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Xtra suddenly cancels preorders for its clone of banned DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Pro camera

Xtra suddenly cancels preorders for its clone of banned DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Pro camera

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Xtra, the camera company that suddenly popped up last year, is canceling preorders and issuing refunds for its upcoming Xtra Muse 2 Pro gimbal camera. “After reviewing our product and launch readiness, XTRA has decided to pause the current Early Bird program,” the company said in a statement posted on its website and in emails sent to customers viewed by Mashable. “Because we are unable to confirm a reliable launch timeline at this stage, we do not believe customers’ funds should remain on hold.” Xtra customers had put down a $20 reservation for the Xtra Muse 2 Pro in exchange for a pre-order and an early bird discount of $60 off the camera when it went on sale. Along with a refund, Xtra is also issuing a 10 percent off coupon to customers that can be used on their current line of products. Despite taking preorders, Xtra never shared a prospective launch date for the camera, which was a major point of criticism for customers across social media. Why did Xtra cancel camera preorders? Xtra …

Board short summer: why everyone suddenly wants to look like a surfer | Fashion

Board short summer: why everyone suddenly wants to look like a surfer | Fashion

Published by Sam Flores

Summer is here, and with it the annual scramble to decide what kind of season we’re supposed to be having. What will it be? On offer in 2026 are “freaky sandal summer”, which requires you to wear weird shoes, and “euromaxxing”, which is presumably about making the most of the easyJet sale without considering the environmental impact. Maybe “poet girl summer” is for you, whereby you listen to Gracie Abrams while wearing a silk camisole. Or simply “no mascara summer”, which I won’t spell out but sounds quite appealing. The most plausible contender is “board short summer”, a phrase coined by Marie Claire, which broadly involves dressing like you surf even if you’ve never set foot on a board. Miu Miu’s board shorts. Marie Claire’s declaration came after a Miu Miu show that featured satin board shorts. There have also been sparkly board shorts at Dries Van Noten and a flurry of flip-flops on the catwalks at Chloé, Balenciaga and Bottega Veneta. On the high street, the bestselling shorts this summer, according to Uniqlo, are …

SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition

SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition

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SpaceX abruptly aborted the second attempted launch of its upgraded Starship rocket system on Thursday, just moments after the booster ignited at the company’s complex in South Texas. CEO Elon Musk said on his social media platform X that “[s]ome of the engines didn’t start, triggering an automatic launch abort” and that the company will replace two of them. SpaceX won’t try to launch Starship again until next week, he wrote. SpaceX was hoping to launch its first third-generation Starlink satellites into space — although they are supposed to burn up around 20 minutes after deployment, as Starship has not yet demonstrated the ability to reach Earth orbit. This is also SpaceX’s first Starship test launch attempt since it went public on June 12 in the largest IPO in history. The company raised more than $85 billion in the transaction and briefly touched the valuations of Amazon and Microsoft, though its stock has steadily fallen over the intervening month. On Thursday, SpaceX’s stock price closed below its IPO price of $135. Its stock sank more …

So THAT's Why Your Fingers Suddenly Have Tiny Itchy Bumps

So THAT's Why Your Fingers Suddenly Have Tiny Itchy Bumps

Published by Sam Flores

A few summers ago, I noticed tiny, tapioca-like clusters of bumps on my fingers. They were flesh-coloured and incredibly, hand-bitingly itchy. This turned out to be a condition called pompholyx or dishydrotic eczema. The issue is sometimes nicknamed “summer finger bumps”, due to how much worse it tends to get in the hotter months.  In fact, warm weather and excessive sweating are listed as factors that may cause pompholyx to form or flare up. Disyhdrotic eczema What are the symptoms of dishydrotic eczema?  These include: extreme itchiness the sudden appearance of tiny blisters on your hands (especially the sides of your fingers) or feet a prickling sensation  dry or cracking skin after the blisters burst feelings of heat in your soles or hands.  Symptoms typically last two to three weeks.  It’s more common among women, people under 40, individuals with another type of eczema, those with asthma and heavy sweaters. It’s a chronic condition, meaning that though there are ways to manage the symptoms, we don’t have an outright cure yet. Flare-ups may be more …

The real story behind Moana: Why Polynesians suddenly sailed east

The real story behind Moana: Why Polynesians suddenly sailed east

Published by Jenni Sidey

For roughly 1,700 years, Polynesian seafarers stopped at Samoa and Tonga. Then, in what became one of history’s most remarkable bursts of migration, they pushed east across the Pacific and settled island groups that had long remained beyond their reach. New research suggests that this dramatic shift may have been driven in part by a simple and brutal pressure on daily life, water was becoming scarce at home. A team led by researchers from the University of Southampton and the University of East Anglia found evidence that the end of this so-called Long Pause coincided with an extended period of unusually dry conditions in Samoa and Tonga. At the same time, islands farther east appear to have been wetter, creating a sharp environmental contrast between homeland and destination. The study, published in the Journal of Pacific Archaeology, draws on paleoclimate records, archaeological timing and climate modeling to argue that drought was not just background noise. It was likely one of the forces that helped push people into the open ocean. Prof David Sear (l) and …

I found Galaxy’s secret Gallery Labs menu and suddenly my phone does way more

I found Galaxy’s secret Gallery Labs menu and suddenly my phone does way more

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If you have a Samsung Galaxy, there’s a hidden menu in your Gallery app called Gallery Labs — and you unlock it with a secret gesture most people would never stumble onto. Once it’s on, you get a privacy vault that hides photos behind a fingerprint, tools to customize the photo viewer, and even a one-tap way to turn any photo into a PDF. I was surprised how much it adds. Here’s how to turn it on, and which features are actually worth it. Related 6 Samsung tricks that completely changed how I use my phone Tiny tweaks; massive difference in daily use. How to turn on Gallery Labs It unlocks many new features Credit: Brandon Miniman / MakeUseOf First things first: you need to enable Gallery Labs by doing the following (make sure your phone’s software is updated first). Open Gallery on your Samsung phone Go to Menu > Settings Scroll all the way down, tap About Gallery Towards the top, tap on the version number five times quickly until you see the message at …

Catherine Tate suddenly pulls out of West End’s Oh, Mary! due to ‘personal reasons’

Catherine Tate suddenly pulls out of West End’s Oh, Mary! due to ‘personal reasons’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Catherine Tate has abruptly stepped down from her run in the West End production of Oh, Mary! due to personal reasons. The British actor, 56, had been scheduled to front the hit comedy show at London’s Trafalgar Theatre until 18 July, playing Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the late US president Abraham Lincoln. US actor Mason Alexander Park, who originated the role on the West End, will step in to replace Tate for the remainder of her performances. Cole Escola, who wrote Oh Mary! and starred in the original Broadway version, will take over the role from 20 July. A statement shared on the show’s official social media pages reads: “Due to personal reasons, Catherine Tate is no longer able to complete her run as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! at the Trafalgar Theatre.” Catherine Tate in a promotional image …

JWST reveals why some distant galaxies suddenly stop forming stars

JWST reveals why some distant galaxies suddenly stop forming stars

Published by Jenni Sidey

Distant galaxies that abruptly stopped making stars have puzzled astronomers for years. About 9 billion years ago, during one of the busiest periods in cosmic history, many massive galaxies were still building stars at a furious pace. Yet a smaller group had already slammed on the brakes. New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that, in many cases, those sudden shutdowns were not gentle. Instead, they may have followed violent collisions. These collisions left behind compact, disturbed remnants. The work, led by researchers at the University of Nottingham and published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, examined a large sample of recently quenched galaxies. These are systems that had rapidly stopped forming stars and were caught in transition. Those galaxies are valuable because they offer a snapshot of what happens near the moment when star formation switches off. “This was the epoch of peak activity in the Universe, when many of the most massive galaxies we see today were formed,” said Professor Omar Almaini, who led the team behind the study. …

Korean Artist Dies Suddenly at 57

Korean Artist Dies Suddenly at 57

Published by Jenni Sidey

Bae Young-hwan, a beloved artist who represented his home country of Korea at the 2005 edition of the Venice Biennale, died on June 19 at 57. His Seoul representative, Gallery BB&M, did not state a cause in its announcement of his passing on June 20, which described Bae’s death as “sudden.” He was most widely known for his artworks that appropriated lyrics from Korean pop songs. Remaking those lyrics from pain medications, disinfectant, and cotton used to soothe wounds, Bae critiqued the optimism of these songs, suggesting that the hope offered by those words was only a temporary patch in the quest to fix a perennial sense of sadness afflicting Korean society. Related Articles Born in 1969, Bae attended Hongik University in Seoul, where he received an eduction in traditional Asian painting styles. He would go on to eschew that education and take up conceptual art, showing it in vaunted Korean art institutions such as Alternative Space Pool, Art Sonje Center, and what is now known as the Leeum Museum of Art. In 2002, Bae …