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Google's long-rumored plan to merge ChromeOS and Android into a single desktop operating system now has a name: Aluminium OS, AndroidAuthority reports, citing a job listing.
The job listing explicitly tasks applicants with "working on a new Aluminium, Android-based, operating system." The job listing confirms Google intends to eventually replace ChromeOS entirely, though the two platforms will coexist during a transition period. Aluminium OS won't be limited to budget hardware -- the listing references "AL Entry," "AL Mass Premium," and "AL Premium" tiers across laptops, detachables, tablets, and mini-PCs.
The job listing explicitly tasks applicants with "working on a new Aluminium, Android-based, operating system." The job listing confirms Google intends to eventually replace ChromeOS entirely, though the two platforms will coexist during a transition period. Aluminium OS won't be limited to budget hardware -- the listing references "AL Entry," "AL Mass Premium," and "AL Premium" tiers across laptops, detachables, tablets, and mini-PCs.
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Drug maker Novo Nordisk says semaglutide, the active ingredient for the weight loss jab Wegovy, does not slow Alzheimer's -- despite initial hopes that it might help against dementia. From a report: Researchers began two large trials involving more than 3,800 people after reports the medicine was having an impact in the real world. But the studies showed the GLP-1 drug, which is already used to manage type 2 diabetes and obesity, made no difference compared to a dummy drug. The disappointing results are due to be presented at an Alzheimer's disease conference next month and are yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Technology is always changing, quickly becoming dated or even obsolete as new updates are released. Remember LaserDiscs? What about 8-tracks? For Japanese musical trio Open Reel Ensemble, analog contraptions meet digital combinations to make unique and experimental sounds. Using reel-to-reel recorders from the 1970s and 1980s as musical instruments, the stage and studio setup is just as interesting as the recordings.
To achieve mesmerizing and ethereal tunes like “Tape Bowing Ensemble,” the group attaches bows to the analog tape wound around a reel, and they’ve been known to strum the tape like a guitar, tap suspended lengths with drumsticks, or spin reels like DJ turntables. Open Reel Ensemble uses multi-track recorders to gather the sounds, which can then be separated or layered during performances.
Delving into a nostalgic technology, the group describes their hybrid contraptions and techniques as “magnetic folklore instruments. They tap into a sense of nostalgia for reel-to-reel, also known as magnetic tapes. They’ve described their genre as “Magnetikpunk.”
Open Reel Ensemble has performed during several of Issey Miyake’s fashion shows in Paris and continues to play at international festivals. Hear more on the group’s YouTube channel and website.
You might also enjoy ensemble member Ei Wada’s work under the moniker Electronicos Fantasticos.
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DEN HAAG (ANP) - Bij de formatiegesprekken van D66 en CDA met een lange reeks betrokkenen en deskundigen draait het om uitvoerbaarheid, zei informateur Sybrand Buma na afloop van de gesprekken op maandagavond. "De vertaling van verschillende verkiezingsprogramma's naar een uitvoeringsprogramma, dat moet je echt doen met mensen van buiten."
Eerder op de dag ontvingen D66-leider Rob Jetten en CDA-leider Henri Bontenbal experts over financiën, sociaal-economisch beleid en het ondernemersklimaat. Net als de gesprekken van vorige week zijn dat thema's waar partijen zich al jarenlang tot in de details mee bezighouden. Toch zijn de gesprekken nodig, vindt CDA'er Buma.
De partijen zitten nu volgens Buma meer in een "uitvoeringsmodus" dan bij het opstellen van hun programma's. "Vanuit politieke programma's ga je naar de uitvoering toe, en die moet gewoon goed zijn."
Voortgang
Gevraagd of hij het vertrouwen heeft dat de verkiezingsprogramma's aansluiten bij de realiteit, zei Buma: "Ik heb meegemaakt dat wat in de Tweede Kamer en in de politiek gezegd wordt, in de praktijk heel anders blijkt."
CDA en D66 werken aan een document dat de basis moet worden van coalitieonderhandelingen met andere partijen. Jetten is tevreden over de voortgang, zei hij daarover na afloop van de gesprekken. Hij heeft de informateur tot 9 december de tijd gegeven. "Ik hoop niet dat we tot de laatste minuut bezig zijn."
Op dinsdag praten Buma, Jetten en Bontenbal en hun secondanten verder met vertegenwoordigers van het Centraal Planbureau en het ministerie van Economische Zaken.
I’ve posted about Korean artist Lee Hyun-Joung’s swirling and swooping work before, but I recently saw one of her pieces in person and decided to feature some of her most recent stuff. It’s always a good time to look at art.
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