Latest news with #Alexandria
Android Authority
13 hours ago
- Android Authority
Google just released a convenient way to clean up Call Notes on your Pixel
Google TL;DR Google has started rolling out an auto-delete feature to Call Notes on Pixel 9 phones. This feature lets you automatically delete Call Notes after a specified period of time. The news comes a few months after we first discovered evidence of this option. Google revealed a Call Notes feature alongside the Pixel 9 series last year. This feature records, transcribes, and summarizes phone calls. We've seen evidence that Google could bring an auto-delete feature to Call Notes, and it's rolling out now. Some Pixel owners have reported that the auto-delete feature is now available on their phones. Check out the screenshot below, courtesy of Telegram user Alexandria. Telegram user Alexandria For the uninitiated, this option lets you automatically delete your Call Notes after a specified period of time. We previously enabled this feature and discovered that you can set the app to automatically delete Call Notes after seven days, 14 days, or 30 days. In any event, this is a handy addition if you constantly make/receive a lot of phone calls and have a lengthy list of Call Notes. So this gives you a quick way to clear out your recordings, transcripts, and summaries. It goes without saying that you probably shouldn't enable this feature if there are a few Call Notes you'd like to keep. Nevertheless, I hope Google brings Call Notes to more countries as it's only available in the US. By contrast, Samsung's Call Transcript feature, which debuted on the Galaxy S25 series, offers similar functionality and is available in multiple markets. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Reuters
14 hours ago
- Science
- Reuters
Rising seas and shifting sands attack ancient Alexandria from below
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July 23 (Reuters) - From her ninth-floor balcony over Alexandria's seafront, Eman Mabrouk looked down at the strip of sand that used to be the wide beach where she played as a child. "The picture is completely different now," she said. The sea has crept closer, the concrete barriers have got longer and the buildings around her have cracked and shifted. Every year 40 of them collapse across Egypt's second city, up from one on average a decade ago, a study shows. The storied settlement that survived everything from bombardment by the British in the 1880s to attacks by crusaders in the 1160s is succumbing to a subtler foe infiltrating its foundations. The warming waters of the Mediterranean are rising, part of a global phenomenon driven by climate change. In Alexandria, that is leading to coastal erosion and sending saltwater seeping through the sandy substrate, undermining buildings from below, researchers say. "This is why we see the buildings in Alexandria being eroded from the bottom up," said Essam Heggy, a water scientist at the University of Southern California who co-wrote the study published in February describing a growing crisis in Alexandria and along the whole coast. The combination of continuous seawater rises, ground subsidence and coastal erosion means Alexandria's coastline has receded on average 3.5 metres a year over the last 20 years, he told Reuters. 'For many people who see that climatic change is something that will happen in the future and we don't need to worry about it, it's actually happening right now, right here," Heggy said. The situation is alarming enough when set out in the report - "Soaring Building Collapses in Southern Mediterranean Coasts" in the journal "Earth's Future". For Mabrouk, 50, it has been part of day-to-day life for years. She had to leave her last apartment when the building started moving. "It eventually got slanted. I mean, after two years, we were all ... leaning," she told Reuters. "If you put something on the table, you would feel like it was rolling." Egypt's government has acknowledged the problem and promised action. Submerged breakwaters reduce coastal wave action and truckloads of sand replenish stripped beaches. Nine concrete sea barriers have been set up "to protect the delta and Alexandria from the impact of rising sea waves," Alexandria's governor, Ahmed Khaled Hassan, said. The barriers stretch out to sea, piles of striking geometric shapes, their clear curves and lines standing out against the crumbling, flaking apartment blocks on the land. Authorities are trying to get in ahead of the collapses by demolishing buildings at risk. Around 7,500 were marked for destruction and 55,000 new housing units will be built, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly told a crowd as he stood on one of the concrete barriers on July 14. "There isn't a day that passes without a partial or complete collapse of at least one building that already had a demolition order," Madbouly said. Some are hopeful the measures can make a difference. "There are no dangers now ... They have made their calculations," coffee shop owner Shady Mostafa said as he watched builders working on one of the barriers. Others are less sure. Alexandria's 70-km (45-mile) long coastal zone was marked down as the most vulnerable in the whole Mediterranean basin in the February report. Around 2% of the city's housing stock – or about 7,000 buildings – were probably unsafe, it added. Every day, more people are pouring into the city - Alexandria's population has nearly doubled to about 5.8 million in the last 25 years, swollen by workers and tourists, according to Egypt's statistics agency CAPMAS. Property prices keep going up, despite all the risks, trackers show. Sea levels are rising across the world, but they are rising faster in the Mediterranean than in many other bodies of water, partly because the relative shallowness of its sea basin means it is warming up faster. The causes may be global, but the impacts are local, said 26-year-old Alexandria resident Ahmed al-Ashry. "There's a change in the buildings, there's a change in the streets," he told Reuters. "Every now and then we try to renovate the buildings, and in less than a month, the renovations start to fall apart. Our neighbours have started saying the same thing, that cracks have started to appear."
Fox News
2 days ago
- Business
- Fox News
'It won't be long': HUD secretary shares video of dilapidated roof tiles at HQ amid bid to move it outside DC
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner shared a video Monday afternoon on social media showing falling roof tiles at the HUD agency's D.C. headquarters amid the agency's efforts to relocate its headquarters under the Trump administration. The video of the damaged building comes after Turner announced last month that HUD would be relocating its headquarters down the road to Alexandria, Virginia. Turner previously cited the fact that the D.C. building is facing over $500 million in "deferred maintenance" costs, while only half of HUD's D.C. headquarters is currently being used. He has also argued the building is not safe, which he further illustrated in a Monday post on X. "The current HUD HQ is falling apart everywhere you turn. I witnessed this firsthand today," Turner captioned his video posted to X Monday afternoon. "It's not suitable for HUD staff or the people we serve. Moving day can't come soon enough." Turner showed "damaged roof tiles," which he described as water-logged and "leaking." The video showed a gaping hole in the roof of the HUD headquarters, with a trash heap beneath it full of what appeared to be broken roof tiles from the inside of the building that fell. "Did this fall on anyone?" Turner asked in the video, after which someone behind the camera confirms it did not. "Well," Turner replied. "It won't be long. It won't be long." The HUD building will relocate from the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building to 2415 Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, where the National Science Foundation (NSF) is housed, but no indication has been made about when that move will be finalized. The move marks the first major executive agency under Trump to relocate its headquarters. The relocation effort will be a staggered process that will ultimately relocate approximately 2,700 HUD employees currently based at the D.C. headquarters building, according to the General Services Administration (GSA). In addition to saving on deferred maintenance costs, the relocation will also save taxpayers roughly $56 million in annual rent and operations expenditures, according to HUD. "This is about the HUD employees to have a safe space, to have a nice place to work, to represent the people that we serve in America," Turner said during a press conference formally announcing the relocation last month. "This is not about the secretary. This is about the posterity and the future of HUD." NSF staff met this week to discuss how they will handle the HUD relocation, including a potential relocation themselves, local reporting out of Alexandria indicated.
Arabian Business
6 days ago
- Business
- Arabian Business
Egypt High Speed Rail to use 3,000 Hitachi ACs to cool its 21 stations
Egypt's High-Speed Rail (HSR) project has awarded a major Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) contract to a partnership between Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Elsewedy Machinery. Hitachi will supply more than 3,000 high-efficiency indoor Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) units, to be deployed across 21 stations. The units will be manufactured at its facility in Barcelona, Spain. Egypt rail project: Key HVAC updates The solution delivers a total cooling capacity of more than 11,000 Refrigeration Tons (RT) and features Eurovent certification and high-ambient resilience, tailored to Egypt's climate and transport sector requirements. Egypt's HSR links major cities and ports, setting new benchmarks in sustainable transport development across the country. Spanning 660 kilometers, the HSR will connect Ain Sokhna, Alamein, Cairo, Alexandria, 6th of October City, and other key hubs across Egypt. Once operational, the system will serve 21 stations, transporting over one million passengers and 8,500 tons of cargo daily. The project is designed to dramatically reduce travel times and support faster, more efficient logistics nationwide. Ahmed Aqel, general manager, Johnson Controls–Hitachi Air Conditioning MEA, commented: 'This mega project represents a pivotal advancement in Egypt's national infrastructure agenda. It reflects the country's vision for modern, efficient, and climate-conscious transportation. 'We are proud to deliver our advanced HVAC systems to a development of this scale and significance, working alongside Elsewedy Machinery to ensure technical precision, operational excellence, and long-term impact.' Elsewedy Machinery – the trading arm of Elsewedy Electric Group – will oversee the complete scope of HVAC delivery, including supply, installation, copper piping network, startup, commissioning, and after-sales service. 'Our partnership with Elsewedy Electric brings together global HVAC innovation and local execution expertise,' Aqel added. 'By integrating high-performance European-manufactured VRF systems into Egypt's high-speed rail infrastructure, we are supporting a new benchmark in sustainable, large-scale transport solutions.' The high-speed rail project reflects Egypt's forward-thinking leadership and ambition for sustainable growth. The project stands as a defining example of infrastructure that drives national transformation.
Zawya
6 days ago
- Business
- Zawya
Egypt: MSMEDA supports 51,000 youth projects in Alexandria with EGP $44.5mln
Arab Finance: The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) has financed 51,000 youth-led micro- and small-sized projects with EGP 2.2 billion in investments across Alexandria between July 2014 and May 2025, CEO Basil Rahmy said. These projects created more than 110,000 diverse job opportunities. Rahmy's remarks came during a meeting with Alexandria's governor Ahmed Khaled to discuss enhancing cooperation in supporting micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). They also explored ways to facilitate services for business owners, focusing on industrial projects, particularly in Borg El Arab. Rahmy highlighted that a sum of EGP 102 million of the total financing was allocated to infrastructure, community development, and training projects. He affirmed the agency's interest in raising awareness among business owners of Law No. 6 of 2025, currently being implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance and the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA). The law offers several tax incentives to business owners, starting from 0.4% of the project's annual turnover if it reaches EGP 500,000. It reaches 1.5% if the turnover ranges between EGP 10 and 20 million. This is in addition to exemptions from many types of taxes and stamps previously imposed on small businesses.
