Slashdot: The Analogue 3D Drags the Fondly Remembered N64 Into the 21st Century
Analogue, a retro gaming company, is releasing a hardware-emulated Nintendo 64 console that can play every N64 game in 4K resolution. TechCrunch reports: …
CBC: Inuit in Ottawa applaud Google’s latest addition to translation tool
Google Translate is adding a new language to its platform that could serve thousands of people in Ottawa as well as Canada’s North: Inuktut.
It’s one of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages across the country, and is the first one spoken in Canada to be included in Google’s translation software.
The term Inuktut is increasingly used to refer to Inuktitut, the language spoken largely in the Baffin Island regions of Nunavut, and Inuinnaqtun, which is generally spoken in the Western Arctic, among other languages or dialects. Inuinnaqtun’s written form uses qaniujaaqpait, or syllabics, and qaliujaaqpait, based on the Roman alphabet.
The Verge: Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition hands-on: color E Ink looks pretty good
The Kindle Colorsoft’s only new feature is the colors. But it looks like a good start to a color E Ink future.
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NewsNation: 3 killed and 8 injured by gunfire following a Mississippi school’s football game
Shootings by young men have been an “off and on” problem recently in the county, which has a population of almost 16,000 residents. The young men who talk to the sheriff tell him that it’s often because they have a “beef,” or disagreement with someone.
“It’s hard to see what they are fighting over. I don’t think they are fighting over turf or drugs,” March said. “These are young men walking around with weapons. I wish I had an answer.”
Wow.
NewsNation: Flight attendants in crisis: Stripping, struggling, homeless
- Flight attendants tell NewsNation they are struggling to make ends meet
- Some have resorted to eating passengers' leftovers; others are on food stamps
- Union prez: Flight attendants ‘can’t survive’ on such low wages
It would have been better if they had identified more of the airlines responsible.
ScienceAlert: Caffeine in Your Blood May Affect Body Fat And Diabetes Risk, Study Reveals
“Genetically predicted higher plasma caffeine concentrations were associated with lower BMI and whole body fat mass,” the researchers wrote in their paper, published in March 2023.
“Furthermore, genetically predicted higher plasma caffeine concentrations were associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Approximately half of the effect of caffeine on type 2 diabetes liability was estimated to be mediated through BMI reduction.”
Last Updated: 19.Oct.2024 22:47 EDT
