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[UPDATE: The stream has ended, but you can watch the archive above. Also check the links below for the most important details from the Destiny reveal]
We’re getting closer and closer to the release of The Taken King — and, with it, the start of the second year of Destiny. The past twelve months have seen the game go through some major changes, but it’s difficult to say that it’s not a better experience for having done so.
After something of a backlash following the game’s initial release, Bungie has made a sterling effort to improve Destiny for players via content updates and expansions. Now, The Taken King looks set to bring about the biggest changes to the game’s formula thus far.
At 11AM PDT/2PM EST, the Destiny Year Two stream will begin on the official Bungie Twitch channel. While we’ve seen plenty of The Taken King over the past few weeks, this looks set to be our most detailed glimpse yet into what the game’s biggest expansion adds to the fray.
Executive producer Mark Noseworthy and Senior Design Lead Tyson Green will both be on hand to offer their expertise on the footage being shown. They’ll also be answering questions from fans, which will be selected by community manager and host for the stream, Cozmo.
It’s expected that we’ll be given some more information about just what benefits seasoned players will enjoy going into Year Two. Players have poured hours into their Guardians, and many won’t be keen on the idea of starting afresh thanks to the new gear and game mechanics being introduced in The Taken King.
Core to that conversation are the tweaks being made to player level and light level. Those systems are being changed dramatically to ensure that character progression doesn’t boil down to an Engram hunt, but it’s not altogether clear how pre-existing characters will fit into the new system.
There’s also bound to be plenty of footage of the new additions to the Tower. Early response to the new features being added to the game’s social area has been rather strong, so longtime players will be eager to see what’s new in a location that’s become very familiar over the past twelve months.
Bungie also looks set to dip into the new weaponry on offer as part of The Taken King. Intriguingly, the developers warn fans not to dismantle anything before the full duration of this briefing — could it be that Exotic items earned in the first year might have another kind of value going into Year Two?
We’re sure to have some burning questions answered over the course of this stream, and the news really can’t come soon enough. The Taken King looks to be a significant improvement over the base game, and there are plenty of Guardians out there who are already desperate for more information on one of the biggest releases of the next few months.
Highlights from the Destiny Year 2 Reveal Include:
- Destiny: The Taken King Doubles Vault Space
- 10 Important Things We Learned from the Destiny Year 2 Reveal
Destiny: The Taken King will release for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on September 15, 2015.


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The House of Twitch has officially announced the date for the grand finale of Miss Ideal Nigeria 2021
After a series of virtual screening and votes from the fans, 21 Gorgeous ladies were selected from different parts of the country of the over 1000 ladies who applied
As always the finalists boost an incredible group of women. Amongst them are a scientist, an author, and an award-winning social entrepreneur.
The grand finale is slated for Saturday, December 4th, 2021, as one of the top 21 ladies will be crowned as the new Miss Ideal Nigeria, unlocking opportunities within the entertainment industry and also representing Nigeria internationally at different global pageantries.
Date: December 4th, 2021
Venue: The Swiss International Hotel. Victoria Garden City, Lekki.
More Details: www.houseoftwitch.com.ng
This will be the 8th Edition of the Miss Ideal Nigeria competition launched by The House Of Twitch. They have discovered multiple talents consecutively over the years and built them into international brands to reckon with in the fashion industry.

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- Zilliqa’s worth has risen by virtually 400% within the month of March
- The value increment is hinged on the anticipated launch of its Metapolis Metaverse
- Metapolis shall be launched on the 2nd of April throughout a VIP occasion in Miami, Florida
- ZIL might bear a pull-back after the launch of Metapolis
The favored Ethereum competitor of Zilliqa has had an eventful month of March when it comes to venture developments, and worth motion of its native digital asset of ZIL.
Zilliqa Positive factors by 400% within the month of March
To start with, the digital asset of Zilliqa has had a meteoritic rise this month gaining worth by virtually 400%.
Initially of the month, Zilliqa was valued at roughly $0.043. Earlier as we speak, Zilliqa hit an area peak worth of $0.2095. This interprets to a 387% worth increment within the said time interval.
Rise of ZIL Fueled by the Metapolis Metaverse
Secondly, Zilliqa is diving deep into the Metaverse with the launch of Metapolis.
The latter is a Metaverse-as-a-service (MaaS) platform that shall be launched on April 2nd throughout a VIP occasion in Miami, Florida.
According to the staff at Zilliqa, Metapolis shall be ‘ constructed on unreal engine, unity and Nvidia Omniverse’. On this endeavor of Metapolis, Zilliqa has partnered with Agora, a world expertise awards app that enables its customers to ‘add their creations and take part in contests to win assist, visibility and recognition within the worldwide neighborhood’.
Moreover, Metapolis has already gathered curiosity from main creator-focused and eSports manufacturers. The venture has additionally gathered over $2 million in pre-launch revenues.
What the ZIL/USDT Chart Says
To notice is that the Metapolis launch occasion is roughly 48 hours away. Due to this fact, consulting the each day ZIL/USDT chart is really useful to gauge if ZIL’s bullish momentum shall be maintained earlier than, throughout, and after the occasion on April 2nd.
From the each day ZIL/USDT chart, it may be noticed that the value of Zilliqa has taken a parabolic trajectory. Moreover, its worth has very a lot deviated above the 50-day (white), 100-day (yellow) and 200-day (inexperienced) transferring averages, pointing in direction of a potential pullback within the subsequent few days.
Moreover, ZIL’s each day MFI, MACD and RSI are in overbought territory additional offering hints of a potential retracement.
Consequently, warning is suggested when going lengthy on Zilliqa (ZIL) on the varied leverage buying and selling platforms. A wait-and-see method, until after the Metapolis launch, is also an choice for anybody who didn’t catch the journey up.
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There have been several bug repairs and adjustments to the new features Apple revealed at WWDC in the developer betas of iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura, and watchOS 9 this week (June 22).
When editing messages, the Messages app is taking into consideration previous software versions, even though Stage Manager in iPadOS 16 has seen certain enhancements, such as making it simpler to resize windows and hiding the dock.
In this case, you’ll get two messages: one of the original and one of the freshly revised version.
It’s possible to back up to iCloud using your cellular data plan, but since other users are awaiting the public beta release of iOS 16 (along with other platform versions), we believe the wait will not be much longer.
When may the public beta of iOS 16 be released?
There are normally two to three weeks between an Apple beta release and a major release such as iOS 15.6 (which opens in a new tab) or a major release like iOS 16.
It’s been two weeks since the first developer betas were released at WWDC. In the past, the public betas have shown up about the same time as beta 3. By then, developers who have been using previous iterations will have provided a wealth of input, which will have been included into the new software’s features.
For example, the public beta for WWDC 2021 was released three weeks ahead of schedule, on June 7, compared to Apple’s usual July release date. iOS 14’s public beta was released on July 8, roughly three weeks after the remote WWDC 2020.
We thus expect the public beta of iOS 16 and other upgrades the week of July 4 to come. This allows them to be published following the federal holiday break, allowing consumers to begin taking advantage of the new features as soon as possible.
In any case, these are merely early prototypes of what will be on most iPhones by the end of 2022. So if you decide to install the public betas when they come, be warned that you may face problems and other concerns.


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California farmers grow the vast majority of lettuce for the country, though in recent years the number of acres planted has declined and the salad staple has dropped from consistently the number 2 crop in California (by value) at the start of the century to number 5 in 2018 and 2019.
Changing consumer taste, increased costs for labor and food safety programs, and the limited amount of field work that can be automated have contributed to decreased lettuce production in recent years. California growers planted 106,000 acres of lettuce in 2016 and about 80,000 acres in 2018, 2019 and 2020 (though 2020 growing decisions were impacted by the pandemic). The next largest lettuce-growing state is Arizona, which is also seeing a decline. After growing 39,500 acres in 2017, the total decreased by about a thousand acres annually until 2020, when the plantings dropped to 34,000 (again, likely due in part to the pandemic).
“Our particular acreage on iceberg lettuce and romaine lettuce has been going down slightly every year,” said Steve Brazeel of SunTerra Produce, which grows lettuce in the Salinas Valley on the Central California coast and in the desert region of the Imperial Valley. He said as consumers turn more toward more exotic leafy greens, he’s planted melons on some of those lettuce acres. But he adds that while overall acreage is down, lettuce production per acre is up. After a recent visit to fields in Salinas, Brazeel said the crop looks terrific. Unfortunately, demand does not.
“Things don’t look great for leafy greens this summer,” he said, “as far as the market’s concerned.” He attributes that in part to the very gradual reopening of restaurants and other food service settings.
“I wish I had better news,” Dan Sutton, general manager of Pismo Oceano Vegetable Exchange, said about his outlook for leafy greens this year. But with plenty of supply, prices are trending “a little lower” than he’d like.
Food-borne illness outbreaks in romaine lettuce and spinach that were large enough to attract widespread consumer attention and even a warning against eating romaine in Nov. 2019, have prompted heightened attention to every possible source of contamination.
Sutton, who also chairs the California Leafy Greens Marketing Association (LGMA), says determining where to plant which crops now includes an evaluation of food safety risks. “Putting that thought at the very first step of where we’re choosing to plant leafy greens is a significant part of our food safety” progam, he said. He employs two people focused full time on food safety.
The LGMA is a membership organization that obliges its members to comply with specific, audit-able food safety practices. Industry leaders organized it in response to an illness outbreak linked to spinach in 2006.
“The industry was looking for a way to quickly put in common food safety practices that were standardized,” said Tim York, LGMA CEO. He said even with implementation of buffer zones between leafy greens fields and animal operations and other measures such as pre-harvest testing, the risk remains. A recent FDA report about a 2020 outbreak of E. coli linked to the Salinas Valley noted the pathogen “appears to be a reasonably foreseeable hazard in the California Central Coast leafy greens growing region,” which York said “put the industry on notice that we should know that it’s there.” That has redoubled interest in doing everything possible to protect crops from it, though York said how a specific farm addresses the concern depends on several factors including the number of food safety personnel on staff, how the farm has evolved from a food safety standpoint and how readily the farm will be able to implement any changes.
As an example, he described one large operation that invested $1 million into pre-harvest pathogen testing for all of its crops. “That’s quite an expensive proposition,” he said, recognizing the cost would make it impossible for many farms.
Norm Groot, executive director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau, said improving food safety from the field is a “very iterative” process. “As new science and new research comes to light, then that obviously makes for some necessary changes.”
Brazeel said as SunTerra rolled out additional food safety precautions, it did so across all crops and incorporated the costs as just another part of doing business. Now, food safety permeates the operation and the attention “creates more conscientious team members all along the way.”
Another challenge for California’s Salinas Valley lettuce growers is a plant virus spread by a tiny insect call the western flower thrips. It can carry impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV), which at its worst late in the season can cause so much damage in a field that an entire lettuce crop is plowed under. So far, it has not been a major problem farther south on the coast nor in the Imperial Valley.
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USDA Agricultural Research Service entomologist Daniel Hasegawa says public and private sector researchers are looking for ways to confer resistance to the bug in lettuce. He says while there are some pesticides that can quell it, not all are labeled for use on leafy greens in California. Even when chemicals are used, it can be very tricky to apply enough deep into the hearts of lettuce plants to be effective. He said weed management including on areas adjacent to crop fields is very important to minimize the thrips population. Collaborations with railroads and the state transportation department aim to reduce thrips-friendly plants on non-ag land and growers are doing plenty of experimenting on their own, too.
“They’re at a point where they’re willing to try a lot of different things themselves,” Hasegawa said.
Disease outbreaks and increased food safety measures add cost and now Walmart has announced it will only source produce from suppliers that “adopt integrated pest management practices, as verified by a third-party, by 2025” and will be “encouraging fresh produce suppliers to phase out use of chlorpyrifos and nitroguanidine neonicotinoids pesticides.” These corporate sustainability goals could mean more costly changes on the horizon for growers.
“When I hear the word ‘encourage’ from someone like Walmart,” Sutton said, “my ears hear something more than encouragement.”
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Volvo uses the latest gaming technology to develop safe carsNovember 19, 2020
Volvo Cars engineers call it “the ultimate driving simulator”, but for them it’s not just an excuse to indulge their inner gamer. An innovative mixed reality simulator is being used by a Swedish company to make new advances in safety and autonomous driving technology.
A rig with a movable driver’s seat, tactile feedback steering wheel and crystal-clear VR goggles will envy any serious gamer, but the Volvo Cars Simulator takes this concept to the next level, blurring the distinction between reality and the virtual world. And that’s exactly the point.
Powered by cutting-edge technologies from Unity, the leading real-time 3D modeling platform, and Finnish VR and mixed reality experts Varjo, the simulator is designed to drive a real car on real roads. It combines realistic high-definition 3D graphics, augmented reality glasses and a complete Teslasuit body suit that provides tactile feedback to the virtual world as well as tracks body reactions.
This combination of software and hardware allows Volvo Cars’ engineers to endlessly simulate driving scenarios on a real test track using a real car, all in complete safety. They can receive important information about the interaction between people and the car for the development of new functions in the areas of safety, driver assistance and autonomous driving.
Testers are exposed to imaginary active safety and driver assistance features, promising autonomous driving user interfaces, future car models, and many other scenarios. It can be used on real roads with test tracks or in a test lab, with each scenario fully customizable. The possibilities are literally endless.
Last year, Volvo Cars, along with Varjo, became the first automaker to make it possible to drive a real car with mixed reality glasses. This collaboration has now been expanded to include Unity and tactile suit maker Teslasuit.
According to Kasper Wikman, Senior Head of User Experience at Volvo’s Open Innovation Arena and one of the leading live broadcasts, this allows Volvo Cars to study real human reactions in a safe environment and at a significantly lower cost than in real tests.
“Working with great companies like Varjo, Unity and Teslasuit has allowed us to test many scenarios that look and feel completely real, without physically building anything,” says Kasper Wickman. “This allows us to test real cars in road conditions that look and feel real and can be adjusted at the touch of a button.”
When developing automotive safety systems such as collision avoidance technologies, testing is critical. But testing these systems in practice can be dangerous, time consuming and costly. Virtual and mixed reality simulations allow for completely safe testing in a realistic environment without the need to create any physical prototypes or build complex scenarios.
“Using this cutting-edge technology, we research and lead the development of the safer vehicles of the future. It’s great to be a part of this, ”said Kasper Wikman.
Last year, Volvo Cars, along with Varjo, became the first automaker to make it possible to drive a real car with mixed reality glasses. The Varjo XR-1 Developer Edition glasses use video cameras to create mixed reality and provide high definition mixed or virtual reality. With the Varjo XR-1 glasses, objects and environments created in Unity can be easily integrated into the real world.
- Peugeot entered the top 50 most beloved French companies
- Nissan Note 2021 showed from all sides before the premiere
- Almost nothing left: Tesla Model 3 after collision with a tree crumbled to pieces
- Hyundai will help British billionaire revive Defender
- Rivian has already sold out the first series of its electric vehicles


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Bethesda confirms that Fallout 5 will be its next game after The Elder Scrolls 6
Fallout 5 isn't launching anytime soon
Published: 15th June 2022 | Source: IGN |
Expect to wait a while for Fallout 5
In an interview with IGN, Bethesda's Todd Howard confirmed that The Elder Scroll 6 is now in pre-production and that they will be working on Fallout 5 "after that". The good news for Fallout fans is that Fallout 5 is coming, but the bad news is that gamers will have to wait a while.
Bethesda Game Studio's next big title is Starfield, and it is due to release next year on PC and Xbox Series X/S. Following that launch, The Elder Scrolls 6 will be the studio's next big game, and after that will come Fallout 5.
The Elder Scrolls 6 may have been teased back in 2018, the game remains in pre-production. The Elder Scrolls 6's teaser was intended to confirm to fans that Bethesda was not abandoning the single player RPG genre after Fallout 76. That said, The Elders Scroll fans expected more than "pre-production" after a four year wait.
It will be a long time before we see Fallout 5, though it is comforting to see that Bethesda has long term plans for its major franchises. Perhaps The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 will come sooner thanks to Starfield's engine changes, and the fact that neither of these games have space combat or over 1,000 planets to explore.
What about Starfield?
Starfield's coming to PC and Xbox Series X/S next year, arriving with a main quest that should take around 30-40 hours to complete. Add on side-quests and other content, and Starfield will take a long time to complete.


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Thomson Reuters (NSDQ: TRIN) recorded 3.4 billion Q4 revenue - five percent higher than the year ago without factoring currency fluctuations, but growth was flat if fluctuations are factored in. CEO Tom Glocer: "We have been able to accelerate the Reuters integration, significantly increase the savings we expect to achieve, and reach our goal of becoming 'one company in one year' ... We are beginning to benefit from the advantages of increased scale. As major economies slid into recession in 2008, we nonetheless continued to perform well."
The Markets division selling data to financial clients got four percent higher revenue at $1.9 billion (down two percent accounting for currency) amid "extreme volatility in the financial sector", but growth was led by the EMEA region while Americas dipped one percent. Despite Glocer's confidence across the group, the Media unit did suffer in the downturn - revenues down five percent to $106 million (down 11 percent accounting for currency fluctuation), thanks to "modest weakness in the Agency business and marked slowdowns in the advertising-driven Consumer and Professional Publishing segments"
The Professional division scored six percent better sales of $1.5 billion (up three percent accounting for currency), thanks to 10 percent better online, software and services sales, which more than offset a one percent fall in print and CD revenue. Here, the Legal, Scientific and Healthcare units all posted single-digit revenue gains, including strong growth in overseas sales of online legal services, Web Of Science subscriptions and the Payer business. Thomson Reuters also published FY08 results - eight percent better revenue of $13.4 billion, with no impact from currency fluctuation.
The company found an extra $250 million in merger-related savings down the back of its sofa. Though on completing the merger in May, it projected $750 million savings by 2011, it today said "significant additional opportunities for cost savings" identified since then meant annualized savings by that date will now be $1 billion - in fact, a total $1.4 billion when you include "legacy efficiency programs". The nature of new savings wasn't revealed; it's now beginning a "second phase" of integration. The outlook - Glocer: "Based on the current environment in the markets we serve, we expect our revenues to grow in 2009." No detail given on the extent of 2009 growth.
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It’s no secret that Facebook has invested considerable effort and revenue into imitating—and arguably improving upon—Snapchat’s famous features since it was unsuccessful in buying the photo-sharing app in 2013. Last August, Facebook added disappearing Stories on Instagram, tapping into the “fear of missing out” while appealing to young consumers—especially creators. Facebook’s Messenger service later followed suit, as did WhatsApp, another messaging app owned by the social network. Now Facebook has taken it a step further, rolling out Stories for Facebook—complete with an in-app camera, stickers and “masks” galore. If Facebook is trying to kill Snapchat, however, it won’t “give up the ghost” that easily.
Snapchat has introduced targeted ad offerings, mid-roll ads and sponsored lenses to help brands stand out on the platform, but has done its fair share of copying, as well. Shortly after Instagram announced direct video messages, Snapchat responded by enabling one-on-one texts, picture messaging and video chats.
Snap, Inc. is in a delicate position, having just made its debut on the stock market. While an endorsement by Morgan Stanley helped stock prices on Monday, Facebook’s “Story” announcement resulted in a drop down 3.7 percent to $22.95 per share on Tuesday. “We are bullish about Snap’s ability to monetize its highly engaged daily active user (DAU) base,” wrote a Morgan Stanley analyst, valuing the stock at $28. “First, we believe Snap’s millennial audience and differentiated online video ad inventory are in demand by advertisers.”
While brands and creators often prefer Facebook and Instagram for marketing efforts—largely due to helpful analytics—studies show that Snapchat’s young users still prefer the original to imitators. Adweek commissioned a study by Survata, exploring preferences between Instagram and Snapchat. They discovered that users ages 13-to-34 still prefer the original ghost. Sixty-four percent of those surveyed said Snapchat is “cooler,” 67 percent said that Snapchat had better features and if they could only have one app, 51.1 percent named Snapchat.
The disappearing photo app is still popular among college students, as well—according to a survey by online student loan marketplace, LendEDU, 58 percent of college students are checking Snapchat before Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook combined. Snapchat came in first with 58 percent followed by Instagram at 27 percent and Facebook at 13 percent.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made it abundantly clear—through statements and acquisitions—that the company’s mission is to create a “video first” experience across all of its channels, from virtual reality to video games, original shows and of course, Facebook Live. Adding more video options makes sense—a recent Cisco study predicts that consumer consumption of video will constitute 80 percent of all global internet traffic by 2019.
While Facebook demands 24/7 attention from its 1.57 billion daily active users worldwide, Snapchat has an advantage that Facebook doesn’t—exclusivity. A new study by Defy Media conducted for Variety found that 30 percent of respondents prefer Snapchat because their “parents don’t use it.”
The downside to becoming a giant is that sometimes the young crowds you want to impress start rooting for the underdog.


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A surprise this morning from Fiat Chrysler when the automaker reported a third quarter loss of $330-million due to the cost of vehicle recalls and damaged vehicles in the Tianjin, China port explosion two months ago. Remove those one-time items, and the company reported earnings of 20 cents a share and that would be in line with analysts’ forecasts.
Volkswagen has reported its first quarterly loss in more than a decade after setting aside $7.4 billion to cover the initial estimated costs of the diesel engine emissions case. VW’s third quarter loss came to $1.9 billion dollars and it issued a full year profit warning. The full cost of the emissions case is not yet known.
GM is calling back 1.4 million vehicles for the third time in seven years to fix an oil leak that could lead to a vehicle fire. Previous dealer repairs did not cure the problem as more than 1,300 cars caught fire after a visit to the service department. The latest recall involves 1997-04 Pontiac Grand Prix and Buick Regal models, and the 2000-04 Chevy Impala, 98-99 Chevy Lumina and Olds Intrigue, and the 98-04 Chevy Monte Carlo, all with the 3.8-liter V6 engines.
Ford is recalling 129,000 Edge and Lincoln MKX vehicles for a potential fuel tank issue. It wants to check for possible corrosion under the brackets where the fuel tank is mounted. This condition could result in a fuel odor, fuel leak, check engine light, as well as a possible fire. The recalled vehicles are in states where road salt is used to melt ice on wintertime highways. Ford said it is not aware of any accidents, injuries or fires related to this condition.
And Mini is recalling 86,000 Cooper and Cooper S models from model years 2004 to 2005 because the power steering could fail. Mimi has been pressured by the NHTSA to recall the cars.
We should soon learn more details of that tentative contract agreement between GM and the United Auto Workers Union. At least one local will vote on the measure Friday.
With all the emphasis on fuel cell and electric powered cars at the Tokyo show and other venues, one wonders if the day will come when the only gas stations left will be in a museum somewhere. Incidentally, the only station in my hometown where an attendant would pump gas for you recently went out of business.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau said motorcycle thefts nationwide decreased six percent in 2014. A total of 42,856 bikes were stolen with California, Florida and Texas leading the list. Among cities, Las Vegas had the most stolen motorcycles while most stolen brand was Honda.


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Volkswagen has renamed its four-door coupé and dropped the slow-selling 3.6-litre V6 from the facelifted range, to be revealed at the LA motor show next week.
The previous ‘Passat’ tag has been dropped from the car’s official name to create the VW CC, a move that the firm hopes will boost the model’s image.
The facelift brings a more integrated front end featuring a wider grille, more heavily chromed grille and simpler-shaped headlamps. There are also new rear lamps.
The CC will go on sale in the UK next April.