Journalist Startled to Discover His Byline Has Been Replaced by Bot – Futurism

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"The piece I had published more than ten years before was attributed to someone else." Vampire Independent

New journalistic nightmare unlocked: a defunct digital publication was revived from the media graveyard, only to have its Frankensteiners re-attribute old articles to bots.

Journalist andForever Warswriter Spencer Ackerman, a one-time employee of the since-sunsetted news site called the Washington Independent, this week recounted his shock to discover that his decade-old articles which had unfortunately been deleted alongside the rest of the website had mysteriously resurfaced. But while the words in the article were certainly Ackerman's, as the journalist explained in his newsletter, the byline attached to them was of one "Tyreece Bauer" an alleged "analyst and photographer in the field of technology" who does not appear to be real.

"On the zombie edition of the Washington IndependentI discovered, the piece I had published more than ten years before was attributed to someone else," reported Ackerman. "Someone unlikely to have ever existed, and whosebyline gracedan article it had absolutely never written."

Bauer is one of many fake "writers" now bylining re-attributed Washington Independentnews articles in the undead publication's archive. Meanwhile, also under fake bylines, the new andnot-so-improved Washington Independent is churning out new content: clickbait articles about topics like celebrities and crypto, bizarre affiliate mush, and hastily paraphrased copies of other outlets' reporting. And all of this, of course, strongly appears to be AI-generated.

Indeed, in the eroding, fragmented, and AI-laden 2024 media landscape, not even deleted bylines are safe from money-hungry SEO spammers and AI-generated nonsense.

What's more, as Ackerman points out, the Washington Independent doesn't appear to be the only vampiric site like this out there. In an X-formerly-Twitter thread, New York Times journalist Lydia DePillis reported that another website associated with the original Washington Independent's parent organization had also been revived, noting that it "looks legit at first but quickly degenerates into gibberish."

"It just strikes me as the saddest encapsulation of the trajectory of the media industry over the past 15 years," DePillis continued in the thread, "and everything is trash."

Ackerman and DePillis' findings are alarming for more reasons than one. From an individual writer's perspective, seeing your time and labor resurrected under a bot's byline is obviously terrible. And while SEO leeches buying and spinning up defunct websites for any remaining search engine credibility is anything but a new practice, doing so under the title of a once-legitimate news site is extra dangerous. Throw in the fake authors and the AI of it all, and you have a grotesque misinformation cocktail to potentially exploit.

One ray of hope? It's one of the many spammy practices that Google claims its new spam policies are going to crack down on.Still, consider this yet another grim postcard from the end of the internet as we know it.

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Twitter’s CEO Had Already Been Selling Ads for the Don Lemon Show That Elon Musk Suddenly Canceled – Futurism

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If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

X-formerly-Twitter owner and self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk abruptly canceled journalist Don Lemon's upcoming X show on Wednesday, an incident that put Musk's glaring double standard when it comes to his town square "for all" on full display.

Despite Musk telling Lemon he had his "full support," he apparently canceled the show "hours after an interview I conducted with him on Friday," Lemon wrote in a statement.

Now, as Semafor reports, more details are coming to light, further complicating the story. According to two insider sources, Lemon let a contract languish for "weeks"without signing it. But Lemon's associates shot back, arguing that it was X's legal department that "took weeks to get a contract to the hosts team."

Perhaps most glaringly of all, X CEO Linda Yaccarino was apparently already selling ads for the show at CES in January, despite never having signed a deal.

Musk has yet to give a coherent reason as to why he mysteriously canceled Lemon's show.

In a vague tweet, MuskaccusedLemon of trying to recreate "'CNN, but on social media,' which doesn't work, as evidenced by the fact thatCNNis dying."

"And, instead of it being the real Don Lemon, it was really just Jeff Zucker talking through Don, so lacked authenticity," he added, referring to the former president ofCNN,without clarifying further.

It's a bizarre change of heart that highlights Musk's often self-serving nature and morally dubious business practices.

Was Musk left with a bad taste in his mouth after his interview with Lemon? Is X financially unable to hold up its end of the bargain?

Lemon maintains that "there were no restrictions on the interview that he willingly agreed to," and that his questions "were respectful and wide ranging, covering everything from SpaceX to the presidential election."

In a follow-up video posted to X however, Lemon conceded that the conversation was "tense at times."

According to Silicon Valley chronicler Kara Swisher, the interview also touched on Musk's alleged drug use. The conversation "was not to the adult toddlers liking, including questions about his ketamine use," she tweeted.

"I had told Don that this is exactly what would occur, including at a recent book tour event in NYC for my memoir, 'Burn Book,' he moderated," she added in a follow-up, "despite promises by Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino who extravagantly touted this deal at CES to advertisers that this time was different."

"Why is he so upset?" Lemon said in his video."Does he even have a reason he's upset?"

Without a written agreement, chances are the former CNN anchor is out of luck. It's also unclear if Yaccarino will ever face any consequences for pushing ads against a show that never existed.

The latest news, however, is unlikely the last time we'll hear about the Lemon deal that had gone sour. The former anchor's spokesperson Allison Gollust told Semafor that Lemon "expects to be paid for it."

"If we have to go to court, we will," she added.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Complains That Dune 2 Isn’t a Shining Beacon of Scientific Accuracy – Futurism

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It's science FICTION, Neil! Not Suspending Disbelief

Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once again has a scientific bone to pick with a motion picture.

This time, per The Hollywood Reporter, Tyson's qualms are with the second installation of Dennis Villineuve's "Dune" series a film in which a superhuman cohort of women use a special voice to perform mind control and a very bald Stellan Skarsgrd floats through the air. But as the scientist explained an appearance on the "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" last week, his issues aren't with the superhuman magic of it all. Instead, they lie in issues like sand physics.

"Somebody didn't do the research on that," Tyson told the talk show host, making the case that if you pound your fist into a sand dune, it wouldn't actually produce a thumping sound the way it does in the film. "You can't thump sand."

Colbert pushed back, positing that perhaps the giant sandworms in Dune which the Fremen, the indigenous people of the fictional planet Arrakis, call by pounding sand dunes with special gadgets might "hear things differently" than humans do. But Tyson stuck to his guns.

"If you wanted to insulate yourself acoustically from your surroundings, fill the volume with sand," the astrophysicist responded. "No one will hear you." But, he added, "I've got to let it go because there's no movie without it."

According to online forum discussions and a 2017 study, Tyson's right: sand is pretty good at absorbing noise. But, hey, they don't call it science fiction for nothing.

The sand thumping wasn't the astrophysicist's only concern with Arrakian physics. When the planet's massive sandworms move, they barrel forward in a straight line. But as Tyson points out, pretty much all legless, worm or snake-like creatures on Earth have to slither in S-shaped lines if they want to move forward.

"Have you ever seen a snake chase you as a straight snake? No!" Tyson exclaimed. "They've got to curl, and they push off the curl."

Colbert and Tyson then went back and forth with some worm movement theories; the former offered that perhaps they have some sort of propellant system on their underbellies, while the latter wondered whether they might simply be "pooping really fast." Why not! (Slate also questioned the movements of the worms, with a biologist effectively coming to the conclusion that the hulking beasts are less like worms, and more like burrowing snakes.)

At the end of the day, though, it's often these not-so-science-bound details that make science fiction so fun. What we're really dying to know? What Tyson thinks of AMC's worm popcorn buckets.

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Pentagon Says It Has No Record of Reverse-Engineered Alien Technology – Futurism

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That's exactly the kind of thing the Pentagon would say. No Aliens

The Pentagon has released a 63-page, unclassified report to the public, concluding that it had found no evidence of extraterrestrials, let alone the secret reverse-engineering of recovered alien technology by the US government, in its investigation of UFO sightings.

It's yet another wet blanket being thrown on recent conspiratorial and increasingly far-fetched claims.

The Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) "found no verifiable evidence that any UAP sighting has represented extraterrestrial activity," the office's acting director Tim Phillips told reporters, as quoted by ABC News.

"AARO has found no verifiable evidence that the US government or private industry has ever had access to extraterrestrial technology" or ever "illegally or inappropriately withheld" information from Congress.

The news comes after Air Force veteran and former member of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency David Grusch came forward last year, alleging that the government had secretly recovered alien spacecraft and even dead "pilots" inside them for decades as part of a top-secret UFO retrieval program.

The topic of "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAPs), as they've come to be known in government circles, has hit fever pitch as of late, with government organizations including NASA taking recent reports of UFO sightings more seriously. At the same time, we've seen a resurgence of conspiracy theories, claims of government cover-ups, and plenty of outlandish claims as well.

What brought the topic back into public consciousness was a series of sightings made by US military pilots over the last few decades, as seen in a number of declassified videos.

But as expected, evidence of an extraterrestrial explanation has yet to surface, despite widespread speculation that these mysterious objects were somehow breaking the laws of physics.

According to the latest report, most of the UAP sightings could be blamed on the "misidentification of ordinary phenomena and objects," and some of them may have been due to the rapid emergence of new technologies like drones.

Thanks to the internet, the topic of UFOs is proving "more pervasive now than ever," according to the report.

"Aside from hoaxes and forgeries, misinformation and disinformation is more prevalent and easier to disseminate now than ever before, especially with today's advanced photo, video, and computer generated imagery tools," the report reads.

To get a better sense of what these UAPs could be, the AARO is now working on a real-time UAP sensor technology dubbed "Gremlin," which could be deployed "in reaction to reports," as Phillips told journalists today.

Whether those efforts will end up bearing any fruit, let alone catch aliens, remains to be seen.

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Wegovy Approved to Cut Heart Disease and Stroke Risk – Futurism

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The maker of Ozempic and Wegovy has been granted government approval to sell its wares to help cut the risk of heart attack, heart disease, and stroke a move that could help expand insurance coverage to the highly sought-after drugs.

In a press release, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Novo Nordisk, the Danish company behind the outrageously popular weight loss injectables, has been granted the first-ever stamp of approval for heart health specifically geared towards people who are overweight or obese.

"Wegovy is now the first weight loss medication to also be approved to help prevent life-threatening cardiovascular events in adults with cardiovascular disease and either obesity or overweight," John Sharretts, the FDA's diabetes and obesity czar, said in the press release. "This patient population has a higher risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack and stroke. Providing a treatment option that is proven to lower this cardiovascular risk is a major advance for public health."

Last August, Novo announced that semaglutide, the active ingredient in both Wegovy and Ozempic, had showed significant heart health benefits in a large-scale human trial. Specifically, the 2.4 milligram dosage, which is what's used in Wegovy as compared to the 1 mg version used for Ozempic, showed a link with lowered heart disease risk.

This beneficial usage of the drug, which belongs to a class of medicine known as GLP-1 agonists that mimics the feeling of fullness in the stomach, is just the latest in a growing list of positive semaglutide side effects a list that is, unfortunately, tempered with a rap sheet of mild-to-severe issuesit's been linked with.

Due to semaglutide's incredible boom in popularity in the nearly three years since the FDA approved the higher-dose Wegovy injectable as a weight loss treatment, it's been flying off the shelves even as insurers demonstrate a reticence to shell out for it, leading some folks to either go without or seek unregulated and often dangerous grey-market alternatives.

In an interview withNPR, cardiologist Martha Gulati of Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center estimated that up to 70 percent of her patients could be eligible for the medication which as of nowis still not covered by many insurance companies.

"The hope," Gulati said, "is that insurers will start understanding that this is not a vanity drug."

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Diet Sodas Linked to Heart Issues – Futurism

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Bad news for diet soda lovers: artificially-sweetened soft drinks may come with a heart-shaped price tag.

Published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation:Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, the new research out of a Shanghai teaching hospital suggests that there may be a link between regularly drinking significant amounts of diet soda and dangerously irregular heartbeats.

As the Mayo Clinic explains, atrial fibrillation, the medical term for irregular heartbeats, is associated with a group of symptoms that also include heart palpitations, fatigue, dizziness, and shortness of breath.

Looking at a database cohort of more than 200,000 patients, the team comprised primarily of endocrinology researchers at the Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital found that over a period of nearly 10 years, those who drank more than 2 liters of sodas with nonsugar sweeteners were significantly more likely to develop a-fib compared to those who drank fruit juice or regular soda.

Specifically, the study indicates that people who drank more than two liters of diet beverages per week were 20 percent more likely to develop a-fib than those who don't drink any though the researchers struggled to explain exactly why it might cause the scary heart-related symptoms.

If you're thinking of switching back to regular soda, that's not a perfect solution either.The Shanghai researchers also found that drinking more than two liters per week of conventionally sweetened cola saw a 10 percent increase in a-fib symptoms.

When looking at the portion of the cohort that drank only pure, unsweetened fruit or vegetable juice, the researchers found something even more fascinating: they appeared to have an eight percent lower risk of developing irregular heartbeats than their soda-drinking counterparts.

While there's been lots of research looking into other negative health effects associated with diet sodas, Penn State nutritionist Penny Kris-Etherton pointed out in an interview withCNNthat this appears to be the first looking at its association with a-fib.

"We still need more research on these beverages to confirm these findings and to fully understand all the health consequences on heart disease and other health conditions," Kris-Etherton, an American Heart Association contributor who didn't work on the study, told CNN. "In the meantime, water is the best choice, and, based on this study, no- and low-calorie sweetened beverages should be limited or avoided."

At the end of the day, drinking a bunch of diet soda is still probably not as bad for your heart as, say, excessive alcohol intake, but the risk is serious enough to take seriously and to make those pure fruit juices look all the tastier.

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Why are Futurists so Optimistic About the Future of Work? – Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

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Choose how you lean

When it comes to the future, are you optimistic or pessimistic?

As a futurist, this is a question I both ask and answer often. In my role with TCS, I help our teams and clients anticipate and prepare for possible scenarios. This means looking at both positive and negative outcomes and equipping executives with tools to analyze the impact and build new capabilities.

When looking at situations that could be either positive or negative, its natural to lean in one direction. When approaching the question of being an optimist or pessimistic, I reframe the question as, are you a techno-optimist or a techno-pessimist?

A techno-optimist believes that technology can continually be improved and can improve the lives of people, making the world a better place. If you are a techno-optimist, you think technology has consistently improved our lives for the better and is likely to do so in the future. In considering societal problems, you feel that the solution lies in technological innovation.

On the other hand, a techno-pessimist is likely to believe that modern technology has created as many problems for humanity as it has solved. The pessimist believes that seeking more technology is likely to bring about new problems, unforeseen consequences, and dangers. Given that the pessimists see technology creating its own problems, their answer to human progress often lies in a reduction of technological dependence rather than an expansion of it.

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Meta’s VR Headsets Are Getting a Masturbation Mode – Futurism

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"It's for porn right?" And More

Shortly after the Apple Vision Pro's January release, many buyers were horrified to discover that their wildly expensive new headsets didn't let them download and watch porn. (This isn't all too surprising, given Apple's generally porn-avoidant history. Still, as 404 Media reported, buyers were pissed.)

Enter: Meta, which knows what the people buying its VR headgear really want.

Meta announced last week that its latest software update, v63, would let users of its Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets more comfortably wear their devices while lying down. In a press release, the company noted that "there are myriad reasons you might want to use your Meta Quest headset lying down," explaining that users might want to lay back while watching a made-for-VR David Attenborough series on the Galapagos Islands, attending bizarre metaverse concerts in Horizon Worlds, meditating, "and more."

Don't play, Meta... we know what "and more" means. VR porn enthusiasts have been hankering for a better lying down mode for a while, and it seems that CEO Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse team has answered the call. Get cozy and freak on, y'all.

There isone catch to the update, though: lying down mode isn't yet available on the Quest 3, Meta's most advanced consumer-oriented headset to date.

But Meta does have a reason for this seeming discrepancy. Inan Ask Me Anything on Instagram this week, the company's chief technology officer and Reality Labs head Andrew "Boz" Bosworth addressed the user concern, explaining that Meta is indeed "planning to bring" the horizontal upgrade to the newer headset but has run into some slow-downs due to the Quest 3's differing "Smart Guardian" interface. (Put very simply, Meta's Guardian systems allow users to draw VR boundaries in their real-world space.)

"I don't have a date for you exactly," Bosworth continued. "But it is coming, and we're making good progress on it."

Of course, masturbation isn't the only reason why a Quest user might want to be able to more functionally lay back while wearing their headset. It's also certainly worth noting that the Instagram user who asked Bosworth about the update during his AMAexplained that it would make their Quest 3 experience as a disabled person far more comfortable an important accessibility consideration for Meta, which urges its "commitment to inclusive design" in its Quest documentation.

That said, some netizens' minds seem pretty fixated on the "and more" of it all.

"It's for porn," one Redditor wrote in response to the above AMA snippet, shared yesterday to a thread in the r/OculusQuest subreddit, "right?"

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Doctors Say Trump Is Displaying Clear Signs of Cognitive Issues – Futurism

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At 81 years old, president Joe Biden has attracted significant voter misgivings over his age and mental acuity.

But his rival in the upcoming presidential election, Donald Trump, may be dealing with much more acute cognitive issues.

Experts are becoming increasingly worried over Trump's condition, Salon reports, with the former president struggling to form coherent sentences and even once again confusing Biden with his predecessor Barack Obama during a rally in North Carolina this month.

"Not enough people are sounding the alarm, that based on his behavior, and in my opinion, Donald Trump is dangerously demented," psychologist and former Johns Hopkins Medical School professor John Gartner, who wrote a book about Trump's mental health, told Salon.

"This is a tale of two brains," he added. "Biden's brain is aging. Trump's brain is dementing."

"In my opinion, Donald Trump is getting worse as his cognitive state continues to degrade," Gartner said. "If Trump were your relative, youd be thinking about assisted care right now."

Others agreed.

"It is meaningful because the confusion of people, in contrast to the occasional forgetting of names, is a sign of early dementia, as noted by the Dementia Care Society," licensed psychologist and founder and executive director of the Washington Center For Cognitive Therapy Vincent Greenwoodtold the publication.

As for Trump mispronouncing words like "Venezuela" or "migrant crime," experts tend to agree he's exhibiting early signs of "paraphasia," speech disturbances caused by brain damage, and "not just aging," as Greenwood argued.

And others, like clinical psychologist and Cornell University senior lecturer Harry Segal, who specializes in mental health disorders, offer a more nuanced assessment though not one that inspires much confidence in Trump.

"Since this is an intermittent problem, it suggests that when Trump is especially stressed and exhausted, he suffers cognitive slippage that affects the way he associates words or their meaning," he told Salon. "Note, though, that Trumps pathological lying is itself a form of mental illness, so these cognitive lapses are literally sitting atop what appears to be an already compromised psychological functioning."

And at the end of the day, Trump is still contending with dozens of criminal charges.

Needless to say, none of this bodes well for the future of the country.

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Russian roulette: the amazing history and further fate of the creator of Chatroulette – hi-Tech.ua

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It was on this home computer that Andrey wrote ChatRoulette in two days

In November 2009, a new entertainment appeared on the World Wide Web Chat Roulette. This is a video chat in which you can accidentally meet anyone an American fan, Chinese schoolgirls, an Indian poet For full communication in the chat, you need a video camera through which the interlocutor can see you. Next, everything is simple. Go to the site, click on the start button and see a random interlocutor on your screen. You have a few seconds to start chatting with him, or click on the next button and see another random face (sometimes its not a face at all, but something indecent, so dont let your children on this chat roulette).

One American user, talking about his experience working on ChatRoulette (www.Chatroulette.com), found it funny that in one session he was able to contemplate several people drinking liquor; two girls who were doing makeup; many guys who immediately switched as soon as they saw that I was not a girl; several girls who passed out as soon as they saw my face, and so on.

An ordinary schoolboy Andrei Ternovsky lives with his parents in an unremarkable 16-story building in a residential area of Moscow

Andrey Ternovsky, talking about the birth of the project, said that he is an ordinary teenager and knows what his peers love. The impetus for the creation of Chatroulette was video conferencing on Skype, where he often hung out with friends, but they quickly got bored with it. As Andrei himself said: Its boring when you know exactly who youre going to talk to. Having searched Google for a video chat that would work in random mode, Andrey did not find one, and was surprised. So he sat down and in two days wrote a program for the first version of Chatroulette on his old computer. In creating the site, he was helped by his knowledge of programming (he has been on the Internet since he was 11 years old and his father taught him something).

The name was also invented spontaneously just before this, Andrei watched the famous film The Deer Hunter. In it, prisoners of war played Russian roulette. The name for the newly created service was born by itself, by analogy.

At first, the service did not have advertising as such. Andrey showed it to his friends, but they began to criticize the site and said that no one would use it. But the guy did not despair he went to several forums and asked people to test the service, which is how he got the first 20 users. Then the audience began to double every day, and people started talking about the service in the virtual world. Popularity literally fell on his head. As Andrey himself says, I woke up one morning and saw all these articles about Chatroulette. I called my mother to come and take a look. At first she was very nervous and didnt understand what was happening, then she asked why I wasnt going to school today.

Real popularity came to Chatroulette almost immediately in February 2010, the site was talked about in the media of different countries. In the USA in the program Good Morning America and in the press (New York Times, New York Magazine), in the UK on Newsnight and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In addition, the service was parodied in the cartoon South Park (season 14, episode You Have 0 Friends). And what do we see today? Now site traffic fluctuates between 0.5-1.5 million people per day (!). The numbers sound especially impressive compared to the starting 500 visitors.

Everyone finds their own way to use the site. For some it is a game, for others it is a whole unknown world, for others it is a way of meeting people. I think its great that such a simple thing can be useful to many, Andrey explained the reason for the popularity of his resource.

Media experts believe that the reason for the popularity may be the mesmerizing expectation of something unusual when you press the next button (although what you see on the screen at first can be shocking and almost crushing). Or this is entertainment of a new generation, incomprehensible to those who are accustomed to sorting information on the Internet and limiting themselves to certain boundaries.

Andrey plans to get an education, although he may put it off until later. Now he is engaged in programming, learning foreign languages and developing his brainchild

The American press is now comparing the Moscow schoolboy with nothing less than 25-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the Facebook network (www.facebook.com) and the youngest billionaire in the world. And popular American bloggers such as Asylum (http://theasylum.wordpress.com) and The Frisky (www.thefrisky.com) said that the site that Ternovsky came up with is their favorite since the advent of YouTube and even the holy grail of all internet entertainment.

But in the 11th grade of Moscow gymnasium No. 1519, the young talent has problems, despite the full support of his classmates and the sympathy of his teachers. The fact is that because of the site, Andrei has no time left to study, and since January he has stopped going to school. Whether he will receive a certificate is also a big question. This is due to the popularity of Chatroulette.com as soon as visitors began to arrive, the service required improvements. One day Andrei Ternovsky sat at the computer for almost two days.

So they are in no hurry to set him up as an example to other students. I think that Ternovsky is not acting very thoughtfully by betting only on this site, says one of the teachers. What if everyone gets bored with its development and people stop using this service? Who will he be then? He wont be able to get into university without a certificate. Colleagues confirm him: The boy is a very average student. He does not participate in Olympiads, much less in scientific projects. We think that among our guys there are those who will definitely become famous in the future.

Indeed, the gymnasium where Andrei studies is one of the best. A few years ago, a youth design bureau was opened here, where teachers from the Moscow Aviation Institute and the Design Bureau named after them come to give lectures. Sukhoi. Another pride of the director is the students, who last year received nine grants from the capital authorities of 30 thousand rubles each.

But can this amount be compared with the millions that can be offered to Ternovsky for the site, classmates say. They themselves learned about their friends success from the Internet: Although he is a very sociable, he is still a modest guy. He didnt boast about his success. We, of course, knew that he was making such a site; he worked on it almost all day long. He said he doesnt do it for money, but for fun.

Andrey became interested in computer programming at the age of 11, when his father gave him a computer. Mom recalls that even in elementary school, her son could give out a couple of computer terms. Computer science, as you might guess, was Andreis favorite subject in the gymnasium. Friends say that somewhere in the 7th or 8th grade, he himself made a computer virus and installed it on the school computer. True, I fixed everything later. He also helped the girls: he taught them how to hack passwords from boys email accounts. He doesnt have any bad habits, his classmates laugh.

In addition to programming, Andrey is interested in learning foreign languages. Now he is learning English and Chinese and plans to become a translator, although he has no plans to give up programming. True, Andrei is not yet thinking about finishing school according to him, he can postpone this in order to devote himself entirely to what he loves. But he is going to continue his education in any case probably, the opinion of conservative (as he himself claims) parents plays an important role here.

Like any large resource where visitors accumulate, trolls graze on Chatroulette. Often they just scare other users

Despite the fact that the rules of the resource prohibit the broadcast of indecent images, Chatroulette is often used by exhibitionists due to the lack of registration. A study of 2883 communication sessions showed that every eighth connection violates this particular point of the rules.

Andrey himself says that he wanted to create a fairly free, unmoderated resource, but some people take advantage of this and come to the site with disgusting intentions. And exhibitionism and voyeurism are prohibited in the rules. The system itself blocks violators, counting the number of times the Report button is pressed by those who do not like it.

However, this fashion continues. Some users make it a kind of sport out of counting naked people and body parts, then broadcast their statistics on the Internet.

By the way, one of the possible investors, Fred Wilson, among the shortcomings of the resource names sexual overtones, since the site is already filled with numerous exhibitionists and voyeurs, but they can show you not only naked parts of the body: someone will sing, someone will read poetry to -We urgently need to talk for life. The Internet is a huge space used by more than a billion people from all over the world. Chatroulette can become a very convenient way to travel on the Internet, allowing you to expand the possibilities of meeting and communicating between people, the businessman said in his blog (www.avc.com).

This pianist became a real star thanks to Chatroulette

Some celebrities claim to have used Chatroulette, such as Kelly Osbourne and Nicole Richie. There are those who were photographed on the site, but did not confirm their presence there for example, Paris Hilton, Ashton Kutcher, the pop-rock group Jonas Brothers and Jessica Alba. Although, as for the Jonas Brothers, they directly stated on their Twitter that all the personalities similar to them on Chatroulette are fakes.

Additionally, on February 27 at the Soundwave festival in Melbourne, Australia, Faith No More streamed their performance live on Chatroulette.

Another user named Merton used video chat as a platform for musical improvisation. Sitting at the piano, he played music to random video interlocutors, composing the theme and lyrics as he went.

A recording of improvisations on YouTube, posted by Merton on a specially created channel PianoChatImprov (www.youtube.com/user/PianoChatImprov), collected 1.3 million views in five days. The channel itself, on which the musician promised to post more videos, has collected over 45 thousand subscribers.

Little is known about Merton. He is self-taught and has not taken any music lessons. He also claims to be not multi-instrumentalist Ben Folds, whom he bears a slight resemblance to in appearance.

Business shark Fred Wilson is still one of the most likely investors in Chatroulette if Andrey agrees to new investments

Andrey admits that he has no entrepreneurial spirit. He had no idea that the project would bring him money. But when the service began to grow rapidly, the guy had to borrow $10 thousand from his parents, although he soon repaid the debt. At first, Andrey used AdSense (a contextual advertising service developed by Google). Then I worked with Mamboo.com for several weeks. Now the service, according to its creator, brings in about $1,500 a day.

Chatroulette employs 4 programmers, although the site does not have its own office. Andrey found all of them on the Internet, and one of them works in the USA, in Virginia, and the other in Belarus.

In addition, about 200 venture capital companies from Silicon Valley contacted Andrey. ChatRoulette has attracted the attention of businessmen and investors from all over the world, including giants such as Google, Skype and Facebook. In Russia, Andreys site is monitored by local trendsetters Yandex and Digital Sky Technology (http://dst-global.com/), whose founder and president, Yuri Milner, is the only Russian entrepreneur who owns a stake in Facebook. Yu. Milner (www.snob.ru/profile/about/5240) offered Ternovsky a deal to acquire a stake in ChatRoulette.

Another promising investor, Yuri Milner, also remains out of work for now. Andrey is currently thinking about the future of his service

However, Ternovsky has serious plans for the United States. The Internet is my world, my connection with the West. I dream of opening my own company in Silicon Valley, Andrei told the German magazine Der Spiegel. A few days after meeting with Yuri Milner, who claimed that the young man had more prospects in Russia than in the United States, Andrei still applied for an American visa to go to the United States for reconnaissance. He was invited to negotiations: American business angel, first Twitter investor Fred Wilson in New York, and the eVenture fund (www.eventureinternet.com) in San Francisco.

As Andrey says, his head is full of different ideas. He doesnt know if he wants to work for a well-known company. On the one hand, I would like to live in the USA for some time, and this requires money. I would like to work and develop my project at the same time. But Im not in a hurry to decide anything yet, since it may well be that Chatroulette will feed me too. I dont have any clearly thought out plan for life. Its all rather like some kind of crazy journey, he says. At the same time, the young man names the approximate cost of his project, which his friends from Silicon Valley guided him to, $50 million.

But Andrey developed a little intrigue around possible changes to the Chatroulette concept. Moreover, he does not say unequivocally whether these will be just partial innovations or a global change in concept. But he doesnt plan to leave his brainchild, even if the fashion for it passes: Nothing lasts forever, and I understand that people will get tired of roulette. When I feel a decline, I will change and improve the concept to support fashion.

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Oceania Cruises Announces 2026 World Voyages Aboard Vista – Porthole Cruise and Travel

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Oceania Cruises is launching its newest ship,Vista,for a 180-day Around the World voyage in 2026. This voyage will visit 101 ports across 43 countries, setting a new standard for global exploration. Bookings will officially open on March 13, 2024!

After the remarkable success of our most recent world cruises, we have been eagerly anticipating the opportunity to present travelers with an even more extraordinary experience for our 2026 voyage, said Frank A. Del Rio, President of Oceania Cruises. With that, we are excited to announce thatVista, Oceania Cruises pinnacle of luxury and newest ship, will circumnavigate the globe artfully intertwining diverse continents, enriching cultures, and mouthwatering cuisines, creating an unforgettable tapestry of exploration for our guests. With this new voyage, we are excited to offer a rare chance to experience the world from an entirely new perspective and further forward the future of global cruising.

Vistawill depart from Miami on January 6, crossing three oceans and 18 seas to explore Southeast Asia, Australia, the South Pacific, Europe, and South America. The journey will include exploring continental coastlines, experiencing local cultures, trying new foods, and discovering natural wonders in off-the-beaten-path locations and popular cities.

Vistaoffers 11 onboard culinary venues, including the new Aquamar Kitchen, The Bakery at Baristas, and Ember. The ship, at 791 feet long and over 67,000 tons, maintains a high staffing ratio. Guests will enjoy gourmet experiences curated by Oceania Cruises Master Chefs of France, Alexis Quaretti and Eric Barale and opportunities for Culinary Discovery Tours and cooking classes. Vista provides a variety of onboard activities, such as bars, lounges, and entertainment venues like the Founders Bar, Aquamar Spa + Vitality Center, and Aquamar Spa Terrace.

The World Odyssey and Global Wanderlust voyages are available in addition to the 180-day Around the World cruise onVista. These cruises provide flexibility with a 120-day voyage from San Diego to Miami and a 197-day cruise from Los Angeles to Miami. Vistas luxurious ambiance and spacious staterooms offer guests a comfortable home at sea to relax and rejuvenate during their journey.

Head to their website for more information on Oceania Cruises 2026 Around the World journeys!

Oceania Cruises provides simply MORE, which includes all-inclusive features in the voyage fare, such as free roundtrip airfare, airport transfers, a shore excursion credit of up to $1,400 per stateroom, and a beverage package available during lunch and dinner.

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Oceania's newest ship, the Oceania Vista, will sail its first world cruise in 2026, roundtrip out of Miami.

The Vista's 180-day Around the World cruise will visit 101 ports across 43 countries. Bookings open on March 13.

The Vista, which debuted in May of 2023, served as the swan song of the line's founder and now-retired CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Frank Del Rio. He retired shortly after the Vista set sail for the first time in the Med.

Related: First Call aboard the Oceania Vista

The cruise will feature more than 80 Unesco World Heritage sites; 11 overnight stays; complimentary, curated special events onshore; and optional multiday overland programs.

The Vista will depart from Miami on Jan. 6, 2026, to sail the eastern coast of South America and return north along its western coast up to Mexico and California. The ship will reach as far north as San Diego before crossing the Pacific to French Polynesia and Australia, continuing on to Southeast Asia and India.

Related: The new era of world cruising

Current plans also have the Vista passing through the Red Sea and Suez Canal to reach the Mediterranean, British Isles and Nordic region before returning to Miami along the U.S. East Coast.

The itinerary assumes the Red Sea will be safe for cruise traffic; attacks on shipping vessels by Houthi militants in Yemen that began late last year have led multiple cruise lines and shipping companies to avoid the region.

Guests will have the option to sail a shorter, 120-day cruise from San Diego to Miami or a longer, 197-day cruise from Los Angeles to Miami.

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Set sail on an epic 180-day world journey across six continents visiting 43 countries, 101 ports and 81 UNESCO World Heritage sites

MIAMI, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Opening up the world to a new era of global exploration,Oceania Cruises, the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused cruise line, welcomes guests on board its newest ship, Vista, for its highly anticipated inaugural 180-day 2026 Around the World voyage. Having set the standard for extraordinary sailings for over a decade with destination-immersive global journeys, Oceania Cruises sets a new bar with unparalleled comfort and convenience, electing Vista to host this year's circumnavigation visiting 101 ports across 43 countries. Now open for preview, bookings for this unique, all-encompassing journey officially open on March 13, 2024.

Setting sail from Miami on January 6, the boutique 1,200-guest vessel will cross three oceans and 18 seas, exploring the jewels of Southeast Asia and Australia, island-hopping in the South Pacific, calling on unique ports in Europe, and exploring favorite South American cities. Fully charting entire continental coastlines, the journey features both off-the-beaten-path secrets and impressive cities embracing cultural immersions, epicurean discoveries and breathtaking natural wonders.

"After the remarkable success of our most recent world cruises, we have been eagerly anticipating the opportunity to present travelers with an even more extraordinary experience for our 2026 voyage," remarked Frank A. Del Rio, President of Oceania Cruises. "With that, we are excited to announce that Vista, Oceania Cruises' pinnacle of luxury and newest ship, will circumnavigate the globe artfully intertwining diverse continents, enriching cultures, and mouthwatering cuisines, creating an unforgettable tapestry of exploration for our guests. With this new voyage, we are excited to offer a rare chance to experience the world from an entirely new perspective and further forward the future of global cruising."

Around the World in 180 Days

The 2026 Around the World journey weaves together a lineup of destinations into a brilliant kaleidoscope of world wonders, marvelous attractions, and exceptional encounters. Vista will start its six-month sojourn with a sweeping six-week exploration of South America, fully charting the continent's western coast before continuing to Mexico and California, and then will island-hop in the dazzling South Pacific and call on unique Australian ports such as the Whitsunday Islands. Farther west, off-the-beaten-path secrets will come to life in Southeast Asia and across India. Toward the end of the voyage, Vista will call into enchanting coastal villages and iconic cities throughout the Mediterranean, British Isles and Nordic region before crossing back over to the United States.

Continuing to elevate The Finest Cuisine at Sea, Vista features 11 onboard culinary venues including the lines' newest additions: Aquamar Kitchen, offering an array of wellness-inspired dishes with a hint of indulgence; The Bakery at Baristas, serving tempting freshly baked pastries; and new signature restaurant, Ember. At 791 feet (241 meters) long and more than 67,000 tons, Vista offers a market-leading staffing ratio with two crew members for every three guests. On board, culinary aficionados will delight in the gourmet experiences curated by Oceania Cruises' two resident Master Chefs of France, Alexis Quaretti and Eric Barale. From immersive Culinary Discovery Tours ashore to hands-on cooking classes back on board, guests will have the opportunity to savor the flavors of cultures from around the world alongside Director of Culinary Enrichment Kathryn Kelly, an Oceania Cruises Around the World first. Vista additionally offers an elevated variety of onboard activities including eight bars, lounges and entertainment venues, including the new Founders Bar, the luxurious Aquamar Spa + Vitality Center and Aquamar Spa Terrace.

This epic voyage features over 80 UNESCO World Heritage sites across 101 destinations, with 11 overnight stays and a series of curated complimentary special onshore events and optional multi-day overland programs. Starting at $59,699 per person for the French Veranda Stateroom category, the 180-day world cruise boasts free first-class roundtrip airfare and transfers, an array of included amenities with the Exclusive Prestige Package such as free laundry services, a free visa package, free Internet, free pre-paid gratuities, free luggage delivery, as well as inclusive simply MORE amenities including a generous shore excursion credit of $8,800 per stateroom and a comprehensive beverage package available during lunch and dinner.

World Odyssey and Global Wanderlust Voyages

In addition to Vista's Around the World in 180 days cruise, Oceania Cruises is offering more flexibility than ever by offering Global Wanderlust, a 120-day voyage from San Diego to Miami, as well as World Odyssey, a 197-day cruise from Los Angeles to Miami. While the global destinations are naturally the star attraction on this journey, the luxurious ambiance of Vista welcomes guests to the ultimate home at sea. With staterooms among the most spacious ever to be offered on a world journey, Oceania Cruises provides the space for a ritual of rejuvenation before exploring each day.

A detailed brochure for Oceania Cruises' 2026 Around the World journeys may be found here. For additional information on Oceania Cruises' small-ship luxury product, exquisitely crafted cuisine, and expertly curated travel experiences, visit OceaniaCruises.com, call 855-OCEANIA, or speak with a professional travel advisor.

About simply MOREOceania Cruises offers travelers simply MORE, with virtually everything included in the voyage fare: free roundtrip airfare; free airport transfers; a generous shore excursion credit of up to $1,400 per stateroom to be spent on tours of their choice; and a comprehensive beverage package available during lunch and dinner at onboard restaurants featuring dozens of vintage Champagnes, premium wines and international beers. Created to elevate the guest experience, simply MORE means travelers receive the greatest value in luxury cruising.

About Oceania CruisesOceania Cruises is the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused cruise line. The line's eight small, luxurious ships carry a maximum of 1,250 guests and feature The Finest Cuisine at Sea and destination-rich itineraries that span the globe. Expertly curated travel experiences are available aboard the designer-inspired, small ships, which call on more than 600 marquee and boutique ports in more than 100 countries on seven continents, on voyages that range from seven to more than 200 days. Oceania Cruises is a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH). To learn more, visitOceaniaCruises.com.

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Kalmar to deliver the first electric mobile equipment fleet in Oceania for ITC – American Journal of Transportation

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Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an agreement to supply Australian operator Intermodal Terminal Company (ITC) with six Kalmar Electric Reachstackers and two Kalmar Electric Empty Container Handlers.

The equipment will be deployed at ITCs Somerton Intermodal Terminal, a multipurpose terminal currently being constructed in Melbourne, Victoria. This significant order, which also includes a Kalmar Complete Care service agreement, was booked in Cargotecs Q3 2023 order intake. The deliveries of the equipment are scheduled to begin during the first quarter of 2025.

ITC is wholly owned and backed by Aware Super, one of Australias leading superannuation funds. Once completed, the Somerton Intermodal Terminal (SIT) will be the largest intermodal terminal ever built in Australia, with a future capacity to process up to one million-plus TEUs each year.

ITC estimates the future SIT will help remove the equivalent of 500,000 truck trips each year off already heavily congested Melbourne streets, roads and motorways, which would help reduce emissions in the national supply chain to the tune of 189,000 tonnes each year. Kalmar reachstackers and empty container handlers will be powered by lithium-ion battery technology. As part of the Kalmar Complete Care agreement, a Kalmar maintenance team and parts inventory will be located at the terminal to enable 24/7 support for the equipment.

Leigh Cook, Chief Development Officer, ITC: ITC is fully committed to helping to reduce transport and operating emissions in state and national supply chains. With Kalmars delivery of a fully-electric fleet of container handling equipment and on-site support, we're not merely reducing emissions; we're laying the groundwork for a cleaner, greener, and more efficient tomorrow.

Shane Brook, National Key Account Manager, Oceania, Kalmar: We are pleased to partner with ITC and deliver the first electric mobile equipment fleet in Oceania for their new terminal. With our world-leading electric portfolio and our on-site maintenance, we can both deliver superior productivity and a significant reduction in emissions, helping ITC on its journey to net zero emissions.

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Oceania appoints Pitchblack Partners as lead strategic and creative agency – Campaign Brief NZ

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March 6 2024, 5:32 pm | BY Ricki Green | No Comments Following a competitive pitch process lead by consultant Jodi Williams, Pitchblack Partners has been appointed as Oceanias lead strategic, creative and production partner along with its sister production company Jetblack.

Says Josh Moore, principal partner, Pitchblack Partners: To be appointed by the Oceania team is a real privilege and opportunity. With a focus on reinvention of retirement living and aged care through innovation, Oceania is the most exciting brand in the category. Were all going to be older one day and to know that we can have a hand in helping our parents generation and then in turn our generation, and the next, enjoy all our days on the planet is genuinely fulfilling.

Says Sandra Daniel, GM marketing and communications, Oceania: Josh, Jono and the team at Pitchblack showed they have a real passion for our category and a clear understanding of where they want to take our brand. They already feel like they are an extension of our team which is important as we have big ambitions for 2024 and beyond.

Says Anita Hawthorne, group general manager sales and services, Oceania: Ive been impressed with the thinking I have seen from the Pitchblack Partners already and Im excited to be working with an independent agency that clearly has a real interest in improving the life of Kiwis and their families as they age.

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Investment starting to pay returns for women’s football in Oceania nations – Friends of Football

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Efforts to help improve womens football in the Oceania region are bearing fruit, say football leaders.

FIFA Chief Womens Football Officer and former Samoa international Dame Sarai Bareman says the shining example was the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup, co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia.

Its clear that the impact stretched far beyond the two hosts and into the wider Oceania region, she said.

FIFAs provision of a range of on and off-field development activities in recent years has helped fast-track growth, and led to more examples of progress at OFC Womens Olympic Qualifier tournament in Samoa.

From infrastructure upgrades notably at the hosts Football Federation Samoa Football Stadium to the provision of high-performance coaches, and financial packages supporting the national teams, the support has been broad and wide-ranging.

Main photo: Solomon Islands Ileen Pegi was one of the emerging players at the OFC Womens Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Samoa. Photo: Shane Wenzlick / Phototek.

Dame Sarai said it was pleasing to see so many competitive matches and such a lift in the quality of football at the tournament.

Its a testament to the hard work that is being done by OFC and its member associations.

Major competitions play such a crucial role in the growth of womens football. Last year, we saw Papua New Guinea come so close to qualifying for the FIFA Womens World Cup.

The levelling of competition across the confederation reflects the commitment to improvement from both the world governing body and the respective member associations.

FIFA has delivered 77 programmes to Oceanian nations since first launching the Womens Development Programmes in the region.

Notably, FIFA launched a pilot programme to help Pacific national teams prepare for the OFC Womens Nation Cup 2022.

This turned into a fully-fledged programme that supported a range of identified nations to prepare for the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup.

Samoa, for instance, is enjoying a significant period of growth.

In February 2024, experienced administrator Ronna Lee Galumalemana became the new CEO at Football Federation Samoa (FFS), one of the few women to lead a member association in the region.

FFS President Sam Petaia says FIFA has invested more than USD$5 million for infrastructure in the past few years. Such investment has allowed FFS to host several OFC tournaments over the coming year.

Apia Park will be the main FFS administrative headquarters, while the existing Tuanaimato facility will be developed into a high-performance centre.

As part of FIFA 3.0 the academy will be developed with a gym, training pitches and player accommodation, sports science and anti-doping being housed on the site.

FIFA, through their infrastructure assistance, have given us a platform, that our Federation can challenge rugby, Petaia said.

Its about giving opportunities to kids. [Football is] the most well-funded, and the most popular grassroots programme in the country. But when they transition from primary school to secondary school, that is when we tend to lose a lot of the football players to rugby.

We have systems in place that we will make sure we try to hold onto our players, so they know theres something for them when they leave primary school. So its about us building programmes we can sustain. In five to 10 years look out, that landscape can change.

FFS Technical Director Ravinesh Kumar said: I think the FIFA Womens World Cup had a great impact on the young people, young girls as well.

We had our holiday programmes in December and we could clearly see that there is a link, between the FIFA Womens World Cup brought to Oceania and the interest it creates in our local kids. And now the Olympic qualifiers have backed up that interest, in our girls especially.

We could see a lot of girls have come in to watch the Olympic qualifiers.

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BRING ME THE HORIZON’s ‘Post Human: Nex Gen’ Album Is ‘Nearly Finished’ – BLABBERMOUTH.NET

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On the red carpet of the 2024 BRIT Awards at London's O2 Arena on Saturday (March 2),BRING ME THE HORIZON singer Oli Sykes and drummer Mat Nicholls spoke to NME about the status of the band's long-awaited new album, "Post Human: Nex Gen". The LP was originally due last September, but was pushed back due to "unforeseen circumstances", with Sykes and the rest of BRING ME THE HORIZON "unable to complete the record to the standard we'd be happy with".

"It's nearly finished, but it's not finished yet," Oli told NME earlier today. Mat concurred, saying: "It's not quite finished, but it's closer than it has ever been. We came back off tour and built a studio in Sheffield and, yeah, just cracked on, got our heads down and everyone pulled together. And, yeah, we're getting there. It's this close. [holds two fingers very near each other]"

When the interviewer noted that BRING ME THE HORIZON has been promising the new album "for a while", Oli said: "Every time we think we've got it, we get another song, and it's, like, 'Oh.' It's gonna be very good though. It's like the best album ever. So it'll be worth the wait."

Mat added: "It does sound really good, and we're really happy with it. It takes time, doesn't it? You can't rush these things."

In January, BRING ME THE HORIZON released a new song called "Kool-Aid". The track was the first to arrive following the departure of longtime keyboardist and percussionist Jordan Fish in December.

Earlier this week, BRING ME THE HORIZON teased "Kool-Aid" by sharing a brief snippet in an Instagram story. The band also revealed in an official newsletter that the song was "coming soon" and available to pre-save/pre-add for fans.

Fish joined BRING ME THE HORIZON in 2012 and appeared on the albums "Sempiternal", "That's The Spirit" and "Amo", which he helped write.

BRING ME THE HORIZON has been called one of the most forward-thinking metal bands in the world. As it has grown, BRING ME THE HORIZON has undergone a musical progression from its earliest days as a metalcore band, in large part because of the production talents of Fish.

Jordan had been a major influence on BRING ME THE HORIZON's sound, inspiring many of the edgy guitar riffs and other elements on the "Sempiternal" album. His music production fingerprints can be found all over "That's The Spirit", which offered a stylistic departure from the metalcore genre.

When BRING ME THE HORIZON announced Fish's departure, the band said in a statement: "BRING ME THE HORIZON has decided to part ways with Jordan Fish. We want to thank him for the musical journey he took with us and wish him luck with everything in the future. Meanwhile we continue to work on 'Nex Gen', with brand new music coming very soon."

Fish added in a separate statement: "I'm really grateful for my 11 years with the band, and extremely proud of all that we have achieved together. I look forward to hearing what they do next, and wish them every success in the future. I'm excited to start this next chapter in my career."

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Hubble telescope exhibit gives hands-on experience – Coastal Review Online

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A scale model of the Hubble Space Telescope and its contributions to the exploration of planets, stars, galaxies and the universe make up a hands-on experience on display through June 23 at Cape Fear Museum of History and Science in Wilmington.

Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe is a traveling exhibit through National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA. Hubble, a space-based observatory launched and deployed by the space shuttle Discovery in 1990, orbits 326 miles above the Earth, according to NASA.

The exhibit features the telescopes various instruments and the role that each one plays in providing new images and discoveries, and showcases Hubbles images and data of planets, galaxies, regions around black holes, and many other fascinating cosmic entities.

Visitors also get a glimpse of the various hurdles Hubble faced in its career and discover the role that astronauts played in repairing and servicing the observatory, and be introduced to the James Webb Space Telescope launched Dec. 25, 2021.

Cape Fear Museum at 814 Market St. is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Standard admission prices are $8 for adults; $7 for seniors, students and military with valid ID; $5 for children 6-17; and free for children 5 and under and for museum members.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA’s Hubble Telescope Captures Spiral Galaxy’s Dazzling Swirls – SpaceCoastDaily.com

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one of 19 nearby spiral galaxies recently imaged by the telescope NGC 4254, a spiral galaxy, is resplendent in orange and blue in this Jan. 29, 2024, image from the James Webb Space Telescope. (NASA image)

(NASA) NGC 4254, a spiral galaxy, is resplendent in orange and blue in this Jan. 29, 2024, image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

This is one of 19 nearby spiral galaxies recently imaged by the telescope as part of the long-standing Physics at High Angular Resolution in Nearby GalaxieS program supported by more than 150 astronomers worldwide.

Webbs Near-Infrared Camera captured millions of stars in these images, which sparkle in blue tones. At the same time, the telescopes Mid-Infrared Instrument data highlights glowing dust, showing us where it exists around and between stars.

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NASA’s Hubble Telescope Captures "Last Gasp" Of Dying Binary Star System – NDTV

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NGC 2346 resides in the constellation Monoceros, NASA said.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regularly captures stunning images of our universe, leaving space lovers mesmerized. The social media handles of the US Space Agency are a treasure trove for those who love to watch educational videos and fascinating images showcasing Earth and space. Now, in its recent post, the agency's Hubble Space Telescope shared a picture of the "last gasp" of a dying binary star system.

"At the center of the nebula NGC 2346 is a pair of stars that are so close together that they orbit around each other every 16 days! This #HubbleClassic shows the "last gasp" of this binary star system as it dies. Located about 2,000 light-years away, NGC 2346 resides in the constellation Monoceros." NASA said while sharing the image.

It is to be noted that NGC 2346 is a so-called "planetary nebula," which is ejected from Sun-like stars which are near the ends of their lives.

The central star of NGC 2346 is believed to be a relatively near pair of stars that orbit each other every 16 days, which makes the galaxy unusual. It is thought that the binary star was initially farther apart. But one of the binary's components essentially swallowed its companion star as it developed, grew larger, and became a red-giant star.

Subsequently, the companion star spiralled downwards inside the red giant, releasing gas into a ring surrounding the binary system. Later, a faster stellar wind arose perpendicular to the ring and inflated two enormous "bubbles" when the red giant's hot core was revealed. "This two-stage process is believed to have resulted in the butterfly-like shape of the nebula. NGC 2346 lies about 2,000 light-years away from us, and is about one-third of a light-year in size," the European Space Agency explained.

In the image, a two-lobed structure of gas is seen expanding out from a central pinkish region. It almost resembles dark red and orange wings. The black background of the space is dotted with some small stars.

Since being shared, the post has amassed over 58,000 likes and several reactions on the platform.

"Lovely," said a user.

"Hubble is cool," stated another user.

A third user said, "The science is so amazing"

"Wow," remarked a person.

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