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Snow has fallen in Brazil, an extremely rare event for the tropical country. Thanks to an intense cold snap, snow or freezing rain fell in at least 43 Brazilian cities on Wednesday and Thursday, according to weather service Climatempo. Read more.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that you will find, on any YouTube video and any Instagram or Twitter post by a celebrity, at least one comment with the words “Please Come to Brazil.” The ubiquitousness of the phrase to the ecology of the internet can be summed up by a version of the Mike Wazowski Explaining… Read more.
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The filter will be available in 10 major cities around the globe, including Berlin (Germany), Buenos Aires (Argentina), London (UK), Los Angeles (USA), Mexico City (Mexico), New York (USA), Paris (France), São Paulo (Brazil), Sydney (Australia), Tokyo (Japan). Credit: Snap Inc.
To bring the latest entry in the Pixel Ripped franchise to life, the Sao Paolo, Brazil-based Arvore has struck a major branding partnership with iconic gaming house ATARI. In the trailer, you’ll see an Atari 2600 and a number of games, such as Crystal Castles (1983) , Fast Freddie (1982) , and Yars Revenge (1982).
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TIME turns to AR and Jane Goodall to help expose deforestation in Brazil. TIME Turns To AR And Jane Goodall To Explore The Rapidly Shrinking Amazon Rainforest.
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India has reported over 300,000 deaths from covid-19, the third worst death toll in the world behind the United States and Brazil, according to the latest figures from India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. Officially, the death toll in India stands at 303,720, though public health experts fear the… Read more.
Last Friday, Xbox Brazil video host Isadora Basile announced that Microsoft had severed ties with her. In a tweet, she said she’d been regularly harassed by members of the local Xbox community since being hired in early September, and that that mistreatment was part of the decision to end her contract. Read more.
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Owase Jeelani is a born innovator who consistently combines surgical expertise with an engineering mindset, Lead Neurosurgeon Gabriel Mufarrej & Dr Jeelani partnered with Gemini Untwined to separate a pair of conjoined twins born in Brazil with a fused head and brains.
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For years, climate scientists have been sounding the alarm about the increasing likelihood that the Amazon rainforest, now one of the biggest absorbers of carbon in the world, could actually become a source of carbon within just 15 years. New research shows that for some other kinds of tropical forests nearby, that’s… Read more.
Created in collaboration with the BBC Natural History Unit, the same minds behind Planet Earth and Blue Planet , Micro Kingdoms lets users get up close and personal with a two species of creepy crawlers—a Leaf Cutter Ant colony from the tropical rainforests of Central America and the Wandering Spider from the Atlantic Forest of Eastern Brazil.
A 28-year-old Brazilian resident participating in a covid-19 vaccine trial run by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has died of complications related to the coronavirus, a local media outlet reported Wednesday. Health officials and those leading the study have not confirmed whether the volunteer had received… Read more.
Current partners include public institutions, such as the National Public Library of France and the Film Fund in Luxembourg, leaders in the movie theater industry, including Nordisk in Scandinavia, as well as Brazil (Arvore) and Asia.
June 22 : Brazil vs. Costa Rica – 5:00 am PT ( local time ). Check out the schedule below: 2018 World Cup Oculus Venues Schedule. June 17 : Germany vs. Mexico – 8:00 am PT ( local time ). June 20 : Portugal vs. Morocco – 5:00 am PT ( local time ). June 24 : England vs. Panama – 5:00 am PT ( local time ).
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The Samsung HMD Odyssey will be available later this year in the US, China, Korea, Brazil and Hong Kong, with pre-orders beginning in the US only on October 3rd. Launch is slated for November 6th. Samsung HMD Odyssey Pre-order. Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset.
Infamous coronavirus skeptic Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, triumphantly declared on Saturday that he had recovered from covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. To celebrate, Bolsonaro posted a photo of himself doing a thumbs-up with hydroxychloroquine , the anti-malaria drug he has promoted… Read more.
Now filmmaker James Fox is back with a follow-up that explores that anti-skeptical thesis through a more international lens, delving into “the Roswell of Brazil.” Two years ago, io9 premiered the trailer for The Phenomenon , a UFO documentary built around the “unavoidable fact” that aliens are real. It’s called Moment … Read more.
. “Hit the skies with paramotoring legend Rafael Goberna as he explores Brazil’s Iguazu Falls from above.” Prepare to get goose bumps as you paraglide over Brazil’s breathtaking land- and waterscapes. Up on The Housetop – Pentatonix. “Ho, ho, ho!
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Researchers in Brazil have found a way to examine a fetus in VR by transforming ultrasound and MRI data into 3-D models of the baby. from the Clínica de Diagnóstico por Imagem, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For years, expecting parents have been making the most out of blurry ultrasound photos in anticipation of meeting their unborn child.
Partners so far include public institutions including the National Public Library of France and the Film Fund in Luxembourg, leaders in the movie theater industry such as Nordisk in Scandinavia as well in Brazil (Arvore) and Asia. In the New Year, mk2 plans to invest on increasing its footprint in the location-based VR market Click To Tweet.
From the evil android Ash to the quirky hobbit Bilbo , Ian Holm was as versatile an actor as one could ever imagine. He could do it all, and did so for decades, even earning an Oscar nomination in 1982. However, we’re sad to report that the incredible actor passed away this week at the age of 88 from complications with… Read more.
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The Samsung HMD Odyssey will be available later this year in the US, China, Korea, Brazil and Hong Kong, with pre-orders beginning in the US only on October 3rd. Other specs on the announced Samsung Odyssey headset include integrated AKG headphones and an array mics for voice commands, as well as two motion controllers.
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