We bring you the highlights nanoscale science and technology research in 2017 from IOP Publishing's materials portfolio.

Five Texas players had at least one play of at least 25 yards. Tailback Jaydon Blue had a 45-yard run and 45-yard reception while former UF receiver commit Isaiah Bond had a 34-yard touchdown catch and 44-yard run.

Theme Park Rangers Radar looks for overlooked animals at Disney World, learns about WDW ambassadors' clothing.

Montverde Academy and Circle Christian have strong Round 1 outings at the girls Class 1A golf state championship.

Friday's high school scores and stars from around Orlando.

Three local lacrosse teams advanced to the state semifinals on Saturday with the Hagerty girls advancing in Class 2A, and the Winter Park and Lake Mary boys advancing in 2A.

Foldable smartphones may still be niche products, but they've become tech showcases for their respective brands. Chinese phone maker Oppo is arguably one of the forerunners in this aspect and if rumors of the upcoming Find N5 are any indicators, this foldable will be the most potent of its kind come 2025. With more models launching next year,

Researchers from Spain’s National Archeological Museum recently discovered two objects that are part of the Treasure of Villena were forged with meteoric iron. The collection of 66 mostly golden items were discovered in the Valencia region of Spain in 1963 by Jose Maria Soler. While the gold items in the collection are thought to date between

Suffering from a severe case of midlife crisis? Just won the lottery and need some ideas on what to spend it on? If your answer is "yes" to one or the other (or both), you might be interested in purchasing one of the ten Batman Tumbler replicas being made by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP) and Relevance International.

Radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure levels from mobile and portable devices during different conditions of use

Operating telecommunication facilities using lightning strikes data obtained from lightning location systems

Resolution 74 - (Rev. Geneva, 2022) - Enhancing participation of Sector Members from developing countries in the work of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector

Resolution 79 - (Rev. Geneva, 2022) - The role of telecommunications/information and communication technologies in handling and controlling e-waste from telecommunication and information technology equipment and methods of treating it

ITU-T E.800 series - QoS/QoE framework for the transition from network oriented to service oriented operations

Speech communication requirements for emergency calls originating from vehicles

Migration scenarios from legacy networks to NGN in developing countries

Executive summary - Frontier technologies to protect environment and tackle the climate change

Frontier technologies to protect environment and tackle the climate change

U4SSC - Deliverable - Accelerating city transformation using frontier technologies

Relaxing IMPORTS clause to allow importation of definitions from new versions of a given module

5G wireless fronthaul requirements in a passive optical network context

5G wireless fronthaul requirements in a passive optical network context

LS/i on draft new Report on production, emission and exchange of closed captions for worldwide language character sets (Latin and non-Latin) [from ITU-R WP6B]
Source: ITU-R WP6B
Study Questions: Q26/16

With over 4.8 billion users currently on the internet across the globe, the digital world as we once knew it continues to adapt to accommodate modern forms of interaction and communication across the social sphere. As e-commerce booms and social platforms multiply, it’s clear that a digitally native world is only around the corner. With […]

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Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription, social media company Meta said Tuesday, bowing to pressure from Brussels over privacy and digital competition concerns.

Meta Platforms has been offering European Union an ad-free subscription option for about a year to comply with the continent’s strict data privacy rules, but regulators had accused the company of giving people a false choice.

The company said in a blog post that while people will still be able to choose between the subscription and existing free versions, it would also start giving free users an extra option over the coming weeks to see digital ads that are less personalized.

This means ads will be targeted at users based only on what they see during their current session on Facebook or Instagram going back no more than two hours, plus minimal personal information such as age, location, gender as well as how they engage with ads.

Data from all of a user’s previous time spent on Facebook or Instagram, which is typically combined to precisely target an individual with tailored ads, won’t be used.

“While this new choice is designed to give people an additional control over their data and ad experience, it may result in ads that are less relevant to a person’s interests,” Meta said in a blog post. “That means people will see ads that they don’t find as interesting. This drop in relevance is inevitable given that drastically reduced data is being used to show these less personalized ads to people.”

People who choose the new option will see ad breaks that can’t be skipped for a few seconds, Meta said.

European Union regulators had accused Meta of breaching the 27-nation bloc’s digital rules when it gave user the option to pay a monthly fee to avoid being targeted by ads based on their personal data.

The U.S. tech giant had rolled out the option after the European Union’s top court ruled Meta must first get consent before showing ads to users, in a decision that threatened its business model of tailoring ads based on individual users’ online interests and digital activity.

The company also said Tuesday it’s slashing monthly subscription prices for the ad-free option. Web users will pay 5.99 euros ($6.36), down from 9.99 euros previously, while iPhone and Android users will be charged 7.99 euros instead of 12.99 euros, which includes commissions charged by the Apple and Google mobile app stores.

Meta’s new subscription model could hit the company’s lucrative digital ad business in one of its biggest markets. The company said it has already factored the new offering into its most recent business outlook and financial guidance.

The options are available to users 18 and older in the EU’s 27 member countries, plus Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

—Kelvin Chan, Associated Press business writer

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And now that it is morning I’ve lost all the poems from the night. I watched them leave, pack their bags and go. No way to stop them, I’m left alone, and with nothing to show, but my empty page and motionless pen. Until this night, I will wait for my dear poems return carrying […]

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Merits, the Naas-based digital hub, has joined the Vodafone-Siro GigaBitHub initiative, which aims to provide reliable and resilient connectivity to digital hubs across Ireland.

Read more: Kildare digital hub gets connectivity boost from Siro and Vodafone

Details of the compromised data revealed that it may have been stolen on 28 September.

Read more: Internet Archive suffers from cyberattack affecting 31m users

While AI opens up technical solutions in healthcare, giving Big Tech unregulated access to health data is a big mistake, argues Dr Nicole Gross.

Read more: Is the EU doing enough to protect health data from AI-powered Big Tech?

Were you offered a fully remote position but aren’t sure that it is the right step? Well here is what you need to know.

Read more: Are you on the fence about accepting a work from home offer?

The Microsoft-owned platform is going multimodel for its Copilot code completion and programming tool.

Read more: GitHub Copilot brings in AI models from OpenAI rivals

With more than 40 years in the tech industry, former IBM quantum leader Bob Sutor discusses the inflection point we’re now at with the emerging technology.

Read more: How do we get to the next frontier of quantum computing?

If you’ve ever seen yourself through a thermal imaging camera, you’ll know that your body produces lots of heat. This is in fact a waste product of our metabolism. Every square foot of the human body gives off heat equivalent to about 19 matches per hour. Unfortunately, much of this heat simply escapes into the atmosphere. Wouldn’t it be great if we could harness it to produce energy? My research has shown this would indeed be possible. My colleagues and I are discovering ways of capturing and storing body heat for energy generation, using eco-friendly materials. The goal is to…

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DensDefy Liquid Flashing is a part of Georgia-Pacific's first foray into water management, used to create an elastomeric flashing membrane that is highly durable and eliminates the need for joint reinforcing tape.

Zonda Tools has unveiled its Diablo Automatic Hot Air Welder, which runs at 4200 watts and can weld at temperatures up to 1,150 degrees Fahrenheit.

IPS Roofing Products' SmartVent features a shingle over design that makes roofing jobs quicker, easier and much more profitable.

PABCO Roofing manufactures a broad line of asphalt shingles to meet the unique needs of homeowners throughout the Western U.S.

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