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PinterestPinterest's patent-pending body type technology will then sort through the over 3.5 billion images on the platform for shape, size, and form to deliver personalized results. "Pinterest is a visual discovery platform and we want users to be able to see themselves reflected in their search results," Pinterest Chief Product Officer Sabrina Ellis said. Ellis added that the company has already seen positive user engagement with the feature. People who use body type ranges have a 66% higher engagement rate per…

Apple is planning some big hardware drops for early 2024, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In the newsletter, Gurman predicts the company will release the next generation of iPad Pro and iPad Air in March — each of which is expected to come in two sizes — and the new M3 MacBook Airs. The Mac Studio and Mac Pro will likely be much later to the M3 party; Gurman writes that Apple won’t have these ready for release until at least the end of 2024, and they could even slip into 2025.With the release of its new iPads,…

With the help of this tool, I can get a fairly clear idea of what words I've overused within a document and set about changing some of them to lower the percentage.How do you do it? Let me show you.How to refine your writing with LibreOffice's toolWhat you'll need: To run a statistical analysis of your document, you'll need an up-to-date version of LibreOffice installed on your platform of choice (Linux, MacOS, or Windows) and a document to check. That's it. Let's run that check. The first thing to do is open…

Proportion of extreme El Niño events among all El Niño events(A) Present, (B) CO2 ramp-up, (C) CO2 ramp-down, (D) CO2 restoring. At present, only around 8% of all El Niño events qualify as extreme El Niño events. However, during a warming period, this figure doubles to 16%, and even when CO2 reduction efforts are implemented, it continues to rise, potentially reaching 34% of all El Niño events. This is approximately four times the current rate. Credit:…

To get the best search results from Bing, users should take advantage of these 10 built-in search operators, which refine your search results, save time and boost productivity. Image: Mark Kaelin/TechRepublic Microsoft has spent a great deal of time and resources developing a new and improved AI-enabled version of Bing. Presumably, the plan is to make Bing more useful and more relevant when compared to its well-established competition. Only time will tell if this gambit will be successful. SEE: Find…

Fat droplets in the fat cell of a mouse: The membrane of the droplets was stained green, and the fat stored in them was stained red. Credit: Johanna Spandl / University of BonnThe study offers the first precise understanding of crucial remodeling processes in adipose tissue.Fat cells utilize fat molecules as a means of energy storage. These molecules are comprised of three fatty acids attached to a glycerol backbone, and are commonly referred to as triglycerides. It has been long believed that these molecules undergo…

Newcastle’s Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs are an anomaly within the heavy metal universe. They’ve seemingly entranced just as many long-haired head-bangers as they have BBC Radio 6 Music listeners who think Machine Head is the name of the car dealership down the road. Perhaps it’s because their Black Sabbath-esque doom riffs make them accessible to anyone who has overlooked the past few decades worth of hard rock history. It may be due to the fact that their aggression frequently dissipates into softer psychedelia.…

<!----> The CEA and Renault Group have jointly developed a new electronic power converter architecture integrated directly into the vehicle’s charger. The result of nearly three years of research and the subject of 11 joint patents, this power converter, developed from innovative…

Nigeria has begun the process of refining gold, gemstones and other mineral resources in the six geo-political regions of Nigeria. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, said this when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. According to him, adding value to the country’s mineral resources will go a long way in creating jobs and wealth for Nigerians. He said six plants were being set up in the various regions to process mineral resources deposited in those…

Despite efforts to pivot toward renewable sources of energy, oil remains the backbone of modern society. It provides fuels for heat and transportation, and chemicals for everything from plastics to pharmaceuticals. But all these uses require separating crude oil into its various components. That separation process—which traditionally relies on heat—takes a tremendous amount of energy and accounts for roughly 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions each year. Now, chemists say a…