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A downtown Denver apartment complex recently has had glass panes shatter on balconies. Panes have been breaking at Eviva on Cherokee Apartments at 1250 Cherokee St., said Marty McKenna of real estate investment trust Equity Residential. He didn’t provide further comment regarding the time frame or the number of shattered panels. “We currently have our operations team working with our engineering consultants to determine the cause and any potential remedies,” McKenna wrote in an email. The manager on-site Wednesday…

For those not in the know, Sky Glass is a revolutionary 4K TV from Sky which offers a whole new way to access the broadcaster's services.Previously, if you wanted to enjoy the award-winning Sky Q experience you'd need to book an engineer appointment to have a satellite dish fitted to your home.Sky Glass does away with the satellite dish entirely, with the whole experience delivered over a broadband connection and offering a simple plug-and-play set-up.The 4K TV - which is the world's first carbon neutral telly - offers a…

Customers who took the plunge and bought the new Sky Glass TV are in for a treat with the satellite telly firm announcing a big update to these connected screens. From today, a major upgrade is being automatically pushed out to all Sky Glass TVs which will bring some improvements including a boost to the voice search capabilities.The update now allows owners to find content on YouTube just by speaking into the remote or shouting at the screen with simple commands such as “Hello Sky, Late Night Talking on YouTube”…

Jio Glass, a mixed reality headset, was announced at the annual Reliance AGM 2020 on Wednesday. The headset essentially pairs with your phone to let you conduct classes, make video calls, and host meetings in a 3D holographic environment. Jio Platforms' Tesseract subsidiary has designed the Jio Glass, and it is said to be compatible with 25 mixed reality apps already. The mixed reality headset has an ergonomic design for comfortable use and a camera up front. It has a slew of sensors built-in to allow users to engage in…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The "glass ceiling" is a metaphor for the barriers facing women and various minorities in the workplace when they strive for promotion or other improvements in their career. Research published in the International Journal of Services and Operations Management, compares the phenomenon in the European Union and the U.S.…

Excavation and mosaic floors of villa. Credit: University of Southern Denmark Although this 1700 years old luxury villa was excavated and examined both in 1856 and in the 1990s, it still has secrets to reveal. …

Every major tech company is working on computer glasses. None of them really want to go first. They all remember how Google Glass, and the “Glassholes” who wore them in public, became the laughingstock of the world. So they’ve been waiting, biding their time, refining their prototypes, and every so often making sure investors know that, no, they’re not going to let the first potentially iPhone-sized opportunity since the iPhone slip by. But now, Google itself is taking the next step. And whether you’ve been dreading…

Redmi Note 11 specifications have been suggested through teasers shared online ahead of the October 28 launch. The new Redmi phone will come alongside the Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Note 11 Pro+. Early teasers show that it will carry triple rear cameras and a glass back in matte finish. One of the teasers also shows that the Redmi Note 11 will come in a new colour option that could be called Misty Forest (machine translated). The phone also appears to have audio tuned by JBL.Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi has released a series…

Omead Afshar, the Tesla executive tasked with overseeing operations at the company’s Texas factory, is reportedly the subject of an internal investigation over a glass purchase deemed “suspicious,” according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources close to the situation told Bloomberg that Afshar will likely go on a leave of absence before Tesla cuts him from the company completely. Afshar reportedly placed an order for a “special” type of glass that isn’t all that easy to procure amid supply chain constraints, and told…

So far, the second wave of foldable smartphones has been looking promising. We recently tried out the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, which polished the raw experience of the original Galaxy Fold. Now it's time to check out the new Moto Razr 5G. We got to spend a day with the refreshed Razr, and it is basically the same Moto Razr that launched in India earlier this year but with a few upgrades and a price tag of Rs. 1,24,999. Are these changes major enough to make a huge difference? Here are my first impressions. Moto Razr 5G:…