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Today we share the latest on reported plans for Nothing's next smartphone. We also meet someone who has a fascinating role in the planetary defense sector, and take a look at two new turntables from European hi-fi audio equipment specialist Pro-Ject Audio Systems. Enjoy! |
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Sabina Raducan has the kind of job you'd expect the protagonist in a 1990s Michael Bay movie to hold. In The Rock, Nicolas Cage's Dr. Stanley Goodspeed is an FBI chemical weapons specialist who helps save the day. In Armageddon, Bruce Willis' Harry Stamper is a veteran oil driller who helps save the day. And at the University of Bern, one of the largest universities in Switzerland, Sabina Raducan builds hyper-realistic models of asteroid impacts. Which could one day help save, well, our entire planet.
To be clear, Raducan isn't building models of what would happen in the event that an asteroid collided with Earth. Instead, as a postdoctoral researcher, she builds numerical simulations of what would happen if we (meaning Earth) attempted to deflect a destructive asteroid by sending a human-made "impactor" device up to greet it. Rather than destroy it, this could be used to nudge the asteroid off-course so that it sails past our planet ... |
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Nothing garnered a lot of attention with its first smartphone (pictured above), the Nothing Phone 1. It's quite evident that the phone's Glyph Interface (aka the flashing lights on the back) differentiates it from any other handset on the market. However, those flashing lights may not be present on the company's next smartphone. Yes, you read it right — Nothing's next phone might miss out on the biggest selling feature of the Nothing Phone 1. At least, that's according to a new report from The Mobile Indian.
The report details that the rumored phone will be a Lite version of the Nothing Phone 1. At the moment, there's no word about the name of this device. But it could be called Phone 1 Lite since it is supposed to be a slightly toned-down version ... |
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European hi-fi audio equipment makers Pro-Ject Audio Systems has announced the addition of two new turntables — the X1 B and X2 B — to its "True Balanced Connection" lineup of products designed to bring an interference-free audio experience to vinyl-heads.
More affordably priced than the $2,500 Pro-Ject X8, a high-end deck released in April, the $1,299 and $1,699 X1 B and X2 B (respectively) further expands Pro-Ject's goal of bringing the benefits of clean-sounding, true balanced analog audio to a wider range of vinyl enthusiasts ... |
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TIPS, TRICKS, & TECHNIQUES |
If you are starting to gather a number of handy smart devices around your home, you may be wondering how secure a smart home is and if anyone could potentially hack it. Could someone else be looking through your security camera? Could they gain control of devices like smart plugs -- or even smart door locks? Do hackers really roam neighborhoods looking for smart houses?
You're not in much danger of a smart home takeover, and smart platforms are getting increasingly safer thanks to important updates -- but smart devices are online, and online devices can have some vulnerabilities. That's especially true when it comes to your Wi-Fi network and its settings. Let's look at smart home safety and how you can protect your home ... |
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