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VAL D'ISÈRE (ANP/AFP) - Twee Franse skiërs zijn omgekomen toen ze bedolven raakten door een lawine in de Franse Alpen. Het bureau voor toerisme in Val d'Isère heeft hun dood bevestigd. De twee mannen skieden buiten de piste. Ze werden begraven onder een laag van 2,5 meter sneeuw. Andere skiërs van hun groep alarmeerden de autoriteiten.
De twee hadden geen lawinezoekers bij zich en konden alleen worden teruggevonden via het signaal van hun mobiele telefoon.
Weersvoorspellingen waarschuwen voor een hoog risico op lawines in de Franse bergen dit weekend, met fase vier op een schaal van vijf.
LONDEN/DEN HAAG (ANP) - Bij een grote betoging tegen de Iraanse regering voor de ambassade van het land in Londen, slaagde een demonstrant er zaterdag in het pand te beklimmen en de vlag te verwijderen. De demonstrant wist de oude Iraanse vlag te hijsen op een balkon. Het leidde tot groot enthousiasme onder de vele betogers. Korte tijd later verwijderde een werknemer van de ambassade het dundoek weer.
Veel tegenstanders van het regime van de ultraconservatieve sjiitische geestelijkheid zwaaien met de vlag van het in de revolutie van 1979 ten val gebrachte keizerrijk Iran. Iran heeft al sinds het begin van de vorige eeuw een groen-wit-rode vlag. In het keizerrijk werd vaak een goud- of geelgekleurde Perzische leeuw met een zwaard voor een rijzende zon en een kroon in het midden geplaatst. Die werd door de nieuwe machthebbers na de revolutie vervangen door een andere groen-wit-rode variant.
Op het Malieveld in Den Haag was er zaterdag ook een demonstratie tegen het bewind in Teheran met veel 'keizerlijk vlagvertoon'.
This week Meta announced several new features for "Meta Ray-Ban Display" smartglasses:
- A new teleprompter feature for the smart glasses (arriving in a phased rollout)
- The ability to send messages on WhatsApp and Messenger by writing with your finger on any surface. (Available for those who sign up for an "early access" program).
- "Pedestrian navigation" for 32 cities. ("The 28 cities we launched Meta Ray-Ban Display with, plus Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, and Salt Lake City," and with more cities coming soon.)
But they also warned Meta Ray-Ban Display "is a first-of-its-kind product with extremely limited inventory," saying they're delaying international expansion of sales due to inventory constraints — and also due to "unprecedented" demand in the U.S. CNBC reports:
"Since launching last fall, we've seen an overwhelming amount of interest, and as a result, product waitlists now extend well into 2026," Meta wrote in a blog post. Due to "limited" inventory, the company said it will pause plans to launch in the U.K., France, Italy and Canada early this year and concentrate on U.S. orders as it reassesses international availability...
Meta is one of several technology companies moving into the smart glasses market. Alphabet announced a $150 million partnership with Warby Parker in May and ChatGPT maker OpenAI is reportedly working on AI glasses with Apple.
- A new teleprompter feature for the smart glasses (arriving in a phased rollout)
- The ability to send messages on WhatsApp and Messenger by writing with your finger on any surface. (Available for those who sign up for an "early access" program).
- "Pedestrian navigation" for 32 cities. ("The 28 cities we launched Meta Ray-Ban Display with, plus Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, and Salt Lake City," and with more cities coming soon.)
But they also warned Meta Ray-Ban Display "is a first-of-its-kind product with extremely limited inventory," saying they're delaying international expansion of sales due to inventory constraints — and also due to "unprecedented" demand in the U.S. CNBC reports:
"Since launching last fall, we've seen an overwhelming amount of interest, and as a result, product waitlists now extend well into 2026," Meta wrote in a blog post. Due to "limited" inventory, the company said it will pause plans to launch in the U.K., France, Italy and Canada early this year and concentrate on U.S. orders as it reassesses international availability...
Meta is one of several technology companies moving into the smart glasses market. Alphabet announced a $150 million partnership with Warby Parker in May and ChatGPT maker OpenAI is reportedly working on AI glasses with Apple.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
It will be the first medical evacuation from the International space station in its 25-year history. The Guardian reports:
An astronaut in the orbital laboratory reportedly fell ill with a "serious" but undisclosed issue. Nasa also had to cancel its first spacewalk of the year... The agency did not identify the astronaut or the medical problem, citing patient privacy. "Because the astronaut is absolutely stable, this is not an emergent evacuation," [chief health and medical officer Dr. James] Polk said. "We're not immediately disembarking and getting the astronaut down, but it leaves that lingering risk and lingering question as to what that diagnosis is, and that means there is some lingering risk for that astronaut onboard."
"SpaceX says it's Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station is ready to return its four Crew-11 astronauts home in an unprecedented medical evacuation on Jan. 14 and 15," reports Space.com:
The SpaceX statement came on the heels of NASA's announcement that the Crew-11 astronauts were scheduled to undock from the space station on Jan. 14 and splashdown off the coast of California early on Jan. 15. The Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft will return NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke to Earth alongside Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platanov... NASA officials opted for a "controlled medical evacuation" in order to provide the astronaut better treatment on the ground, NASA chief Jared Isaacman has said...
Dr. James Polk, NASA's chief medical officer, has said the medical issue is not an injury to the astronaut afflicted, but rather something related to the prolonged exposure to weighlessness by astronauts living and working on the International Space Station. "It's mostly having a medical issue in the difficult areas of microgravity and the suite of hardware that we operate in," Polk said.
An astronaut in the orbital laboratory reportedly fell ill with a "serious" but undisclosed issue. Nasa also had to cancel its first spacewalk of the year... The agency did not identify the astronaut or the medical problem, citing patient privacy. "Because the astronaut is absolutely stable, this is not an emergent evacuation," [chief health and medical officer Dr. James] Polk said. "We're not immediately disembarking and getting the astronaut down, but it leaves that lingering risk and lingering question as to what that diagnosis is, and that means there is some lingering risk for that astronaut onboard."
"SpaceX says it's Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station is ready to return its four Crew-11 astronauts home in an unprecedented medical evacuation on Jan. 14 and 15," reports Space.com:
The SpaceX statement came on the heels of NASA's announcement that the Crew-11 astronauts were scheduled to undock from the space station on Jan. 14 and splashdown off the coast of California early on Jan. 15. The Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft will return NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke to Earth alongside Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platanov... NASA officials opted for a "controlled medical evacuation" in order to provide the astronaut better treatment on the ground, NASA chief Jared Isaacman has said...
Dr. James Polk, NASA's chief medical officer, has said the medical issue is not an injury to the astronaut afflicted, but rather something related to the prolonged exposure to weighlessness by astronauts living and working on the International Space Station. "It's mostly having a medical issue in the difficult areas of microgravity and the suite of hardware that we operate in," Polk said.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Nadat restaurantketen Vapiano vorig jaar failliet ging, worden nu de twee Rotterdamse vestigingen uitgemest. De hele inboedel van het filiaal aan de Binnenrotte en het filiaal in de Central Plaza wordt geveild. En dat betekent dan ook dat écht alles onder de hamer gaat: van menukaarten tot de pastamachine.
Nadat restaurantketen Vapiano vorig jaar failliet ging, worden nu de twee Rotterdamse vestigingen uitgemest. De hele inboedel van het filiaal aan de Binnenrotte en het filiaal in de Central Plaza wordt geveild. En dat betekent dan ook dat écht alles onder de hamer gaat: van menukaarten tot de pizzaoven.
Na matige resultaten voor de winterstop greep de directie van AZ in: twee assistent-trainers moesten weg, twee nieuwe aanvallers kwamen erbij. De 1-0 gewonnen wedstrijd tegen FC Volendam geeft nog weinig garantie op een betere tweede seizoenshelft.
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Driving home after Christmas (sorry Chris) and getting ill.
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