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Last updated: July 28th, 2023 at 12:57 UTC+02:00 Samsung’s new smartwatches announced at Galaxy Unpacked have brought many changes, from bigger and brighter screens to an updated design with slimmer bezels. The Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic have more RAM and conceal a new chipset under their hoods. How have these upgrades affected battery life? With upgrades consisting of bigger and brighter 2,000 nits screens, 2GB of RAM, and an Exynos W930 chipset, some might think the Galaxy Watch 6 series posts different…

In March 2023, USCIS conducted an initial random selection on properly submitted electronic registrations for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap, including for beneficiaries eligible for the advanced degree exemption. Only those petitioners with selected registrations for FY-024 are eligible to file H-1B cap-subject petitions. The initial filing period for those with selected registrations for FY 2024 was from April 1, 2023, through June 30, 2023.The annual quota for H-1B cap visas is 85,000 (which includes 20,000 visas…

Samsung expects foldable smartphones to account for more and more of its premium smartphone sales going forward, the South Korean tech giant's mobile boss says.In 2022, foldable smartphones accounted for 40% of the premium smartphones it sold in South Korea, Samsung Mobile Experience (MX) President TM Roh said in a press conference on the sidelines of Unpacked 2023 in Seoul.This year, with the launch of Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5, foldables' portion in Samsung's premium smartphone sales is expected to expand…

CLIMATEWIRE | U.S. forests could worsen global warming instead of easing it because they are being destroyed by natural disasters and are losing their ability to absorb planet-warming gases as they get older, a new Agriculture Department report says. The report predicts that the ability of forests to absorb carbon will start plummeting after 2025 and that forests could emit up to 100 million metric tons of carbon a year as their emissions from decaying trees exceed their carbon absorption. Forests could become a…

Researchers at the University of Birmingham, in collaboration with the Boulby Underground Laboratory, have initiated the Bio-SPHERE project in deep tunnels in North Yorkshire, to study potential living and operational conditions on the Moon and Mars. This innovative project explores how scientific, medical procedures, and bioengineering operations would be executed in challenging, remote, and isolated environments similar to those on other planets.Deep beneath the surface of North Yorkshire, subterranean tunnels are…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Media scholar Professor Amanda Lotz and Dr. Marion McCutcheon, both from QUT's Digital Media Research Center and School of Communication, surveyed more than 2,000 adults for their Australian Screen Stories Viewing Report, a four-part examination of Australians' attitudes and behaviors toward scripted series and movie viewing. …

She sits before me in tears, a positive pregnancy test on the counter in front of us. It’s not that my patient doesn’t want a fourth child. But she is haunted by memories of her third cesarean section (C-section). Hours after her baby was delivered, she hemorrhaged and fell unconscious. Waking in the ICU, she learned she had been transfused several units of blood. Severe anemia and debilitating postoperative pain complicated her postpartum recovery. Now, she is terrified of another C-section—the delivery of a child…

The US House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), formerly known as UFOs, on 26 July. The Republican-led…

The Federal Trade Commission has formally put its administrative trial over Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard on hold. The move, which was first reported by Bloomberg, allows the agency and companies to hold talks over a settlement for the eye-popping $68.7 billion merger. The FTC's decision to pause its case is another major victory for Microsoft and Activision as they attempt to get the deal over the line. The agency sued to block the deal in December and an evidentiary hearing in the case was set…

Growing fruits and veggies isn’t a terribly difficult endeavor—humanity has been doing it successfully for thousands of years—but it does require a certain amount of know-how, a lot of dedication, and the right environment to turn seeds into edible plants. If you struggle with all of those things, the hydroponic Rise Garden makes growing plants almost idiot-proof, but unlike your countertop bread maker, it’s definitely not a completely autonomous solution.Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to Be a Twitter…