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Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter after waking up to see his shadow on Groundhog Day – ABC News Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter after waking up to see his shadow on Groundhog Day – ABC News Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter after waking up to see his shadow on Groundhog Day ABC NewsWhat did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter predictions are in CNNDid The Groundhog See His Shadow Today? The Weather ChannelGrading the groundhogs National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationHe saw his shadow: Punxsutawney Phil predicts more winter on Groundhog Day: Live updates USA TODAY Source link #Punxsutawney #Phil #predicts #weeks #winter #waking #shadow #Groundhog #Day #ABC #News Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

NYT Mini Crossword today: puzzle answers for Sunday, February 2 NYT Mini Crossword today: puzzle answers for Sunday, February 2 Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for! A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing solve attempt. Just like our Wordle hints and Connections hints, we’re here to help with The Mini today if you’re stuck and need a little help. Please enable Javascript to view this content Below are the answers for the NYT Mini crossword today. NYT Mini Crossword answers today New York Times Across Punxsutawney ___, Groundhog Day character – PHIL Bird with “great blue” and “great white” varieties – HERON Something rehabilitated by a P.R. firm – IMAGE Material for party balloons and hospital gloves – LATEX Home made of sticks, say – NEST Down ___ Connors, Bill Murray’s character in “Groundhog Day” – PHIL Muscled guy – HEMAN So, so angry – IRATE Pricey sections of theaters – LOGES “Ready for another customer!” – NEXT Source link #NYT #Mini #Crossword #today #puzzle #answers #Sunday #February Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

It’s a shame AMD isn’t releasing a flagship GPU — now would be the perfect time It’s a shame AMD isn’t releasing a flagship GPU — now would be the perfect time Table of Contents Table of Contents One step behind You miss the shots you don’t take There’s an unfortunate irony in the world of PC gaming right now. As soon as AMD decided to concede the flagship battle to Nvidia, Team Green put out what might be its most disappointing flagship offering in a decade in the form of the RTX 5080. Each generation, we talk about the dynamic between AMD and Nvidia. And for close to a decade now, there’s been a linear progression between the two brands. AMD originally focused on budget offerings to undercut Nvidia’s mainstream range, but it slowly built up power each generation to eventually contest what Nvidia was able to do at a flagship level. We got two generations of a true, one-to-one battle between AMD and Nvidia. And right when AMD was about to get a leg up, it decided to drop for the count. One step behind AMD There’s some historical context that’s important here. In the early 2000s, ATI and Nvidia duked it out for GPU supremacy, but that changed toward the end of the decade. AMD bought ATI in 2006, and by 2010, it scrubbed the ATI name entirely. It continued to battle Nvidia at the high end, but that slowly morphed in the years that followed. Get your weekly teardown of the tech behind PC gaming In 2013, Nvidia launched the first Titan card, cementing itself as a performance leader. It continued to do so for the next two generations, and by the time AMD eventually released its Polaris and Vega offerings, a narrative was already in place. AMD delivered better value for the money, but if you were purely after raw performance, it was Nvidia’s game. AMD hit a reset in 2019 with the first RDNA architecture. Instead of focusing on the high end where it would lose to Nvidia’s RTX 20-series offerings, it focused on midrange graphics cards. And it worked. By the RDNA 2 generation, AMD was able to contest Nvidia’s RTX 3090 with its own RX 6900 XT. But then Nvidia struck back in a Titan-esque fashion, and it looks like AMD hunkered down to rerun its Navi playbook. Jacob ****** / Digital Trends Nvidia released the RTX 3090 Ti, once again cementing it at the top of the performance charts. AMD countered with the RX 6950 XT, but it was too late. Then, in the next generation, AMD once again came out swinging with its flagship RX 7900 XTX, but once again, Nvidia was one step ahead. The RX 7900 XTX could compete with the RTX 4080, but the cream of the crop RTX 4090 was left uncontested. Rumors have swirled about an RTX 4090 Ti, which I wouldn’t be surprised if Nvidia left in the tank in case AMD took the fight to the flagship level once again. In at least the last decade, it feels like AMD has always gotten the short end of the stick. GCN graphics cards were powerful and popular, but they were the target of cryptocurrency miners, making them hard to come by. Vega offered flagship performance but at insane power demands compared to Nvidia. And most recently, you could get peak 4K performance with RDNA 2 or RDNA 3 offerings, but you’d have to give up ray tracing power and Nvidia’s DLSS. It’s always seemed like AMD is just one tiny step behind Nvidia, so I understand why the company wanted to hit a reset as it did with Navi. It’s just a shame that reset is coming when Nvidia decided to put out a particularly disappointing generation of GPUs. You miss the shots you don’t take Jacob ****** / Digital Trends Alright, now we’re back to the RTX 5080. It’s a very strange GPU to evaluate, but I’ll try to paint a picture of why it’s disappointing. For starters, the card is half the price of the RTX 5090, but it comes with about 70% of the performance. That inherently means it’s a better value, but I recommended the more expensive card in my RTX 5090 review. I don’t recommend the RTX 5080, at least for most people. That may seem like a contradiction, but it’s not. It’s a paradox. When talking about cards like the Titan, and now, the RTX 5090, price doesn’t matter. It just doesn’t. These GPUs serve to put Nvidia on top of the performance stack, and there’s a group of devout users that will pay whatever price Nvidia slaps on the box, regardless of the impression you may get from YouTube comments and Reddit threads. They may grit their teeth. They may overdraw their bank account. But they’ll buy the best simply because it’s the best. That standard doesn’t apply to the RTX 5080, not only because it’s $1,000 less than the RTX 5090, but also because it’s not the best. Value plays a much more significant role, and Nvidia dropped the ball on that front. The RTX 5080 is slower than the RTX 4090, and it’s a mere 18% faster than the RTX 4080 Super. For context, the base RTX 4080 was around 30% faster than the RTX 3090, and the RTX 3080 was about 30% faster than the RTX 2080 Ti. We’re talking about a deficit of close to 50% compared to what Nvidia delivered in previous generations. Raw performance may be Nvidia’s game. But value is AMD’s, and PC gamers are in desperate need of a little bit of value right now. TechPowerUp / Gigabyte This is, or at least would be, the perfect time for an AMD flagship that could take the fight to Nvidia’s 80-class offering. Nvidia may try to get the upper hand by releasing something more powerful or dropping the price of the RTX 5080, but PC gamers ultimately win in that situation. But we aren’t getting an AMD flagship this generation. If you have $1,000 to burn on a 4K graphics card, the RTX 5080 is your best option. It shouldn’t be, but it is. I suspect we’ll get a value-focused battle lower down the stack with Nvidia’s RTX 5070 and AMD’s RX 9070 XT, but it’ll likely be a replay of what we’ve seen in past generations. AMD delivers better value, but Nvidia claims a top slot with features like DLSS 4. I’m not rooting for one team or the other here, but there’s a sobering reality the PC gaming crowd will have to reckon with sooner or later. If no one can contest Nvidia, the quality of hardware will quickly diminish. Source link #shame #AMD #isnt #releasing #flagship #GPU #perfect #time Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Punxsutawney Phil makes weather prediction Punxsutawney Phil makes weather prediction People have gathered for the annual Groundhog Day at Gobbler’s Knob in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog, shared his prediction with the only man who can understand him – the president of Punxsutawney Groundhog club. The rules are simple: If Phil, the groundhog, sees his shadow while perched on top of a tree trunk then there will be another six weeks of winter. Watch to find out what Phil predicted for 2025! Source link #Punxsutawney #Phil #weather #prediction Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

What did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter predictions are in What did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter predictions are in Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog weather watcher, was pulled from his warm burrow this morning and saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter. Each February 2, on Groundhog Day, the members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club make the pilgrimage to Gobbler’s Knob — Phil’s official home. Legend has it, if he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter are on the way. If he doesn’t, an early spring arrives. In reality, winter will end on the spring equinox, known also as the vernal equinox, on March 20 at 5:01 a.m. ET, regardless of Sunday’s prediction. But weather conditions don’t always follow the timetable — and neither does Phil. Phil has been prognosticating since the late 1800s but his recent predictions would have a better track record if he just flipped a coin: He has only been right about 35% of the time since 2005, according to data analyzed by NOAA. Phil’s call for an early spring last year came true. February 2024 was the third warmest on record for the Lower 48. March also ended up much warmer than normal, according to NOAA data. There are more consistent experts to turn to when Phil falters. Meteorologists at the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center produce forecasts for temperatures and precipitation across the US on timescales ranging from one week to more than a year. CNN Weather Their outlook for February calls for above-average temperatures, or a potential early spring, from parts of the Rockies through the South and much of the East. Below-average temperatures from the Pacific Northwest into parts of the Midwest could be an extended winter. These regional trends are likely to continue into early spring, the center’s forecasts through April show. Rounds of brutal cold have pounded the eastern half of the US all winter. It was the coldest Presidential Inauguration in 40 years and cold unusually far south ushered in a historic snowstorm for the Gulf Coast. It’s been one of the 10-coldest winters for dozens of cities east of the Mississippi River, according to the Southeast Regional Climate Center. But the West has remained warm this winter following the warmest fall on record for the Lower 48. Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Francisco are just a few cities experiencing one of their 10-warmest winters. Warmer winters aren’t a fluke, even when punctuated with seasonably appropriate cold. Winter has become the fastest-warming season for nearly 75% of the US as temperatures rise globally in a world warming due to fossil fuel pollution. So, Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter is a bad bet in a warming world. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com Source link #groundhog #Punxsutawney #Phils #winter #predictions Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Intel Core Ultra 7 255H lands 32% faster than the 155H in PassMark’s single-core benchmark Intel Core Ultra 7 255H lands 32% faster than the 155H in PassMark’s single-core benchmark Intel’s Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra 7 255H appears to have been tested in PassMark, where it outperformed its Meteor Lake equivalent by 32% in single-threaded tests (via x86deadandback at X). Across a wide variety of metrics, the 255H is roughly 15% faster in CPU Mark, which is PassMark’s proprietary metric for gauging a CPU’s performance. Intel revealed its Arrow Lake-H family of processors at CES, shortly followed by a user review at Bilibili, which left much to be desired from these CPUs. Dubbed Core Ultra 200H, these processors employ Intel’s Arrow Lake architecture featuring Lion Cove P-cores and Skymont E-cores. What separates them from desktop chips, apart from the power envelope, is that these CPUs feature an LPE (Low Power Efficient) core cluster on the SoC Tile, a feature reused from Meteor Lake. Unlike Lunar Lake which uses Battlemage (Xe2) graphics, Arrow Lake-H is armed with up to eight Xe-LPG+ (Alchemist+) cores with support for XMX. As the SoC Tile remains unchanged, Arrow Lake-H’s NPU is capable of dishing out just 13 TOPS of INT8 performance, versus 45 TOPS on Lunar Lake. What is similar to Lunar Lake is the process node: TSMC’s N3B, a step-up from Intel 4 used with Meteor Lake. The Core Ultra 7 255H in question packs 16 cores, divided into six P-cores, eight E-cores, and two LPE-cores with 16 threads in total, as Arrow Lake lacks hyperthreading support. The Core Ultra 7 155H on the contrary is equipped with a similar layout but 22 threads. In PassMark’s single-core benchmark, the 255H blazes past its predecessor, scoring 4,631 points compared to the 155H’s 3,500 points for a 32% lead. This is a direct result of the updated Lion Cove P-cores and N3B process, allowing a 300 MHz bump in boost clocks. When aggregated, the CPU Mark rating puts Arrow Lake ahead by around 15%. (Image credit: PassMark) Relatively speaking, efficiency remains the Achilles’ heel of these chips, as the 16-core Core Ultra 9 285H failed to beat the 10-core Ryzen AI 9 365 when limited to 50W of power. While Arrow Lake-H offers an updated Compute Tile and a slightly modified Graphics Tile, the SoC, and IOE Tiles are largely carried over from Meteor Lake. It all comes down to how these laptops are priced since Strix Point devices still have an entry price of around $1,000. On that note, it is important to mention that the 15W variant of these Intel chips, Core Ultra 200U, is reported to be based on Meteor Lake with Redwood Cove+ P-cores and Crestmont+ E-cores fabbed on Intel 3, a node once reserved for Intel’s server counterparts. This will allow Intel to extract higher margins with possibly lower prices for us, though we haven’t exactly found affordable Arrow Lake laptops to be abundant, at least not yet. Get Tom’s Hardware’s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. Source link #Intel #Core #Ultra #255H #lands #faster #155H #PassMarks #singlecore #benchmark Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

I want to leave my grandson a $500K inheritance and skip my daughter. Can I gift it to him directly? I want to leave my grandson a $500K inheritance and skip my daughter. Can I gift it to him directly? I want to leave my grandson a $500K inheritance and skip my daughter. Can I gift it to him directly? In the next 20 years, an estimated $84 trillion in assets is expected to change hands, with younger generations — including Gen Xers, millennials and Gen Zers and Gen Alphas — inheriting funds from older generations. If you’ve saved and managed your money well all your life, you may be eager to provide future generations with an inheritance, too. But what if you want to skip a generation? Say you’re in a position to give your grandson a $500,000 inheritance, but you don’t want to go through his mother — your daughter — to pass along that wealth. She may have a history of poor financial decisions and you fear she might seize the money to pay off her own debts or buy something extravagant. You have the right to designate the heir of your choosing and to skip your daughter. But it’s important to go about it wisely as there are legal and financial implications to doing so. There are a variety of reasons a grandparent may want to leave an inheritance to their grandchild and not their own adult child. For one thing, you may feel you’ve provided enough financial support to your adult kids, and want to make sure your grandkids get their share. A 2024 Savings.com report revealed that 47% of parents are providing some type of financial support to their adult children — averaging out to $1,384 a month, or roughly $16,600 per year. If you’ve been handing out a similar amount of money for a long time, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to exclude an adult child from your estate. Read more: Commercial real estate has beaten the stock market for 25 years — here’s how savvy investors can become the landlord of Walmart, Whole Foods or Kroger In addition to your concerns around your daughter’s financial decision-making, you may not want her to control or withhold funds you’d like to see go to your grandchild for a specific purpose — particularly if it is one that daughter doesn’t support. Estrangement, which is relatively common between fathers and their children, is another reason you may want to skip a generation. National Institutes of Health reports that in 2023, 6% of Americans were estranged from their mothers, while more than one in four — 26% — were estranged from their fathers. Story Continues On a more positive note, there may be tax advantages to skipping a generation. The key is to approach the process carefully, seeking legal and financial advice wherever possible. If you name your grandchildren as sole beneficiaries, your own children may contest your will, bottlenecking the process of settling your estate. All wills go through probate in court, and any challenges can delay beneficiaries receiving their inheritance. You can also designate your grandchildren as beneficiaries on individual accounts, like your bank or brokerage accounts. Another option that might provide unique tax advantages is a generation-skipping trust, which applies when you’re passing assets down to anyone 37.5 or more years younger than you. When you pass down assets to your children, those funds are subject to estate taxes. In turn, when your own children pass assets down to your grandchildren, estate taxes are levied again. A generation-skipping trust lets you avoid that middle round of taxes. But be aware that if assets in a generation-skipping trust exceed $14 million, they may themselves be subject to taxes, of 18% to 40%. It’s a good idea to consult an estate-planning attorney to see what they recommend. They should be able to walk you through your options and explain the financial implications of each so you can make a decision you’re comfortable with and that will benefit your grandchildren. This article provides information only and should not be construed as advice. It is provided without warranty of any kind. Source link #leave #grandson #500K #inheritance #skip #daughter #gift Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention – The Washington Post Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention – The Washington Post Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention The Washington PostAsteroid skimming by Earth in 2032 could be a threat. Scientists may consider ‘spacecraft-based response’ Sky at Night MagazineAsteroid triggers global defence plan amid chance of collision with Earth in 2032 The GuardianAn Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means Gizmodo Source link #Newly #detected #nearEarth #asteroid #astronomers #full #attention #Washington #Post Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Human rights activist and Gujarat riots widow dies aged 86 Human rights activist and Gujarat riots widow dies aged 86 Zakia Jafri, a human rights activist who sought justice for the killing of her MP husband during the 2002 Gujarat riots in India, has died at the age of 86. Jafri’s death marks the end of a two-decade-long battle to hold political figures accountable for the violence that claimed the life of her husband, Congress Party politician Ehsan Jafri, and 68 others in a massacre at Gulberg Society, a ******* neighbourhood in Ahmedabad. Jafri’s husband was one of an estimated 1,180 people, mostly Muslims, who died on 28 February 2002 during religious riots across Gujarat that followed the burning of the Sabarmati Express, a train carrying Hindu pilgrims, in Godhra. Her son, Tanveer Jafri, confirmed she had died, saying she had completed her usual morning routine before feeling unwell. A doctor was called but declared her dead around 11.30am. Jafri lived in Surat with her son but had been staying with her daughter, Nishrin, in Ahmedabad during her final days. Teesta Setalvad, a fellow human rights activist and long-time co-petitioner in legal challenges related to the riots, mourned Jafri’s loss. Setalvad wrote on social media that Jafri was “a compassionate leader of the human rights community,” and expressed solidarity with her family. “Her visionary presence will be missed by the nation, family, friends, and the world,” Setalvad wrote. In 2002, a Hindu mob dragged her 72-year-old husband out of their plush bungalow in Gulberg Society, then tortured and killed him in front of her eyes. Jafri, 64 at the time, could do nothing to save her husband. The state was under lockdown following the massacre of 59 Hindu pilgrims on the Sabarmati Express the day before. The lockdown was called by the radical right-wing Hindu group the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). The 59 killed on the Sabarmati Express were mostly volunteers of Hindu organisations who perished when their coach was set on fire at Gujarat’s Godhra station by a suspected ******* mob, though who lit the fire is often disputed. It unleashed violence on such a scale across the state that it led to deep political ramifications and irreversibly altered relations between India’s majority Hindu and ********* ******* communities. By the end of the day, Jafri had witnessed a violent mob not only kill her husband, but ransack the neighbourhood and set fire to her home of 30 years, forcing her and scores of her neighbours to leave barefoot in search of safety in a state simmering with communal tension. Police and government officials were accused of directing the rioters and giving them a list of *******-owned properties, while India’s prime minister Narendra Modi – who was chief minister of Gujarat at the time – was accused of condoning the violence. Mr Modi has always denied any wrongdoing. Suspicions that Mr Modi quietly supported the riots led the US, *** and EU to deny him a visa at the time. Those moves were later reversed, and a committee appointed by India’s Supreme Court found there was “no prosecutable evidence” of complicity involving either Mr Modi or senior officials from his state government. Jafri’s legal efforts were pivotal in the re-investigation of several riot cases, including the massacre at Gulberg Society, ordered by the Supreme Court in 2008. But her pleas for political accountability were consistently dismissed by the courts, culminating in a 2022 verdict that cleared Mr Modi of wrongdoing. Despite these setbacks, Jafri continued to visit the ruins of Gulberg Society, where she and her family had once lived, up until last year. “We were planning to go again, this 28 February,” her son Tanveer Jafri told the Indian Express. “She fought from 2002 to 2022… and till the Supreme Court verdict (in 2022) she had hopes that she would get justice.” Among those offering their condolences for her death included Kerala’s chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who praised Jafri’s legal fight as a “shining chapter” in the history of secular India, while Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said Jafri “saw her hope for justice die before her eyes”. “Future generations will hear the history of the ‘new India’ in Zakia Jafri’s tears, sobs, fight for justice, and then her defeat,” Khera wrote in a post on X. Source link #Human #rights #activist #Gujarat #riots #widow #dies #aged Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

What to know about polio vaccines, in 4 charts – CNN What to know about polio vaccines, in 4 charts – CNN What to know about polio vaccines, in 4 charts CNNHere’s How Quickly Polio Could Return to the U.S. without Vaccines Scientific American‘Polio is still out there’: Survivor stresses importance of getting vaccinated WPRI.comTo vaccinate or not to vaccinate, that is the question • Between facts, opinions and myths חי פה – חדשות חיפה Source link #polio #vaccines #charts #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Punxsutawney Phil sees his own shadow Punxsutawney Phil sees his own shadow Punxsutawney Phil – a “weather predicting” groundhog – has forecast six more weeks of winter in the US, disappointing the crowds of people gathered in the Pennsylvania town for the annual Groundhog Day celebrations. To chants of “Phil” the rodent was brought out from a tree stump early on Sunday morning to “give” his yearly forecast. According to folklore, If Phil looks at his own shadow then there will be another six weeks of the North American winter, and if not, then an early spring is on the horizon “There’s a shadow up here, get ready for six more weeks of winter this year,” Tom Dunkel, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, proclaimed. The spotlight is on Phil every year on Groundhog Day – a tradition celebrated in the US and Canada which attracts tens of thousands of people. It is thought to have evolved from ******* celebrations of Candlemas on 2 February. Known as Dachstag, or Badger Day, it was believed that if a badger refused to emerge from its home, locals were in for four more weeks of snow. As the *******-speaking Pennsylvania Dutch settled in America, the tradition moved stateside with a groundhog replacing the badger. The first official Groundhog Day took place in 1887 in Punxsutawney. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, the group behind the event, has an “inner circle” of 15 people wearing top hats and bowties who are responsible for taking care of Phil and protecting “the legend of the great weather-predicting groundhog”. They claim – in a light-hearted way – that the same groundhog has been predicting the weather at Gobbler’s Knob for more than100 years. An “elixir of life” made from a “secret recipe” is given to the groundhog every summer which is what gives Phil his “longevity and youthful good looks”, it says on the club’s website. The Pennsylvania Game Commission says the potential lifespan of a groundhog is estimated at eight or nine years. Last year, Phil predicted an early spring after waking up to not see his shadow on Groundhog Day. The event was further popularised by the 1993 film Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. Source link #Punxsutawney #Phil #sees #shadow Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘Hairy’ fighting vehicle spotted in Ukraine as Russia struggles to avoid drone attacks ‘Hairy’ fighting vehicle spotted in Ukraine as Russia struggles to avoid drone attacks A Russian fighting vehicle has appeared on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine with an unusual new look – spiked bristles and long wavy “hair”. The strange modifications, shown off on Russian state TV, are the latest crudely improvised defences used to counter rapidly evolving drones being developed by both sides. The vehicle, believed to be a rusted BMP-1, was coated in metal sheets in a rudimentary design first used in the First World War to cover weak spots in armour, mockingly known as “cope cages”. However, what is new is the curly sheaves of steel that hang over the vehicle’s open, exposed back, while on its sides, thick broom-like bristles poke out from holes. The hair-like additions appear to be in an attempt to keep small explosive-rigged FPV (first-person-view) drones – that have become ubiquitous on Ukraine’s battlefields – at a distance. Oleksandr Danylyuk, a military and defence analyst at RUSI told The Telegraph, he hadn’t seen such defences used in the war before. The mobile shed-like BMP was filmed and broadcast by the state-owned Russia1 channel earlier this week The mobile shed-like BMP was filmed and broadcast by the state-owned Russia1 channel earlier this week close to Chasiv Yar, near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, where Russian forces have steadily been advancing since last year. Valerii Riabykh, a Ukrainian weapons expert and editor of Defence Express, said he believes the hair and bristles are used to “prematurely initiate the fuses on FPV warheads to prevent hard damages for whoever and whatever is covered under the improvised protection”. Mr Riabykh added that the makeshift modifications are part of a wider effort to protect armoured vehicles from the growing quantity of increasingly sophisticated drones. During the first year of the war, it was feared that tanks and combat vehicles were becoming obsolete after the cheap remote-controlled quadcopters were able to disable or fatally wound them by striking where their defences were always thinnest – on top. But the added armour, despite the mobile shed-look drawing ridicule – have proved key to their survival on the battlefield, particularly when explosive armour and advanced electronic warfare (EW) systems are also strapped on. Fibre optic drones Mr Riabykh also noted that the “hairy” BMP could be a specific response to the new FPVs, used by both sides, that are controlled by fibre optic cables to prevent being downed by electronic jamming. Last year, military officials estimated that 75 per cent of Ukrainian and Russian drones were being knocked out by electrical impulses that scramble the radio frequencies used by the pilot to guide the drone. But fibre optic drones – first spotted earlier this month – provide a stable connection for soldiers on the ground to carry out drone strikes for now, albeit with a more limited range. The so-called “unjammable” weapons are the latest example of low-tech solutions being used to counter high-tech EW systems as Russia and Ukraine continue their complex game of cat-and-mouse drone warfare across the 700-mile front. Source link #Hairy #fighting #vehicle #spotted #Ukraine #Russia #struggles #avoid #drone #attacks Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

What did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter predictions are in – CNN What did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter predictions are in – CNN What did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter predictions are in CNNGrading the groundhogs National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationHere’s Punxsutawney Phil’s Groundhog Day weather report New York Post Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow or is an early spring on the way? Fox Weather Source link #groundhog #Punxsutawney #Phils #winter #predictions #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Teen’s journey from home to Oxford University Teen’s journey from home to Oxford University Westbourne School, Penarth Illia and his mother fled Ukraine in May 2022 and live with a host family in south Wales When war broke out in Ukraine 15-year-old Illia Mitiushnikov was forced to flee his home and family, and claim asylum in Wales. Almost three years on, he is about to follow in the footsteps of no fewer than five British prime ministers after securing a place on one of the most prestigious degree courses at the University of Oxford. Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Oxford has been described by the Guardian as “the Oxford degree that runs Britain”. Its list of alumni includes former prime ministers David Cameron, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Edward Heath and Harold Wilson, as well as other British and global political heavyweights such as Tony Benn, Bill Clinton and Aung San Suu Kyi. It is a remarkable achievement for the 18-year-old, who said his English was “not so good” before arriving in the ***. Illia Mitiushnikov Illia’s dad (far left) remains in Ukraine Until May 2022, Illia lived in Vinnytsia, central Ukraine, with his parents and their now 11-year-old cocker spaniel Simba. After being accepted onto the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, Illia and his mother packed a suitcase each and made the journey to Wales, taking a train to Poland, a flight to London and a bus to Cardiff where they were met by their hosts. “It was both emotionally hard and physically hard,” said Illia, recalling the long journey. They moved in with their hosts, a couple with three young children, in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. “I was very delighted when I came here,” said Illia. “I was really grateful to my host family that they agreed to accept me and my mum because it’s quite stressful to just meet completely new strangers and just let them stay in your house.” It was his host family who suggested he apply to Westbourne School, an independent school in nearby Penarth, and he was offered a free place under its refugee scholarship scheme. Westbourne School, Penarth Illia had been studying for an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Westbourne School in Penarth In the summer of 2023, he sat his GCSEs, achieving 10 A*s. He then began the school’s International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in place of A-Levels. Thoughts of studying at the University of Oxford were prompted by a visit to the city. “That’s when the dream started to appear in my mind,” he said. Then when on work experience at a bank in London last summer he spoke to graduates and decided to go for it. But initially he had doubts he could achieve his ambition. “Part of me was like, ‘it’s too much for me’… and then another part of me was thinking ‘if others can do it, why can’t I do it also’.” Knowing what people in Ukraine were experiencing drove him to work hard. “I can’t let myself have a lot of rest because I know how people are feeling in Ukraine,” he said. “I imagine the lives of all the soldiers who fight 24/7 for Ukraine and I can’t let myself chill out. “It was like a new goal for me, I just had to do this, I had no other chance.” Westbourne School, Penarth Illia was one of six students from Ukraine offered a free place to study at Westbourne The day he was accepted was emotional. “I called my family straight away and they were just crying from happiness,” he said. He is full of gratitude for his host family and his teachers and is looking forward to receiving an “insanely good” education and making new friends at St Hilda’s College, Oxford. And what are his plans for the future? He said he hoped Oxford would give him knowledge he could use to “improve the worldwide situation”. But initially he intends to work in banking, “just to stabilise in life, to help my family”. Like many of his PPE predecessors he also has his eye on a career in politics. “I would like to help the world, help nations to develop, solve international crises, like the current war with Ukraine and Russia,” he said. “I hope it will end before then obviously but there are other conflicts to solve.” Westbourne School, Penarth Illia hopes to have a career in politics Marie de Tito Mount is global chief executive for Westbourne, which also has schools in Singapore and Sydney. “We see a few students each year that go on to Oxford… but I think there is a particular warmth given Illia’s story, given his background, I think we’re all immensely proud of him, everyone’s rooting for him,” she said. “He’s seen the opportunities available and has grabbed them with both hands, so that’s something any school would be proud of. “It’s phenomenal achievement.” Source link #Teens #journey #home #Oxford #University Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

*********** Idol’s Perth contestant John Van Beek lands himself show’s coveted golden ticket *********** Idol’s Perth contestant John Van Beek lands himself show’s coveted golden ticket Having chosen one of Aerosmith’s most challenging ballads to audition on *********** Idol, Perth’s John Van Beek said he was met with an agonising silence after he finished singing. “I finished my audition and there were about 10 seconds of silence at that point I thought oh no I’ve stuffed it. I’ve just made fun of myself on national television,” Van Beek said. “Then the judges started giving me their feedback — I feel shivers right now thinking about their comments from my audition. Camera IconEMABARGOED UNTIL END OF EPISODE 1_SUNDAY FEB 2_ John Van Beek *********** Idol Golden Ticket into the Top 30 07 Credit: Supplied “I got this reassurance; these big stars — Kyle, Marcia and Amy — have seen something in me, they have faith in me, and they want to help me.” The 18-year-old WAAPA student was one of the first competitors on the new season of *********** Idol to walk away with a coveted “Golden Ticket” and three yesses from judging trio Amy Shark, Kyle Sandilands and Marcia Hines Van Beek’s cover of Aerosmith’s I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing was described by Shark as “captivating”. “It is such a famous song, and I wanted to show it in a different light and show the judges how I can connect through a ballad,” he said. “I was connecting to a past relationship; it is a very loving song. Yes, we fell apart but for the majority of those two years together it was amazing.” A former gymnast, Van Beek turned to performing after an injury cruelled his Olympics dream, and has sung in choirs, including with Guy Sebastian at Telethon last year. “I’m a very energetic person and my nerves come out through my body so I was getting in the zone and doing what I would do as a gymnast,” he said. “I was quite nervous as there was a lot at stake. I thought what if I made a mistake, my career might have been ruined.” *********** Idol continues on Monday night, from 7.30pm on Channel 7. Source link #*********** #Idols #Perth #contestant #John #Van #Beek #lands #shows #coveted #golden #ticket Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

PayPal Holdings’ (NASDAQ:PYPL) investors will be pleased with their notable 42% return over the last year PayPal Holdings’ (NASDAQ:PYPL) investors will be pleased with their notable 42% return over the last year If you want to compound wealth in the stock market, you can do so by buying an index fund. But one can do better than that by picking better than average stocks (as part of a diversified portfolio). To wit, the PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) share price is 42% higher than it was a year ago, much better than the market return of around 23% (not including dividends) in the same *******. If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! On the other hand, longer term shareholders have had a tougher run, with the stock falling 30% in three years. So let’s investigate and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business’ progress. View our latest analysis for PayPal Holdings While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company’s share price and its earnings per share (EPS). During the last year PayPal Holdings grew its earnings per share (EPS) by 25%. This EPS growth is significantly lower than the 42% increase in the share price. This indicates that the market is now more optimistic about the stock. The company’s earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers). NasdaqGS:PYPL Earnings Per Share Growth February 2nd 2025 We know that PayPal Holdings has improved its bottom line lately, but is it going to grow revenue? If you’re interested, you could check this free report showing consensus revenue forecasts. It’s good to see that PayPal Holdings has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 42% in the last twelve months. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 5% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. If you would like to research PayPal Holdings in more detail then you might want to take a look at whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in the company. Of course PayPal Holdings may not be the best stock to buy. So you may wish to see this free collection of growth stocks. Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on American exchanges. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) simplywallst.com. This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned. Source link #PayPal #Holdings #NASDAQPYPL #investors #pleased #notable #return #year Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Reid Hoffman launches Manas AI, a new drug discovery startup Reid Hoffman launches Manas AI, a new drug discovery startup Reid Hoffman, Partner at Greylock and co-founder LinkedIn, speaks during the WSJ Tech Live conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal at the Montage Laguna Beach in Laguna Beach, California, on October 21, 2024. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman became a billionaire from his business social-working company, and has made lucrative bets on companies including Airbnb and Zynga while also backing nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy. Now Hoffman is diving into the health care, which he describes as “wondrous and terrifying,” with his latest startup, Manas AI. Hoffman and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, an oncologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, unveiled the company on Monday. Manas will use artificial intelligence to try and accelerate the drug discovery process, starting with new treatments for aggressive cancers like prostate *******, lymphoma and triple-negative breast *******. Developing new drugs is traditionally a costly and complex process. It can take more than 10 years and cost billions of dollars to develop a single medication, according to a report from Deloitte. Manas said it will use its proprietary chemical libraries and AI-powered filters to identify drug candidates more quickly, ideally reducing the decades-long discovery process to just a few years. “Most people have had friends, family members, etc., who’ve died from ******* or had serious ******* problems,” Hoffman told CNBC in an interview this week. “If we can make a huge difference on this, and this is the kind of thing that AI can make a huge difference in, it’s the kind of reason why AI can be great for humanity.” Manas raised $24.6 million in seed funding, led by General Catalyst and Hoffman with participation from Greylock, where he is a partner. Hoffman has been deep in AI in recent years. He was an early investor in OpenAI, when the project was still a nonprofit, and he helped start Inflection AI along with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman. Last year, Suleyman joined Microsoft, where Hoffman is a board member, as CEO of a new unit called Microsoft AI. Several Inflection employees joined him. Manas has also inked a partnership with Microsoft, and will leverage its Azure cloud-computing platform. Hoffman, who sold LinkedIn to Microsoft for $27 billion, said Manas is deploying several additional tools from Microsoft as well, including some that are not generally available to the public yet. Hoffman has been working with Mukherjee to create Manas for about a year, though the process picked up steam in the last couple months. Hoffman said the team felt ready to publicly share its ambitions this week since its baseline, foundational resources are in order. ‘Totally delighted’ to see competition The company has a long road ahead, and the drug discovery market is very competitive. Other startups along with major pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Merck, are also exploring how to leverage AI to accelerate drug research and development. Hoffman said he feels confident in Manas’s approach, though he would be “totally delighted” to see multiple companies flourish. “We also bring the thing that a startup usually brings, which is a willingness to go very hard, abandon things quickly that aren’t working,” he said. “Live like this week matters, and the result of this week matters.” Following Manas’s launch on Monday, five different potential strategic partners have already approached the company, Hoffman said. Hoffman said the company is in “build quickly” and “learn and deploy” mode. One of its early initiatives is called Project Cosmos, which is an effort to map out the fundamental rules of drug binding, according to the company’s website. Hoffman declined to share any additional details about the project. Manas currently has just four employees – including Hoffman and Mukherjee – but Hoffman said it will grow. He’s been acting as the company’s “AI guy” while Mukherjee serves as the “bio guy,” he said. Ultimately, Manas is about melding the two fields. “It isn’t just the best of science and it isn’t just the best of AI, because either of those two are insufficient,” Hoffman said. “You need to put those two together.” As the AI guy, Hoffman was paying close attention this week to the sudden emergence of China’s DeepSeek in the U.S. DeepSeek began generating buzz in January, when the startup released its open-source reasoning model R1, which rivals OpenAI’s o1. The model was reportedly developed at a fraction of the cost of rival models by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others. Hoffman said that while DeepSeek might encourage American companies to pick up the pace and share their plans sooner, the new revelations don’t suggest that large models are a bad investment. “The competition game is on,” he said, “But I don’t think it’s the ‘Oh my God, we’re losing!’ as American technology.” WATCH: LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman on DeepSeek Source link #Reid #Hoffman #launches #Manas #drug #discovery #startup Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Reid Hoffman launches Manas AI, a new drug discovery startup Reid Hoffman launches Manas AI, a new drug discovery startup Reid Hoffman, Partner at Greylock and co-founder LinkedIn, speaks during the WSJ Tech Live conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal at the Montage Laguna Beach in Laguna Beach, California, on October 21, 2024. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman became a billionaire from his business social-working company, and has made lucrative bets on companies including Airbnb and Zynga while also backing nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy. Now Hoffman is diving into the health care, which he describes as “wondrous and terrifying,” with his latest startup, Manas AI. Hoffman and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, an oncologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, unveiled the company on Monday. Manas will use artificial intelligence to try and accelerate the drug discovery process, starting with new treatments for aggressive cancers like prostate *******, lymphoma and triple-negative breast *******. Developing new drugs is traditionally a costly and complex process. It can take more than 10 years and cost billions of dollars to develop a single medication, according to a report from Deloitte. Manas said it will use its proprietary chemical libraries and AI-powered filters to identify drug candidates more quickly, ideally reducing the decades-long discovery process to just a few years. “Most people have had friends, family members, etc., who’ve died from ******* or had serious ******* problems,” Hoffman told CNBC in an interview this week. “If we can make a huge difference on this, and this is the kind of thing that AI can make a huge difference in, it’s the kind of reason why AI can be great for humanity.” Manas raised $24.6 million in seed funding, led by General Catalyst and Hoffman with participation from Greylock, where he is a partner. Hoffman has been deep in AI in recent years. He was an early investor in OpenAI, when the project was still a nonprofit, and he helped start Inflection AI along with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman. Last year, Suleyman joined Microsoft, where Hoffman is a board member, as CEO of a new unit called Microsoft AI. Several Inflection employees joined him. Manas has also inked a partnership with Microsoft, and will leverage its Azure cloud-computing platform. Hoffman, who sold LinkedIn to Microsoft for $27 billion, said Manas is deploying several additional tools from Microsoft as well, including some that are not generally available to the public yet. Hoffman has been working with Mukherjee to create Manas for about a year, though the process picked up steam in the last couple months. Hoffman said the team felt ready to publicly share its ambitions this week since its baseline, foundational resources are in order. ‘Totally delighted’ to see competition The company has a long road ahead, and the drug discovery market is very competitive. Other startups along with major pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Merck, are also exploring how to leverage AI to accelerate drug research and development. Hoffman said he feels confident in Manas’s approach, though he would be “totally delighted” to see multiple companies flourish. “We also bring the thing that a startup usually brings, which is a willingness to go very hard, abandon things quickly that aren’t working,” he said. “Live like this week matters, and the result of this week matters.” Following Manas’s launch on Monday, five different potential strategic partners have already approached the company, Hoffman said. Hoffman said the company is in “build quickly” and “learn and deploy” mode. One of its early initiatives is called Project Cosmos, which is an effort to map out the fundamental rules of drug binding, according to the company’s website. Hoffman declined to share any additional details about the project. Manas currently has just four employees – including Hoffman and Mukherjee – but Hoffman said it will grow. He’s been acting as the company’s “AI guy” while Mukherjee serves as the “bio guy,” he said. Ultimately, Manas is about melding the two fields. “It isn’t just the best of science and it isn’t just the best of AI, because either of those two are insufficient,” Hoffman said. “You need to put those two together.” As the AI guy, Hoffman was paying close attention this week to the sudden emergence of China’s DeepSeek in the U.S. DeepSeek began generating buzz in January, when the startup released its open-source reasoning model R1, which rivals OpenAI’s o1. The model was reportedly developed at a fraction of the cost of rival models by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others. Hoffman said that while DeepSeek might encourage American companies to pick up the pace and share their plans sooner, the new revelations don’t suggest that large models are a bad investment. “The competition game is on,” he said, “But I don’t think it’s the ‘Oh my God, we’re losing!’ as American technology.” WATCH: LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman on DeepSeek Source link #Reid #Hoffman #launches #Manas #drug #discovery #startup Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means – Gizmodo An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means – Gizmodo An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means GizmodoAsteroid skimming by Earth in 2032 could be a threat. Scientists may consider ‘spacecraft-based response’ Sky at Night MagazineAsteroid triggers global defence plan amid chance of collision with Earth in 2032 The GuardianCould This Large Asteroid Hit Earth In 2032? The Weather Channel Source link #Asteroid #1in63 #Chance #Hitting #Earth #2032Heres #Means #Gizmodo Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Matt Dawson: England’s Six Nations gameplan leaves them vulnerable Matt Dawson: England’s Six Nations gameplan leaves them vulnerable Ireland accelerated away from England, scoring 22 unanswered points in as many minutes in the second half. It isn’t the first time England have faded in the second half. It was a feature of their autumn defeats by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. I think there are two aspects to it. Firstly, their gameplan is very demanding. Perhaps too demanding. In defence, they come up with a lot of line speed, phase after phase. Then in attack, they are focusing on moving the ball, involving forwards and backs. It can feel frenetic and frantic, burning through energy. It is certainly hugely ambitious. Ultimately I think they pay for it in the back end of games. There needs to be someone who calms down the team and, occasionally, takes pace out of the match. At the moment, they are wedded to this all-action plan A, which is effective but very hard to sustain over the course of 80 minutes without a bench who can replicate what the starting team have done. There was a stoppage in the second half, when Ireland were ahead, but the game was still in the balance, during which England’s players were standing around in ones and twos having conversations, rather than getting huddled up and working out where they can get back at Ireland. Every team has to face those moments and it is up to the number eight and half-backs as much as the captain to bring everyone together to work out a strategy and get on the same page. As I alluded to, the second part of England’s tendency to peter out of games is what should be part of the solution – the replacements. I thought Fin Smith added to England when he came on in the final 15 minutes. There is something about him. He is supremely composed and invariably picks good options to keep the team moving forward in attack. Source link #Matt #Dawson #Englands #Nations #gameplan #leaves #vulnerable Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Federal Government: Major funding boost for frontline domestic violence services to be announced on Monday Federal Government: Major funding boost for frontline domestic violence services to be announced on Monday Frontline domestic violence services will see a $43 million boost, with the Federal Government to announce on Monday a new funding agreement with WA. Source link #Federal #Government #Major #funding #boost #frontline #domestic #violence #services #announced #Monday Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Project GG’s status remains uncertain, after Platinum removes the game from its website Project GG’s status remains uncertain, after Platinum removes the game from its website PlatinumGames has removed the superhero game Project G.G. from the list of projects on its website, further fuelling speculation it may have been canceled. Fans noticed this weekend that Platinum had updated its games page (the previous version is hosted here), reducing its list of 22 games down to just nine. Notably, the web pages for the removed games are still live, including Mad World, Sol Cresta, and even canceled games such as Babylon’s Fall and World of Demons, but the former Project GG URL now redirects to the Platinum homepage. Former Platinum producer Jean Pierre Kellams criticized the website update on Saturday, stating that the developer was “erasing its history.” “As someone proud of working on those games, I feel deeply insulted by this,” he wrote. The fate of Project G.G. has been unclear ever since director and former vice president Hideki Kamiya announced his exit from Platinum back in October 2023. Announced in February 2020, Project G.G. was described as an action game featuring a giant hero, described as the ‘climax’ to Kamiya’s superhero trilogy. However, there’s been no update on the project since his departure and, notably, he was joined at his new Capcom-backed Clovers studio by G.G.’s lead designer. Speaking to VGC in an interview in December, Kamiya wouldn’t comment on the status of Project G.G., but admitted he regretted not being able to see the project through to completion. “I absolutely feel the same way about Project GG [as I did with Scalebound],” he said, referencing the canceled Xbox exclusive. “It’s unfortunate, like with Scalebound. I believe Scalebound would have been a really fun game if it had been released, and the same goes for Project GG. “We truly believed that it would be a great game, and so now that I’m not a part of it, I do feel it’s unfortunate that I wasn’t able to see it through to its final release.” Source link #Project #GGs #status #remains #uncertain #Platinum #removes #game #website Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘It doesn’t get much more violent than that’ ‘It doesn’t get much more violent than that’ As childhood friends Monterio Williams, 17, and Robert Boston, 16, left a downtown high school at dismissal time in late January 2024, three masked gunmen pulled up in a stolen SUV and shot and killed the boys in broad daylight, prosecutors said in court Saturday. One of the alleged gunmen, Tommie Coleman, was ordered detained Saturday during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. The 22-year-old Pullman man, who faces first-degree ******* and attempted-******* charges, was identified by witnesses and through Instagram posts, according to prosecutors. “It doesn’t get much more violent than that,” Judge William Fahy said when ordering Coleman detained. There was a history of disputes between the gunmen and the victims, prosecutors said. One of the gunmen, who hasn’t been charged, attended Innovations High School with the victims, and another died in June. A surveillance camera at a nearby business captured what happened when the boys left school around 12:30 p.m. Jan. 26, 2024, prosecutors said. A dark blue Infiniti SUV with no front license plate pulled up in front of the school doors. The three shooters, all masked, got out of the vehicle and ambushed the boys from behind as they walked in front of CTA elevators. The gunmen fired for about 15 seconds, prosecutors said, as pedestrians ran for cover and the boys fell to the ground. Williams sustained six gunshot wounds and Boston had three. Both were pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. A 25-year-old woman’s jacket sleeve also was struck by a bullet, and she suffered a bruise. Multiple witnesses observed the shooting and saw the men carrying pistols; the witnesses included the driver of a nearby BMW, a valet driver parked in front of a jewelry store and another student at Innovations High School who the boys were with seconds earlier, prosecutors said. Police also recovered 22 fired cartridge casings that analysis showed were from three guns. The gunmen fled southbound on Wabash Avenue, prosecutors said. Detectives determined that the stolen Infiniti belonged to a woman who works at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and they worked to track it using surveillance footage, license plate readers and its “identifiable exterior features.” They tracked it from a parking lot in the South Loop to the school, and then as it fled to the South Side, Dolton and Calumet City. Police also followed a tip to what they believe was one of the gunmen’s Instagram accounts. They found an Instagram story, posted about 18 minutes after the shooting, of the gunmen together. The suspect who is now dead “sang the verse of a song making references to being masked and armed,” prosecutors said. Witnesses also recognized Coleman in music videos posted on YouTube after the shooting, prosecutors said. Police also later found that Coleman posted videos to his own Instagram account showing him sitting in the front seat of the Infiniti wearing latex gloves and displaying handguns, prosecutors said. Coleman, who was arrested Wednesday, was convicted in 2021 of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon in DuPage County, prosecutors said. He also has pending cases for auto theft and possession of a machine gun in Lake County, Indiana. Coleman’s defense lawyer argued that the shooting was a “chaotic incident” and that surveillance footage may be unclear. She said Coleman lives with his mom, has a 2-year-old child and works as a plumber and in construction. Fahy said, though, that Coleman poses a “real and present threat” to the community, especially because the shooting was in the middle of the day in a highly congested part of the city. Source link #doesnt #violent Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

PlayStation is reportedly prepping a February State of Play for Valentine’s week PlayStation is reportedly prepping a February State of Play for Valentine’s week Sony will stream its next State of Play presentation later this month, it’s been claimed. That’s according to reliable gaming insider ‘NatetheHate’, who frequently reveals information on the games industry ahead of official announcements. According to the user, PlayStation’s next live stream is arriving in February. Asked by an X user for more exact timing info on the State of Play, the insider dropped a strong hint that it would take place on the week commencing February 10. Sony regularly puts out a State of Play in January or February to reveal some of the titles it’s planning to release during the first half of the calendar year. Last January, a State of Play featured deep dives on Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin, plus looks at Death Stranding 2 and Silent Hill. In February 2023, a State of Play focused on third-party titles such as Resident Evil 4, Street Fighter 6, and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Sony is planning to publish Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei in 2025, while Marvel’s Wolverine and Fairgames don’t yet have release windows. This week, Sony announced its intention to shift away from offering PS4 games as part of its monthly PlayStation Plus offerings. Starting in 2026, offering “PS4 games will no longer be a key benefit” of the service, with Sony instead turning its focus to providing PS5 titles. Source link #PlayStation #reportedly #prepping #February #State #Play #Valentines #week Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

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