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A Landsat 9 satellite pass happened to fly over the Nepal-Tibet border region shortly after a massive glacier collapse, capturing imagery of the resulting damage. The collapse released enough energy to be picked up by seismometers across the globe, underscoring its scale.
Amazon is applying a $150 discount to the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro XL when shoppers use code PIXEL11 at checkout, though the Pixel Pro Fold is excluded. This discount stacks with a separate promotion running through August 27th that offers gift cards up to $200 or credit toward a Pixel Watch 5, bringing the base Pixel 11 down to $749 from $899.
PlaySide Studios released a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming strategy title 'Game of Thrones: War for Westeros,' offering the most detailed look yet at the game ahead of its planned 2027 release. The footage features character likenesses drawn from HBO's television adaptation of the franchise.
A researcher has assembled historical footage and photographs, including a BBC film of scientist Susan James testing helicopter noise levels at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, to document the scale of the UK's former scientific civil service. In the early 1980s that service employed tens of thousands of scientists and engineers across more than 70 research centres, including the RAE and the Building Research Establishment in Watford, running national programmes in aerodynamics, weaponry, acoustics and building science.
ESPN executive Michael Szykowny and Pixar's Jay Ward described at Disney's D23 convention how the network builds its animated alternate broadcasts, which recast real athletes as characters like Toy Story figures or Simpsons cast members. The system combines NFL Next Gen Stats player-tracking data, Sony's Beyond Sports engine and Hawk-Eye optical tracking to animate characters in real time, while commentator Drew Carter now uses a VR headset instead of a full motion-capture suit to sync his live calls with his on-screen avatar.