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What is country music? Who is allowed to play it? Whenever a Black artist puts out a country song the judgment, comments, and opinions come thick and fast. “That’s not real country!” “That’s cultural appropriation.” “She needs to stay in her lane.” Or, as Dukes of Hazzard actor John Schneider so charmingly stated in a discussion earlier this month: “You know, every dog has to mark every tree, right?”All of these comments, which range from simply ignorant to downright misogynoir, presuppose that commercial country music –…

The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, the first scientific endeavour to detect and study cosmic ripples from space.  The launch of LISA is planned for 2035, on an Ariane 6 rocket. The project is expected to be the most expensive and complex the agency has ever undertaken.  Cosmic ripples, also known as gravitational waves, are created during some of the most dramatic events in the Universe, such as when black holes collide.  By…

Apple's big bet on spatial computing, the Vision Pro headset, will go on sale on February 2 after going up for preorder this Friday, January 19. There are still few people who have actually used one of these things, but Apple is at least now starting to share some more information about what early adopters can expect. And part of that is what will come in the box.As part of that box information, we learned that Apple is going to give everyone a protective case to go with their new headset. It's designed to keep the…

What can Microsoft Fabric Bring to the Table in 2024?Continue reading on Towards Data Science » What can Microsoft Fabric Bring to the Table in 2024?Continue reading on Towards Data Science » 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 to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the…

One of the prominent challenges within enterprise operations revolves around the intricacies and complexities of the data ecosystem. The presence of diverse data sources or in different platforms and the utilization of various Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) tools to ingest and transform data create a complex landscape. There was a need for streamlining these processes effectively, ensuring that business users can readily access and utilize the data for informed decision-making.  Microsoft Fabric, a comprehensive data…

Dark matter fluctuations in the lens system MG J0414+0534. The whitish blue color represents the gravitationally lensed images observed by ALMA. The calculated distribution of dark matter is shown in orange; brighter regions indicate higher concentrations of dark matter and dark orange regions indicate lower concentrations. Credit: ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), K. T. Inoue et al.A team of researchers has used the gravitational lensing of the MG J0414+0534 system, observed with ALMA, to map dark matter distribution in unprecedented…

Despite this being the fifth iteration of Samsung’s foldables, there’s still a noticeable problem of creases catching the light when extended.Photo: Dan Ackerman / GizmodoWhile U.S. east coasters were still scrambling out of bed and west coasters were sound asleep, Samsung unveiled its latest, now-flattenable foldable phones from Seoul. Samsung didn’t debut many major innovations, instead offering new performance improvements and small enhancements at similar price points to previous years’ devices.On the smartphone…

Ever since narratives of the enslaved began to be published in the 18th century, writers have wrestled with how to convey the visceral brutality of slavery without robbing the subjects of their humanity. But how, especially in nonfiction, is it possible to imagine that caged world in the absence of first-hand accounts? On plantations, a literate population was considered a threat, and in America laws were passed to prohibit the enslaved from reading and writing. Apart from a few written testimonies by women such as…

Learn how Digital transformation is accelerating the data fabric technology As organizations attempt to adapt to a fast-changing business landscape, the role of data fabric in driving digital transformation has grown in importance. In today’s fast-paced economy, digital transformation, or the integration of digital technology into all elements of a business, is no longer a luxury but a must for organizations to stay competitive and flexible. The capacity to access, analyze, and use massive volumes of data from diverse…

For most of us, this would be a nightmare.Imagine being curled up inside a 90 centimeter (36 inch) fabric sphere with a small window and a small air tank while dangling from the Canadarm.As your tiny sphere shifts, you'd see Earth out your tiny window, then the Space Shuttle, damaged by some accident or other that caused you to need rescuing, then Earth again. Panic would set in pretty quickly.But that's where Space Shuttle astronauts in an emergency could've found themselves if NASA's Personal Rescue Enclosure (PRE) had…