons of help from a murderers’ row of colleagues including Jeong Park, Dakota Smith, Dave Zahniser and Jim Rainey. As Grove staffers popped balloons that had been dropped and the last of the dancers exited the L.A. County Democratic Party watch party, one of my colleagues remarked how anticlimatic this heavily anticipated election evening had been. The reason he said this was obvious — if only because we’d all…

A little while back, my colleague Mitchell Clark and I challenged each other to use our old iPhones for the weekend — mine was an original iPhone SE, and they had an iPhone 5S. I bailed a few hours in after my wireless connection flaked out, and I watched the phone battery drop 10 percent in a matter of minutes. (Mitchell saw the challenge through.) But it wasn’t a totally futile exercise. When I looked back at the photos I took during those few fleeting hours, I noticed something I hadn’t seen much of in photos from…

Photo: Ben Rothstein/Prime VideoAnyone who’s seen the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movies will recall that for all their creatures and battle scenes, one of their niftiest special effects—showing the height difference between wee Frodo and towering Gandalf—was always one of the most visually striking. That’s also the case with Prime Video’s new Middle-earth Tolkien prequel, The Rings of Power.Speaking with IndieWire, the series’ showrunners explained how they shot the scenes showing characters of different sizes,…

Today's best Viotek GNV32DBE deals (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab)For many users, a 32-inch monitor is an ideal size for gaming, productivity and entertainment. It’s large enough to watch TV shows and movies in an office or dorm room and creates an immersive gaming experience at a distance of two or three feet. Workday tasks go by quickly thanks to all that screen real estate. Keeping multiple documents open and visible is a snap. Add in a curved panel and the immersion factor goes even…