Monthly Archives: January 2022

Judge’s order slaps Roblox player with permanent game ban

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A court order has led to a longtime <em>Roblox</em> player being banned from the popular game.

Enlarge / A court order has led to a longtime Roblox player being banned from the popular game. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Roblox | Shark Fin Studios)

A lawsuit filed by the Roblox Corporation, the operator of one of the most popular online games in the West, concluded last week with a rare order from a US District Court—that a defendant must be permanently banned from an online video game and its associated services.

The dubious honor goes to Benjamin Robert Simon, better known to the Roblox community as Ruben Sim, who had previously received an IP-based Roblox ban after allegedly violating the game’s terms of service. Simon operates a Roblox gameplay and criticism YouTube channel, which currently has 849,000 subscribers.

$150,000, not $1.6 million

The judgment, which came as a stipulated order agreed upon by both the plaintiff and defendant, also requires Simon to pay $150,000 to Roblox. Exactly how that number breaks down based on the suit’s allegations is unclear, but the original suit says that Simon posted a threat in October 2021 that apparently targeted that year’s Roblox Developers Conference. The tweet included a threatening statement without a clear indication of either satire or comedy and said, “San Francisco Police are currently searching for notorious Islamic Extremist [name redacted]. If you see this individual at RDC please call 911 immediately.” The post included a hyperlink to a video titled “SOMEONE BLOW UP ROBLOX NOW,” which had been deleted from YouTube in 2015 but was temporarily re-uploaded, and that video (now once again offline) included direct threats to the Roblox Corporation.

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Source: Ars Technica – Judge’s order slaps Roblox player with permanent game ban

Nasdaq 100's Unrelenting Declines Ring a Dot-Com Bust Alarm Bell

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: To wit, the Nasdaq 100 just did something it hasn’t done since the aftermath of the internet bubble: fall more than 1% in every session of a week. It doesn’t count as a superlative because Monday was a holiday. But for investors caught up in the selloff, it felt like something shifted. A full week of big down days hasn’t happened since the dot-com bubble burst, first in April 2000 and then in September 2001. Back then, the Nasdaq went on to fall another 28% before the market bottomed roughly a year later.

The Nasdaq 100 tumbled 7.5% this week as what started as an aggressive selloff in speculative corners spread to the rest of the market. Disappointing results from pandemic darlings like Netflix accentuated investor angst that as the economy recovers, tech’s growth edge is disappearing. Add that to stretched valuations and there was room for a pullback. Down almost 12% in January, the Nasdaq 100 is on course for its worst month since the 2008 global financial crisis. On any four-day basis, the current streak of 1% drops was the first since 2018.

Investors appear to be paying up for near-term hedges as share prices spiraled down. The CBOE NDX Volatility Index, a gauge of cost options tied to the Nasdaq, jumped 8 points over the four days to 34.06, the highest level since last March. Whether this is the start of a bottoming process or something worse is hard to tell. In Bank of America Corp.’s latest survey of global fund managers, net allocation to the technology sector fell to the lowest level since 2008. “If there’s this kind of liquidation underway here, you have to wonder how much further things could fall,” said Pearkes at Bespoke. “On the other hand, this sort of pervasive negativity and selling is what contrarians look for as a sign sentiment has gotten carried away to the downside.”

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Source: Slashdot – Nasdaq 100’s Unrelenting Declines Ring a Dot-Com Bust Alarm Bell

This 22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage

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Sam Zeloof completed this homemade computer chip with 1,200 transistors, seen under a magnifying glass, in August 2021.

Enlarge / Sam Zeloof completed this homemade computer chip with 1,200 transistors, seen under a magnifying glass, in August 2021. (credit: Sam Kang)

In August, chipmaker Intel revealed new details about its plan to build a “mega-fab” on US soil, a $100 billion factory where 10,000 workers will make a new generation of powerful processors studded with billions of transistors. The same month, 22-year-old Sam Zeloof announced his own semiconductor milestone. It was achieved alone in his family’s New Jersey garage, about 30 miles from where the first transistor was made at Bell Labs in 1947.

With a collection of salvaged and homemade equipment, Zeloof produced a chip with 1,200 transistors. He had sliced up wafers of silicon, patterned them with microscopic designs using ultraviolet light, and dunked them in acid by hand, documenting the process on YouTube and his blog. “Maybe it’s overconfidence, but I have a mentality that another human figured it out, so I can too, even if maybe it takes me longer,” he says.

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Source: Ars Technica – This 22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage

US labor board says Amazon illegally fired union organizer in New York

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has determined that Amazon illegally fired former worker Daequan Smith for trying to unionize its warehouses in Staten Island, New York. Smith, who was one of the organizers for the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), was fired in October 2021. The group filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the NLRB after his dismissal, accusing the company of illegal retaliatory firing over Smith’s outspoken support for unionization. Now, according to Bloomberg, the board has found merit in the group’s allegations and plans to issue a formal complaint against the e-commerce giant if the case doesn’t settle. 

The Amazon Labor Union is made of up of former and current company workers and is an independent group not connected with major national unions. While the group failed to unionize Amazon’s fulfillment centers in Staten Island last year, it refiled an application with the NLRB in December — a hearing is scheduled for that request next month. 

Smith wasn’t the only ALU organizer that Amazon had fired. ALU president Chris Smalls also lost his job after he held a walkout at Amazon’s JFK8 facility over the e-commerce giant’s handling of COVID-19 safety at the warehouse in 2020. Amazon explained back then that Smalls “received multiple warnings for violating social distancing guidelines.”

The company has been adamantly anti-union and had once told Engadget in a statement that it doesn’t “think unions are the best answer for [its] employees.” It added: “Every day we empower people to find ways to improve their jobs, and when they do that we want to make those changes — quickly. That type of continuous improvement is harder to do quickly and nimbly with unions in the middle.” After reaching a deal with the NLRB in December, though, Amazon agreed to informs workers that they have the legal right to join, form or assist with a union through notices posted in workplaces, as well as on its mobile app and internal website.

As Bloomberg explains, NLRB brings complaints to agency judges if it finds merit in claims made by workers. The board’s top prosecutor, Jennifer Abruzzo, one said she will “aggressively” seek court injunctions to get illegally fired employees back to work. ALU vice president Derrick Palmer, whom Amazon had disciplined for joining Smalls’ COVID-19 protest, said Smith being reinstated would be a huge support for the group: “It would be monumental for him to go back to the same building that he was terminated from and speak his truth and let workers know that it’s OK to speak out.”



Source: Engadget – US labor board says Amazon illegally fired union organizer in New York

The Advantages of Hydroponic Farming

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Hydroponic farming is the process of growing plants in nutrient-rich water without using soil. It is considered to be advantageous when compared with conventional farming because it simplifies the growth process, reduces labor costs, minimizes erosion, and improves crop yields. As a result, hydroponic practices are common today in commercial agriculture. Still, this method has some drawbacks: hydroponics need artificial lighting, potentially enhancing the spread of plant diseases, and may increase crop yields in regular outdoor conditions beyond what they would be.

Hydroponics takes its name from the Greek words “hydro,” which means “water,” and “ponos,” which means “labor.” It is a subset of hydroculture, defined as cultivating plants in water.

Hydroponics is sometimes called “soilless gardening,” but it differs from growing crops directly in water. In hydroponic farming, the soil is used only to anchor the plant’s roots until they can support themselves. Hydroponic farmers use various nutrient solutions containing mineral salts dissolved in water. This nutrient solution is delivered to the plant’s root system through an automated process.

The nutrients are dissolved because these crops generally have small root systems, and the supply must be diluted to be absorbed efficiently. If the roots had to grow into soil rich in clay, it would take days or weeks to spread enough to gather enough nutrition for the plant to survive. With hydroponics, nutrients can be administered in a highly-concentrated solution and immediately taken up by the root system.

Hydroponic farming also includes technology used for climate control in greenhouses: fans, dehumidifiers, and heating systems (similarly, these can be controlled by automated systems). It is commonly used in warm, moist climates because it allows crops to grow all year round. However, hydroponics presents certain disadvantages: it needs artificial lighting and ventilation and often results in greater crop yields than regular outdoor conditions.

Hydroponics is typically done in greenhouses, but it is possible to set up an indoor hydroponic farm in buildings with sufficient space for large-scale crop production. Hydroponics can be used for commercial or personal gardening purposes, although the latter is more popular among hobbyists.

Some Advantages of Hydroponic Farming

According to the experts at hydroponics supplier Progrow, some advantages of hydroponic farming include:

1) Year-Round Growing

Hydroponic systems can be set up to grow all year long. So you can get twice the harvest by growing out of season, giving you higher profits.

2) Profits by Weight Grown, Not Acreage

With hydroponics, you can produce more than double the product’s weight compared to soil-grown crops. With increased yield per square foot, you can maximize the profit potential.

3) Higher Yields with Less Work

By eliminating weeding and thinning, your labor costs are drastically reduced. Even harvesting is easier, as many hydroponic systems allow you to run a ‘cut and come again’ operation (new shoots continuously regrow from the main plant).

4) Fewer Water Needs

Growing in water conserves water compared to soil, and hydroponic systems recycle nutrients back into the water. This can also help you save money on your overall yearly operation costs.

5) Less Space Required to Start

Due to the reduced weight of soil needed for hydroponics, shipping is reduced considerably. This means you can transport your products by land or sea, to get them to market faster.

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Source: TG Daily – The Advantages of Hydroponic Farming

MIT Is Working On An All-In-One Approach To Diabetes Treatment

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MIT, Brigham, and Women’s Hospital researchers are working to eliminate many of the headaches associated with treating diabetes. According to Engadget, “They’re developing all-in-one devices that measure glucose, calculate the necessary insulin dose and inject you accordingly.” From the report: The first device includes the blood-drawing lancet, glucose test strips and an insulin needle. Users would first take a photo of their meal using a smartphone app to estimate the food volume and carbohydrate levels. After that, they’d start the automated process of collecting blood, calculating glucose (again through the app) and delivering the appropriate amount of insulin. The second gadget would only need one needle jab — it would build the glucose sensor into the insulin needle and inject the appropriate amount of insulin. You’d have to wait five to ten seconds, but you wouldn’t have to stick yourself twice.

The technology is still some ways off. While the first device would use parts that were already FDA-approved, it hasn’t been tested in humans. The second, meanwhile, uses a new sensor type that will likely require more work to be testable with humans. Scientists have filed patents for both devices and are hoping to work with companies on further development. There’s a strong motivation to bring these devices to market, at least. People with diabetes would only need to use one device at meals, and with the hybrid sensor/needle might suffer less pain. That, in turn, could encourage consistent treatment that improves your overall wellbeing.

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Source: Slashdot – MIT Is Working On An All-In-One Approach To Diabetes Treatment

Krishen Iyer Reflects on the Value of New Technology for Marketing

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When it comes to marketing, Krishen Iyer knows what to consider. The Carlsbad, CA-based entrepreneur is the head of MAIS Consulting. He understands that companies need to keep up with changes in technology. But sometimes, trying to keep up can be problematic. The plans the company has for marketing don’t always fit well with that technology. Additionally, some technological changes require adjustments to marketing budgets. A company may not be well-prepared for that and could struggle.

It’s possible to adopt new technology, says Krishen Iyer, without the need for organizational disruption. The first step toward doing that is to be clear on the technological options available. Without understanding what is offered, choosing what works is much more difficult. As companies work toward finding the technology they need for their marketing, they can make adjustments over time. The more they know, the better they’ll do. That’s where companies like MAIS Consulting come in.

Krishen Iyer Says Knowing is Half the Battle

Often, companies turn a blind eye toward new technological options. They know that what they’re doing works. They’re comfortable with what they already have. Because of that, they aren’t very likely to choose something new. If they select a new technology option for their marketing, then they have to make changes. Those changes could feel scary, and they may also be difficult to work through. But it’s generally not that complicated to make a change when all the facts about that change are known.

In other words, says Krishen Iyer, companies that decide to make a technology change need to learn about the change before they make it. They want to understand what they’re doing now, what they want to do later, and how technology will help. Making a change just to make a change isn’t a good idea. But making a deliberate marketing change to benefit from new technology can be the right choice for many companies. What they know about the technology can help them feel more confident.

The pandemic is changing a lot of what customers want and need from businesses. It’s also affecting how companies can and want to, do business. The requirements of both customer and company mean that businesses have to adjust their marketing efforts. They need consultants like Krishen Iyer to give them insight into which technological options are going to work. They also need to take their customers’ needs and wants into account. Considering the way the pandemic has changed things is vital, as well.

A Digital-First Framework is Emerging, Says Krishen Iyer

When Krishen Iyer works with companies, one of the main considerations is a framework that’s digital-first. Companies that avoid this often find that they aren’t attracting new customers. While their current base may stay loyal to them, most new customers come from digital spaces. Even loyal, current customers can become wary of companies that aren’t focused on digital platforms. By keeping that in mind, companies are better able to create marketing frameworks that offer what customers are looking for.

The right consulting can help with that, but it’s only part of the equation. Companies must be open to making the suggested changes. By moving toward digital platforms, they can adjust their marketing in ways that work for everyone. Their customers need to know they can trust the companies. It’s easier for customers to trust them when they can see those companies in the spaces they use every day. Most of the time, for the majority of customers, that’s the digital space.

Setting the Right Strategy Makes the Difference

It’s one thing to know that customers need to see businesses in the digital space. But it’s another thing entirely for those companies to make their way into that space successfully. With the right technology, says Krishen Iyer, it’s far easier for customers and companies to meet in that location. Whether it’s just one platform, or several, companies that market digitally are going to move ahead of competitors that don’t choose that option.

More technology isn’t always the answer, but better technology when it comes to marketing can be highly valuable. Krishen Iyer and MAIS Consulting remain focused on showing companies the importance of this. It’s not always easy to convince companies that are used to doing things a particular way. They worry that they’ll have to make too many changes. They’re concerned that their marketing efforts won’t translate well to a digital platform.

While it’s understandable that companies would be concerned over this, it’s an unfounded fear with the right support. When companies have good knowledge and quality support, they can handle their marketing tasks appropriately. That includes the task of taking their marketing to the next level, by moving into a digital space. Krishen Iyer works with a number of companies and has seen first-hand the value of new technology. Marketing continues to evolve, and companies don’t want to be left behind.

Having a strategy is a great step. But it’s generally only effective after acquiring plenty of knowledge. Companies that have educated themselves, or worked with a consultant, are more prepared for these adjustments. These companies are likely more excited to see how digital marketing efforts can improve their business. In time, they’ll embrace even more technology. Their customers will appreciate that, and it won’t generally go unnoticed. That can move them ahead of the competition.



Source: TG Daily – Krishen Iyer Reflects on the Value of New Technology for Marketing

How Podman can extract a container’s external IP address

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Podman is a useful tool for deploying and managing containers. In part one of this article series, I covered how to deploy Podman containers and defined the environment I’ll use in the rest of the series. In part two, I demonstrated several ways to list running containers and format their output. Read the previous parts first to understand the environment and necessary toolkit.

Source: LXer – How Podman can extract a container’s external IP address

2022 Could Be a Turning Point In the Study of UFOs

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In 2021, there was an upsurge in peculiar sightings reported, thanks to people with smartphones or other video gear that captured these strange glimmers in the sky. In 2022, UAP will get more attention from both the scientific community and the federal government, experts told Space.com. From the report: One potential major development in 2022 will be UFO detection, according to Mark Rodeghier, scientific director of the Center for UFO Studies in Chicago. “The effort to detect, track and measure the UFO phenomenon in the field, in real time, has recently entered a new phase,” Rodeghier told Space.com. “The technology has gotten better, software tools have improved and the current interest in UFOs has attracted new, qualified professionals. “While one can’t predict how soon we will gain new, fundamental knowledge about UAP/UFOs, I believe that these efforts are very likely to succeed and set UFO research onto a new foundation of reliable, physical data,” Rodeghier added. “And as a consequence, we will have even more evidence — as if it was needed — that the UFO phenomenon is real and can be studied scientifically.”

One upcoming initiative, called the Galileo Project, will search for extraterrestrial equipment near Earth. It has two branches. The first aims to identify the nature of interstellar objects that do not resemble comets or asteroids — like ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object to visit the solar system. The second branch targets UAP, similar to those of interest to the U.S. government. “The Galileo Project’s data will be open to the public, and its scientific analysis will be transparent,” said Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, who is spearheading the project. “The related scientific findings would expand humanity’s knowledge, with no attention to borders between nations.” The Galileo research team includes more than 100 scientists who plan to assemble the project’s first telescope system on the roof of the Harvard College Observatory in spring 2022. “The system will record continuous video and audio of the entire sky in the visible, infrared and radio bands, as well as track objects of interest,” Loeb said. “Artificial intelligence algorithms will distinguish birds from drones, airplanes or something else. Once the first system will operate successfully, the Galileo Project will make copies of it and distribute them in many geographical locations.”

Currently, there is a lack of coordination among organizations involved in UAP detection equipment, but that may change this year, said Robert Powell, an executive board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) in Austin, Texas. “I believe that will improve as we go into 2022,” he said. A number of SCU members are involved with the Galileo Project, and the organization has partnered with several groups, including UFODATA, the UFO Data Acquisition Project (UFODAP) and UAPx. “UFODAP already has a working model that has been sold into the marketplace and is reasonably priced in the $2,000 to $5,000 range, depending on the accessories desired,” Powell told Space.com. “This system has already been used by a group known as UAPx to collect data. Our goal is to coordinate these activities in a way such that we use a system with standardized equipment set to collect data.” But before that happens, Powell said, the groups need to plot out exactly what that equipment is trying to measure and verify that the system can achieve that goal.

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Source: Slashdot – 2022 Could Be a Turning Point In the Study of UFOs

Cryptocurrencies Tumble As Global Investors Reduce Risk

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New submitter NoMoreDupes shares a report from CoinDesk: The crypto market was in a sea of red on Friday as bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, tumbled more than 10% over the past 24 hours. It appears that global investors have entered the year with a reduced appetite for risk, and so the correlations between speculative assets such as cryptocurrencies and equities have increased, which results in widespread losses. Bitcoin is down roughly 40% from its all-time high of almost $69,000, while the S&P 500 is down about 7% from its peak, compared with a 10% drawdown in the Nasdaq 100 Index.

Alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins) led the way lower on Friday given their higher risk profile relative to bitcoin. Ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, was down about 13% over the past 24 hours, compared with a 14% drop in AVAX and a 16% drop in FTM over the same period. Despite the losses, some analysts still foresee a short-term bounce. “We expect BTC to find a bid around the $35K mark, close to 50% from the top. In the short term, we can bounce to challenge the $45K-$50K zone, but the overall outlook remains bearish as liquidity remains tight,” Pankaj Balani, CEO of Delta Exchange, a crypto derivatives trading platform, wrote in an email to CoinDesk.

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Source: Slashdot – Cryptocurrencies Tumble As Global Investors Reduce Risk

Make a video game with Bitsy

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There are many game design programs and many different possible approaches to game design, but for me, the one that stands out is Bitsy. Created by Adam Le Doux in 2017 and released under an MIT license, Bitsy is, in the words of its creator: “A little editor for little games or worlds. The goal is to make it easy to make games where you can walk around, talk to people, and be somewhere.”

Source: LXer – Make a video game with Bitsy

A 19-Year-Old Just Became the Youngest Woman to Fly Alone Around the World

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Zara Rutherford always dreamed of flying solo around the world, but she never thought it would actually happen. It was “expensive, dangerous, complicated, a logistical nightmare,” Rutherford told herself. However, as she was finishing school, she decided to do something crazy: try to make her dream come true. She…

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Source: Gizmodo – A 19-Year-Old Just Became the Youngest Woman to Fly Alone Around the World

Google Could Face Class-Action Lawsuit Over Free G Suite Legacy Account Shutdown

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On Wednesday, Google announced that it is getting rid of the G Suite legacy free edition, “which allowed those that snuck in before 2012 to get free Google apps services tied to a custom domain rather than Gmail,” reports Android Police. Since a lot of people will be left “in the lurch” after the shutdown, attorneys at Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith are opening an investigating into the matter for a potential class-action lawsuit. From the report: No lawsuit has been filed yet; the attorneys involved are just collecting information for a potential lawsuit in the future once all the facts are straight (and Google has had time to reconsider its actions). When we covered the original news of the legacy G Suite shutdown, it seemed unreasonable to us, because customers using those legacy accounts are unable to transfer purchases or things like grandfathered subscription discounts to new accounts. When we asked if moving purchases between accounts might be possible, a Google representative confirmed it wasn’t. […]

That means years of purchases tied to Google Play — potentially hundreds to thousands of dollars of assets like movie and music purchases for a given customer, across thousands of affected customers — could be tied to broken accounts because of the transition. Google explicitly confirmed to us that was the case, though customers could elect to keep using their broken suspended account alongside a working one. In essence, everyone that migrated to one of these accounts while they were still offered (from 2006 at least until 2012, so far as I can tell) will have to pay extra money to keep their existing purchases tied to a fully working account, and we think that’s pretty ridiculous.

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Source: Slashdot – Google Could Face Class-Action Lawsuit Over Free G Suite Legacy Account Shutdown

Halo Infinite Will Soon Let You Earn Credits For Playing

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This is not a drill: Halo Infinite will soon let you play your way into earning credits for its in-game shop. 343 Industries senior community manager John Junyszek confirmed as much in a post on the Halo Waypoint forums tonight in what’s known in the American PR business as a “White House news dump.”

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Source: Kotaku – Halo Infinite Will Soon Let You Earn Credits For Playing

Hands-On Microsoft's Canceled Andromeda OS

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Windows Central got their hands on a pre-release build of Microsoft’s canceled Andromeda OS running on a Lumia 950. As noted in the article, “Andromeda OS was never intended to ship on the Lumia 950, or any Windows phone on the market at that time.” They’re using a 950 because Microsofted used them to help develop Andromeda OS internally. Also worth mentioning is the fact that Andromeda OS is no longer in development. Android is the OS that will be powering future Microsoft devices, such as the future Surface Duo devices. Here’s an excerpt from the report: Microsoft decided to do something rather unique with Andromeda OS, and build out OS experience around a journaling/inking experience. On the lockscreen, the user is able to begin taking notes directly onto the lockscreen UI just by putting pen to screen. You don’t have to initiate a special mode, or enter an app first, just take your Surface Pen and begin writing, and the lockscreen will store that ink for you to see every time you unlock your device. […] Unlocking the device would take you to your home screen, which on Andromeda OS is another inking canvas. This canvas is called the Journal (though this later became the Microsoft Whiteboard app) which acted as a digital notebook with the ability to take notes with a pen, add sticky notes, insert images and 3D objects, and more. The Journal experience would always be running in the background, with your phone apps running above it.

Andromeda OS was also gesture based. The on-screen Start and Cortana buttons would disappear when opening an app to provide a full-screen experience, so to access those areas, you’d swipe in from the left for Start, and from the right for Cortana, which is also where your notifications were stored. Yes, Cortana and your Notifications were one of the same on Andromeda OS, with Cortana becoming your “manager” of notifications missed or stored for dealing with later. A swipe down from the top would reveal the Control Center, which is feature that’s now shipping on Windows 11, but started life here on Andromeda OS. Feature-wise, it’s exactly the same, with the ability to control things like Wi-Fi, brightness, volume, and music playback. It also features Fluent Design acrylic blur effects, as do many other parts of the UI, even in this unfinished state.

[…] There was also an experimental “Radial UX Menu” mode, where instead of gestures swiping in things like Start and Cortana, swiping would present you with a UI full of circular buttons for things like Start, switching apps, and more. This may have been an alternative to on-screen navigation, as not everyone was familiar with full gesture navigation at the time just yet. Or, it could have been an alternative method of navigation for when you were using a pen. Who knows. One thing we’re not able to show you is the Continuum mode that Microsoft was also working on for Andromeda OS, as unfortunately it appears to be broken in the build we have. That said, we do know what it was going to be like. Essentially, Microsoft was building out Continuum to be a true desktop experience, with windowed app experiences, the ability to store icons on the desktop, and more. If you’d prefer to see Andromeda OS in action instead of read about it, you can watch Windows Central’s video here.

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Source: Slashdot – Hands-On Microsoft’s Canceled Andromeda OS