Bettina Anderson grew up in Palm Beach, Florida, and comes from a prominent family.Bettina Anderson's parents, Inger Anderson and Harry Loy Anderson, in 1970. Slim Aarons/Getty Images Anderson's father, Harry Loy Anderson, became the youngest bank president in the US in 1970 when he took over Worth Avenue National Bank at 26 years old. He was also a philanthropist who supported numerous charitable causes including the American Red Cross, of which he was a board member. He died of Alzheimer's in 2013 at 70 years old, according to his obituary.Her mother, Inger Anderson, is a philanthropist and business owner who operates Palm Beach Groves, an orange orchard and souvenir shop that she and her husband bought in 1978.Anderson, 38, grew up on a Palm Beach estate known as Oasis Cottage that once belonged to fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau. Inger Anderson sold the state for $11.88 million in 2016, the Palm Beach Daily News reported.Anderson has five siblings, including a twin sister.Anderson is an Ivy League graduate.Bettina Anderson. Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Zacapa No. 23 Rum Anderson earned a bachelor's degree in art history from Columbia University in 2009, according to her LinkedIn profile. She's worked as a business development professional as well as a model and influencer.Bettina Anderson in 2012. Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for Omega Boutiques USA Anderson's rsum includes working as a business development manager for the pharmaceutical company TherapeuticsMD and as an independent consultant for the Florida-based investment company Merrick Ventures.She has modeled for Quest Magazine, Palm Beach Illustrated, and Modern Luxury Palm Beach, in which she was referred to as an "ambassador of Palm Beach style and local 'it' girl."Anderson also has over 51,000 followers on Instagram, where her profile features affiliate links to skincare products and her Amazon Shop. She co-founded an environmental charity with her siblings called Project Paradise.Bettina Anderson at a charity event. USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect Project Paradise funds filmmaking grants for documentaries about environmental conservation.The organization released a short documentary, "The Water State," calling attention to the fragility of Florida's freshwater springs."One of the greatest focuses of my life is how I can be of service to others and a be steward of the environment," Anderson told fashion blog The Daily Front Row in 2022.Anderson also volunteers with the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County and is a young patron of The Everglades Foundation. Anderson attended the Republican National Convention in July, months before she was first linked to Donald Trump Jr. in September.Bettina Anderson, wearing a red pantsuit, was seated behind Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle at the Republican National Convention. Brian Snyder/Reuters At the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Anderson was seated behind Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, and other members of the Trump family.In September, the Daily Mail reported that Anderson and Trump Jr. were seen kissing and eating brunch together in Palm Beach. Neither responded to a request for comment about the nature of their relationship. She co-hosted a fundraiser for Donald Trump's 2024 campaign at Mar-a-Lago in October.President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago. Evan Vucci/AP Photo The event featured former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Vivek Ramaswamy, all of whom went on to become members of Trump's administration.Attending the dinner cost $100,000 per couple, and admission to a fireside chat cost $30,000 per couple, the Palm Beach Daily News reported. She has not publicly confirmed that she's dating Trump Jr., but she has featured him on her Instagram and joined him at Mar-a-Lago.Donald Trump Jr. at Mar-a-Lago. Joe Raedle/Getty Images On her birthday in December, Anderson posted a photo of a bouquet of flowers on an Instagram Story and tagged Trump Jr.The card accompanying the flowers read, "Many have said you're aging out but I think you're perfect...happy birthday!"Anderson and Trump Jr. were also photographed holding hands while exiting a restaurant in Palm Beach and celebrating Trump Jr.'s birthday together at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve.Trump Jr. has not confirmed his breakup with Guilfoyle, but told Page Six in a statement that he and Guilfoyle "will always keep a special bond" and that he "could not be more proud of her and the important role she'll continue to play in my father's administration" as ambassador to Greece.

Isaac Schultz and Passant Rabie Published January 4, 2025 | Comments (0) | Top left: Sunset at the Rubin Observatory on Chile's Cerro Pachn (photo: Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory); Right: ESAs Space Rider will remain in orbit for six months to carry out experiments in the microgravity environment (credit: ESA); bottom left: two galaxies as seen by the Webb Space Telescope (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI). 2024 was s huge year for our understanding of the cosmos and the spaceflight industry writ large. But out with the old, in with the new, so we must turn our heads towards the ambitious projects that are getting off the ground (ha!) this year.For your reading pleasure were highlighting over a dozen projects poised to hit major landmarks this year. Taken together, these missions, unfolding over the next 12 months, aim to paint a more complete picture of what we stand to gain from spaceflight and astronomical research. Its a reminder that space research comes in many shapes and sizes, but all of whats set to happen is importantand very exciting. Without further ado, heres your year ahead in space. Lucys flyby Illustration: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center The Lucy spacecraftnamed for the remarkable fossil of the same namelaunched into space in October 2021. Its charge? Investigating the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, a population of space rocks that have never been explored up close. Lucy has since travelled tens of millions of miles through space, visiting the unique Dinkinesh binary asteroid in January 2023.This year, Lucy will make a flybya near passof the Trojan asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20. This will be the spacecrafts only asteroid flyby of the year, with the next one not scheduled until August 2027. If youre interested in asteroids that could help explain how the planets and the solar system took shape, Id buckle in for this April flyby. Junos farewell Illustration: NASA The Juno spacecraft had an incredibly busy 2024, a year in which the spacecraft took close-up images of Jupiters moons, including the most volcanically active body in the solar system, and collected data that helped NASA scientists identify a lava lake on that bodys surface. 2025 will be even more climactic, as the Juno mission will end this year.The mission will conclude with the spacecraft plummeting into Jupiter on September 15, marking the end of the 14-year mission. Well be sure to publish a eulogy for the hardworking spacecraft when the time comes. Tracking Earth systems from space An illustration of the NISAR satellite in orbit. Illustration: NASA In March, NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)s NISAR satellite will launch. NISAR will scan nearly all of Earths land and ice surfaces twice every 12 days, according to NASA, helping scientists monitor shifts in the planets surface and better understand the evolving impacts of climate change. Constantly monitoring Earths surface from space will give NASA and ISRO a sweeping view of our planets systems. The mission will operate for at least three years and orbit our planet some 464 miles (747 kilometers) above its surface.Debut of the Space Rider spaceplane An artists concept of ESAs Space Rider in orbit. Illustration: ESA A spaceplane the size of two minivans is set to cruise through Earths orbit, carrying out science experiments in the microgravity environment. The European Space Agencys (ESA) Space Rider is set to launch for its first uncrewed test flight sometime in late 2025.Space Rider will launch on a Vega-C rocket, and stay in orbit for around two months, according to ESA. After it wraps up its mission, it will return to land on Earth, deliver its payloads, and prepare for its next launch. The low Earth orbit vehicle is meant to provide ESA with routine access to space, transporting payloads to different orbital altitudes for a variety of applications. Spaceplanes are all the rage today. The launch vehicles operate in orbit like a spacecraft, but are built to land on Earth similarly to an airplane. This allows for regular reusability and a fast turnaround between missions.First flight of Sierra Spaces Dream Chaser The worlds first commercial space plane is ready to take off this year. At least we hope. Sierra Spaces Dream Chaser is planned for launch no earlier than May, with plans to fly to the International Space Station as part of a NASA contract. Artists impression of Dream Chaser. Image: Sierra Space Dream Chaser will launch from Earth atop United Launch Alliances Vulcan Centaur rocket (the spaceplane was originally scheduled for liftoff in 2024 but changes to the rockets schedule delayed its launch). The partially reusable vehicle is designed with foldable wings that fully unfurl once the spaceplane is in flight, generating power through solar arrays. Its also equipped with heat shield tiles to protect it from the scorching temperatures of reentry through Earths atmosphere, after which it will perform runway landings on the surface upon its return.Colorado-based Sierra Space was awarded a NASA Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS-2) contract in 2016, under which it is meant to provide at least seven uncrewed missions to the ISS to deliver cargo. Firefly on the Moon An illustration of the Blue Ghost mission on the surface of the Moon. Credit: Firefly Aerospace Theres a special delivery to the Moon. Space startups are fashioning landers equipped to drop off payloads to the lunar surface on a more regular basis, preparing for humanitys attempt to sustain a longtime presence on the Moon. As part of NASAs Commercial Lunar Payloads Services (CLPS), Firefly Aerospace is prepping its Blue Ghost lander for a trip to the Moon in mid-January. After launching, the lander will take around 45 days to reach the Moon, targeting a landing spot in Mare Crisium, the site of an ancient asteroid impact basin that was later filled with basaltic lava.Blue Ghost is packed with 10 science instruments to explore the Moon, and is designed to operate for one full lunar day (or the equivalent of 14 days on Earth).Texas-startup Firefly is meeting its end of a $93.3 million contract with NASA for its first lunar lander. As part of CLPS, two other companies, Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines, launched their own lunar landers to the Moon in 2024, but we were reminded that landing on the dusty surface is no easy feat.Astrobotics Peregrine lander lost propellant at a critical rate, preventing any chance of it reaching the lunar surface. Intuitive Machines became the first private company to land on the surface of the Moon with its Odysseus lander, although it did end up tipped over on its side. ispaces Resilience Moon lander Blue Ghost wont be journeying to the Moon on its own, as another lunar lander will be coming along for the ride. Japanese startup ispaces Resilience lander will ride on board the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that is set to launch Fireflys lunar mission sometime in mid-January. The two landers are targeting different lunar mares. If all goes well, Resilience will land in a region called Mare Frigoris located at the Moons far northern regions. The lunar lander is carrying a small rover, named Tenacious, and is packed with several science instruments, mostly from Japans private space sector, that are designed to explore the lunar surface. Januarys mission will mark ispaces second attempt at landing on the lunar surface. In April 2023, the Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) Lunar Lander plummeted towards the Moon and crashed on its surface. Hakuto-R M1 was carrying both commercial and government-owned payloads, including a tiny, two-wheeled transformable robot from the Japanese space agency.Intuitive Machines heads back to the Moon In February 2024, Intuitive Machines became the first commercial venture to land on the Moon with its Odysseus lander. The companys first mission delivered 12 payloads near the Malapert A crater at the Moons south pole region following an eight-day journey through space. This year, the Houston-based company is hoping to double on its success with the Athena lander. The IM-2 mission is set to launch in February, carrying a drill and a mass spectrometer to investigate the presence of ice water beneath the lunar surface.Intuitive Machines will use its NOVA-C landing platform under NASAs CLPS initiative. The Athena lander will target a touchdown at the Shackleton connecting ridge, near Shackleton Crater close to the south pole. In addition to its drilling operations, the IM-2 mission will also test a Nokia LTE 4G communications system on the Moon. A new look at the Suns charged environment An artists impression of the IMAP mission in space. Illustration: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Princeton University/Steve Gribben NASAs Interstellar Mapping Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is launching sometime in late 2025, packed with 10 instruments to explore the magnetic bubble surrounding the solar system, known as the heliosphere. The IMAP mission will operate from the L1 Lagrange point, an area around 932,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth. From its orbital perch, the spacecraft is designed to map out the heliosphere, observing the wide range of particles in interplanetary space and the interaction of solar wind with material in the Milky Way.The mission was originally scheduled to launch in 2024 but has been delayed several times. IMAP is not launching on its ownits carrying two rideshare missions, NASAs Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations SWFO-L1 (Space Weather Follow-On at L1). Starships critical refueling test SpaceXs Starship made tremendous progress in 2024 with the companys impressive catch of the oversized booster during the rockets fifth test flight. This year, SpaceX is ready to take it up a notch and attempt the daring refueling of Starship in orbit. An illustration of a Starship tanker transferring propellant to Starship HLS. Credit: SpaceX During an interview with Spaceflight Now, Kent Chojnacki, the deputy manager for NASAs Human Landing System program, revealed that Starships in-flight propellant test may take place in March 2025. The test entails two Starships rendezvousing in orbit, with one transferring fuel to the other. The two rockets will launch around four weeks apart before meeting and docking in space for the first-of-its-kind demonstration. SpaceX is under a $53.2 million contract with NASA, signed in 2020, to use Starship tankers for in-orbit propellant transfer. Using in-flight refueling, NASA aims to develop technologies that are essential for establishing a sustainable presence on the Moon and sending crewed missions to Mars.Launch of Vast Spaces Haven-1 space station This year, a California-based startup wants to be the first company to fly a commercial space station to orbit.Vast is planning to launch Haven-1 on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to low Earth orbit no earlier than August 2025. Vast is a relative newcomer to the space industry, founded by crypto billionaire Jed McCaleb, but its already got big plans to take over a coveted spot in Earth orbit. Vast wants to build a 328-foot-long (100 meters) multi-module space station in orbit, which will spin to produce artificial gravity. Following the deployment of its first module, Haven-1, the company wants to send a four-person crew to the space station on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, where they will spend up to 30 days in orbit. First light featuring the worlds biggest digital camera Photo: Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory One of the biggest projects to look forward to in 2025 is the Vera Rubin Observatorys first light. The observatorys state-of-the-art 3.2-gigapixel (or 3.2-billion-pixel) camera has been in the works for years, and is the centerpiece of the observatory. Each night, the camera will collect 15 terabytes of data on the southern sky. That data will be part of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (or LSST), a 10-year survey of the ever-changing cosmos both near and very, very far. All told, 60 petabytes of data will be collected on the evolution of the universe and all that comprises it. Regarding the Milky Way specifically, LSST will capture the motion of millions of stars in the galaxy, creating a map of the celestial objects over 1,000 times the volume of past surveys.You can see updates on the observatorys development here. First light is currently slated for July 4, 2025.Axiom Mission 4 Axiom Space expects to fly its fourth mission to the ISS in spring 2025, transporting a crew of four astronauts to low Earth orbit. The company has so far dominated commercial trips to the space station, previously sending three private crews to the ISS. This time around, Axiom is launching astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary to the space station. Peggy Whitson, who is Axiom Spaces director of human spaceflight and a former NASA astronaut, will serve as the Ax-4 commander. The first private mission by Axiom, Ax-1, launched to the ISS in April 2022. It was a learning experience, and NASA admitted to having learned some important lessons when it comes to private space station missions. As a result, the space agency updated a few of its rules for future private astronauts, including a requirement that the missions would be led by a former NASA astronaut. A vast survey of the universes galactic and stellar portfolio An artists concept of SPHEREx in Earth orbit, with the near-infrared universe (and Milky Way disk) in background. Illustration: Caltech In February 2025, NASA will launch the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorerin short, SPHEREx. The two-year mission will survey the cosmosmore than 450 million galaxies and 100 million stars in our own solar system in optical and near-infrared light. Some of the light SPHEREx collects will be from over 10 billion light-years away. Researchers will use that data to create a 96-color sky map, making it the sky map with the most comprehensive color resolution. SPHEREx will also identify target objects for detailed follow-up observations by telescopes, including the Webb Space TelescopeNASAs premier space-based observatory. Webb, often seen as Hubbles successor, continues the legacy of deep space exploration, though Hubble remains operational.SPHERExs map of the universe will also help astronomers determine how galaxies emerged from the cosmic ether that preceded them and how water and organic molecules are distributed in stellar nurseries, where stars are born. Its going to be another jam-packed year, and as these missions unfold, theyll expand our understanding of the universe and place within it. Each launch, landing, observationand even failurebrings us close to answering some of the biggest questions in science.Daily NewsletterYou May Also Like By Passant Rabie Published January 2, 2025 By Isaac Schultz Published December 30, 2024 By Passant Rabie Published December 23, 2024 By Passant Rabie Published December 20, 2024 By Passant Rabie Published December 18, 2024 By Isaac Schultz Published December 18, 2024

2025File this under phones that I wish were available in the U.S. Now available in over 50 countries, the Oppo Find 8X Pro (1,049, 16GB of RAM, 512GB onboard storage) is a revelation. A sleek flagship thats also pleasantly durable, the Find 8X Pro is seriously impressive. Boasting powerful Hasselblad cameras, the smartphone can definitely take a pretty photo. And the 6.78-inch display is one of the brightest Ive encountered thus far. It also has an 80W charger for speedy recharges. Plus, its MediaTek processor handed the Find 8X Pro an unexpected win over the iPhone. And, of course, there are several AI features baked in.Speaking of the iPhone, the Oppo drew heavily from one of the best smartphones in the game. It even has a programmable Action button that defaults to snapping pics. Heck, even the icons in its Color OS 15 UI are iPhonesque. Oppos even made transferring files to an iPhone easier by using a simple tap. However, heavy iPhone influences aside, the Oppo Find 8X Pro is an excellent smartphone for people who are bored with the usual suspicions of flagships. Oppo Find 8X Pro The Oppo Find 8X Pro is a great Android flagship with a bunch of iPhone influences. Pros Cons Oppo Find 8X Pro Review: Design Ive handled a lot of smartphones in my day, but this is the first Ive seen with so much pearlescence. And Im smitten. The matte Pearl White glass rear panel has bands of silky finish that produce soft glints whenever it catches a little light. Theres a large flash in the top left corner, right next to the massive circular silver metal module that houses a quad of camera sensors. Oppo is written in sterling lettering. The phone is also available in Space Black, a color found on iPhones.Photo: Adriano Contreras/Gizmodo The front of the phone is nearly all screen thanks to the Infinity View display. A 32MP shooter sits at the top of the display, with an integrated fingerprint reader towards the bottom. The Find 8Xs sides are wrapped with silver metal. A pair of light gray stripes sit near the top, demarcating the volume rocker on the right and the alert slider on the left. The Power and Quick buttons are also located on the phones right. The latter button acts like the iPhone 16s Action button, allowing you to snap a photo with a quick press. The USB-C charging port and microSIM slot reside along the Find 8X Pros bottom. Both sides of the phone are durable and made of Corning Gorilla Glass to protect against scratches and potential cracks. But thats not where the durability ends. Oppo outfitted the Find8X with IP68 and IP69 protection. That means the phone is dust- and water-resistant. Regarding the water component, the Find 8X Pro can survive 30 minutes of submersion in water up to 1.5 meters deep.The Oppo weighs 7.6 ounces and measures 6.4 x 3 x 0.33 inches, which is slightly lighter than theGoogle Pixel 9 Pro XL(7.8 ounces, 6.4 x 3 x 0.3 inches),iPhone 16 Pro Max(7.9 ounces, 6.4 x 3.1 x 0.32 inches), andSamsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (8.2 ounces, 6.4 x 3.1 x 0.33 inches). Oppo Find 8X Pro Review: Display Slim bezels, bold, almost lurid color with a dazzling brightness. The Find 8X Pros 6.78-inch, 2780 x 1264p, OLED Infinity View display is a sight. Whether watching episodes of Dan Da Dan, Found, or playing Dead Cells or Alien Isolation, I enjoyed vivid hues with sharp details and inky blacks. If you dont like the screens default look, you can go into the Display Settings menu and choose between one of the two modes. Or you could adjust the color temperature from warm to cold or something custom. Still, as a flagship phone, the resolution could be higher.Photo: Adriano Contreras/Gizmodo As for brightness, you might want to grab a pair of shades or keep the adaptive brightness on. The Find 8X Pros minimum brightness starts at 800 nits and tops at a ludicrous 4,500. At max brightness, Ive noticed that lighter colors and blacks can get washed out, and in some instances, they can look a little gray.Like most modern flagship smartphones, the Oppo has an adaptive refresh rate ranging from 1Hz to 120Hz. This is ideal for gaming, as it kicks the refresh rate to maximum and drops it to lower, more power-efficient rates when reading or surfing the web. Oppo Find 8X Pro Review: UI This is my first Oppo phone review, so its also my first brush with Color OS, and so far, I think I like it. Based on Android 15, Color OS 15 is a user interface with a few AI elements and streamlined sharing with iPhones. The UI also boasts smoother interfaces compared to previous iterations thanks to the Luminous Rendering Engine, which boasts over 800 animations and 18% faster touch response. Its also uber customizable as you can pick between unified and split notifications/quick toggles panel views. You can also personalize the status bars look. Photo: Oppo Photo: Oppo Color OS 15 interface Color OS 15 navigation doesnt differ much from stock Android. There are gesture controls or the classic three-button setup. The icons and widgets are similar to those on an iPhone. Navigation is very smooth, and as an Android fan, I find the interface comfortable and familiar.AI features are grouped under the companys Oppo AI umbrella, covering productivity and photo editing. Well kick things off with the AI ToolBox, encompassing AI Speak, which reads emails and notifications for you aloud. Then theres AI Summary, which summarizes highlighted text, and AI Writer, which adds a bit of polish to your writing while considering your writing style. Speaking of summaries, the Recorder app creates concise summaries of transcription. Documents offer summaries in seven languages, while Notes summaries and restructure formats. Photo: Oppo Photo: Oppo Photo: Oppo For photos, Oppo has several AI-powered photo remastering tools including AI Clarity Enhance which upscales low resolution images, AI Unblur highlights finer details like hair and skin. And for those shots with distracting glare, theres AI Reflection Remover. AI Studio quickly became my favorite as it let me create AI avatars of myself so I could see myself as a futuristic space soldier or a beauty queen in various styles. Oppo also made sure the Find 8X Pro plays nice with the iPhone. The smartphones Touch to Share feature lets iPhone and 8X Pro owners transfer files with a quick tap as long as the Apple device has Oppos O+ Connect app. And speaking of iPhone, Oppo cribbed off of Apples Dynamic Island Alerts with ColorOS Live Alerts as it displays real-time updates centered around the punch-hole camera.Oppo Find 8X Pro Review: Performance The Oppo Find 8X Pro is the first smartphone with MediaTeks Dimensity 9400 processor. The 3-nanometer chip works with the Trinity Engine, a proprietary system architecture designed to improve the phones performance and efficiency. The Find 8X Pro also has a vapor chamber with a graphite layer and thermal gel designed to dissipate heat, keeping the smartphones components cool and running at peak performance. I didnt hold back with the Oppo Find 8X Pro. I launched over 50 tabs in Google Chrome and had a number of apps open, including Adobe Photoshop Express, Netflix, and a few G-Suite apps. The Oppo didnt slow down as I navigated through pages or switched between apps, and the animations were just as smooth. The phone also held its own when I played Dead Cells for an hour. The phone stayed relatively cool, and I lived to die quite a few deaths. I also ran Geekbench 6 to see how the Oppo would fare against other flagships, and it held its own. The Oppo scored a single-core result 2,818 and a multi-core outcome of 8,434. It obliterated the Pixel 9 Pro XL (1,920 single, 4,208 multi) and even gave the iPhone 16 Pro Max a run for its money (2,975 single, 7,438 multi). Its one of the few phones Ive seen this year to route the iPhone. Oppo Find 8X Pro Review: Camera Whats in a name? If its Hasselblad, its a world-renowned camera brand synonymous with excellent cameras and lenses. Oppo teamed up with the Swiss company to create Find 8X Pros quad camera set. Each of the four cameras has 50 megapixels and a pair of telephoto shooters. Oppo says the Find 8X Pro is the worlds first smartphone with dual-periscope telephoto cameras.Photo: Adriano Contreras/Gizmodo The main sensor has a /1.6 aperture, with a 1/1.4-inch sensor. The first telephoto lens offers 50MP resolution, a /2.6 aperture with a 3X optical zoom, while the second telephoto camera (/4) offers a 6X optical zoom. Next, you have the ultrawide lens with a /2.0 aperture and the front camera, which deviates from the rest with 32MP (/2.4). Im itching to do a shoot-off between this, the Pixel 9 Pro XL, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max because my testing yielded some impressive results. Photo: Sherri L. Smith/DreamSmith LLC @Photo: Sherri L. Smith/DreamSmith LLC Photo: Sherri L. Smith/DreamSmith LLC Wide shotsMy favorite is a wide shot of a hornets nest. Zoomed into 3x, you can see the individual ridges of the nest clearly, along with the trees pods. I also captured a few shots of my puppies, accurately capturing their adorableness. Despite being an action shot, theres not a lot of blurring, and if you zoom in, you can see Natashas (on the left) eye color and brindle pattern. Photo: Sherri L. Smith/DreamSmith LLC @Photo: Sherri L. Smith/DreamSmith LLC Zoom shotsNow, regarding digital zoom, the Find 8X Pro gives the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra a run for its money. The former boasts a 120x digital zoom to the latters 100x. But as youll discover with both phones, maxing out the zoom leads to incredibly blurry shots. Oppo attempts to fight this with its AI Telephoto Zoom, which, as you can see in my shot, is the top of a far-off skyscraper. Although you can make out the outline of the building and some of the lights, the photo is ultimately really blurry. Photo: Charles Anthony Davis/DreamSmith LLC @Photo:Sherri L. Smith/DreamSmith LLC Selfie shots The selfie cam is no slouch, either. The front shooter produced clear details, displaying the intricate design in my boyfriends pocketwatch and the individual hairs in his beard. His skin tone was warm with red undertones, offset by his olive-colored T-shirt. Oppo Find 8X Pro Review: Battery When I ran the Gizmodo battery test, playing a 24-hour YouTube video with the display brightness set to 50%, the Find 8X Pro lasted 19 hours and 42 minutes. However, the battery life will differ depending on how you use the phone. I squeezed 12:29 out of the phone with mixed-use, including scrolling through social media, watching the latest episodes of Dune: Legacy, streaming music from Spotify, playingStreets of Rage 4, texting, and making a few calls here and there.The smartphone is capable of 80W wired fast charging or 50W wireless. However, youll have to fork out some extra cash for Oppos proprietary wireless charger. Oppo Find 8X Pro Review: Verdict This is my first time with an Oppo phone, and I like much of what the Find 8X Pro offers. Its got a unique, eye-catching design, a stunning display, and a great set of cameras. While the Color OS user interface is Android software, it offers features similar to modern iPhones. Hell, Oppo even made sure that the phones play nice when transferring files. Plus, a host of AI features run the gamut of productivity and photo editing. This is one of the few smartphones that have upended the iPhone 16 Pro Max in terms of performance. The phone also has great battery life, depending on what youre doing. However, in terms of some of the features and the interface, Oppos flying a bit too close to the iPhones sun. And while imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the Find 8X Pro is toeing the line of derivativeness. Regarding the display, if this is a flagship, I expected a higher resolution for the price. Then theres the brightness. 4500 nits is the highest Ive seen on a smartphone, and although that means youll rarely have problems reading anything on this screen, it can be too much of a good thing at times, as the extreme brightness can wash out some colors. If youre looking for a flagship Android smartphone with heavy iPhone influence, great performance, endurance, and a lovely display, the Oppo Find 8X Pro is it.

Replacement Buildings Old Carpentry / Beck Oser ArchitektenSave this picture! Brje MllerArchitects: Beck Oser ArchitektenAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:529 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2021 PhotographsPhotographs:Brje MllerManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Electrolux, Nikles, Otis, Schmidlin, Stcklin Mbel AG, Suter Inox AGMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. The conversion of the carpentry site includes a replacement building on Flhstrasse and a supplementary building on Hutmattweg. The existing buildings could not be retained due to their structural condition. The replacement building adopts the building dimensions, story, and roof form of the existing building and follows the design building line. An important goal of the transformation is a dense development with appropriately dimensioned forecourt and courtyard areas, which is typical for the site. Due to this, the supplementary building is detached from the existing building structure and is shifted in the direction of Hutmattweg. This reduces the size of the front yard formerly used by the carpentry as a lumber yard and creates a common backyard with high residential value.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The apartment building on Hutmattweg blends in with the historic building fabric and should be perceived as an addition to the existing building. Following the carpenter's workshop, it has a similar roof pitch, materiality, and the same ridge direction. With two floors, it is subordinate to the replacement building but should be recognizable as a new building.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The differently arranged openings and the newly interpreted wooden facade create a subtle modernity. To ensure that the volume fits optimally into the existing terrain, it follows the course of the terrain and is stepped along the rising Hutmattweg. The resulting roof shape gives the building a dynamic appearance and generates exciting interior spaces. The angled facades on the first floor mark the covered entrance to the building. In order to create optimal lighting, the courtyard facade takes up the angled shape of the roof. This creates generous seating areas and balconies. In the apartments, too, angled wall courses generate pleasant room proportions and dynamic room sequences.Save this picture!The material wood as a symbol of carpentry is found as a connecting element in the facade design of both buildings. They are built in hybrid construction. The lower floors and staircases are solid, while the attics, all facades, and roofs are prefabricated as insulated wooden elements. The energy-efficient and sustainable construction method is supported by the use of ecological materials and the building services equipment with a central wood pellet heating system, residential ventilation with heat recovery and a photovoltaic system inconspicuously integrated into the south roofs.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Elgg, SwitzerlandLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeMaterialWoodMaterials and TagsPublished on January 04, 2025Cite: "Replacement Buildings Old Carpentry / Beck Oser Architekten" 04 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1025318/replacement-buildings-old-carpentry-beck-oser-architekten&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Stack CommerceShareWe may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more Techies everywhere are freaking out over the NanoPhone. Why? Its an Android smartphone thats smaller than a credit card. People are grabbing them for their micro appeal (theyre great for travel) or as a backup for their primary phone.This mini smartphone just arrived in our shop for $89.97 with free shipping. You wont find a better deal anywhere else.Size doesnt matter after allYou dont have to buy a data plan with the NanoPhonejust insert the SIM card from your current phone, and it should work with your existing 4G carrier. Thats the only setup required. Then, it works just like a normal phoneexcept its tiny.Pretend youre a giant while taking pictures with a 5MP rear camera or video chat with a 2MP front camera. Download any apps supported on Android 10 OS, like Facebook, Netflix, and Instagram, and use them all mini-style on a 3-inch screen.You might still be asking yourself why? Why would someone want a smaller phone? Part of the appeal of the NanoPhone is simply the marvel that it can be so tiny3.5 by 1.8 inchesand still be truly functional and useful. Its even a collectors piece for those who enjoy owning different kinds of tech.But its also pretty handy to have as a backup phone. If your main phone dies or you drop it in the toilet, you can just pop its SIM card into your NanoPhone for emergencies or to scroll on social media.Grab your NanoPhone tiny smartphone here with our unbeatable price of $89.97 (reg. $199.99).StackSocial prices subject to change.NanoPhone A Miniaturized Smartphone Packed with Mega Features! $89.97Get It Here

Windows has tools for grabbing text from images. Image: Surface/UnsplashShareThere are all kinds of reasons why you might want to extract text out of images. Maybe youve taken photos of restaurant bills and you want to make a record of what youve eaten; or perhaps youve got a bunch of screenshots that you need to get product names out of; or you could have scanned in some important documents that need sorting.Whatever the reason, Windows comes with built-in tools for picking out text from image files (technically known as OCR, or Optical Character Recognition)in fact, there are several different ways, so you can pick the one that suits you best. Heres how to get started, assuming you already have your images saved somewhere.You can extract text with the Snipping Tool. Screenshot: Microsoft The Snipping Tool is the easiest way to extract text from images on Windows. You can launch the utility from the Start menu, either by searching for it or by finding it on the full list of apps. Once youve got the program open, click the three dots (top right), choose Open file, and pick the image you want to work with.With the image on screen, click the Text actions button on the toolbarit looks like a series of lines with a frame around it. After a few moments of thinking, youll see the Snipping Tool highlight all of the text in the image, while the rest of the picture fades out.Youve got a couple of options here: You can click and drag across any of the highlighted text to select it, and then copy it to the clipboard (and from there to another app): So you could, for example, drag the cursor across an address in an image, then press Ctrl+C to send it to the keyboard, and Ctrl+V to paste it into another Windows program.Your other option is to click the Copy all text button on the toolbar at the topthis sends all the text in the picture to the clipboard, so you dont need to spend time selecting it all manually. Use the arrow next to Quick redact on the toolbar to to exclude email addresses and phone numbers from the selection.When youre done with your text manipulations, you can click the Text actions button again to remove the highlighting and go back to the normal editing view. All of these actions are available when you capture a screenshot with the Snipping Tool tooso you could, for example, grab a screenshot of a webpage, then extract all the text from it.Other Windows optionsThe Text Extractor tool in Microsoft PowerToys. Screenshot: Microsoft The Snipping Tool can take care of most of your OCR needs on Windows, but its not the only option available to you. Microsoft has put a similar set of text extraction features in two of its other programs, and while you will have to download these separately, they wont cost you anything to use.First up theres OneNote, which you can download. Its a comprehensive note-taking and organization tool, which you can use to bring together text, images, web links and drawings in digital collections called notebooks. To drop an image into a notebook, click Insert > Pictures on the toolbar, or paste something from the clipboard.Extracting text from an image is then as simple as right-clicking on it, then choosing Copy Text from Picture. All of the text detected in the image is sent to the clipboard, and you can paste it into another app with Ctrl+V (you cant select specific parts of the text in the image, but you can once youve pasted it somewhere else).Second, youve got PowerToys, which is a suite of Windows utilities that Microsoft releases separately from the main operating system: You can download the package for free. Once youve installed and launched the PowerToys program, theres a list of utilities on the left: Click Text Extractor to see the keyboard shortcut for the tool, and instructions for how to use it.By default, the shortcut key is Win+Shift+T. Press this with any kind of image on screen, and you can drag out a selection window: Anything within this window that PowerToys Text Extractor identifies as text will be instantly converted and copied to the keyboard. Again, you can tap Ctrl+V in another app to paste the copied text. Its not the most sophisticated of solutions, but it does the job.

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