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An interesting report by BrightEdge revealed that while Facebook social sharing plugins are still on top, the Google +1 button has seen a huge rise in usage that places it above all Twitter buttons put together. The study was carried out by BrightEdge, an enterprise SEO platform used by many major online companies. They analyzed the home pages of the Web’s top 10,000 websites, looking for social sharing features, specifically links to their social network profiles and social plugins. From the analyzed batch, only 49% had any link to at least one social profile page. The first chart (provided by BrightEdge) included on the top of this page shows that 47.4% of all websites have a front page link to their Facebook profile. Twitter is second with 41.8%, YouTube is third with 16.75% and LinkedIn came fourth with 3.7%. Expect this gap between the first two and the rest to widen, since Facebook and Twitter pages are more marketable and user-friendly than YouTube or LinkedIn profiles. These last two often get linked from other specialized web pages like a video gallery or a recruitment page, but much more rarely from the home page. The second category of social linking analyzed in the report was social plugins. This includes Facebook Like buttons, Facebook Like boxes, Facebook Connect, Facebook Recommendations, Twitter Follow buttons, Twitter Share buttons, Google +1 buttons and much more. While the Facebook Like button is the most used social sharing plugin with 10.8% of all websites, Google +1, the latest addition to this group has sky-rocketed above all Twitter sharing buttons taken as one (second chart). The Google +1 button is currently used by 4.5% of all 10,000 websites, while the Twitter Share button is used by only 2.1% and the Twitter Follow button by 1.3%. Nevertheless, it came third behind the Facebook Like box, used on 6.1% of all top websites. Expect the Google +1 button to gain more ground after the Google+ API launches, and Google+ rolls out of beta.

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Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Review: More Gimmick Than Gimme

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra (12GB/256GB): £1,199 / €1,199 / ~$1,099

With the introduction of the Mi 11 Ultra, Xiaomi now has an entire family of phones in the Mi 11 Lite, Mi 11i, Mi 11, Mi 11 Pro, and Mi 11 Ultra. These cover a variety of price points, meaning there’s a Mi 11 option available to you no matter your budget. The biggest change from the Mi 10 series is that the Pro version is only available in China. Meanwhile, the successor to the China-exclusive Mi 10 Ultra is now launching across Europe and other global regions. That means if you want a flagship Xiaomi phone in 2023, your choices are either the vanilla Mi 11 and the souped-up Mi 11 Ultra.

Design: Chonky boi

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Ceramic back, Gorilla Glass Victus

164.3 x 74.6 x 8.38mm

234g

In-display fingerprint reader

You might have noticed there’s a phone attached to the back of this camera. There’s no question the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra’s camera module stands out; it’s impossible to miss. It is among the largest modules we’ve ever seen and it practically defines the camera, err… phone.

The overall materials, fit, and finish of the Mi 11 Ultra are all best-in-class.

In all seriousness, the Mi 11 Ultra is mostly a carbon copy of the Mi 11 (apart from the camera, of course). Astute observers will note that the rear ceramic back of the Mi 11 Ultra is slightly less curved than the glass of the Mi 11, particularly near the side edges. This makes the phone feel just a hair bulkier. In truth, the Ultra is also 0.3mm thicker overall. The frame is a thin strip of metal along the sides that bulges to create end caps on the top and bottom edges.

As with the Mi 11, the overall materials, fit, and finish of the Ultra are all best in class. It’s also a fingerprint magnet. Our black review unit collected fingerprints as if they were going out of style.

The Mi 11 Ultra is a sizable piece of hardware. It stands tall but is narrow-waisted. This helps with usability as the phone is significantly heavier than the Mi 11. It jumps from 193g to 234g. That’s an increase of 20%, and you can feel it. Moreover, the camera module makes the phone top-heavy. This causes some hand strain when you hold the phone for long periods of time.

The camera module is, well, it’s ginormous. It puts the already huge camera module of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra to shame. The module is a huge black block set at the top of the rear panel. It boasts two massive round lenses, with a deep periscoped lens beneath. The module also contains the phone’s most interesting feature: the selfie preview screen. This 1.1-inch secondary screen is mostly used as a rear-facing, always-on display, but it also allows you to take selfies with the phone’s main camera. The module defines the experience of the phone, as it will catch on your pocket when you stuff it in.

6.81-inch AMOLED with punch-hole

WQHD+ (3,200 x 1,440)

515ppi

20:9 aspect ratio, 120Hz refresh rate

Rear

1.1-inch AMOLED

294 x 126 resolution

450 nits peak brightness

More reading: Refresh rate explained

The Mi 11 Ultra pushes 900 nits of brightness, with peak brightness reaching a crazy 1,700 nits. The contrast ratio is 5,000,000:1. Despite these numbers, it only looked adequately bright when outdoors under the sun. I had absolutely no trouble using it, but I was expecting a bit more punch. Other specs include support for 10-bit color, HDR10+, and DCI-P3. In short, the Mi 11 Ultra offers rich colors and deep contrast.

The Mi 11 Ultra also packs a bunch of fancy tools to tweak the visual experience. For example, it can boost standard definition content to high definition and high definition content to WQHD+. This means your older videos will still look good on the high-res screen. I saw an obvious improvement using these features, particularly when viewing standard definition content.

Xiaomi was sure to include a generous array of sensors and controls. For example, there’s a 360-degree ambient light sensor for reading the local brightness. This works together with the reading and sunlight modes to automatically adjust for proper white balance and color.

It’s worth pointing out that the screen’s curve is pretty tight along the side edges. Xiaomi added mistouch prevention tech at the hardware level to ensure that your palm won’t accidentally launch apps when it brushes against the display’s edge. My testing showed this to work well. And, thankfully, the tightly curved glass doesn’t affect the appearance of the screen itself.

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Then there’s that selfie screen on the back, which is quite limited in purpose. It acts as an always-on display if you want it to and can be set to show the time/date and notifications. Its intended purpose is to serve as a preview screen for selfies using the rear camera.

At 1.1-inches, it’s not very big, and 450 nits brightness means this little AMOLED doesn’t pack the brightest punch. I had trouble seeing the clock and notifications out under the bright sun. You may be better off using the main screen for that functionality. As for the selfie preview, it’s just bright enough to get an idea of what you look like ahead of taking a shot outdoors. We’ll discuss it more in the camera section later in this review.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Adreno 660

X60 modem

12GB LPDDR5 3200MHz RAM

256GB UFS 3.1 storage

Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2

The Mi 11 was among the first wave of devices to ship with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor. At this point in the year, there are dozens of models with the high-end chip, including the Mi 11 Ultra.

The performance of the Mi 11 and Mi 11 Ultra should be identical, but that’s not quite the case. The Mi 11 Ultra has 12GB of RAM, where the Mi 11 has 8GB of RAM as standard. In our testing, this extra allotment of memory gave the Mi 11 Ultra the edge when it came to benchmarks, though just barely. The Mi 11 Ultra outscored the Mi 11 on most major benchmarks by a slim margin.

5,000mAh battery

67W wired charging

67W wireless charging

67W GaN charger in the box

Xiaomi has significantly raised the Mi 11 Ultra’s battery performance when compared to the regular Mi 11. To start, the battery is 400mAh larger at 5,000mAh. That helps push the phone from breakfast to bedtime with a larger reserve in the tank at the end of the day. I was less nervous about pushing the phone hard. With careful, measured use you can easily get a day and a half from the battery. This is with the default Full HD+, 60Hz setting applied. Dialing up the resolution and/or the frame rate will impact battery life, but not as much as you might think. Even with the phone set to its highest settings, I could still get an entire day from the phone, even if barely. It outperformed the Mi 11, that’s for sure.

Along with a larger power cell, Xiaomi also gifted the Mi 11 Ultra with faster charging tech. Where the Mi 11 supports 55W wired and wireless charging, the Mi 11 Ultra boasts 67W wired and wireless charging. There’s also a 67W GaN wall plug included in the box. These speeds put it in the same zone as the OPPO Find X3 Pro and OnePlus 9 Pro. However, Xiaomi did downgrade the speed compared to last year’s Mi 10 Ultra, which supported 120W charging. The company didn’t spell out why it made this change, but we imagine battery longevity played a role.

The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra can hang with the fastest charging phones out there.

How well does it do in reality? With the 67W wired charger we saw the phone reach 100% from 0% in 37 minutes. That’s a few minutes longer than the Find X3 Pro or 9 Pro, but it’s fast enough not to matter. Plugging the phone in for just a few minutes nets a huge increase in charge. The 67W wireless charging is only supported on Xiaomi’s optional (not included) wireless charger, which we were not able to test.

Last, the phone supports 10W reverse wireless charging for your accessories. The large camera module might get in the way of some accessories, but small headphone cases fit ok.

50MP OIS AF ToF (f/1.95, 1.4μm)

48MP ultra-wide PDAF (f/2.2, 0.8μm, 128-degree FoV)

48MP 5x optical telephoto OIS PDAF (f/4.1, 0.8μm)

Front: 20MP (f/2.2, 0.8μm)

Video: 8K at 24fps, 4K at 60fps

Ah, the camera. Everything about the Mi 11 Ultra’s camera has been upgraded when compared to the Mi 11. It boasts all new sensors and, more importantly, a traditional wide, ultra-wide, telephoto lens arrangement. That means it ditches the “telemacro” lens found on the Mi 11 in favor of a periscoped optical zoom lens. The telephoto can handle 5x optical zoom, 10x hybrid zoom, and up to 120x digital zoom — the longest zoom we’ve seen on a smartphone to date.

The main camera mostly does a great job, but it has one major flaw that you might spot in the shots above. Sharpness and clarity are excellent. You can see plenty of detail, and there’s very little noise in the images. I really like the look of most shots I took with the phone. The issue is color, and specifically yellow. The flowers and storefront suffer from oversaturation, which makes them look unnatural. I can assure you that the yellow in these photos is not accurate. In fact, the standard Mi 11 produces more natural yellows. Blues, greens, and reds, however, all look perfect. Exposure and white balance are spot on, too.

The ultra-wide camera does a fine job for what it is. It delivers 0.5x magnification with obvious distortion around the edges of the photo. You can see the stone railing bending in the sample above. Color, clarity, and exposure are all excellent. There’s no noise, and white balance is good.

If you want to zoom, the Mi 11 Ultra has you covered. Quick picks allow you to jump straight to 5x, 10x, and 120x zoom. You can also pinch-to-zoom for framing your shot just right. Shots taken at 5x zoom look excellent, with exceptional clarity, little noise, and good color. I was very pleased with these images. Shots taken at 10x also look good, though there’s more noise. You can get away with somewhat usable photos out to about 20x. Anything beyond that starts to get a bit messy. Like Samsung’s 100x Space Zoom, Xiaomi’s 120x digital zoom is quite worthless.

As much fun as the selfie preview screen is, it’s hard to justify the price differential between the Mi 11 and Mi 11 Ultra.

Low-light shooting delivered mixed results. Both of the images below were taken in low light settings and the camera automatically adapted to night mode. The Mi 11 Ultra has one of the largest sensors available on a modern smartphone (1/1.12-inches), which helps a lot. I like that the camera captured a lot of detail below the keyboard of the piano, including the bench, especially since the light source was bouncing off the white keyboard and the bench was nigh invisible. However, there’s plenty of grain in the image. Similarly, the cat photo’s longer exposure time led to far more light than was really there, and it’s a softer image than I’d prefer.

The 20MP front-facing selfie camera is identical to the one found on the Mi 11, as are the photo results. That means you get self-portraits that are sharp and clean in good light and a little soft in low light. Portraits taken with the selfie camera can be a little hit-or-miss where edge detection is concerned.

The selfie preview screen on the rear allows you to really expand your repertoire of selfie shots. First, let me say this: the selfie preview screen is really, really small. It’s tough to see what you’re shooting at arm’s length, especially in sunlight. It is useful for basic framing purposes only; you’ll be able to take much more fine-tuned selfies if you use the regular selfie camera and main display for framing.

That said, the quality of selfie shots from the main cameras is much better than the front-facing shooter. The really cool thing is that you can use the selfie preview mode using all three of the rear lenses. This allows you to frame all sorts of different shots. You can see some samples above. In the end, the selfie preview screen is a bit of a gimmick. Sure, it permits you to take a wider array of selfie shots at higher quality, but using the main display as a viewfinder is much easier.

Last, here are two night mode comparisons shots. In each, the first is taken with the regular mode and the second is taken with the night mode. You can see the impact it has on the river scene, which is to say, it makes everything look unnaturally bright. There’s less of a difference in the shot of the building, though some details do stand out with night mode that aren’t visible without it.

The phone can capture 8K video at up to 24fps. The footage I captured looked really good. It was sharp, clean, free of noise, and colorful. You should keep the camera set to 4K at 60fps for the best balance of quality and storage, but it’s good to have 8K as an option, even if only at 24fps.

As for the app, well, there are a lot of camera modes. There’s a carousel in the viewfinder that slides between Pro, Video, Photo, Portrait, and More. The latter houses extended shooting modes like Night, 50MP, Panorama, Slow motion, Time-lapse, Long exposure, and more. There’s also a Multicam mode for taking shots with up to two cameras simultaneously if you like that kind of thing. The video recorder drops all the fancy shooting tools in the camera app of the Mi 11 (including magic zoom, slow shutter, time freeze, night time-lapse, and parallel world), which is weird. Bottom line, the camera app is multifaceted and gives you plenty of flexibility for getting the shot or effect you want.

Android 11

MIUI 12.5

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra specs

Standing on its own, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra is a fine phone. Too bad for Xiaomi it’s not selling the phone in a vacuum.

Standing on its own, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra is a fine phone. It covers all the basics and then some. Too bad for Xiaomi that it’s not selling the phone in a vacuum. With competitors such as the Galaxy S21 Ultra, OnePlus 9 Pro, and Google Pixel 6 afoot, it’s hard to justify the high cost of the Mi 11 Ultra in the West.

More Than 100,000 Americans Are Currently Hospitalized For Covid

The delta variant has been at the top of public health officials’ minds these days, as the variant is still the dominant strain in the United States and in many other parts of the world. But as virologists have always warned, new variants are likely to continue to arise for some time, and, according to preliminary data, there seems to be a new variant circulating in South Africa. Further, the US continues to be a hotspot for COVID-19 outbreaks, so much so that the European Union has recommended reinstating travel restrictions on unvaccinated travelers coming from America. Here’s everything you might have missed this week:

A new coronavirus variant, known as C.1.2, has been identified in South Africa

On Monday, South African researchers reported that they had detected a new variant of the novel coronavirus “with multiple mutations”, according to Reuters. The variant, which is called C.1.2, was first detected in May in South Africa. Since then, it’s been found in several other pockets throughout the world including in countries in Africa, Europe, and Asia.

C.1.2 seems to contain mutations that could make it more transmissible and less sensitive to vaccines, though this research is preliminary so it’s hard to draw conclusions as of now. Further, as Reuters points out, it’s unlikely at this point to replace the delta variant, which is the predominant strain in South Africa and many other parts of the world, including the United States.

The research on C.1.2, which has yet to undergo peer-review, was published online on August 24. While a big concern is that it becomes another highly transmissible variant that may potentially evade our vaccines, it’s unclear where it stands at this point. According to Bloomberg, scientists at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (called Krisp for short) are currently studying the variant against antibodies in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people and results are expected soon.

Unvaccinated Americans may not be able to travel to European Union countries soon

As the United States continues to be overwhelmed by cases of COVID-19 driven largely by the delta variant’s effect on unvaccinated people, other countries are taking notice. This week, the European Union announced that it recommends its member countries reinstate travel restrictions against Americans who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19, according to CNN.

On August 30, the United States was removed from the European Council’s “safe list.” For this group of countries, residents can travel freely without needing to quarantine or get tested upon arrival.

Individual countries have the right to make their own choices, and this would only apply to unvaccinated Americans, but it serves as a reminder of just how significantly delta is raging in the US right now, and how most of those cases are driven by people who remain unvaccinated.

The US is now averaging 100,000 daily COVID-19 hospitalizations

Over the last seven days, the daily average number of people hospitalized for severe COVID-19 symptoms has risen to 100,000—the first time since January that the US has hit that number, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Around the country, over the past two summer months, hospitalizations have spiked by almost 500 percent, according to The New York Times. Around the country, but particularly in the South, ICU beds are filling up and remaining at or above capacity. The US hasn’t quite reached the peak number of hospitalizations it was struggling with last winter, but many states, such as Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Idaho have either run out of beds or have requested the help of extra personnel, the WSJ found.

As has been the case over the past few months, the uptick in cases, and now spike in hospitalizations, is fueled by the highly-transmissible delta variant’s effect on unvaccinated people, which still make up a significant percentage of the American population. While kids under the age of 12 are still not able to get the vaccine, only about 60 percent of adults in the US are fully vaccinated.

Ivermectin prescriptions have spiked in the past few weeks, despite no proof the drug helps treat COVID-19

Ivermectin is an FDA-approved medication used to treat a few very specific parasitic infections. When the pandemic began, scientists tested to see whether it could help treat COVID-19 by literally killing off the virus, but despite numerous studies, there has yet to be any good evidence to suggest it works. Despite this, prescriptions for ivermectin have risen since March 2023, and have been spiking for the past few weeks in particular.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of prescriptions for the anti-parasitic drug rose from 3,600 per week before the pandemic to 88,000 in August of 2023. As Popular Science reported last week, if taken incorrectly, the drug (which is available at a much higher dose for veterinarians to prescribe large animals) can be extremely dangerous, leading to gastrointestinal distress and in worse cases, hypotension, confusion, and even death.

Windows 10 Insider Build 20232 Brings More Bugs Than Fixes

Windows 10 Insider Build 20232 brings more bugs than fixes

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Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20232 in the Dev Channel (Fast ring).

Although the new build comes to solve some problems, it also comes with a lot of known issues and no new features.

Are you also interested in the previous Windows 10 updates? Head over to our Windows 10 Updates section.

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It’s been only a week since the last Insider Preview Build and we welcome a new one, Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20232 in the Dev Channel (Fast ring).

Although the new Windows 10 update comes to solve some problems, it also comes with a lot of known issues and no new features.

What is new in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20232?

There are 4 fixes coming with the new Insider Preview Build 20232:

Until now, if you tried to reset your computer, the system was removing Notepad. Microsoft apparently solved that issue and they recommend that if you’re facing the situation to reinstall Notepad via Optional Features in Settings.

They also fixed an issue where the Continue button after the Windows needs space to continue dialog didn’t show up.

Apparently, sometimes, the Windows Update icon was not showing up in the taskbar notification area when an update was ready for a reboot. They also fixed that issue.

They also fixed a bug from IME. Now,

IMEs will show the correct typing status (ON or OFF) and the IME mode indicator from taskbar is working fine now.

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20232 has plenty of known issues

Unfortunately, there are still a lot of known issues coming with Insider Preview Build 20232 but that is expected from a Dev Channel preview build.

Let’s see some of the more important ones:

Some systems to crash with a HYPERVISOR_ERROR bugcheck.

For some, the update to a new build is taking a lot of time.

Sometimes, Notepad doesn’t reopen files that were automatically saved during a PC restart. However, you can still recover your documents from %localappdata%Notepad.

Don’t install Insider Build 20232 if you have an Xbox controller

Just after the release of the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20232, we’ve recorded cases of users who experienced this issue.

Apparently, a user got a BSoD referencing chúng tôi when he turned his controller on just after installing the new update.

Looks like the Xbox 1 wireless driver is borked with this update. I get a blue screen referencing chúng tôi whenever I turn my controller on. Oof.

So if you really want to use your Xbox controller, don’t install the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20232.

What can I do to avoid the BSoD error after installing Insider Build 20232?

If you care more about the new update, then make sure you disconnect your Xbox controller from your computer and leave things like that until the new update.

Otherwise, you may be triggering the BSoD with the error code 0xc1900101.

You can check all the release notes from Windows Blog.

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Actofit Smart Scale Review: Track More Than Just Your Weight

Losing weight and keeping your body fit is a lifelong arduous quest. It’s one thing that you need to yourself no matter how resourceful you are. That said, you can take help in your quest and today we are reviewing a piece of gadget which aims to do just that. The ActoFit Smart Scale is well, a smart scale, which aims to give you a detailed data about your body by measuring not one but fourteen different metrics. You can use this data to keep a tab on your health and see if you are improving or falling behind. However, does the ActoFit Smart Scale (₹5,999) deliver on its promises or does it fail? Stick around to find out as we review ActoFit Smart Scale for you:

What’s In The Box

Before we start our review, let’s start by checking what are the things that you get inside the box. The ActoFit Smart Scale comes in a normal cardboard box which doesn’t house a lot of things. Here is everything that you get inside the box:

ActoFit Smart Scale

Four AAA batteries

ActoFit Smart Scale Specifications

While specification doesn’t seem to matter when you are talking about a smart scale and not a smartphone, it is always good to know what exactly you are buying into. In the table below, you will find everything that you need to know:

NameActoFit SmartScale

AccessibilityAuto On/Off

Dimensions310*310*25 mm

Measurement Range0.2-195 Kg

Accuracy50 grams (<100), 100 grams (100-195kg)

Number of Electrodes4x ITO

MaterialUltra transparent toughened glass

DisplayLED

Power4xAAA batteries

Design and Build quality

The company seems to have given a lot of attention to small details which is something I really like. The four feet at the corners come with a small rubber padding which stops it from slipping, and the battery enclosure uses a slide in-and-out mechanism which is far more secure and durable than the push-to-lock mechanism which we generally see in a product like this.

Setting Up the ActoFit Smart Scale

The ActoFit Smart Scale is pretty easy to set up. Just pop open the battery enclosure, insert the batteries and you are good to go. The ActoFit Smart Scale doesn’t sport any discernible display so you might find it a little awkward to use it for the first time. The display is below the glass top and lights up only when showing the weight. To make sure that you are not standing on the display itself, you will have to stand while keeping the logo straight between your feet.

Once you have done this part right, you can go on to connect the scale to ActoFit’s app which is available for both iOS and Android devices. The pairing process is pretty easy. You just launch the app, create an account, and then pair it with the scale using Bluetooth. You will need to stand on the scale to activate the Bluetooth, so do remember this while pairing the scale with your phone.

Measurement and Performance

As the title of this article suggests, the ActoFit Smart Scale measures more than just your weight. In fact, it measures a total of fourteen different metrics including BMI, BMR, body fat, body water, bone mass, fat-free weight, muscle mass, protein, skeletal muscle, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, metabolic age, physique rating, and weight. How a weighing scale can measure so many things you ask? Well, the ActoFit Smart Scale is using the dual frequency BIA technology which helps it measure all the above metrics.

Not getting into too many technicalities, the sensor packed inside the ActoFit Smart Scale uses an electric current to measure the amount of fat and water in your body. Since the current travels at different speeds in water, fat, muscle, and so on, the ActoFit Smart Scale is able to calculate the above-mentioned metrics using that data. The data that it records is quite accurate and while you won’t get as precise measurements as you can by using specialized instruments (for example, using skin fold calipers for measuring body fat), the data is accurate enough for general usage.

Tracking Data Using ActoFit Smart Scale App

One of the best things about this app is that it allows you to create multiple profiles which means you can track body metrics for all the members of your family. You can keep track of sixteen people at the same time so no matter how big your family is, ActoFit Smart Scale has you covered. The app is very functional and it shows all the info at a glance. It does lack a little finishing when it comes to looks but overall, I didn’t find any problem while using it.

ActoFit Smart Scale vs The Competition

ActoFit Smart Scale is not the only smart scale in the market so it’s natural for people to compare it to other products before they invest in it. Well, if you are thinking of choosing between usual mechanical weighing scales and ActoFit Smart Scale, there’s really no competition here. Even if you let go of all the smart features, a smart scale like ActoFit is more accurate and easy to use.

That being said, the difference will hardly be noticeable and doesn’t justify the price increase commanded by the ActoFit Smart Scale. Another benefit of using Mi Body scale is that you can use the Mi Band 3 (₹1,999) along with it which gives you even more fitness data including your step count, calories burnt, heart rate, and more. Since both these products sync through to the same Mi Fit app, you will have a better understanding of your body through these products while you will still save around 2000 rupees.

ActoFit Smart Scale Review: Great Product Held Back by Its Price

The ActoFit Smart Scale is a great product and one of the best smart scales that you can buy right now. It sports a great build quality, measures fourteen different types of body data and supports tracking for more than sixteen people at once. That said, it is facing tough competition from the Mi Body scale which is way more affordable. The bottom line is that while the ActoFit Smart Scale is a great smart scale, its pricing just does not make it a very value for money product.

Having said that, if you do plan to get the ActoFit smart scale for its dual-frequency BIA technology and all the features it packs, you won’t be disappointed.

Pros:

Good design and build quality

Can measure up to 14 different body metrics

Support for up to 16 different profiles

Syncs instantly with your phone

Cons:

The app’s UI could have been better

A little pricey when compared to competition

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Planetary Nurseries Are Far More Varied And Beautiful Than We Expected

At a European Southern Observatory (ESO) site in Chile’s Atacama Desert, a unique telescope has allowed astronomers to make unprecedented observations of the “dusty disks” that form around young stars. Their knowledge could offer us insight into how our own Solar System formed more than four billion years ago.

These disks last just a few million years—no time at all, to the 13.7 billion-year-old universe, but impossibly long to humanity. But just a decade ago, we would have missed most of them. At that time, says astronomer Henning Avenhaus, “any of these individual eight disks would have warranted a paper.” At the ESO, it’s possible to see lots of them—if you can snag time with the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch instrument, AKA SPHERE. This cutting-edge instrument, which is able to take direct images of the exoplanets surrounding close-by stars other than our Sun, is only available to researchers at two times per year. It’s primarily used for looking at existing exoplanets, not for looking at dusty disks, which are still a little-understood phenomena. SPHERE is capable of cutting down the light from stars so the exoplanets—and the dusty disks—surrounding them can be seen using polarized filters and adaptive imaging technology. It’s part of the ESO’s Very Large Telescope. It was installed in 2014, but only imaged its first confirmed planet in 2023. When Avenhaus visited, he says, “I went to the telescope and was expecting to see three disks at most.” His team was able to observe eight in total, surrounding T Tauri stars, the youngest visible type of star at less than 10 million years old. These T Tauri stars are between 230 and 500 million light-years away from Earth.

New images from the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope show a bizarre variety of shapes, sizes and structures, including the likely effects of planets still in the process of forming. ESO/H. Avenhaus et al./E. Sissa et al./DARTT-S and SHINE collaborations

The observatory is “a very remote and unique place. It kind of looks like Mars,” he says. Avenhaus is the lead author of a study looking at eight of the stars he observed. This paper, which will be published in the upcoming issue of Astrophysical Journal, discusses the methods used to observe disks as well as some potential ways forward for the research. In theory, these disks will eventually coalesce—somehow—into planets. It’s the first publication in a larger project to study them, known as DARTTS-S (Disc ARound T Tauri Stars With Sphere.) In time, DARTTS-S researchers hope to understand much more.

The disk surrounding a star isn’t mostly dust—it’s mostly gas. Only about one percent of each disk is solid, but that dust is what is visible using SPHERE, like the dust particles surrounding a lightbulb when it’s turned on. The disks have been observed before, Avenhaus says, but “What’s new about these observations is that we have a larger sample.” Encapsulated in that sample are images showing small disks, large disks, scattered disks and even disks shaped like hamburgers or yo-yos: two bright rings with a dark core. One of the things that surprised him was how big they were, and how variable in size. The disks are between 100 and 400 astronomical units (the distance between Earth and the Sun) in diameter—bigger than our entire solar system.

In time, the DARTTSS researchers will expand the gallery with a further 21 stars. “Once we have more data we will be able to hopefully understand whether the disks all go through the same processes,” Avenhaus says. It’s not yet known if the zoo of disk shapes is more like a family photo full of people at different ages (that is, if each different disk shape represents a regular point in the lifecycle of any small T-Tauri star, or if the disks form differently). With further observation and research, the researchers hope to start working with a statistically significant number of stars, and getting answers, since they can’t exactly wait millions of years to watch the progress of any one disk.

Studying the disks surrounding small T Tauri stars like the ones in this paper also offers a potential opportunity for understanding our own solar system’s past. “We cannot look at what the Solar System looked like four billion years ago,” he says. Those who study such things have two main methods for trying to understand what it would have looked like: either they can run simulations, or they can observe other solar systems that are still forming. Because unfortunately, time travel is off the table.

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