The New York Times, the Atlantic, and CNN have all gone Hollywood, creating documentary divisions that align with their progressive worldviews.Why not the Wall Street Journal?'It’s incredible that the New York Times, managed and run by Jews, chose to report it that way. Why is there that bias?'“We feel there should be something on our side,” says veteran filmmaker Michael Pack, the writer/director/producer of “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words.”It’s why he joined forces with the WSJ’s opinion section to create docu-shorts on topics progressive filmmakers won’t touch. First up? The Crown Heights riots.Tragic storyOn August 19, 1991, a Jewish man accidentally drove into two black children, killing young Gavin Cato. Riots broke out across the New York City neighborhood, spiking already tense relations between black and Jewish residents. Lemrick Nelson, who is black, stabbed Jewish scholar Yankel Rosenbaum to death during the three-day melee.Then-Mayor David Dinkins did little to stop the chaos targeting the Jewish community. Sound familiar?“’Get the Jew’: The Crown Heights Riot Revisited” takes us back to those tumultuous days. The featurette, available for free Oct. 7 via YouTube and outside the WSJ’s paywall, lets key figures from the era recall that tragic New York story.Horribly prescientPack says the Crown Heights riots offered a “timely” tale for the first short out of the gate, but the project proved horribly prescient.“We didn’t know that another Jew would be stabbed in Crown Heights weeks before we finished the film,” Pack says. “[The attacker] was shouting, ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘Do you want to die?’ The issue is different, but the anti-Semitism remains.”“Get the Jew” recalls how the Rev. Al Sharpton played a consequential role in the riots, with critics suggesting he doused the city’s fires with rhetorical gasoline. Sharpton appears in the docu-short to explain his presence in the saga.“He does a very good job defending his position. … He knows how to handle difficult questions,” Pack says of the MSNBC host. “It’s a cornerstone of these films. We give everybody a chance to make their case.”The docuseries hopes to “tell stories in a straightforward manner, not to preach or advocate,” he adds.Both sides?Part of that story is media bias, another element that speaks to modern times. A New York Times reporter recalls the shock of learning that his employer said both sides were culpable in the chaos.That’s not what he saw over that three-day period.“It’s a very key part of the narrative, and it is surprising,” Pack says of the media’s coverage at the time. “In those days you would get to a phone booth and call your editor, read the story to him over the phone. [The reporter] was watching this anti-Semitic riot and the New York Times reports it as if there were both sides fighting. That’s not what was happening, as Ari Goldman, then reporter, recognized.”“It’s incredible that The New York Times, managed and run by Jews, chose to report it that way,” he adds. “Why is there that bias? You can see that today in how they report on what Israel does versus what Hamas or Iran does.”Another chilling note in the film? How Mayor Dinkins let the chaos rage without attempting to restore law and order, echoing the inaction by Gov. Tim Walz during the 2020 George Floyd riots.“[Dinkins] himself isn’t anti-Semitic, but he felt, in my opinion, that politically he couldn’t act,” Pack says. The mayor eventually called in police to quell the riots, but it happened only after protesters hurled debris at both him and the chief of police during a press conference.'An easy sell'Actor Tim Blake Nelson of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” fame narrates “Get the Jew.” Nelson portrayed the title character in dramatic re-enactments in Pack’s “Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power,” originally on PBS, now streaming on AmazonThe filmmaker thought the actor matched the material well.“He’s very interested in politics and is an open-minded person,” Pack says of the versatile actor. “He’s been involved in causes like stopping anti-Semitism. This was an easy sell for him.Pack says the current plan is to produce from three to six WSJ docu-shorts a year. That’s in addition to his work as head of Palladium Pictures. That new enterprise finds Pack and his son, Thomas Pack, producing feature-length documentaries that aren’t likely to come from Hollywood Inc.The company’s WSJ alliance is only part of the big picture. The company is producing feature-length documentaries and serving as an “incubator” for “right-of-center, non-woke filmmakers.” It’s all about stories that won’t be told by mainstream filmmakers.“The goal is to reach the center,” he adds.

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iOS 18 has been out for a couple of weeks now. I've been using the new iPhone operating system since June, when the first developer's beta was made available by Apple. In the meantime, I got the chance to dive deeper into iOS 18's best features. These are the ones I've been using the most, and the ones I think make this such a great update. Lock and hide apps: This is one of iOS 18's best features. I love the ability to hide and lock apps, which hides content inside an app from search, notifications, and other places across the system. This feature is perfect for hiding my bank apps, but it also lets me protect Photos, WhatsApp, Mail, Notes, and more. Here's how to hide and lock iPhone apps in iOS 18. Tapback with emoji and stickers: This social feature has become so much fun to use with my friends in iMessage groups. Even though I'm not a fan of Apple's tapback redesign, I enjoy being able to react to a message with any emoji or sticker I have. Customizing the Lock Screen widgets: With the new Camera Control button, I finally switched the Camera toggle on my Lock Screen to the Remote option. Now, I can conveniently control my Apple TV while still having easy access to my camera. Image source: José Adorno for BGR Opening another app using Camera Control: iPhone 16 owners will be pleased to know that they can switch the Camera Control functionality to open another camera app, such as Instagram, Halide, and so on. Record with a song playing: Another crucial change within the Camera app is the ability to continue to play music when taking a photo. Music will continue to play via Bluetooth connections when capturing a photo or video, which is very handy. Hide screenshots from your library: Apple revamped the Photos app. Even though some people are not fond of it (here's how you can go back to the old design), a new button in the grid helps you reduce clutter by filtering to specific media types, your favorites, or hiding screenshots from the view. This is definitely one of the best iOS 18 features. Adding new widgets to the Control Center: Apple finally lets you add third-party widgets to the Control Center. In addition, you can rearrange the toggles however you like, so it's easier to access your favorite apps or connectivity settings. Dual SIM in Control Center: If you have multiple carriers on your iPhone, you can now seamlessly switch between them. You can swipe to the Connectivity panel on Control Center to create a Cellular Data toggle that will let you quickly switch between carriers. Image source: José Adorno for BGR Call history search: With iOS 18, you can search for previous calls, voicemails, and contacts using a broad range of search criteria. Type in a number, a name, or a caller ID like “plumber” or “bank” to instantly fetch call history in real-time. Search within Recents in the Phone app or use Spotlight Search to quickly surface information. Camera’s 5-second timer: If you like to use your iPhone's timer, this is one of the best iOS 18 features. Now, you can select a 5-second timer in addition to 3- and 10-second options. Distraction Control on Safari: Hide distracting items on a web page, which is great for websites full of ads or pop-ups. If you change your mind, you can easily revert the changes later. Don't Miss: 13 hidden iOS 18 features you should be using on your iPhone The post 11 iOS 18 features that have totally changed how I use my iPhone appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $17 off Apple Watch Series 10, $30 OneBlade 360, $300 viral floor cleaner from TikTok, more Today’s deals: $60 Insignia smart TV, $735 black Apple Watch Ultra 2, $120 Ninja food processor, more Today’s deals: $50 off Eureka E20 Plus robot vac, $1,100 off LG C4 OLED TV, Blink cameras from $20, more Best Apple deals for October Prime Day 2024

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Small primordial black holes (PBHs) are one of the hot topics in astronomy and cosmology today. These hypothetical black holes are believed to have formed soon after the Big Bang, resulting from pockets of subatomic matter so dense that they underwent gravitational collapse. At present, PBHs are considered a candidate for dark matter, a possible source of primordial gravitational waves, and a resolution to various problems in physics. However, no definitive PBH candidate has been observed so far, leading to proposals for how we may find these miniature black holes. Recent research has suggested that main-sequence neutron and dwarf stars might contain small PBHs in their interiors that are slowly consuming their gas supply. In a recent study, a team of physicists extended this idea to include a new avenue for potentially detecting PBHs. Basically, we could search inside objects like planets and asteroids or employ large plates or slabs of metal to detect PBHs for signs of their passage. By detecting the microchannels these bodies would leave, scientists could finally confirm the existence of PBHs and shed light on some of the greatest mysteries in cosmology today. The research was conducted by De-Chang Dai, a physicist at National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan and the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics (CERCA) at Case Western Reserve University, and Dejan Stojkovic, a physicist from High Energy Physics and Cosmology group at the State University of New York Buffalo. The paper that details their findings recently appeared online and is being reviewed for publication in the journal Physics of the Dark Universe. How we might discover primordial black holes and help solve the dark matter mystery. Credit: ESA Scientists have been fascinated by PBHs for decades since Russian scientists Igor D. Novikov and Yakov Zeldovich predicted their existence in 1966. They were also a source of interest for Stephen Hawking, whose work on PBHs led to his breakthrough discovery in 1974 that black holes can evaporate over time. While larger and intermediate black holes would take longer to evaporate than the current age of the Universe (ca. 13.8 billion years), smaller PBHs may have already or could be in the process of doing so. However, interest in PBHs has experienced a renaissance in recent years because they serve as dark matter candidates, a source of primordial gravitational waves (GWs), and more. Like Dark Matter, their existence could help resolve some major cosmological mysteries, but no confirmed observations have been made yet. As De-Chang and Stojkovic told Universe Today via email, this is what motivated them to propose novel detection methods: “If an asteroid, or a moon, or a small planet (planetoid) has a liquid core surrounded by a solid crust, then a small PBH will consume the dense liquid core relatively quickly (within weeks to months). The crust will remain intact if the material is strong enough to support gravitational stress. Thus, we will end up with a hollow structure. If the central black hole is ejected (due to collisions with other objects), the density will be lower than the usual density of a rocky object with a liquid core.” In addition, De-Chang and Stojkovic calculated the gravitational stress small PBHs would generate. They then compared this to the compressive strength of materials that make up a planet’s crust – such as silicate minerals (rock), iron, and other elements. They also considered the strongest manufactured materials, such as multiwall carbon nanotubes. “We found, for example, that granite can support hollow structures up to the radius of 1/10 of the Earth’s radius,” said Stojkovic. “That is why we should concentrate on planetoids, moons, or asteroids.” An image based on a supercomputer simulation of the cosmological environment where primordial gas undergoes direct collapse to create black holes. Credit: Aaron Smith/TACC/UT-Austin. These calculations offer a means to search for evidence of PBHs in space and here on Earth. Possible candidate planetoids, moons, or asteroids could be identified in our Solar System by observing their mass and radius to provide estimates of their density. This would allow astronomers to identify potentially hollow objects for follow-up studies by probes, landers, and other robotic space missions. Alternatively, they recommend that sensors be built to search for PBHs by detecting their passage. Said Stojkovic: “If a small PBH passes through some solid material, it will leave a straight long tunnel of the radius comparable to the PBH’s radius. For example, a 1023 g PBH should leave a tunnel with a radius of 0.1 micron. [The energies] that such PBHs can have are significant, but [the energies] which they deposit into the material are very low. In fact, such a PBH can even pass through a human body, and we would not even notice because human body tissue has a very low tension.” In this vein, scientists can scan for micro tunnels in commonplace materials we find lying around (like glass or rocks). At the same time, say De-Chang and Stojkovic, large slabs of polished metal could be prepared for this purpose. Similar to neutrino detection, these slabs would need to be isolated so that any sudden change in their properties could be recorded. “The expected flux of these PBHs is very small and we may end up finding nothing, but a possible payoff of finding a PBHs will be huge, especially since such experiments will be very cheap,” said Stojkovic. As De-Chang added, it has been proposed in recent years that some primordial black holes may be hidden in stars. Stephen Hawking once proposed the idea, which became the basis of two studies, one released in 2019 and another this past year. “It is also proposed that primordial black holes may radiate Gamma rays. Strong gamma rays in the Milky Way’s dark matter halo can be a good hint for the existence of primordial black holes,” said De-Chang. “Gravitational microlensing can be another way to identify the primordial black holes.” Further Reading: arXiv The post Primordial Holes Could be Hiding in Planets, Asteroids, and Here on Earth appeared first on Universe Today.

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