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The National
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The National
Catalog: Netflix's powerful new Arabic series on grief and family
Series centring on widowed father who finds hope through videos left by his late wife now streaming on Netflix
Gizmodo
3 days ago
- Health
- Gizmodo
Most Cats Sleep on Their Left Side, and Scientists Think They Know Why
If you're a cat owner, chances are you spend an unhealthy amount of time scrolling through your photo gallery, reviewing adorable photos of your cats for the thousandth time. While doing so, perhaps you've noticed that your cats appear to favor a certain side while sleeping. And if that happens to be the left side, new scientific research suggests you're right. This could be a survival strategy for cats, according to a recent study published in Current Biology. In the paper, the researchers explain that in mammals such as cats, the right hemisphere of the brain controls the left visual field, spatial awareness, and quick responses to threats. Sleeping on the left allows the right hemisphere of a cat's brain to be readily available to identify and coordinate a rapid escape, the scientists claim. Virtually all animals are at risk to predators while sleeping. That's a problem for cats (at least in their pre-domesticated natural state), who spend around 12 to 16 hours each day sleeping. For that reason, cats usually sleep in locations they consider safe. But the researchers were curious as to whether cats evolved other tactics to stay safe during and immediately after their frequent naps. To answer this question, the researchers analyzed 408 publicly available YouTube videos featuring cats sleeping on their sides, with the requirement that the nap had to be uninterrupted for at least ten seconds. They found that in two-thirds of the videos, the cats preferred to sleep on their left side, which the researchers then attempted to explain in terms of neuroscience. 'Since cats prefer to sleep in elevated positions, upon awakening they would immediately see predators or prey with the left side of their visual field,' the study authors explained in a statement. 'Since the right hemisphere has advanced spatial abilities and can quickly coordinate rapid escape and possibly also hunting functions, left-side sleeping would provide evolutionary benefits as a survival strategy.' Scientists Want to See Videos of Your Cat for a New Study But as the scientists themselves admit, this conclusion warrants further investigation to explore other potential factors that influence a cat's favored sleeping position. While their analysis of the videos turned up a statistically significant leftward bias at the population level, 'we obviously have no information about the sex or pregnancy status of the videotaped cats,' they wrote in the paper. Indeed, pregnancy might be another complicating variable, a trend scientists previously observed for pregnant cows. Additionally, 'pawedness'—the cat version of right- or left-handedness—should also be taken into consideration for future research, the scientists said. Overall, the authors conclude that this finding, while subject to debate, 'could provide an excellent opportunity to study the emergence of asymmetries at the population level, while also helping us to learn more about the nature of one of our favorite pets.' A quick and very unscientific population survey among Gizmodo and Kotaku's cat owners affirmed the study's findings, showing a slightly greater tendency for cats to favor their left side while sleeping. I was also able to confirm that my roommate's two cats both tend to curl up on their left side. There were, however, some outlier cases, such as Kotaku staff writer Zachary Zwiezen's feline companion, who reportedly 'just does the super tight curl and turns into a strange organic shape that, while cute, lacks any sides.' To gather more data, we'd like to invite our readers to share their cats' favored sleeping position in the comments. Photo evidence is encouraged.
BBC News
16-06-2025
- BBC News
Gillingham man denies sharing 'terrorist' videos online
A Kent man will face trial next year having denied distributing "terrorist" Malik, 22, from Gillingham, pleaded not guilty to the charges, which allege dissemination of the publications while intending or being reckless as to their use to encourage acts of terrorism, in a hearing at Winchester Crown Court on charges include allegations of the sharing of a video called "Go and answer the call" on 8 June 2024 and another called "Disbelievers of the world" on 21 July of the same year. A third video was allegedly shared on 3 Malik was released on conditional bail with a trial set to start on 16 March 2026.
Fox News
10-06-2025
- Fox News
How to transfer photos and videos off your phone
It's unfortunate, but bad things happen to phones all the time. For instance, they break when dropped or get stolen. Many people have lost precious memories because of it. Moving photos and videos off your phone is the best way to protect them and free up storage space without permanently losing them. You can use several reliable methods, whether you're using an iPhone or an Android device, to transfer photos and videos from your phone to a computer or cloud storage. Keep reading to find out how. iPhone users can also use Apple's cloud storage service, iCloud, to automatically sync and back up their photos and videos to the cloud. This will also make them accessible across all your Apple devices, as well as Windows. Follow these steps: When you turn on Sync this iPhone, your photos and videos will be automatically uploaded to iCloud and securely stored in their original, full-resolution formats. Be aware that just syncing your photos and videos to iCloud doesn't immediately free up space on your iPhone. You're creating a copy in iCloud, but the full-size photos and videos still remain on your phone. Now that your photos and videos are backed up to iCloud, here's the crucial step to actually clear space on your iPhone. You'll need to enable a special setting called Optimize iPhone Storage. Here's how to do it: This setting keeps smaller, space-saving versions of your photos and videos on your iPhone while the full-resolution originals stay safely stored in iCloud. This way, your iPhone frees up storage space without deleting any photos and videos. However, note that this depends on the number of photos and videos you have and the overall space used. Optimizing doesn't guarantee immediate, huge storage savings. It can take time, especially for 4K videos. Pro tip: Don't delete photos and videos manually to save space. If you delete a photo or video on your iPhone, it's also removed from iCloud. Let the "optimize" setting do the work for you. For those of you who prefer not to pay for iCloud storage, several reliable products allow you to offload photos and videos from your iPhone, freeing up space while keeping your memories secure, without a recurring fee. Check out our top iPhone backup alternatives that don't require a subscription. These external storage options offer a range of features to suit different needs, allowing you to prioritize what matters most, whether it's portability, storage capacity, speed or ease of use. By choosing the right device, you can efficiently manage your iPhone storage and avoid ongoing iCloud fees. Just remember to confirm that all photos and videos have been safely transferred before deleting them from your iPhone. Now, you'll also want to be sure to check this hidden folder on your iPhone that may be eating up your space. Google Photos is a convenient cloud storage solution that works across all devices, offering both free and paid storage options for backing up your photos and videos securely. You can back up your phone's photos and videos to Google Photos with the steps below. Now that your photos and videos are safely backed up to Google Photos, you can free up space on your Android device: That's it. You've now backed up your photos and videos, freeing up valuable storage space on your Android device. On both iPhone and Android, deleted photos and videos usually go to a "Recently Deleted" or "Trash" folder and stay there for up to 30 days. To immediately free up space and ensure your photos and videos are truly gone, open this folder and permanently delete the photos and videos. Pro tip: Always make sure your photos and videos are safely backed up before deleting them from your phone. With the photos and videos stored safely on the cloud, you can access and download them anytime. Here is what you need to know: Google Photos: You can access the photos and videos using the Google Photos app on either your Android device or iPhone. You can also go to the Google Photos website on your computer and sign in with your Google account to find the photos and videos. iCloud (iPhone): Go to and sign in with your Apple account. Afterward, click Quick Access in the top-right corner and select Photos in the menu, and you should then be able to see your uploaded photos and videos. If you're a Windows user, you can easily transfer photos and videos from your phone using the built-in Photos app to import your pictures and videos directly to your PC. Follow the steps below to do that. If you moved your photos and videos to a computer and then deleted them from your phone, they're gone from the device but remain safe on your computer. Always double-check that your transfer was successful before deleting anything from your phone. For Android users, accessing the DCIM (Digital Camera Images) folder directly through Windows File Explorer provides a simple way to transfer photos and video from your phone to your computer. Here's how to do it: It's a mistake to wait until something happens to start moving photos off your phone. We recommend creating a backup schedule so that you're never without a way to restore them or free up space on your device. The initial moving process can be long, but doing it in the future will definitely be faster. You can also create extra backups by transferring the photos to external storage. How do you feel about the role tech companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft play in managing and protecting your personal photos? Have you had any positive or negative experiences with their backup services? Let us know by writing us at For more of my tech tips and security alerts, subscribe to my free CyberGuy Report Newsletter by heading to Follow Kurt on his social channels: Answers to the most-asked CyberGuy questions: New from Kurt: Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
CNET
01-06-2025
- General
- CNET
Running Out of Space? Expert Hacks to Boost Your Google Drive Storage
It's warming up and schools are out for summer so you might be planning to go on vacation soon. That means you may take a bunch of pictures and videos of your sun-soaked days and other adventures. But if you use Google Drive for digital storage, your photos, videos and other random documents can eat up the 15GB of free storage faster than you can say "summer vacation." If you run out of storage, you'll see a message asking you to upgrade to a Google One plan, but that doesn't mean you have to buy digital storage. If you're willing to create another Google account, you can transfer all your old email and files for free. But if that sounds like a hassle, here are some other tricks to easily clear space in your digital filing cabinet. We recommend trying these tips on your laptop rather than a phone, as you'll have an easier time sorting through and managing files. We'll walk you through both processes if you have access only to a mobile device. 1. Easily find and delete large files If you want to keep the majority of your items in Google Drive and Gmail, you can free up space by sorting each service by file size and deleting only one or two large files instead of a few dozen smaller items. Deleting one or two videos that take up multiple megabytes of space is easier than sorting through hundreds of old documents of similar file size to decide which can be deleted. Delete files by size in Google Drive Here's how to delete files by size on your desktop. 1. Log into your Google Drive account. 2. Click Storage in the menu on the left side of the screen. 3. The Storage page should list your files from largest to smallest, but if not, click Storage used on the right side of the screen. The files should now be ordered from largest to smallest. 4. Click on the large files you want to delete to select them. You can select multiple files by holding the Shift key on your keyboard. 5. After selecting the files for deletion, click either the trash bin that appears near the top of the screen or click and drag the large files to Trash on the left side of the screen. You're not finished when the items are in the Trash. From there, click Trash on the left side of the screen to go to the Trash menu. Then, click Empty Trash on the right side of the screen, and then click Empty forever. You can also delete files by size on your mobile device. Here's how. 1. Open your Google Drive app and log into your account. 2. Tap Files in the bottom-right corner of the screen. 3. Tap Name underneath My Drive near the top of the screen. 4. Tap Storage used. This will arrange your files from largest to smallest. You can select My Drive and then Storage used again to list your files by smallest to largest. 5. Tap the three dots (...) next to the item you want to delete. 6. Tap Remove then Move to trash. Google says in the app that Items in your Trash are deleted forever automatically after 30 days. If you want to speed things up and empty your trash now, here's how. 1. Tap the hamburger icon (three stacked lines) in the top-left corner of the screen next to Search in Drive. 2. Tap Trash. 3. Tap the three dots (...) in the top-right corner of the screen. 4. Tap Empty trash. Whether you need to make more space or just want to keep your Gmail tidy, it's easy to make room for storage in the service. James Martin/CNET Delete files by size in Gmail You can also delete your files by size in Gmail. Here's how on desktop. 1. Log into your Gmail account. 2. Type has:attachment larger:10MB into the search bar and hit Search. This will show you all emails that have attachments larger than 10MB, from largest to smallest. You can use this format to filter by other size files, not just 10MB files. 3. Check the boxes to the left of each email you want to delete, then click the Trash icon across the top of your screen. It should be under Conversations. 4. Click Trash on the left side of the screento go to the Trash menu. If you don't see Trash, click More and Trash should be in the expanded menu. 5. Click Empty trash now at the top of the screen. You can delete files in the Gmail app similarly too. Here's how. 1. Open your Gmail app and log in to your account. 2. Type has:attachment larger:10MB into the search bar and hit Search. This will show you all emails that have attachments larger than 10MB, from largest to smallest. You can use this format to filter by other size files, not just 10MB files. 3. Tap into the email you want to delete. 4. Tap the trash bin icon across the top of your screen. 5. Tap < in the top-left corner of your screen. 6. Tap the hamburger icon in the top-left corner of the screen next to Search in mail. 7. Tap Trash. 8. Tap Empty trash now. Note that once a file goes to Trash, it'll automatically delete after 30 days. 2. Empty your spam folder It's easy to forget about emptying your spam folder, and it can take up unnecessary data in your Gmail account. Emptying your spam folder — and your social or promotions folders — is another way to make space. Here's how to empty your Spam folder on your desktop. 1. Log into your Gmail account. 2. Once you're logged in, click Spam on the left side of the screen. If you don't see Spam, click More and Spam should be in the expanded menu. 3. In your Spam folder, click Delete all spam messages now. 4. Click OK in the pop-up. Here's how to empty your Spam folder in the mobile app. 1. Open the Gmail app and log into your account. 2. Tap the hamburger icon in the top-left corner of the screen next to Search in mail. 3. Tap Spam. 4. Tap Delete all spam messages now or Empty spam now. Don't let spam bog down your Gmail. Getty Images 3. Delete old or duplicate photos in Google Photos Google also includes Google Photos in the 15GB of free storage it gives its users. Photos and videos can take up more space than text-based files, especially higher-quality ones, so it's a good idea to go through and delete old and duplicate photos and videos to make room. There's no option to arrange your photos and videos from largest to smallest like in Google Drive and Gmail, so you'll have to go through and delete items manually. You can check how much space a file is taking up by selecting it and clicking the "i" for information from the top menu. Here's how to delete photos and videos from Google Photos on your desktop. 1. Open and log into Google Photos. 2. Scroll your mouse over photos and videos you want to delete and click the gray checkmark icon in the top-left corner of the photo or video. Do this to as many photos and videos as you want. 3. Click the trash icon in the top-right corner of the screen. 4. Click Move to trash. 5. Click Trash on the left side of the screen. 6. Click Empty trash near the top-right corner of your screen. 7. Click Empty trash again, and you're set. Here's how to delete photos and videos from the Google Photos mobile app. A note for Apple users: If your Gmail is linked to your iCloud account, the two digital storage spaces may also be linked. This means that when enabling the Backup & Sync feature on Google Photos, all your local photos on your iPhone will be displayed on Google Photos. If you delete a photo on Google Photos, then the local photo on your iPhone will also be removed. When the local photo is removed, it won't show up on iCloud. You'll be able to tell if this is you when you try to delete an image on Google Photos; a pop-up window will let you know you're about to delete from both places. 1. Open and log into Google Photos. 2. Tap the photo or video you want to delete. 3. Tap the trash can icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen. 4. Tap Delete. 5. Tap Library in the bottom-right corner of the screen. 6. Tap Trash. 7. Tap the three dots (...) in the top-right corner of the screen. 8. Tap Empty trash. 9. Tap Delete. If you don't click or tap Empty trash on either desktop or mobile, the photos and videos you've deleted will automatically be deleted after 60 days. Bonus tip: You can reduce the file size of some photos and videos in Google Photos. Doing so will allow you to regain some space, but it will reduce the quality of your media. You can learn more about this from Google Support here. Photos and videos in Google Photos can take up a lot of storage. Sarah Tew/CNET 4. When all else fails, download your files to your desktop If your storage is still almost full and you can't part with any more items from your Google Drive, Gmail or Google Photos, you can download your items and store them directly on your computer. Here's how to download all your Google files for storage on another hard drive. 1. Open and log into your Google Drive or Google Photos account on your desktop. 2. Select the files or photos you want to download. 3. Click the three stacked dots in the upper-right corner of your screen. 4. Click Download. Note that Gmail will download messages as a .eml file. 5. Once the items are downloaded and moved onto your hard drive, feel free to delete them from your account and empty your trash bins. You can download emails from Gmail in much the same way, but you have to download your emails one at a time. While this makes downloading your emails more tedious, it's still possible. Here's how to download your emails from Gmail. 1. Open and log into your Gmail account on your desktop. 2. Click on the email you want to download. 3. Click the three stacked dots in the upper-right corner of your screen. 4. Click Download. Your emails will download as a .eml file. 5. Once your emails are downloaded and moved onto your hard drive, feel free to delete them from your account and empty your trash bins. For more on Google, here's everything the company announced at its I/O 2025 presentation. You can also check out CNET's impressions of Google's Android XR glasses.
