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Insta360’s first compact steadicam, the Luna Ultra, made a splash this year by beating DJI to launch with two lenses. Now it’s followed the Ultra with a slightly stripped back Pro model, which drops to one lens but has a unique advantage: it can shoot vertical video in 4K. Plus, unlike DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4, you can buy it in the US.At its heart, the Luna Pro is mostly an Ultra with the telephoto lens stripped out. It uses the same 1-inch-type 8K sensor as the Ultra’s main camera, has a similar design including the detachable 2-inch touchscreen that doubles…

A new analysis led by researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, together with Professor Subir Sarkar of the University of Oxford, is challenging one of the central ideas in modern cosmology: that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate because of “dark energy” associated with the quantum vacuum. Their letter, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, argues that the evidence for cosmic acceleration may not be as strong as widely assumed. The conclusion is disputed. In the same issue of the journal, a separate paper co-authored by Professor Maria Vincenzi, also at the…

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Having racked up 130-plus movie credits over a 50-year producing career, Don Carmody has long been known as the Don of Hollywood North by studio bean counters who crunched the numbers and chose to save money by shooting in Canada.  Now Carmody, at 75, is ready to leave the stage — or at least Canadian film sets — with a lavish sendoff planned for the 2026 Toronto Film Festival.  “The days of me freezing my ass off at 2 o’clock in the morning on a film set are behind me,” Carmody tells The Hollywood Reporter.  That’s after Hollywood catapulted him to the status of its…

When Charlotte Mensah was a young child growing up in Accra, Ghana in the 1970s, she would spend hours watching her aunties having their hair intricately threaded, an ancient African technique where hair is wrapped tightly using yarn or thread. She didn’t know then that she would go on to become one of the most influential hairdressers in the UK. Renowned for championing natural black hair textures in mainstream culture, she has worked as hairstylist to singers Janelle Monáe and Erykah Badu, and the writer Zadie Smith.According to Smith, in an essay she penned about Mensah’s magic earlier this year:…

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced plans to institute the Dotun Oladipo Prize for Online Journalism in memory of its former president. GOCOP Deputy President Olumide Iyanda announced the initiative on behalf of the Guild on Thursday at the service of songs for Oladipo at Regal Hall, Daystar Christian Centre, Oregun, Lagos. “I therefore wish to announce, on behalf of our President, the Executive Committee and the entire membership of GOCOP, our intention to institute the Dotun Oladipo Prize for Online Journalism. “The prize will recognise outstanding online journalism in Nigeria and keep alive the values Dotun…

Rapid advance of Iran-backed force threatens key alternative shipping route to Strait of Hormuz.Published On 11 Sep 202611 Sep 2026The Houthis have taken control of Yemen’s entire Red Sea coast, according to reports.The rebel group seized the last towns on the coast in a rapid advance against the forces of the internationally recognised Yemeni government early on Friday, and has pushed onto islands in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, government sources and witnesses reported.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe advance strengthens the control of the Iran-backed Houthis over the key shipping route. The Red Sea has been utilised as…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Retail Limited on thursday, commissioned a fully smart, 24-hour self-service fuelling station designed for enhanced service delivery to customers in the federal capital territory. The station, offers a 180,000-litre Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) storage capacity, self-service fuel dispensing, Electric Vehicle (EV) charging, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) dispensing, automated car wash and vehicle service facility. Speaking during the commissioning, Mumuni Dagazau, Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC Ltd, said that the project is in furtherance of the company’s drive to improve customer experience through technology and innovation. “The NNPC Ltd. will continue to invest in technology…

Apple was far from the first company to announce a passport-shaped folding phone this year, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t copied. As my colleague Dom Preston already explained, it’s almost impossible to keep product development secret when Apple and its competitors all share the same global suppliers.Apple’s new CEO John Ternus and head of marketing Greg ‘Joz’ Joswiak addressed the topic during an interview with TechRadar’s Lance Ulanoff and Mark Spoonauer of Tom’s Guide.“People knew through leaks that we were working on a foldable,” said Joz. “Unfortunately, they got the aspect ratio, and a lot of coincidental instances of…

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has been selected as the party’s candidate in the by-election for Sir Keir Starmer’s former seat in Parliament.Polanski, who is a London Assembly member, will stand in Holborn and St Pancras on 8 October as he seeks to become an MP.He was voted to be the party’s candidate by members of the Camden Green Party ahead of local councillor Hamza Chowdhury.Polanski said the Greens “might be the underdog in this election but we have the momentum and we can win”.Labour has held the inner London seat since it was created in 1983 and the party’s…