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Apple's annual conference for developers is set to go ahead in a digital-only format in 2022. Even if you're not planning on uploading a new crypto-trading app to the iOS Store anytime soon, there will still be plenty of important announcements to keep an eye out for.

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming Apple WWDC.

The WWDC will take place from 7-11 June. The keynote presentation will take place on 7 June, at 3am AEST.

You'll be able to catch the WWDC keynote live via the Apple TV+ app, on Apple's website or on its YouTube channel, where it will almost certainly be uploaded upon completion, for those of you who aren't completely nocturnal.

Here are the software reveals you're likely to see announced at Apple WWDC 2022. Keep in mind, generally when something is unveiled at WWDC, it enters a beta phase for developers and is not available to the public for some time.

The WWDC's headline reveal will be iOS 16. It is expected to be available on the iPhone 7 and beyond, and may feature AR/VR integration to prepare for an upcoming Apple Headset. Car crash detection that automatically contacts emergency services has also been rumoured.

Apple's mobile operating systems were split up in 2019, and have been steadily diverging ever since. We're likely to see iPad OS trend even more strongly in the direction of MacOS, including greater incorporation of Apple mice.

Rumours have also circulated that high-powered multimedia software like Xcode, Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro will finally be making their way to the iPad with this update, but only tablets with the M1 chip. At this point, that's only the Pro models.

The follow-up to MacOS 13, or Monterey, is an exciting prospect indeed. Apple's developers have now had years to create an operating system that maximises everything the glorious M1 chip can do, which should mean ultra-fast performance. Other than that, there isn't much reporting on any major changes coming in this update, but Apple could certainly surprise us.

Apple has trademarked the name "Mammoth", which would be in keeping with the trend of naming MacOS software after Californian landmarks.

watchOS 9 is expected to be unveiled at WWDC, but reports suggest it will be a modest update at best. The major rumour following tvOS 16 the software that runs on Apple TVs is "game mode", which will include a bevy of gaming features and a gaming-focussed remote. Triple A developers would surely love to get a crack at the M1 Pro chip, which could be a big element of tvOS 16.

Grab a great price on an Apple product so you'll be ready to run this exciting new software as soon as it becomes available.

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My 1TB SanDisk Exteme Pro SD card says you're wrong I will probably switch from the microSDXC SD card when they will invent the swappable micro SSD.Cloud storage is spying on your data, investigates it, needs internet connection, requires downloading and uploading, doesn't work in airplane mode basically anywhere on the planet like the SD card which is, get this, instant access to your data!Go along and buy an iPhone, because clearly you aren't into tech or programming. Default users are the worst!

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AlienKiss, 07 Apr 2022Your thinking doesn't apply to everyone. I for example, am only interested in high-end fl... moreYou shall buy Sony phones then, which you wont, because u think SD card slot is useless.

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AlienKiss, 07 Apr 2022Your thinking doesn't apply to everyone. I for example, am only interested in high-end fl... moreLol, I wonder what you are going to do when no phone will have SD card slot. Like phone companies will care that you are protesting about this, haha. Just use internal storage of the phone, cloud services or external drives if you really have so much information to store. And stop complaining about things that dont require complaining about. You do realise that in the near future smartphones will be port less no? That means no sim card slot, no usb charging port, no sd card.

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AlienKiss, 07 Apr 2022Your thinking doesn't apply to everyone. I for example, am only interested in high-end fl... moreI agree with you.

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Andri , 06 Apr 2022No! It's a premium segment. People who can afford sh.t. Same people that can afford highe... moreYour thinking doesn't apply to everyone. I for example, am only interested in high-end flagships (no mid-range phones) that have the SD card slot. I do have other criterias as well, but the SD card slot dictates if I'm interested in a phone or not. If it's not present, I completely loose any interest in it, no matter how excellent are the rest of the specs.And again, don't bring up the speeds because they are absolutely irrelevant. Nobody installs apps on the SD card or boots android from it (even though you can if you want)Again: No SD card slot = NO BUY! I don't care if the phone transforms into a ufo and flies to Mars! No SD card slot = NO BUY!The majority of the Note users agree with me on this one, trust me!

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Do people get paid for lying and spreading fake info here? Jeez..

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Anonymous, 06 Apr 2022Just got the S22 2 weeks ago and I love this phone. It's a nice upgrade from the S20. T... moreI have exactly opposite feeling. Bought S22 but returned it after a week, horrible battery life ~4h screen on time. Back to my S20 5G and even it's 2 years old battery is really good 5h screen on time. I feel cheated by Samsung, S22 felt like a downgrade. Especially the 8GB of ram compared to 12GB in S20 was noticeable.

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Still ise s21u and didabled kots of bloatwares in it ,i dont want s22u and doing disabling again ,will wait for s23u

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Anonymous, 06 Apr 2022Just got the S22 2 weeks ago and I love this phone. It's a nice upgrade from the S20. T... moreWell, S20 is a pretty low bar to be used as a yardstick...

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The sales off S22Ultra outtakes the s22.

Beyond laughable, that the s22 has only 8gb Ram in 2022.

12gb is standard, especially Android requires lot off Ram.

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Anonymous, 06 Apr 2022I think his phrase is incomplete. Those features are really what made Samsung stand out in the... moreNo! It's a premium segment. People who can afford sh.t. Same people that can afford higher memory configuration, top quality tws, cloud storage etc. So no, nobody bought galaxy s series cause its still had a jack. Processor, screen, innovation, reliability, market leadership,smart marketing, service and support, a peace of mind.. It was that.

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Just got the S22 2 weeks ago and I love this phone. It's a nice upgrade from the S20. This is by far the best phone on the market today. Choose Samsung over iPhone anytime. Gonna be interesting to see the S24 when the time comes. Highly recommend the S22 phone.

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Andri , 06 Apr 2022The cheapest phones in existence had removable battery, sd card, and 3.5 jack. So those are no... moreI think his phrase is incomplete. Those features are really what made Samsung stand out in the PREMIUM segment, before they turned into Scamsung, selling ripped-off devices for mega expensive (proof is here with sales declining).

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I don't want to burst your bubble, but I got into the Art School - Photo/Video section with a scholarship (that means I didn't pay for anything) with photos made ONLY with an old HTC phone. No DSLR or anything similar. I didn't even knew how to take a photo with a DSLR before that.My point is that you don't need a professional camera to take professional photos. That's a myth that bad photographers invented.Also, after I was accepted, the photo teacher really hated me because I wasn't using expensive equipment and I was never taking photos of almost naked girls or sunsets . He's a commercial prostitute if you ask me and clearly he's got nothing in mind but money, not art.What I can confirm is that EVERYONE, including pro photographers are still using the SD card in every camera, professional or not. My 1TB SD card is simply WOW and I use it just for backup and storage purposes. Speed is IRRELEVANT for that. And it's not like I spend every day transferring files :)) Don't be a hater just because you are not using the SD card. Peace!

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The baker, 05 Apr 2022It is not GOS, it is the poor battery life, the Exynos and the unrefined software with all the... moresell it when you still can! I luckily realized my S22 has super poor battery(4h SoT) and returned it directly to samsung. But seeing second hand almost new S22 price dropped like 20% in one month i dont see bright future for S22 series. People are selling them fast to get rid of the problem.

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Anonymous, 06 Apr 2022Yes, I am disappointed they keep removing features that made Samsung stand out. #1 Removable b... moreThe cheapest phones in existence had removable battery, sd card, and 3.5 jack. So those are not features that made Samsung Can't believe at peoples stupidity.

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Even with GOS limiting phone speed, with power saving mod on, dark mode, 60Hz and no 5G all i could get is 4:50h screen on time. With everything on thats around 4h. These phones are a joke from consumers.

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Yes, I am disappointed they keep removing features that made Samsung stand out. #1 Removable battery #2 Expandable storage #3 Headphone jack #4 Internal storage is too low #5 Never asked for hole punched screens

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Bulgarian customer, 05 Apr 2022Failing? I pre-ordered on the 10th of February and I'm yet to receive a call to go get my... moreI have preordered on the last possible day of the free galaxy buds promo period and A1 have delivered s22 about 2 weeks ago.

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I returned my S22 because of poor battery life. Imagine my 2-year old S20 has better battery!! Btw i live in China and stupid Samsung stores keep their phones default navigation setting with 3 navigation buttons instead of gestures. 100% of chinese competitors default setting are gestures. Samsung feels outdated with 3 navigation buttons.

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Before we start the day, its almost second-nature to whip out our phones and open the weather app to see if you should grab an umbrella or sunglasses. But some scientists have created software that allows you to tell an app what the local weather is like instead.

Researchers at ETH Zurich collaborated with the European Space Agency to build Camaliot, an app that uses a smartphones location data to improve live weather forecasting research. Launched on March 17, the crowdsourcing platform allows the public to participate in culling information and helps scientists create better ways to monitor the skies. Currently, the app is only available for Android devices.

Camaliot essentially turns your phone into a receiver for weather monitoring data. The app uses mobile technology to gather large bundles of raw data from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), a constellation of satellites that provides geo-spatial positioning data, better known as GPS. When these satellite signals beam the GPS data down to Earth, the time it takes for it to reach receivers on the ground (like your phones) can be used to detect the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. The more time it takes for the data to travel means that there could be more water vapor in the air slowing down the signal.

While the app is running, these water-altered signals are then passed on Camaliots servers in Switzerland, to eventually be used in machine learning algorithms that are programmed to make weather predictions, like rainfall. As the data passes through a brewing rainstorm, and is slowed by the moisture, the AI gains insight into the amount of rain in the area through the data uploaded.

The app can also be used to improve forecasts even beyond the planets atmosphere. Because GNSS data can also be used in low-earth orbit, Camaliots data can help scientists build space weather predictions, a vital feature considering that cosmic events like solar flares can cause damage to our satellites and communication networks.

[Related: How harpoons, magnets, and ion blasts could help us clean up space junk]

Because Apples iOS system restrictions prevent Camaliot from getting access to raw GPS data, the app is not currently available for iPhones or desktop systems. However, it is freely available across 50 Android devices, and can be downloaded from the Google Play store.

Current weather monitoring and forecasting models can be expensive and have varying levels of accuracy. So, the team at ETH Zurich thought of tapping into the powerful, compact machines that billions of people now carry in their pockets. Smartphones open up new opportunities for space weather researchers, says Benedikt Soja, project scientist for Camaliot.

Traditionally, if you use GPS measurements for atmospheric sciences, then these are only recorded at very selected sites all over the world, says Soja, who is also an assistant professor of space geodesy at ETH Zurich. And there are a lot of big gaps in the network of these GPS stations.

A single station can cost thousands of dollars and is positioned in just one spot above Earth. Meanwhile, cell phones are capable of providing geolocational data on a global scale 24/7casting a much wider web of Earths local weather phenomena than faraway satellites.

But relying on smartphones comes with a hitch. During the first few days of its crowdsourcing campaign, the app experienced multiple server crashes, in part due to the sheer volume of people logging in to contribute their data. (Site crashes and bandwidth failures are a common occurrence with large crowdsourcing projects). Now, in the second month of its four-month campaign, the app has more than 9,000 users and upwards of 9 billion GNSS measurements have been made so far.

To see just how easy it was to join in on the weather data collecting, I was curious enough to try Camaliot myself. Heres what I found out:

After downloading the app and creating an account, Camaliots home page recommends that you find a flat surface near a window, but anywhere with a clear view of the sky to set your device down on will do just fine. I set my phone down near the window in my living room, which typically gets a nice, clear view of the sky most nights. Clicking the start logging button will begin the session, and the app will start measuring your phones GNSS information based on quality and distribution, or the number of observations your phone has collected so far. You can run sessions for a few seconds to hours, it doesnt matter how long you leave it on. When youd like to wrap up, you can click the stop logging button to end the data collection.

Then users have the choice of uploading that data immediately, or later on. If they choose the latter, the information is saved on their device until they do decide to share it. Keep in mind, the data files are saved to your phones storage, so if you dont have a lot of space on your phone, you might want to send the info sooner rather than later. I did notice, though, that Camaliot takes up much less space than my other apps, a mere 52 megabytes compared to Instagram apps 221 megabytes. The app also hosts a leaderboard, which is a pretty entertaining feature where users can see how their uploaded data captures stack up in comparison to the number of measurements others have collected.

While it would be possible to collect satellite information without some of the bells and whistles that make the app so user-friendly, Soja says that taking a more interactive approach encourages people to join in and stay actively involved with the project.

[Related: 9 cool ways your family can help scientists collect data]

If there is some element of gamification, then it really increases the interaction, and the likelihood that the people will gather more data significantly, says Soja. At the time of this writing, my own rank wasnt anything to write home about. Whether trying to surpass other users or fatten up my own score, I have to admit that the added competition makes using the app compelling, in a fun, yet nerdy way. And for those committed to beating the competition, you can win prizes. The people who gather a significant amount of data can take home Amazon vouchers and new phones.

Although plans to extend the app are still in the works, Soja says he imagines crowdsourced, citizen science projects will become widespread in more research fields beyond space weather as time goes on.

Even though our project isnt finished, we would like to keep the app running and still contribute to better forecasts with the data, he says. According to Soja, overall success would be seeing their data being used in larger prediction models often seen on news and weather channels.

In truth, we may still be years out from creating humanitys most accurate space monitoring tool, but for now, wellheres an app for that.

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Its the most famous penis in the world. Clean-shaven, uncut and decidedly smaller than Tommy Lee, Milton Berle and Rasputin and yet, it has a girthier reach than any of them. Viewed by more than 200,000 people on a monthly basis, its become the subject of countless Reddit threads and Twitter posts. Its also had remarkable staying power, remaining at the top of the schlong heap for a solid decade. But despite its penile infamy, we have no idea who it belongs to.

Im talking, of course, about the guy whose penis is on the Wikipedia page for penis or, more specifically, the pages for both penis and human penis. The image was uploaded by a user named Coastone on April 29, 2012, and the dick pic was put up as the lead image for human penis the very next day. In short order, Wikipedia moderators decided that this dick was the perfect specimen to represent every penis on Earth.

Over the next decade, many other penises would challenge that status, but theyd only dethrone Coastones for a few hours or minutes before his inevitable reinstatement. On its own, thats pretty impressive, but if you take Wikipedias rather turbulent penis history into account, Coastones longevity is downright legendary.

In keeping with Wikipedias basic principles of allowing anyone to edit entries, the site maintains a meticulous archive of every single change made to every single one of its pages. To date, the penis page has had 8,440 different versions, and each can be found in the view history section of the page. The very first version of the penis page was created on November 8, 2001, some 10 months after Wikipedia launched. It had no pictures whatsoever, and provided just the most basic info on penises.

As noted by Slate, which reported on Wikipedias penis page back in 2014, on January, 30, 2003, the first visual representation of a penis was added to the page by user GrandVoivodOfErdely. It looked like this:

Just 14 minutes later though, the vandalism was taken down.

A similar thing happened on July, 13, 2003, when an anonymous user uploaded the first actual image to the page. The image, though, was of George Washington:

Wikipedias penis page looked like this for exactly one minute before being reverted back to its previous version. Strangely, it seems that Washingtons pioneer spirit somehow inhabited Wikipedias penis page that day, because just hours later, several actual dick pics the first ever to appear on the page would be uploaded by user BL~enwiki. They werent considered vandalism either. They were simple, medical-looking, black-and-white images, and theyd remain on the page for months before being replaced by clearer photos.

None of these images were the lead image, though that top picture you see when you first click on a Wikipedia page. Instead, they were further down in the details section. Over the next 19 years, lots and lots of penises would compete for space in this section usually, they were uploaded by guys surrendering their own dicks to the public domain. Most of them would be quickly removed as one moderator once hilariously noted in the discussion page, At this time Wikipedia does not need any more human genitalia images. On occasion, however, some pictures would stay up for years at a time these were the ones moderators believed to have encyclopedic value.

But while the ups and downs of the penile images on the page are important, the most important penis there is definitely the lead image. Again, its the first thing people see when they arrive on a Wikipedia page, and its no doubt the dick they think of when they think about the Wikipedia penis. To that end, the first lead image on the Wikipedia penis page appeared on May 9, 2004. It was an encyclopedic medical drawing uploaded by a user named Raul654.

Aside from the occasional prank, medical drawings would remain at the top of the page until May 3, 2008, when a user named Bobisbob decided that hed had enough with the cheap imitators he wanted the real thing (or the whole hog, if you will). He added an image of a caucasian man and labeled it semi-erect circumcised penis. But Bob was quickly met with opposition by other editors, who criticized the addition and reverted the image back to the diagram. Bob refused to give up, though. Next, he uploaded dick pic after dick pic, despite other users taking them down and calling the images the worst possible insult on Wikipedia: un-encyclopedic.

Other moderators would also accuse Bob of uploading his own images. While thats certainly possible, it appears that Bob was uploading different penis pics each time some of which were circumcised, some of which were not; so its unlikely all of them were his. As opposed to the cheap thrill many seem to get from adding their own dick pic to Wikipedia, Bob probably saw this as a noble cause. In one comment, he even wrote, Why not have a picture of the real thing, [is] that so bad?

For an entire month, Bob went back and forth with other moderators, arguing that a photo of a penis was better than a diagram, and finally, they relented (though they declined to use any of the pictures Bob had put forth). Instead, on June 6, 2008, user Nandesuka posted a slightly blurry black-and-white photograph that labeled different parts of the penis.

For two whole months, Bob let it go, but in August 2008, he began insisting that the lead image be in color and that it have no labels, explaining that labeled penis pics should go in the details section. He kept up the fight for more than a year, uploading different color pictures every so often, only to have them removed and replaced with the black-and-white photo.

Bob relented in September 2009, but the days were numbered for the black-and-white photo anyway. On February 24, 2010, a user named Yestadae posted a color image of a man with blond pubic hair. The image, which doesnt appear to be a picture of Yestadae, was from a German user named Polarstern, which translates to North Star in English. After a weeklong discussion between moderators about which image was better, it was decided that Polarsterns was superior.

But Polarsterns reign as the penile North Star was limited, too. In December 2010, the penis page which was always very human-centric was split into two pages, one for general penises and the other for human penises, specifically. Following this, the lead image for the original penis page became a bunch of jars of whale penises, and then later on, an elephant penis.

Polarstern became the lead image for the new human penis page, but it wasnt without controversy. In the discussion threads, Polarstern clearly being a white man given his blond, unkempt pubic hair was a big topic of conversation. Namely: Why not use a penis picture with more racial ambiguity to it?

The answer came in the form of Coastones dick or whats most likely Coastones dick, as it was labeled as own work on its details page, which means its his, or someone who he got permission from. Coastones penis was uncircumcised, had a somewhat darker skin tone and was posted by user Pontmarcheur on April 30, 2012. Pontmarcheur posted this image just one day after it was uploaded to Wikipedia, which, to me, heavily implies that theyre the same guy. Either way, no one seemed to mind.

Pontmarcheur argued that this new penis could belong to almost any race, and that it reduces the controversy around having a white man represent everyone. And unlike the long discussions that were had in the past over such changes, the moderators came to the consensus that Coastones member was the winner in a single day. The photo has remained as the lead image for the human penis page ever since.

On April 30, 2022, Coastone will celebrate 10 years on the throne, an accomplishment both he and Pontmarcheur assuming theyre not the same guy should be proud of. After all, the last decade has been a turbulent one for the entire world. There was COVID, there was an insurrection and there were more than a few wars. Yet, through it all, theres been one steady thing we could count on, one reliable member we could always turn to: The penis on the Wikipedia human penis page.

Brian VanHooker is a staff writer at MEL specializing in pop culture, food (especially pizza) and long form oral histories. He is the co-creator of the comic book "Barnum & Elwood" and "The Tramp," a comedy pilot starring John O'Hurley. He also hosts a TMNT interview podcast called "Turtle Tracks" and was once called a "Good Guy" by Mr. T.

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The Honor MagicBook 16 likely wont be on the radar for many folks in the western market given the brand is more commonly associated with mobile phones than computers, but if youre looking for a large, budget-friendly laptop then you should stop and take a moment to absorb this review.

Honor used to be a part of the Huawei brand until they split back in 2020 (likely to get around strict anti-Chinese imports affecting Huawei in countries like the USA), and as such Honor laptops still have a few similarities with the devices from its old parent company. If you know anything about Huawei laptops though, this isnt a bad thing as most of the cons surrounding buying one comes from their regional availability and app support, which are two things Honor has (mostly) managed to avoid thanks to the split.

As a result, Honor laptops can offer some fantastic features on a budget, making them a great choice for students and anyone else keeping an eye on their cash (see our best student laptops guide for more budget friendly options). The MagicBook 16 is no exception to this, being packed full of some of the latest (and powerful) components while keeping costs in the mid-range. Although bear in mind that it's currently not available in the US or Australia.

Is it the most powerful system on the market, worth of including in our most powerful laptops guide? No, not by any stretch, but its large size, decent port selection and affordability mean it's a great buy for anyone looking to get started with various creative applications across talents like video editing, graphic design and digital illustration.

Its main downfall as a suitable laptop for creatives is the lack of a discrete graphics card, with it instead using the integrated Radeon graphics from its AMD Ryzen 5 processor, but this will only be an issue if youre trying to run applications that really need all that additional power. Generally speaking though, devices created specifically for the creative market will be better optimised for more demanding work but you wont get much selection at the same price point as the Honor MagicBook 16.

Laptops that do contain a full mobile GPU can get expensive pretty quickly, and the MagicBook 16 proves itself to be capable of running apps like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve with few issues so its still a great choice for creatives who wont need to use graphically demanding programs for things like 3D modelling.

If you have more of a budget to play with then it's worth checking out our list of the best laptop for graphic design, and the best computer for video editing, which have more powerful devices that are better suited to running demanding applications. For those who have fallen in love with the Honor MagicBook 16s charm though, read on to find out more.

You can buy the Honor MagicBook 16 for 850 direct from the Honor website with some interesting discounted add-ons (such as an Honor Band 6 watch or Honor Earbuds 2 Lite) and freebies (an Honor backpack for you to store the device), though theres a limited selection of available regions to ship to. As such, you cant buy the laptop direct from the Honor website if youre based in the US or Australia.

Spec Sheet

Here is the Honor MagicBook 16 (2022) configuration we reviewed:CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600HGraphics: Integrated AMD RadeonRAM: 16GB DDR4Screen: 16.1-inch FHD, 144HzStorage: 512GB NVMe PCIe SSDPorts: 2 x USB 3.2 type C, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, 1 x HDMI, 1 x 3.5mm audio jack Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2Camera: 720pWeight: 4.04 pounds / 1.84KgSize: 0.71 x 9.29 x 14.48 inches / 18.2 x 236 x 368mm

In fact, we couldnt find it available anywhere for the US market so if you had your heart set on this particular laptop youd need to find a way to ship it over from the UK or China, which will quickly make it unnecessarily expensive. We wouldnt suggest this, so instead try another budget-friendly creative laptop such as the Asus Vivobook range.

The price is fixed as theres only one configuration available, that being with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600H processor, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage which is great if you dont want to mess around with optimisations, but not ideal for anyone who wanted to configure things like RAM or storage to better suit their needs.

For comparison, the base model of the MacBook Pro 16-inch with the M1 Max chip will set you back $3,499 / 3,299, which is considered to be one of the best laptops for tasks like audio mixing and video editing, and the beloved, budget-friendly (for a Macbook at least) MacBook Air comes in at $999 / 999.

Powering the Honor MagicBook 16 is an AMD Ryzen 5 5600H processor with integrated AMD Radeon Graphics, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. The lack of a dedicated graphics card means its not ideal for anything thats graphically demanding, such as 3D modelling or PC gaming, but there are plenty of creative applications that lean more on its capable CPU. Its also well suited for general day-to-day tasks like browsing the web, making video calls and typing out documents.

We were able to edit images on Photoshop easily enough, and while video editing was much slower than on something like a MacBook Pro 16-inch, it got the job done and didnt get too warm in the process.

Digital illustration was a breeze too, with Clip Studio Paint running with no noticeable lag. Still, we wouldnt recommend this if you need something that has some heavy lifting to do in applications like Maya or Blender - itll run them, you just wont enjoy how they run.

Windows 11 is the new operating system running on the MagicBook 16 in 2022, so you wont need to update from Windows 10 yourself during setup. Its plenty fast and looks modern to boot which certainly helps give the laptop a more premium feel, though theres not a huge jump in benefits for everyday users.

The 56Wh battery is fairly capable, lasting around 7 hours and 27 minutes in a looped video test and just under that at 7 hours and 3 minutes in a productivity benchmark that simulates a typical office workday.

There are plenty of laptops on the market that will last much longer, but its hard to find one at the same price that offers similar features. Its admirable, but not being able to last a full 8-hour workday is going to be an issue for Students and creatives who dont like to anxiously keep an eye out for power outlets.

Youre getting a webcam, though like many other laptops on the market, this is only capable of 720p. Its perfectly fine for work meetings or Zoom calls with your family and friends, but you wont want to record any videos for broadcasting on it. The sensor is also on the weak side, so theres a fair bit of background noise (the static-like fuzz that appears) because it cant cope with dim light conditions, so try and face a window or light source to improve this.

The Honor MagicBook 16 is ideal for anyone who needs a sizable screen on a budget, with a screen-to-body ratio of 87.3%. The resolution is Full HD (1920 x1080p), with 137 PPI and a peak brightness of 300nits. For comparison, the MacBook Air (2020) can achieve 400 nits and costs slightly more at $999 / 999.

The brightness is a little disappointing honestly as youll struggle to work in a brightly lit environment like being outside on a sunny day, but it works fine if you only plan on using it indoors and it does at least have a matte coating, which should help with reducing glare if youre sat by a bright window.

The aspect ratio is 16:9, which is still the standard, but were seeing more and more laptops released these days with a larger 16:10 ratio for enhanced productivity, so this may become a tad dated over the next few years. Colour accuracy isnt perfect, with the MagicBook 16 capable of producing 95.9% of the sRGB colour gamut and has a contrast ratio of 891:1, but this is ample for those who just started a creative hobby or course.

While the rest of the display feels a little underwhelming, youre getting a 144Hz refresh rate which isnt just nice to have given it feels much smoother than a 60Hz display, but it also has some benefits for gamers and video editors too. This can drain the battery, but you can manually drop this down to 72Hz in the Windows 11 advanced display settings menu if youre conscious of the device's power consumption or simply want to extend its battery life away from a power outlet.

That 144Hz refresh rate is great, but feels like it needs a little extra power if you want to make the most out of it. The integrated AMD Radeon graphics do a decent job, but a Pro model of the Honor MagicBook 16 is planned to release with an Nvidia RTX 3050 GPU which could provide a boost, though this doesnt currently have a price or release date.

The Honor MagicBook 16 isnt a small laptop, measuring in at 18.2 x 236 x 368mm and weighing 1.84kg. Sure, its on the larger size but thats just another benefit for creatives and students who want that extra real estate.

It only comes in one colour, Space Grey, which is nice enough and makes the laptop feel a little more expensive than it actually is thanks to being made from matte aluminium. This is also something we see from Huawei products so despite being separated from its parent company you can enjoy a similar vibe if you really dont want to buy from Huawei. Despite its size, it also fits into a standard satchel bag or rucksack just fine, and we managed to carry it around for a day without feeling it was unusually heavy.

The keyboard isnt anything to write home about. The keys are well-spaced if a little snug but this was easy to adjust to, and the keyboard is fully illuminated for when you need to type in a dimly lit environment.

Down each side of the keyboard, youll find upwards facing speakers, with the power button built into the right-hand side one. This doubles as a fingerprint scanner and its location away from the main keyboard mean youre unlikely to accidentally press it.

The trackpad is located underneath the keyboard and is very responsive and easy to use. Youll have an easier time using a wireless mouse or even a graphics drawing tablet if youre wanting to give digital illustration or photo editing a try, but for day-to-day web browsing and general use, the touchpad does an ample job.

Where many laptops these days have started to ditch ports, you actually get a decent selection on the Honor MagicBook 16, such as a full-sized HDMI, two USB 3.2s, two USB-Cs and a 3.5mm headphone and microphone jack. Sadly youre still missing ports like Ethernet and an SD card slot which would have been good for quickly uploading photographs from a digital camera, but its not a terrible selection.

Theres no Thunderbolt connection, but thats a technology restricted to Intel devices so its unsurprising that the AMD-powred MagicBook 16 lacks this feature. Still, the available ports mean that you can use it alongside a display drawing tablet (as these typically require an HDMI connection alongside either a USB-A or USB-C), which makes it a decent budget choice for graphic designers as well as photographers and digital illustrators.

The Honor MagicBook 16 (2022) isnt going to win any 'best of' awards, but it is a great all-rounder that caters well to creatives on a tight budget. That 144Hz display means its a joy to use, with a smooth framerate in daily use simply browsing the web, as well as in very low-demand games. It also offers a wide selection of ports for all the peripherals you might need for your craft, though the lack of an SD port is a disappointment.

Battery life is decent, but could afford to be better given AMD-powered laptops are usually known for offering exceptional battery life, which follows the same theme of the Honor MagicBook 16 being a resounding okay. Everything from the webcam, to performance, is middling, neither good nor bad and as such its unlikely to knock your socks off, but it is ideal if youre a student or someone who doesnt need a high-performing laptop. Although patchy availability means that not everyone will be able to get their hands on it.

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August Alsina Net Worth is estimated to be 4 million dollars. August Alsina is an American music artist. YouTube videos of him singing began appearing in 2007 and hes since made several popular albums. While his debut mixtape came out in 2012, he followed it up with a single and still another mixtape in 2013. Following this, Alsina signed with Def Jam Records and released his first EP in August of 2013. August Alsina Net Worth is estimated to be 4 million dollars. For his first studio album, Testimony (2014), which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and number one on the US R & B/Hip-Hop charts, he spawned three songs from the EP.

As of 2015, Augusts second studio album, This Thing Called Life, has been certified double platinum in the United States. I Luv This Shit (featuring Trinidad James) was certified Platinum and peaked at number four in R&B on the US Billboard Hot 100. No Love (with Nicki Minaj) and Ghetto (featuring Richie Home Quan) are other well-known Alsini songs (featuring B.o.B and Yo Gotti).

August Anthony Alsina Jr. was born on September 3, 1992, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to parents August and Anthony Alsina. August Alsina Jr. is the eldest of four children born to August Alsina, Sr., and Sheila Alsina. Lauryn Hills performance in Sister Act 2 motivated August to begin uploading YouTube videos at the age of 14. On the heels of the death of Alsina Srfather .s in December of 2005, Alsinas mother relocated the entire family to Houston, TX, hoping for a fresh start. Before his older brother, Melvin was killed in 2010, August wanted to go to Atlanta with his younger brother, Alsina.

His first official mixtape, The Product, was released in April 2012, followed by August Alsina University, Throwback, and August Alsina (August 2012). (September 2012). August released I Luv This Shit in January 2013 and The Product 2 in May of the same year. Downtown: Life Under the Gun was released in August 2013 and Hell on Earth was premiered in September, respectively. His Gold-certified hit Ghetto was the most added tune to urban radio the week it began airplay.

A single off Augusts planned debut album, Testimony, was released in April 2014 to excellent reviews and sold 67,000 copies in its first week. The song Make It Home (with Young Jeezy) was released in January 2014. I Luv This Shit, Numb, No Love (which was certified Platinum), Kissin on My Tattoos, and Ghetto were some of the albums most popular singles. Testimony Live Tour and Ushers The UR Experience Tour followed later in the year.

After the success of Testimony, August released This Thing Called Life in December 2015, which yielded the singles Hip Hop, Song Cry, Why I Do It (with Lil Wayne), Dreamer, and Been Around the World (featuring Chris Brown). Hip-Hop premiered during the BET Awards in June 2015, and the album sold 41,000 copies in its first week. A year after he started writing his third album, Alsina released the singles Drugs, Lonely, and Dont Matter. In June 2020, the album was released and reached No. 9 on the US R&B Chart and No. 4 on the US Independent Albums Chart, respectively.

It was also released in February 2019, and in July 2020, August released the single Entanglements (which is about Alsinas relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith) and it climbed to the top of the US R&B charts, where it peaked at No. 7. Aside from DJ Khaleds Hold You Down (2014), Gold Slugs (2015), and Do You Mind (2016), August has been on tracks by Kevin Gates and Flo Rida as well as Young Jeezy, Keyshia Cole, Meek Mill, Rick Ross, and Young Thug.

Life outside of work: In 2018, after Chandra, his nieces Chaylin, Amaiya, and Kaydens mother, died of cancer, August took up the role of a legal guardian for the three. When Melvin, the brother of Chandra, was murdered in 2010, Chandra was engaged to Melvins sister, Alsina.

As of June 2020, August said that Will Smith had permitted him to begin a relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith. When Jada appeared on Red Table Talk in July, she revealed that she had dated Alsina during her divorce from Will 4 1/2 years previously.

For three days, August remained unconscious after collapsing onstage at a 2014 concert because of an auto-immune condition that affects his liver. His eye illness was forcing him to go blind, so he got surgery in 2015. After waking up one day with no legs, Alsina said in an Instagram video of the same year that he had been hospitalized for treatment.

At the 2014 BET Awards, August took home the Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Award for Best New Artist and the Best Male R&B/Pop Artist award for Best Collaboration for I Luv This Shit in 2014 and No Love (Remix) in 2015. In 2014, Alsina was nominated for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist at the Soul Train Music Awards.

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Statistically speaking, its not very likely to be filmed without your consent in public and end up as the unwitting star (or villain) of a viral post. For the most part, if youre picking your nose on the tube, doing the robot at a techno night, or engaging in whatever mildly eccentric behaviour might attract the attention of a citizen vigilante with a smartphone, the chances are youll get away with it. The internet is flooded with new content every second, and its relatively rare for something to break through and attract wider attention (even if this happens to some poor soul every day). But its possible to be afraid of events that will likely never occur, and its possible for that fear to seep into everything you do, manifesting itself in subtle shifts of thought processes and behaviours, until you find yourself living as though youre subject to online scrutiny even when you are out in the world.

There is no escape from the internet today, because even if you decide to respect everyones privacy, theres no guarantee that they will do the same for you. Its legal to film other people in public, which means weve never really had the right to privacy in public spaces. But thanks to the proliferation of new technologies, such as smartphones and CCTV, we are now constantly haunted by the spectre of surveillance, which has a profoundly impoverishing effect on our own wellbeing and the culture at large. As long as we are not harming others, we should be able to be weird, intoxicated, and embarrassing in public without the threat of viral infamy. Thats not to say that people should have the right to harass women or embark on racist rants without consequences, but the bar for when its acceptable to film other people without their consent needs to become much higher than it is currently. Violating someones privacy in this way is usually a far more antisocial act than whatever behaviour is being captured; it needs to become taboo.

When people talk about surveillance culture, they imagine it as a top-down phenomenon; the kind of brutal repression depicted in 1984; something which is perpetrated against us by the state, unscrupulous media companies, and multinational tech corporations. There are good reasons for this: London has the highest number of CCTV cameras anywhere in the world outside of China, and the British state has been implicated in a number of surveillance scandals, from GCHQs mass spying on the population at large to the polices targeting of activist groups and social justice movements. Its also no secret that tech companies like Facebook and Google are mining our data and using our private experiences as raw material to sell to third parties. But we are not simply passive victims of surveillance culture: we are perpetuating it ourselves all the time. Todays emerging surveillance culture is unprecedented, writes David Lyon in The Culture of Surveillance: Watching as a Way of Life. A key feature is that people actively participate in and attempt to regulate their own surveillance and the surveillance of others. If youve ever logged into a burner account to check someones Instagram Story, or snapped a sly pic of someone on the bus before sending it to the group chat, you have engaged in surveillance. Even by uploading images and personal details from our own lives, we are facilitating our own surveillance, however enthusiastically we may be doing so.

These minor acts of surveillance arent always sinister (glancing at an exs Instagram is hardly Orwellian), but they do feed into a culture that is already having adverse consequences both online and in the real world. Because the possibility of being surveilled is now ever-present, we start to modify our own behaviour. We become inhibited, we self-censor, we begin to view ourselves as though looking from the outside. This is known as the chilling effect, something which can spill out from the internet and impact our offline lives. The negative impacts on freedoms are largely consistent with other forms of surveillance, Dr Ben Marder, senior lecturer in marketing at Edinburgh University and the co-author of the definitive study into this phenomenon, tells Dazed. However, its largely more omnipresent given mobile recording devices are everywhere, and this will only get worse with new technology such as Metas Ray-Ban glasses. The negative impacts arent just felt if content were to go viral (which is relatively rare), it could be just a couple of key connections who may see it, such as family members or employers.

Feeling self-conscious when youre dancing at the club because someone might film you would be an example of the extended chilling effect. Waking up after a heavy night with a vague sense of dread that your escapades have found their way online might be a consequence of failing to alter your behaviour but nonetheless being aware of the possibility of having been surveilled. Most of us will have experienced these things to some degree or another. For some, it leads to an almost debilitating level of self-consciousness when out in public. You can fine-tune your emotional response to surveillance culture, but you cannot opt-out of it entirely. Even if you delete all of your accounts and throw your phone down a well, you will still be at the mercy of other people.

The negative impacts arent just felt if content were to go viral... it could be just a couple of key connections who may see it, such as family members or employers Dr Ben Marder

Frankly, some people do deserve to be surveilled: if youre screaming racist abuse on the tube, I struggle to care about your right to privacy, whatever I might feel about the underlying principle. So filming someone who is being genuinely abusive or violent might be an instance where surveillance culture is morally justifiable, but whether its effective is a different question. Despite an upsurge in viral videos of people being racist or harassing women and queer people in public, there has been no corresponding drop in rates of these offences. If people want to surveil violent bigots or misogynists, then fair enough, and its true that racist police officers have been brought to justice as a result of being filmed by members of the public. But it would be a mistake to assume that surveillance culture makes people safer on a day-to-day basis or tackles the underlying problems in a meaningful way. Its also fairly common to see footage of such incidents taken by bystanders who whipped out their phones at the first sign of trouble but otherwise did not intervene. At times like this, surveillance becomes a substitute for action.

Often, the negative effects of surveillance culture seem to far outweigh the positives. Every week I see a video go viral of an individual or a group of people having harmless fun and this almost always results in a torrent of abuse: bizarre assumptions, censorious moralising, or straight-up hate speech. These posts become a Rorschach test for whatever prejudices the viewer already has. Say a video goes viral of a group of working-class young people dancing at a barbeque: if youre right-wing, you can say they look like chavs; if youre a liberal, you can say they look like they voted for Brexit. In either case, theyre fair game, and a disdain towards working-class people is common to both responses, regardless of their superficial political differences. Similarly, last summer a photograph of a random family enjoying a paddling pool in the street went viral. For right-wing racists, it was a picture of some immigrants enjoying the sun at the expense of the British taxpayer. For liberal types, the issue was that these people werent taking Covid seriously enough or looked as though they voted for UKIP. All of these furious, contradictory denunciations were drawn from a single image.

You dont need to spend long on social media to realise there is a real appetite for scolding people who are guilty of nothing more than harmless fun. Desire plays a strong role in surveillance culture, argues Lyon, and it often seems as though the desire at play is about feeling better than others. This also has a disciplinary effect, punishing people who deviate from social norms. It seems you are more likely to become the subject of viral mockery if you are marginalised in some way. A friend who was fat when he was younger tells me that people used to film him dancing in nightclubs all the time, something which imposed a kind of self-consciousness from the outside and robbed him of what should have been a joyful experience. Surveillance culture enforces these kinds of social hierarchies: who we deem worthy of mockery, and what that mockery is intended to achieve, are political questions. It also rigorously polices public sex, something which is at best prudish and at worst violating: last week I saw someone post a video of a couple fingering on a train, which is functionally indistinguishable to sharing revenge porn. Well, if you dont want to get filmed, dont finger someone in public, you could say. To which I would counter: mind your own fucking business!

If theres one positive development in response to surveillance culture its that more and more UK clubs, such as Fabric, are banning phone cameras entirely

While its not the most sinister application of surveillance culture, its particularly galling when footage goes viral of someone dancing weirdly on a night out. Being cringe is often just a consequence of being disinhibited and feeling comfortable, which is a good thing both for people individually and club culture as a whole. Its a cliche, but I truly believe there is no such thing as dancing badly if you look as though youre enjoying yourself. However lacking in rhythm you are, however bizarre your moves, if youre capable of giving yourself over to the moment then you are not a bad dancer. Even if you do, unambiguously, dance like a weirdo, you are still infinitely cooler than the people who would film you on their phones or sit at home making fun of you. Alternatively, youre not going to become the subject of viral mockery if youre shuffling at the side, but youre probably not going to have that much fun either. I hear people say all the time that these kinds of concerns are edging their way into their minds when theyre trying to have a good time. If theres one positive development in response to surveillance culture its that more and more UK clubs, such as Fabric, are following the Berghain model and banning phone cameras entirely.

Social platforms actively incentivise us to view other people as potential fodder. Because were constantly mining our own lives for content, its natural that we see the lives of strangers as fair game. I dont consider myself exempt from this: if I see something funny, my first impulse is to post about it. This is an impoverishing way to look at the world at the best of times seeing reality as a series of opportunities for whatever mild dopamine hit you might get off a few retweets but when youre exploiting other people towards this end, its downright ugly. The subjects of these look at this weird person being weird lol! posts are sometimes behaving so erratically it seems like they might be experiencing some form of mental distress or substance abuse problem. Virality doesnt distinguish between someone acting a little strangely and someone in the midst of a full-blown crisis. If you see a person doing a line on public transport, then photographing them and sharing it online which happens often is not a helpful intervention, whether or not they are an addict. Even if youre sharing something in a spirit of gentle mockery or ironic approval, the consequences for the person depicted could well be severe. I think we have a collective duty of care towards the hapless protagonists of these videos and photographs. We might not be able to dismantle surveillance culture at large, but we do have a degree of agency when it comes to resisting it at an individual level. We should try not to share these posts even in a spirit of defence (a trap I have fallen into myself many times).

Most of the time, social media surveillance is just a particularly destructive and wide-reaching form of snitching. One of the most important lessons we learn when were young is that its a bad thing to be a grass; that its loathsome and pathetic. Children really do understand that tattling on one another is detrimental to the social fabric, that it inhibits solidarity, even if they wouldnt describe it in those terms. We forget this playground truth at our peril. Im not sure where exactly the bar is for when its acceptable to take a photo of someone in public and post it on the internet without their permission but it needs to be a lot higher than sitting in a paddling pool or getting fingered on a train.

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) will close the JEE Main 2022 registration on March 31. Things to keep in mind before filling out the application form. Check here.

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has started the JEE Main 2022 registration from March 1. Candidates are advised to start with the JEE Main 2022 registration process as it will end on March 31, 2022. As expected, the NTA will release separate JEE Main 2022 application forms for both the April and May sessions. Candidates can visit the official website to fill out the JEE Main application form 2022 http://www.jeemain.nta.nic.in.

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There are certain steps that a candidate must go through in order to apply for the JEE Main 2022 like filling out the application form, uploading a scanned passport-sized photograph, scanned signature, and fee payment. Candidates are advised to complete the registration process within the JEE Main 2022 application form date in order to appear in the exam.

Candidates should go through all the information mentioned down below in order to know more about the JEE Main 2022 registration.

Candidates are advised to go through all the details about the schedule of the JEE Main 2022 application form for all sessions so as not to miss any event of registration.

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Session 1 - April

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JEE Main 2022 application form releasing date

March 1, 2022

April 8, 2022

Last Date to apply for JEE Main 2022

March 31, 2022

May 3, 2022

JEE Main 2022 application form correction date

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April 16 to 21, 2022

May 24 to 29, 2022

Candidates are advised to fill out the JEE Mains application form carefully as the authorities have not given the correction facility this year.

Make sure all the details are authentic as the IIT JEE application form can be rejected anytime if found faulty.

The scanned images of the passport-sized photographs and signatures must be of the specified format.

Remember to take a printout at the end after completing the application form of JEE Main.

Visit the JEE Main 2022 official website http://www.jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Enter the necessary details like name, mobile number, and email ID while applying for the JEE Main registration 2022.

Fill out the JEE Main application form 2022 with personal and educational details.

In the next step, candidates need to upload their scanned passport-sized photograph along with their scanned signature.

After submitting all the required details, candidates will land on a new page.

Now, candidates have to pay the online JEE application form fee.

Once, the payment is made, candidates must download the JEE Main 2022 confirmation page for future reference.

Candidates need to carry certain documents at the time of JEE Main registration 2022. Here is a complete list of all the essential documents that will be required to fill JEE Main 2022 application form.

Class 10th certificate and Class 12th certificate (if passed).

Scanned passport-sized photograph and signature.

EWS (Economically Weaker Section) certificate (necessary for those candidates belonging to the EWS category).

PwD certificate (if candidates belong to the disability reservation category).

Internet banking or credit/debit card details at the time of fee payment.

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Aer Lingus has today restarted its transatlantic services from Shannon, reconnecting the mid-west of Ireland with the US.

From today, 10th of March, daily flights to Boston resume with flights to New York making a comeback from tomorrow, Friday 11th March.

These are the latest transatlantic routes from Aer Lingus to resume since the lifting of travel restrictions to the US and marks the first transatlantic flight between Shannon airport and the US since March 2020. The restart of these flights is critical in restoring regional connectivity and Aer Lingus is the only airline flying to Boston and New York -JFK this summer, with 14 flights a week from Shannon to the US.

Summer 2022 will see Aer Lingus fly its largest transatlantic seat capacity from Shannon in 17 years as it operates two next generation A321 NEO LR aircraft from the airport. The state-of-the-art aircraft promise a more innovative and sustainable travel experience, boasting greater fuel-efficiency, with a 15% reduction in fuel burn, compared to a A321CEO and a 50% reduction in noise footprint compared to previous generation aircraft. Offering both a Business Class cabin with 16 fully lie-flat seats, fine dining and complimentary wi-fi, and an Economy Class cabin with complimentary meal and snack and soft drink in-flight, and top inflight entertainment, including the latest movie releases, TV boxsets, games and music.

Aer Lingus will operate 14 direct routes between Ireland and North America in 2022, including New York, Miami, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orlando, Washington, Seattle, and Philadelphia.

Speaking on the route restart, Donal Moriarty, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Aer Lingus said:

We are delighted to resume our transatlantic routes from Shannon to Boston and New York, restoring regional connectivity to the mid-west of Ireland and allowing Aer Lingus to unite friends, families, and businesses once more.

This summer we will be operating our largest transatlantic seat capacity from Shannon in 17 years. Aer Lingus customers will avail of a more innovative and sustainable travel experience as they travel across the Atlantic in our two A321LR neo which will operate from Shannon airport and our unique warm Aer Lingus welcome.

As always, customers flying to North America with Aer Lingus will enjoy complimentary meals and drinks, endless hours of in-flight entertainment, WiFi on board and US Customs and Border pre-clearance at Shannon airport.

Mary Considine, CEO of Shannon Group said: The links between the US and the West of Ireland are a huge part of Shannons story. We are delighted to be here today to mark another milestone in the airports recovery with the re-establishment of crucial US air links that were suspended as a result of the pandemic.

It is a fantastic day for our passengers, our staff, the broader airport community and the US Customs and Border Protection team here at Shannon Airport. The restoration of these daily vital U.S. services will be a welcome boost for the West of Ireland economy, and will see friends, family and business communities reconnected.

In order to make travel easier when travelling to the United States, Aer Lingus has partnered with VeriFLY. By downloading the VeriFLY app and uploading Covid-19 related documentation required for their destination, Aer Lingus transatlantic customers can ensure that all their Covid-19 related documentation is verified before travel.

Aer Lingus market-leading Book with Confidence policy* allows customers to change flights as many times as they like, should plans change, giving customers peace of mind when booking.

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The surreal live show Kidz Klub opens for a one-night production in St. Louis this weekend, marking the latest creation from the artist collective known as Everything Is Terrible! For the groups co-founder Dimitri Simakis, this latest project represents a culmination of what began around 2008, in his words, as an unhealthy obsession with lost media.

We've just been collecting thousands and thousands of tapes, he said on Mondays St. Louis on the Air. Its just endless.

In the beginning, Simakis says he and his co-creators at the artist collective Everything Is Terrible! focused their efforts on splicing together clips from different VHS tapes for instance, combining a few seconds of an anti-drug after-school-special with a voiceover from a low-production Bible story to create something new and darkly funny.

But simply uploading short clips to the groups website wasnt enough. Thats where the idea for a live show began to develop. The show, which comes to Off Broadway on Friday, has since evolved to its current state featuring a collection of lavishly costumed performers who emerge during the show with their own story to tell.

We wanted something physical, something that would last beyond whatever website we're putting it up to watch, Simakis explained, describing the design for the St. Louis show. Its like you get to see a little bit of a live show, then a little bit of a movie.

He added, We really want to just assault all your senses.

Even without the live action component of the show, the film wages its own war on the eyes and ears of the audience. The groups eighth feature-length film, Kidz Klub" doesnt follow a rigid plot, but instead moves through a narrative that borrows and twists the messages attached to the original films. As filmmakers, Simakis noted, the challenge becomes: "How can we create a narrative out of thousands and thousands of other stories?"

Even trickier is the challenge of remixing video content that was originally devised as what Simakis flatly identifies as propaganda in this case, films designed to dramatize religious or civic lessons, or featuring adults lecturing young viewers to mind their manners, believe in God and obey their teachers.

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That's a huge part of Everything Is Terrible! Simakis pointed out. That all media is tricking you, all media is lying to you in some way.

In development since 2019, Simakis pointed out that Kidz Klub draws on more than just VHS tapes, but DVDs from the early aughts as well. Hes not worried about the group running out of content anytime soon, even as VHS collections grow steadily rarer.

However, while Kidz Klub is advertised as a psychedelic retelling of the American myth, Simakis emphasizes that viewers shouldnt assume the shows target audience is restricted to stoners or fans of psychedelics.

There's a real preciseness to the film, he explained. You can enjoy it. You can just let it kind of wash over you if you want it to.

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What: Everything Is Terrible! presents Kidz Klub!When: 8 p.m. March 11Where: Off Broadway. 3509 Lemp Ave, St. Louis, MO 63118

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