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Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
‘Nuisance mosquitoes' prompt spraying in several communities
LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — After receiving complaints from residents, the Luzerne Conservation District (LCD) announced they will be spraying for mosquitoes in several communities on the west side of the Wyoming Valley. Crews are expected to be out spraying for adult mosquitoes in residential and recreational areas in Forty Fort, West Wyoming, Wyoming and Exeter in the evening hours of June 10. In the case of bad weather, the rain date is set for June 11. 7 Day Forecast 'The truck-mounted ULV spray will be conducted by LCD. The business license for LCD is BU 11113. The product that will be used is AquaDuet, applied at a rate of .62 oz/ac. This product is designed to provide quick knockdown and effective control of adult mosquitoes,' the district stated in a media release. LCD reported that high populations of nuisance mosquitos were collected in the affected areas. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
India Today
3 days ago
- Business
- India Today
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition review: Big screen, slim design, and a few quirks
Big-screen laptops are not usually known for being light and portable. If you want a laptop with a large display and good specs, chances are it's going to weigh close to 2kg or even more. And if it is light and slim, there's usually a catch: maybe weaker performance, fewer ports, or just a steep price why I was quite curious when I got my hands on the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition. On paper, this laptop offers the best of both worlds: a large 15.3-inch display, a premium lightweight chassis that weighs only 1.46kg, and strong internals — all without touching the sky in terms of pricing. It starts at around Rs 1,32,000 in India, which is still a lot, but less than what you'd pay for a similar machine from HP or Dell, or even from the other camp, I've been using the Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition as my primary rig for over a month now. It's what I carry to work every day. I write articles on it, attend meetings, and even watch Netflix at night before sleeping. After all this real-world use, here's my full experience: what works, what doesn't, and whether you should buy and premium, but not quite perfectThe first thing that stood out to me was how premium the Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition feels. The aluminium body is sleek, strong, and there's no flex or creaking when you pick it up or type on it. It genuinely feels like a high-end ultrabook. And then there's the weight — or the lack of it. At just 1.46kg, it's impressively light for a big 15.3-inch laptop. I carry it in my backpack daily and barely feel the weight. You could even carry it around in your hand without feeling awkward or design also feels soft and approachable. The edges and corners are nicely rounded, so the laptop doesn't dig into your palms when you hold it. There's a slightly raised bump above the screen where the webcam sits. It looks odd, but it helps you grip the lid when opening the laptop. Speaking of which, the FHD webcam delivers clear, well-balanced video, even in tricky lighting, making it great for video calls and online here's one small complaint — even with that raised section, you can't open the laptop with one hand. Every time I try, the base lifts along with the lid. It's not a dealbreaker though. On the bright side, the hinge opens all the way to 180 degrees, so you can use it flat or at any angle you display, but OLED would've been the cherry on topLet's talk screen. The Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition has a 15.3-inch 2.8K IPS LCD touchscreen with a 120Hz refresh rate. It's a sharp, bright display with nice colour reproduction and great viewing angles. For everyday work, watching videos, and casual photo editing, it works really well. Brightness goes up to 500 nits, which is more than enough for indoor use. Yes, there's some glare, but all in all, you won't be squinting for cover regardless of whether you are in or response is smooth and accurate. I don't use touch a lot, but it's a novelty feature to have, especially when scrolling through web pages or zooming in on images. That said, an OLED panel would've made the visuals pop even that punch above their weightAudio performance was one area where I didn't expect much, but I was pleasantly surprised. The Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition comes with a four-speaker system that sounds nice. It gets loud without distortion, and the vocals are clear in both movies and even a decent amount of bass and depth, which you don't always find in thin laptops. I won't say it beats the MacBook Pro (which still has the best laptop speakers I've used), but it comes close enough to making Netflix and YouTube sessions keyboard, decent ports, and one so-so trackpadTyping on this laptop is a treat. The keyboard has a standard chiclet layout with slightly curved keycaps that fit your fingers well. Key travel is just right — not too shallow, not too deep — and the keys feel responsive and comfortable even during long writing sessions. I type for hours every day, and I've had no issues with fatigue or missed trackpad is okay — not amazing, but not bad either. It supports all the usual Windows gestures and has left and right mechanical click buttons under the glass surface, which is good. It just doesn't feel as smooth or premium as the rest of the machine. A bit more polish here would've made a terms of ports, you're mostly sorted. You get two USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4, a regular USB-A port, HDMI 2.1, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and even a physical camera shutter switch for privacy. That last one is a small but thoughtful addition — I use it all the and smooth as you'd expectThis is where things get even more interesting. The Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition runs on Intel's latest Core Ultra 7 258V 'Lunar Lake' chip. My review unit also came with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB PCIe 4 has been smooth throughout. Daily tasks like browsing on Chrome, writing in Docs, video calls, and juggling between tasks are handled with ease. Even heavier work, like some casual gaming, didn't make the machine struggle. So, I tried playing Tekken 7 at medium graphics, and it ran at a solid 60fps. Now, let's be clear — this isn't a gaming laptop. But for casual games, or the occasional time-pass match, it works surprisingly to other laptops with Snapdragon X Elite or even Apple's M-series chips, this one holds up well, and in some areas, like app compatibility, it actually does better. Since it's running on an Intel chip, you won't face those occasional issues you might run into on ARM-based from this, the Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition uses Intel's new NPU, which qualifies this machine as a Copilot+ PC. This essentially means it's ready for Microsoft's AI tools built into Windows. There's even a dedicated Copilot button on the keyboard that works just as has also added its own touch here with a bunch of Smart Modes — and I think they're genuinely useful. There's:— Wellness Mode, which reminds you to take breaks and check your posture.— Shield Mode, which alerts you if someone's peeking at your screen.— Attention Mode, which blocks websites and notifications so you can focus.— Collaboration Mode, which helps improve lighting during video calls.— Power Mode, which lets you quickly switch between battery-saver and performance only catch? These modes need to be activated manually. I really wish they were automatic. But once you turn them on, they do make a difference, especially if you work in shared spaces or tend to get distracted. Other manufacturers, please take one feature I quite liked is Intel Unison, which lets you connect your phone to the laptop for quick file sharing, message replies, and notifications. It works really well with Android — I was able to send media to my laptop in seconds and even make calls. That said, with iPhones, the experience wasn't as smooth. It failed to connect a couple of times. So, this feature still needs some polishing. But it's a step in the right direction, and I hope future updates make it more battery life, but not class-leadingBattery life is decent — much better than older Intel laptops I've used. I usually get about 9 to 10 hours of use on a full charge, sometimes even 12 hours if I'm just doing light work like writing and browsing. It's enough to get through a full workday, and then a bit more at night for watching videos or typing in Docs. But yes, if you compare it to a MacBook Air or a Snapdragon X Elite laptop, those machines will last for an Intel-powered ultrabook with a big screen, this is a solid Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition: Final verdictThe Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition gets a lot of things right. It's light, premium, powerful, and packs in smart features without going overboard on price. The 15.3-inch display is beautiful, the keyboard is great for typing, and the battery life is actually there are some areas where it could be better — the lack of an OLED display, a slightly average trackpad, and features like Smart Modes not being automatic. But overall, the experience has been solid, and I've genuinely enjoyed using this laptop every a starting price of around Rs 1,32,000 (Ultra 7 256V + 16GB RAM + 512GB storage), it's not cheap — but when you compare it to other premium ultrabooks with similar specs, it actually offers good value. If you want a big screen, premium design, and reliable all-around performance in a machine that's easy to carry, the Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition is worth considering.
Otago Daily Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Pacific Edge raises $16m in share sale
Pacific Edge has raised $16 million in new equity in a placement of new ordinary shares — $1m more than it sought — after accepting over-subscriptions. On Friday, the cancer diagnostics company announced a $20m capital raise, saying it was about ensuring it had the cash reserves to capitalise on recent clinical and commercial milestones, grow in non-Medicare channels in the United States and regain Medicare coverage of its tests. It comprised a placement of $15m of new ordinary shares offered to selected investors and an offer of $5m of new shares to retail investors, by way of a share-purchase plan. The share issue was priced at $0.10 per share. Yesterday, the company said the placement — which was well-supported by existing shareholders — was completed on Friday and was subject to shareholder approval. It was now targeting the opening of a $5m offer to eligible retail investors at the same per share offer price in July or early August, with the ability to accept oversubscriptions. In a statement to the NZX, chairman Chris Gallaher said the company was delighted with the investor support it had received. The inclusion of Cxbladder in the American Urological Association's (AUA) new microhematuria guideline in February was significant and had allowed the company to view the non-coverage determination differently. "We are leveraging the important AUA guideline to build on the commercial momentum we have already established, including our plans to regain Medicare coverage," he said. Medicare coverage of the company's tests ceased after the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) became effective on April 24. In a note on Pacific Edge's FY25 financial result also released on Friday, Forsyth Barr analysts described it as "relatively uneventful". Revenue was consistent with the firm's expectations and costs were slightly higher than expected. Despite Pacific Edge being adamant for some time it had sufficient cash resources to navigate the LCD uncertainty, the analysts were not surprised by the capital raise. It was the company's 11th equity raise since 2003 — cumulative raises totalled more than $260m — which would take its share count to more than 1billion from just under 10million in 2004. Post-raise, its cash balance would be about $38m ($22.6 million at FY25) and the analysts estimated that was 16 to 18 months of cash on hand. "While this is a supportive lifeline, even in the event of [Medicare] recoverage, we aren't convinced this is the last of PEB's raises," they said. s
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
JBD Sets a New Benchmark for MicroLED Micro-Display Technology: No More Than Three Defective Pixels per Panel--A Record Low for the Industry
SHANGHAI, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At this pivotal juncture when near-eye display technologies are rapidly advancing toward large-scale deployment, JBD, through sustained technological innovation, has succeeded in reducing the number of defective pixels in its MicroLED micro-displays from ≤100 to ≤3 per panel. This breakthrough not only signifies that MicroLED micro-displays have reached the quality-control standard of mature display technologies such as LCD, but also establishes a new benchmark for defective-pixel metrics across the MicroLED micro-display industry. The number of defective and dark pixels has long served as a key indicator of the reliability and technological maturity of MicroLED micro-display products. Previously, constrained by technological capabilities and production processes, the industry generally confronted a technical bottleneck of nearly 100 defective pixels per panel, which to some extent impeded the widespread adoption of consumer-grade AR devices. In order to overcome this constraint, JBD in recent years has conducted in-depth research into core MicroLED micro-display technologies, reducing the number of defective pixels to ≤3 per panel and dramatically raising the proportion of flawless zero-defect panels. Moreover, dark pixels are an equally long-standing yet frequently overlooked technical challenge in the MicroLED micro-display field, directly affecting image uniformity and overall image quality. Through technological upgrades, JBD has lowered the dark-pixel rate per panel from as high as 0.4% to an exceedingly low 0.03%, and—together with JBD's proprietary Demura pixel-level luminance-compensation algorithm—has greatly enhanced pixel-brightness uniformity. The count of dead and dark pixels exerts a direct and pronounced impact on display quality and user experience. Dead pixels manifest as conspicuous black specks within the image, undermining picture integrity and detail rendition; dark pixels introduce dim blemishes, compromising color accuracy and luminance uniformity. Under high-contrast or brightly lit conditions, these defects become particularly conspicuous, readily distracting users and diminishing visual immersion. By reducing defective and dark pixels, manufacturers prevent image discontinuities, muted colors, and distortion, significantly enhance picture integrity and uniformity, and thus play a pivotal role in elevating visual quality for AR near-eye displays. Bringing defective and dark pixels under tighter quality control in micro-displays requires a complicated, end-to-end effort; the aforementioned breakthrough results from JBD's sustained investment and concerted efforts in technology iteration, process optimization, defect analytics, and lean management. On the technological front, JBD has refined the epitaxial structure to achieve uniform material density, while innovative processes ensure homogeneous pixel-level drive characteristics. Regarding equipment and manufacturing, the introduction of advanced tools has enhanced manufacturing precision. From a production-management perspective, additional inspection steps have been integrated into every stage of the process, with critical stages subject to rigorous monitoring and precise control, guaranteeing that the entire production flow meets the highest quality standards. The foregoing not only attests to JBD's dramatic advances in technological innovation and manufacturing processes, but also signals that MicroLED micro-displays are entering a phase of application maturity. With the meteoric progress of AI technology, demand is mounting for lightweight AR glasses that can serve as all-day AI assistants. Thanks to its outstanding brightness, compact footprint, and low power consumption, MicroLED micro-display technology is steadily becoming the leading solution for such lightweight AR glasses. The substantial improvement in defective- and dark-pixel quality-control standards will further consolidate JBD's advantage in near-eye display applications. Standing at the threshold of mass adoption of consumer-grade AR smart glasses, JBD remains committed to delivering micro-display products of exceptional performance and proven reliability. Looking ahead, JBD will deepen its focus on MicroLED micro-display technology, amplify R&D investment, and propel the industry forward, steering it to ever-greater heights. About JBD Founded in 2015, JBD stands at the forefront of technological innovation, revolutionizing the realm of MicroLED microdisplay technology. Renowned for delivering the smallest, brightest, and most energy-efficient micro-display panels, JBD has become a global pioneer in advanced display solutions. From ultra-compact MicroLED displays to state-of-the-art projectors and optical modules, JBD's visionary products are reshaping the future of near-eye display technology. Driven by an unwavering commitment to excellence and innovation, JBD illuminates the path to a brighter, more vibrant digital world. Explore more about JBD's groundbreaking advancements by visiting their website( or engaging with them on LinkedIn and X (Twitter). View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE JBD
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
JBD Sets a New Benchmark for MicroLED Micro-Display Technology: No More Than Three Defective Pixels per Panel--A Record Low for the Industry
SHANGHAI, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At this pivotal juncture when near-eye display technologies are rapidly advancing toward large-scale deployment, JBD, through sustained technological innovation, has succeeded in reducing the number of defective pixels in its MicroLED micro-displays from ≤100 to ≤3 per panel. This breakthrough not only signifies that MicroLED micro-displays have reached the quality-control standard of mature display technologies such as LCD, but also establishes a new benchmark for defective-pixel metrics across the MicroLED micro-display industry. The number of defective and dark pixels has long served as a key indicator of the reliability and technological maturity of MicroLED micro-display products. Previously, constrained by technological capabilities and production processes, the industry generally confronted a technical bottleneck of nearly 100 defective pixels per panel, which to some extent impeded the widespread adoption of consumer-grade AR devices. In order to overcome this constraint, JBD in recent years has conducted in-depth research into core MicroLED micro-display technologies, reducing the number of defective pixels to ≤3 per panel and dramatically raising the proportion of flawless zero-defect panels. Moreover, dark pixels are an equally long-standing yet frequently overlooked technical challenge in the MicroLED micro-display field, directly affecting image uniformity and overall image quality. Through technological upgrades, JBD has lowered the dark-pixel rate per panel from as high as 0.4% to an exceedingly low 0.03%, and—together with JBD's proprietary Demura pixel-level luminance-compensation algorithm—has greatly enhanced pixel-brightness uniformity. The count of dead and dark pixels exerts a direct and pronounced impact on display quality and user experience. Dead pixels manifest as conspicuous black specks within the image, undermining picture integrity and detail rendition; dark pixels introduce dim blemishes, compromising color accuracy and luminance uniformity. Under high-contrast or brightly lit conditions, these defects become particularly conspicuous, readily distracting users and diminishing visual immersion. By reducing defective and dark pixels, manufacturers prevent image discontinuities, muted colors, and distortion, significantly enhance picture integrity and uniformity, and thus play a pivotal role in elevating visual quality for AR near-eye displays. Bringing defective and dark pixels under tighter quality control in micro-displays requires a complicated, end-to-end effort; the aforementioned breakthrough results from JBD's sustained investment and concerted efforts in technology iteration, process optimization, defect analytics, and lean management. On the technological front, JBD has refined the epitaxial structure to achieve uniform material density, while innovative processes ensure homogeneous pixel-level drive characteristics. Regarding equipment and manufacturing, the introduction of advanced tools has enhanced manufacturing precision. From a production-management perspective, additional inspection steps have been integrated into every stage of the process, with critical stages subject to rigorous monitoring and precise control, guaranteeing that the entire production flow meets the highest quality standards. The foregoing not only attests to JBD's dramatic advances in technological innovation and manufacturing processes, but also signals that MicroLED micro-displays are entering a phase of application maturity. With the meteoric progress of AI technology, demand is mounting for lightweight AR glasses that can serve as all-day AI assistants. Thanks to its outstanding brightness, compact footprint, and low power consumption, MicroLED micro-display technology is steadily becoming the leading solution for such lightweight AR glasses. The substantial improvement in defective- and dark-pixel quality-control standards will further consolidate JBD's advantage in near-eye display applications. Standing at the threshold of mass adoption of consumer-grade AR smart glasses, JBD remains committed to delivering micro-display products of exceptional performance and proven reliability. Looking ahead, JBD will deepen its focus on MicroLED micro-display technology, amplify R&D investment, and propel the industry forward, steering it to ever-greater heights. About JBD Founded in 2015, JBD stands at the forefront of technological innovation, revolutionizing the realm of MicroLED microdisplay technology. Renowned for delivering the smallest, brightest, and most energy-efficient micro-display panels, JBD has become a global pioneer in advanced display solutions. From ultra-compact MicroLED displays to state-of-the-art projectors and optical modules, JBD's visionary products are reshaping the future of near-eye display technology. Driven by an unwavering commitment to excellence and innovation, JBD illuminates the path to a brighter, more vibrant digital world. Explore more about JBD's groundbreaking advancements by visiting their website( or engaging with them on LinkedIn and X (Twitter). View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE JBD Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
