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I didn’t expect my phone to pull off this physics experiment, but it did

I didn’t expect my phone to pull off this physics experiment, but it did

Published by skeptic

There are only a handful of smartphone components the average user cares about, and the list usually starts with the processor, battery, and screen. While virtually no one thinks about niche sensors like a gyroscope or proximity sensor, they’re some of the most important parts of your device. They power key features that you don’t even realize, such as when your screen orientation auto-rotates or when your screen goes black after pressing a phone against your ear for a call. Aside from these vital features we take for granted, your smartphone’s sensors double as hidden tools you can use to solve daily problems or test real-world experiments. Third-party apps like Physics Toolbox or Phyphox unlock these tools, allowing you to deploy them however you’d like. I tested it myself, and I couldn’t believe that my smartphone could use Sonar — yes, that Sonar — to identify the distance of objects using the speed of sound. With two phones, you can even gauge how fast sound waves travel using Phyphox’s Acoustic Stopwatch tool. Both Sonar and …

Forest pull clear of relegation with Gibbs-White hat-trick against Burnley

Forest pull clear of relegation with Gibbs-White hat-trick against Burnley

Published by Sam Flores

NOTTINGHAM, England, April 19 : Morgan Gibbs-White scored a 15-minute hat-trick as Nottingham Forest came from a goal down to beat Burnley 4-1 and move five points clear of the Premier League relegation zone on Sunday. Forest, who began the day two points above 18th-placed Tottenham Hotspur, trailed to Zian Flemming’s goal in stoppage time at the end of a dismal first half. The hosts appeared flat after the exertions of reaching the Europa League semi-finals in midweek, but Gibbs-White seized the moment to inspire his side to a vital three points. Gibbs-White equalised just past the hour mark with a neat finish and put Forest ahead seven minutes later with a ferocious volley past Martin Dubravka. He then met a Ryan Yates cross with a majestic header in the 77th minute to complete his first career hat-trick. “Every game from now until the end of the season is going to be so important for us,” Gibbs-White said. “Every game is a final. We will give everything from now until the end of the season. …

China Is Starting to Pull Ahead of US in AI Race

China Is Starting to Pull Ahead of US in AI Race

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Back in 2017, China’s state council laid out the first draft of its long-term AI strategy in a sweeping policy paper. By 2030, it declared, China should have developed its “AI industry competitiveness” to a “world-leading level,” an ambitious goal for a country whose future economic prosperity was not a given. Today, China’s patient cultivation of world-leading AI is bearing lush fruit, while the US struggles to harvest from its own blighted grove. If we truly are in the midst of an epic AI arms race — as any China hawk will loudly declare to be the case — then the PRC is clearly taking the lead. Every year, Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered AI publishes a major report on the state of AI around the world. According to its recently released 2026 paper, first reported by Fortune, America’s AI crown is now slipping. China now leads the world in AI research publications and citations, and is deploying …

Apple Threatened to Pull Grok From App Store Over Sexualized Images

Apple Threatened to Pull Grok From App Store Over Sexualized Images

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Apple privately warned Elon Musk’s xAI company in January that it would remove the Grok app from the App Store unless the company put a stop to the chatbot’s nude and sexualized deepfakes, according to a letter Apple sent to U.S. senators and obtained by NBC News ($). Earlier this year, Grok’s AI capabilities came under scrutiny after X users shared nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children created by the app, many of which were based on photos of real people. What followed was a confusing rollout of moderation changes to Grok, some of which could be easily bypassed. Publicly, Apple did not comment on the controversy at the time, but it did respond, and was in fact the instigator of the changes. Internally, the company had found both X and Grok in violation of its App Store guidelines and demanded its developers submit a content moderation plan, the letter reveals. According to the letter, Apple rejected an initial fix from xAI as insufficient, saying the “changes didn’t go far enough,” and Apple warned …

Carrick fury at referee over Martinez ‘hair pull’ red card after Leeds stun Man Utd

Carrick fury at referee over Martinez ‘hair pull’ red card after Leeds stun Man Utd

Published by Sam Flores

Both sides emerge from the tunnel and we are just moments away from kick-off at Old Trafford. Here is a reminder of how the sides line up this evening: Manchester United: Lammens, Mazraoui, Martinez, Fernandes, Cunha, Yoro, Amad, Casemiro, Shaw, Ugarte, Sesko.Substitutes: Bayindir, Dalot, Mount, Zirkzee, Malacia, Mbeumo, Heaven, Fletcher, Lacey. Leeds United: Darlow, Bogle, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Struijk, Calvert-Lewin, Aaronson, Bijol, Okafor, Tanaka, Justin.Substitutes: Perri, Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha, Bornauw, Byram, Gnonto, Buonanotte, Gruev. Source link

Léa Seydoux, Catherine Deneuve to Pull Double Duty

Léa Seydoux, Catherine Deneuve to Pull Double Duty

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Cannes Film Festival 2026 lineup has been revealed, and it will, once again, see stars walking the red carpet to present their latest movies. Some stars will even pull double duty on the Croisette, namely two French superstars: Léa Seydoux and Catherine Deneuve. Artistic director Thierry Fremaux, with president Iris Knobloch by his side, unveiled the official selection, the popular Un Certain Regard sidebar and other parts of the program for the 79th edition of the world’s biggest film festival in a press conference in the French capital. Deneuve features in Parallel Tales, Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi‘s first feature film since A Hero. The stellar French cast also includes Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel and Pierre Niney. Parallel Tales will screen in the competition section of the Cannes 2026 festival. Meanwhile, both Deneuve and Seydoux star in Gentle Monster, the new film from Corsage director Marie Kreutzer, which tells the story of two women. Seydoux plays Lucy, who sacrifices her own career as a renowned pianist to support her husband after his burnout, moving with him and their young …

Bompastor fury at unpunished hair pull in frantic end to Champions League tie

Bompastor fury at unpunished hair pull in frantic end to Champions League tie

Published by Sam Flores

In the first leg, Bompastor hit out at officiating in women’s football after controversy that saw Veerle Buurman have a goal ruled out for a foul, in a match Arsenal went on to win 3-1. After the match at the Emirates, Bompastor argued for “more respect” for her players, but after the return fixture, was left furious again and calling for the same officiating changes, while reiterating the same grievances. “I’m really frustrated and upset, not only for me, I think for my players,” Bompastor said. “They deserve more respect, from the performance they put on the pitch, they deserve a lot more respect.” Bompastor then recalled four or five previous incidents over the years where she felt the wrong decision had been made in Champions League matches. The game itself consisted of an uneventful 90 minutes, before a flurry of activity in stoppage time, it is unlikely that anyone making a highlights reel would feel the need to include any of the action before Chelsea upped the ante in the 83rd minute. With the clock …

Explainer-Can Trump Pull the US Out of NATO?

Explainer-Can Trump Pull the US Out of NATO?

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to pull the United ⁠States ⁠out of NATO due to its European members’ refusal ⁠to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz near Iran, as he intensified his denunciations of the military alliance. Experts ​say it is not clear whether Trump could act unilaterally to leave the 77-year-old trans-Atlantic coalition, even though he frequently makes major decisions without congressional approval, some of which are held up by ‌U.S. courts. Here’s a look at the issue: WHAT DOES THE ‌U.S. CONSTITUTION SAY? The Constitution specifies that the president has the power to make treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided two-thirds of the 100-member Senate concur. However, it ⁠is silent on treaty ⁠withdrawal. WHAT DOES THE NATO TREATY SAY? NATO, which includes European countries, the United States and Canada, was formed ​in 1949 with the aim of countering the risk of Soviet attack and has been the cornerstone of the West’s security ever since. Article 13 of the 1949 North Atlantic …