Month: May 2024
Modern lives are messing up menstrual cycles—earlier starts, more irregularity
Earlier and irregular periods are both linked to poor health outcomes.
Enlarge / Panty liners, hygienic tampons, and sanitary pads. (credit: Getty | LOU BENOIST)
People in the US are starting their menstrual cycles earlier and experiencing more irregularities, both of which raise the risk of a host of health problems later in life, according to a study looking at data from over 70,000 menstruating iPhone users born between 1950 and 2005.
The mean age of people’s first period fell from 12.5 years in participants born between 1950 and 1969 to 11.9 years in participants born between 2000 and 2005, with a steady decline in between, the study found. There were also notable changes in the extremes—between 1950 and 2005, the percentage of people who started their periods before age 11 rose from 8.6 percent to 15.5 percent. And the percentage of people who started their periods late (at age 16 or above) dropped from 5.5 percent to 1.7 percent.
In addition to periods shifting to earlier starting ages, menstrual cycles also appeared to become more irregular. For this, researchers looked at how quickly people settled into a regular cycle after the start of their period. Between 1950 and 2005, the percentage of people obtaining regularity within two years fell from 76.3 percent to 56 percent.
Listings for Resident Evil 9 and remakes of Resident Evil Zero, Resident Evil 5, and Code Veronica have appeared online
Listings for several rumored Resident Evil games have appeared online, including one for Resident Evil 9.
Listings for several rumored Resident Evil games have appeared online, including one for Resident Evil 9.
As spotted by Eurogamer, retail listings for PS5 versions of Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Resident Evil Zero, and Resident Evil 5 have been added to Play Asia, along with the next mainline title in the series which is seemingly titled Resident Evil 9: Revenant Shadows.
“Resident Evil 9: Revenant Shadows is the latest instalment in the iconic survival horror series by Capcom,” the product description reads. “This game continues the chilling legacy with a fresh story, new characters, and the return of familiar faces. Set in an expansive, terrifying world filled with new threats and mysteries, Revenant Shadows blends intense action, intricate puzzles, and the atmospheric dread that fans have come to love.”
Resident Evil 9‘s product listing features “preliminary” cover art which may be AI generated. Looking closer, it seems that the characters featured behind the title could be Leon S. Kennedy and Jill Valentine, but it’s difficult to discern.
https://t.co/FnSnalLHg6 now also listed Resident Evil 9, among the PS5 Versions of Zero, Code Veronica and 5.#residentevil pic.twitter.com/mGDMr6wFpPMay 30, 2024
The listing for Resident Evil 5 on PS5 also shows preliminary artwork for the product – it’s the original PS4 cover art – and it’s unclear if the game is a remake or a remaster.
“Promising to revolutionize the series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism, and control, Resident Evil 5 is certain to bring new fans to the series,” the description reads.
It also notes “new technology developed specifically for the game” and “incredible changes to both the gameplay and world of Resident Evil“.
The same can be said for Code Veronica, which only shows the title “Biohazard Code: Veronica X” on a white background, although the description doesn’t mention any upgrades.
It seems that Resident Evil Zero is the only listing which outright labels it as a “HD remaster”.
At the time of writing, the listings haven’t been taken down and Capcom has yet to comment.
Earlier this week, it was alleged by prominent leaker ‘Dusk Golem’ that Capcom is now working on Resident Evil Zero and Resident Evil – Code: Veronica remakes, but that a Resident Evil 9 announcement shouldn’t be expected any time soon.
It was also said that Resident Evil 1: Remake rumors are untrue, as are rumors of a Resident Evil 5: Remake.
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Elon Musk finally agrees to testify in the SEC’s Twitter investigation
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images
Elon Musk has agreed to testify in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. A legal document filed on Thursday shows that Musk waived his right to appeal a court order that requires him to testify.
This means Musk will have to appear at one of the SEC’s offices for an up to five-hour interview. The document says Musk and the SEC have already agreed to a date, but it’s not disclosed “for confidentiality purposes.”
In 2022, the SEC opened an investigation into Musk’s failure to properly disclose his stake in Twitter. But the SEC filed a lawsuit against Musk last October after he refused to testify in the agency’s probe. The SEC claims Musk “abruptly notified the SEC staff that he would not appear” two days before his scheduled deposition and refused to testify at a later date. Earlier this year, the SEC accused Musk of trying to delay the investigation.
Musk has butted heads with the SEC several times in the past, accusing the agency of “unrelenting” harassment and of stifling his free speech.
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images
Elon Musk has agreed to testify in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. A legal document filed on Thursday shows that Musk waived his right to appeal a court order that requires him to testify.
This means Musk will have to appear at one of the SEC’s offices for an up to five-hour interview. The document says Musk and the SEC have already agreed to a date, but it’s not disclosed “for confidentiality purposes.”
In 2022, the SEC opened an investigation into Musk’s failure to properly disclose his stake in Twitter. But the SEC filed a lawsuit against Musk last October after he refused to testify in the agency’s probe. The SEC claims Musk “abruptly notified the SEC staff that he would not appear” two days before his scheduled deposition and refused to testify at a later date. Earlier this year, the SEC accused Musk of trying to delay the investigation.
Musk has butted heads with the SEC several times in the past, accusing the agency of “unrelenting” harassment and of stifling his free speech.
Ecobee’s smart thermostat can automatically respond to a heatwave
Ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Smart home company Ecobee launched a new feature for its thermostats today that will automatically adjust temperatures to save energy when there’s a risk of a power outage. And unlike some utilities’ energy saving programs, customers will always be able to opt out with Ecobee.
Sudden spikes in electricity demand, often triggered by people cranking up their air conditioning during a heatwave, can lead to power outages. One of the most effective tools utilities have to prevent outages are programs that ask customers to conserve energy during those demand peaks, say, by turning down their thermostats.
Many homes taking a small action adds up to a big impact on the grid
Ecobee’s new product update offers something similar to residents in places lacking such programs or who might not sign up for them. It’s an update to Ecobee’s Eco Plus Community Energy Savings feature that will respond to emergency event alerts issued by grid operators in North America.
With this update, customers will get a notification on their Ecobee smart thermostat and Ecobee mobile app telling them there’s a possibility of a blackout because of an energy supply shortage in the area. The thermostat will adjust a small amount, between one and four degrees, for no more than four hours. The feature is designed for customers who haven’t enrolled in a similar program with their utility.
The idea is that many homes taking a small action adds up to a big impact on the grid, smoothing out demand peaks and preempting a power outage. It’s a tactic called demand response that’s supposed to help power grids get more resilient to increasingly extreme weather.
Image: Ecobee
Ecobee allows customers to opt out at any time if they don’t want their thermostat to make the adjustment. Customers enrolled in their utility’s energy saving program don’t always have the same option. During severe energy supply shortages, some utilities don’t allow smart thermostats to override their emergency controls. That’s led to backlash in the past during events like a heatwave in 2022 when thousands of residents in Colorado found themselves locked out of their smart thermostats.
“Everyone has a role to play in conserving energy and helping ensure grid stability,” Kari Binley, Ecobee senior manager of energy partnerships, said in a press release. “This update helps communities take control of their energy savings and avoid potentially dangerous outages during high demand periods.”
Ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Smart home company Ecobee launched a new feature for its thermostats today that will automatically adjust temperatures to save energy when there’s a risk of a power outage. And unlike some utilities’ energy saving programs, customers will always be able to opt out with Ecobee.
Sudden spikes in electricity demand, often triggered by people cranking up their air conditioning during a heatwave, can lead to power outages. One of the most effective tools utilities have to prevent outages are programs that ask customers to conserve energy during those demand peaks, say, by turning down their thermostats.
Ecobee’s new product update offers something similar to residents in places lacking such programs or who might not sign up for them. It’s an update to Ecobee’s Eco Plus Community Energy Savings feature that will respond to emergency event alerts issued by grid operators in North America.
With this update, customers will get a notification on their Ecobee smart thermostat and Ecobee mobile app telling them there’s a possibility of a blackout because of an energy supply shortage in the area. The thermostat will adjust a small amount, between one and four degrees, for no more than four hours. The feature is designed for customers who haven’t enrolled in a similar program with their utility.
The idea is that many homes taking a small action adds up to a big impact on the grid, smoothing out demand peaks and preempting a power outage. It’s a tactic called demand response that’s supposed to help power grids get more resilient to increasingly extreme weather.
Image: Ecobee
Ecobee allows customers to opt out at any time if they don’t want their thermostat to make the adjustment. Customers enrolled in their utility’s energy saving program don’t always have the same option. During severe energy supply shortages, some utilities don’t allow smart thermostats to override their emergency controls. That’s led to backlash in the past during events like a heatwave in 2022 when thousands of residents in Colorado found themselves locked out of their smart thermostats.
“Everyone has a role to play in conserving energy and helping ensure grid stability,” Kari Binley, Ecobee senior manager of energy partnerships, said in a press release. “This update helps communities take control of their energy savings and avoid potentially dangerous outages during high demand periods.”
Mystery Malware Destroys 600,000 Routers From a Single ISP During 72-hour Span
A widespread outage affecting over 600,000 routers connected to Windstream’s Kinetic broadband service left customers without internet access for several days last October, according to a report by security firm Lumen Technologies’ Black Lotus Labs. The incident, dubbed “Pumpkin Eclipse,” is believed to be the result of a deliberate attack using commodity malware known as Chalubo to overwrite router firmware. Windstream, which has about 1.6 million subscribers in 18 states, has not provided an explanation for the outage. The company sent replacement routers to affected customers, many of whom reported significant financial losses due to the disruption. ArsTechnica adds: After learning of the mass router outage, Black Lotus began querying the Censys search engine for the affected router models. A one-week snapshot soon revealed that one specific ASN experienced a 49 percent drop in those models just as the reports began. This amounted to the disconnection of at least 179,000 ActionTec routers and more than 480,000 routers sold by Sagemcom. The constant connecting and disconnecting of routers to any ISP complicates the tracking process, because it’s impossible to know if a disappearance is the result of the normal churn or something more complicated. Black Lotus said that a conservative estimate is that at least 600,000 of the disconnections it tracked were the result of Chaluba infecting the devices and, from there, permanently wiping the firmware they ran on. After identifying the ASN, Black Lotus discovered a complex multi-path infection mechanism for installing Chaluba on the routers.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
A widespread outage affecting over 600,000 routers connected to Windstream’s Kinetic broadband service left customers without internet access for several days last October, according to a report by security firm Lumen Technologies’ Black Lotus Labs. The incident, dubbed “Pumpkin Eclipse,” is believed to be the result of a deliberate attack using commodity malware known as Chalubo to overwrite router firmware. Windstream, which has about 1.6 million subscribers in 18 states, has not provided an explanation for the outage. The company sent replacement routers to affected customers, many of whom reported significant financial losses due to the disruption. ArsTechnica adds: After learning of the mass router outage, Black Lotus began querying the Censys search engine for the affected router models. A one-week snapshot soon revealed that one specific ASN experienced a 49 percent drop in those models just as the reports began. This amounted to the disconnection of at least 179,000 ActionTec routers and more than 480,000 routers sold by Sagemcom. The constant connecting and disconnecting of routers to any ISP complicates the tracking process, because it’s impossible to know if a disappearance is the result of the normal churn or something more complicated. Black Lotus said that a conservative estimate is that at least 600,000 of the disconnections it tracked were the result of Chaluba infecting the devices and, from there, permanently wiping the firmware they ran on. After identifying the ASN, Black Lotus discovered a complex multi-path infection mechanism for installing Chaluba on the routers.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
AI manufacturing startup funding is on a tear as Switzerland’s EthonAI raises $16.5M
In its three-year history, EthonAI has amassed some fairly high-profile customers including Siemens and chocolate-maker Lindt.
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In its three-year history, EthonAI has amassed some fairly high-profile customers including Siemens and chocolate-maker Lindt.
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Instagram makes its status update feature more interactive
Instagram launched Notes in December 2022 as a way for people to share statuses (not so dissimilar to Facebook) on the platform. Now, the Meta-owned app is taking inspiration from its sister site for more features, with the addition of Note Prompts.
Instagram first experimented with Note Prompts earlier this year, and the feature allows users to share questions such as “What should I eat?” or “Who is going to be in X city this weekend?” Friends can then respond with tips, suggestions and random thoughts on the subject. It feels very Facebook circa 2012, as does another new feature, Mentions, in which users can tag a friend directly in their Notes. The example Instagram gives, “Hanging with @user later,” would be right out of the early 2010s with just adding “Text! :)” Instagram also announced Note Likes, which works similarly to how likes function everywhere else on Instagram — all users need to do is double tap a note or click the heart.
Notes have only emerged on Instagram in the past couple of years. They mirror stories in many ways, lasting only 24 hours and with controls as to who can see them (such as just mutual followers). Notes are visible in a user’s inbox and on profiles. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/instagram-makes-its-status-update-feature-more-interactive-160057778.html?src=rss
Instagram launched Notes in December 2022 as a way for people to share statuses (not so dissimilar to Facebook) on the platform. Now, the Meta-owned app is taking inspiration from its sister site for more features, with the addition of Note Prompts.
Instagram first experimented with Note Prompts earlier this year, and the feature allows users to share questions such as “What should I eat?” or “Who is going to be in X city this weekend?” Friends can then respond with tips, suggestions and random thoughts on the subject. It feels very Facebook circa 2012, as does another new feature, Mentions, in which users can tag a friend directly in their Notes. The example Instagram gives, “Hanging with @user later,” would be right out of the early 2010s with just adding “Text! :)” Instagram also announced Note Likes, which works similarly to how likes function everywhere else on Instagram — all users need to do is double tap a note or click the heart.
Notes have only emerged on Instagram in the past couple of years. They mirror stories in many ways, lasting only 24 hours and with controls as to who can see them (such as just mutual followers). Notes are visible in a user’s inbox and on profiles.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/instagram-makes-its-status-update-feature-more-interactive-160057778.html?src=rss