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The global outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) presents a critical challenge, threatening swine populations, food security, and socio-ecological systems, particularly in vulnerable communities. Urgent action and a shift in global priorities are essential to address the underrecognized impacts of ASF on global health and conservation. Credit: Graham UsherAfrican Swine Fever is causing widespread devastation in the forests and communities of Borneo.A virulent and highly infectious virus is rapidly spreading among domestic…

The form factor of the Frame is based on retro, "off-beat style" glasses, as Bobak calls it, that the late Steve Jobs, John Lennon, and Gandhi wore. "This (technology) is so new and unfamiliar, so we tried to reference something that looks familiar but at the same time has a lot of lineage to our shared pop culture." Hidden within the lenses is a projector that can beam out text and images to roughly 20 degrees diagonal of field of view. It's more than sufficient to display around the AI output use case and feels like…

The Tecno Phantom V Flip (left) and Tecno Phantom V Fold Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Tecno, a brand that mostly makes waves in the East while living under the budget shadows, is once again ready to make an innovation splash. At Mobile World Congress 2024, the company has lined up some rather promising announcements, and among them is a fresh take on the idea of rollable screen phones. So far, Samsung has only shown working rollable screen concepts, while Motorola and Oppo’s respective phones with a rollable screen…

The Story Behind Johnny Depp’s “Chick’s Ring” ( Photo Credit – Instagram; Wikimedia ) Johnny Depp was madly in love with Amber Heard. And there’s no doubt he’d treat her like a princess. At least, that’s what we know of their time before marriage. He’s splurged a significant amount of his fortune on his wife via gifts, including two engagement rings. One of them was a six-figure solitaire. Scroll below for all the unknown details! It is unfortunate how Johnny and…

2 nuns are in a car when the Devil jumps on the car bonnet (hood). Sister Mary, alarmed by this, brings the car to a stop. She turns to Sister Jane and says,“Quickly sister, show him your cross!”Sister Jane leans her head out of the window and screams,“Oy! Get off our f**king bonnet!” James Cockram , Felix Koutchinski / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report Doctor: I have good news and bad news.Patient: OK, first, what's the good news?Doctor: You have 24 hours to live.Patient: Oh god, just 24…

When my daughter was three she came home from preschool one day and her demeanor changed the minute we came home. She became very withdrawn and looked very upset. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, “The angel on the roof is angry with us.” 😳 GirassolYVR , Karl Fredrickson/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report I'm not a parent. But I was putting my 2yo niece to bed, while babysitting one night, when she looked over my shoulder and said "who's that?"I looked behind me and asked…

For the past 26 years, the Guthman Competition at Georgia Tech’s School of Music has introduced the world to strange and innovative instruments. The contest welcomes inventors from all over the world to build and explore the future of music, and together, they’ve produced some truly weird and exciting sound machines.“We live in an era where it’s really hard to come up with the next guitar or the next violin, because the tools for creating musical instruments are so accessible to everyone now,” said Jason Freeman, chair of…

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeals of both Epic Games and Apple in the pair's long-running App Store feud, meaning an appeals court ruling will stand against Apple. As reported by Bloomberg, Supreme Court justices “turned down both appeals without explanation.” Bloomberg notes the decision “will likely affect billions of dollars in revenue” for Apple, and shares have dipped in the early trading following the news. However, the news is as much of a loss, if not more, for Epic Games. The original court…

Every confirmed Apple Vision Pro app is designed to work with Apple's unique AR headset, with special controls and UIs. The Apple Vision Pro finally launches in the US on February 2, with other regions set to follow suit, and with that comes a whole host of great apps to get the most out of it. With wide support for HDR content, eye tracking, and hand tracking, the Vision Pro is a great-looking headset that focuses on spatial computing. This essentially means it has a huge focus on rendering 3D objects and capturing your…

Not all facts seem intuitive. Some take people by surprise or feel strange even after knowing them for a while. The reasons for this may vary from limited knowledge of the area, something having very different features from other things of a similar kind, to our senses perceiving something in such a way that it is tempting to the mind to draw some false conclusions, as is the case with various optical illusions, such as one line looking shorter than the other when that isn’t the case. People are sharing these kinds of…