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Remember the Samsung Galaxy XCover 4? The phone launched back in 2017 and is only now getting a named successor in the form of the Galaxy XCover 5. Following a spate of recent leaks, folks over at WinFuture have revealed the complete specs and renders of the rugged Android smartphone.

As is tradition with the XCover series, the XCover 5 is also said to pack a removable battery. Its capacity is set at 3,000mAh with 15W charging.

At its heart, the Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 is rumored to feature the mid-range Exynos 850 processor paired with 4GB RAM and 64GB of expandable storage. More memory variants could come in tow.

The display is also apparently getting a size bump. The Galaxy XCover 5 should pack a 5.3-inch screen, making it one of the most compact Android phones to launch in recent times. The resolution is reportedly set at 1,480 x 720, with a 16:9 aspect ratio and Gorilla Glass 6 covering.

Renders of the phone show a single camera at the back surrounded by a red ring. It’s believed to be a 16MP sensor with two LEDs for flash underneath. On the front is a 5MP shooter, per the leak.

The Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 is said to pack an IP68 waterproof rating and MIL-STD 810G certification for durability.

Connectivity options should include Bluetooth 5.0, support for 5GHz Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, USB-C, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

Unlike the Pro models in the XCover series, there’s apparently no fingerprint scanner on the phone. However, face unlock is said to be present.

Elsewhere, the phone should run Android 11 out of the box.

Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 price and availability

According to WinFuture, the Galaxy XCover 5 is expected to cost between €289 and €299 ($348 – $360). So far, information suggests a single Graphite Black colorway.

The phone is expected to launch sometime this month.

A planned Motorola-branded Wear OS smartwatch with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear 4100 processor may have leaked (via 9to5Google). If the photos are real and not just renders, it could be a sign that the next Moto 360 (or whatever it’s called) could perform significantly better than the last, and may reap some of the efficiency gains brought by the jump from a 28nm process to a 12nm one.

The 2019 Moto 360 used a Snapdragon Wear 3100 processor, which was only a minor update to 2016’s 2100. Despite Qualcomm’s claims that the new(ish) 4100 has an 85 percent faster CPU, two-and-a-half times faster GPU, and 25 percent more battery life, it seems like there’s only one watch on the market that actually has the chip.

The image that shows the potential watch (and which also seems to show a wireless charging coil) was found in an investor presentation alongside three other smartwatches. The unnamed watch has some text on the back, and when Reddit user TheMacJezza zoomed and enhanced, they saw that it appeared to say “Snapdragon Wear 4100.” I’m no logician, but that would seem to imply that this Mystery Moto has a Snapdragon Wear 4100 in it (especially considering that the current Moto 360 has its processor name printed on the back as well).

Image: u/ThemacJezza

Motorola doesn’t actually make Moto-branded smartwatches itself. The name was licensed to a company called eBuyNow, which released the third-generation Moto 360 in 2019. eBuyNow later merged with another company called CE Brands, according to 9to5Google, which earlier reported on an investor presentation containing details of the Moto-branded hardware roadmap for 2021.

Correction: This article previously implied Moto-branded smartwatches were still made by Motorola; it has been updated to reflect that the brand is licensed out. The Verge regrets the error.

Breakout early access sensation Valheim, the Nordic-themed survival title taking the gaming world by storm, has sold more than 5 million copies since it launched on Steam on February 2nd, developer Iron Gate Studio announced on Wednesday. At a retail price of $19.99, that’s roughly $100 million in revenue before accounting for Valve’s cut and other expenses.

The Swedish studio developed the game with a team of just five people and released on Steam’s Early Access platform in February, battling its way to the top five most played games on Steam with more than 500,000 concurrent players at one point last month. (It’s currently sitting at No. 4 on the Steam charts, behind only Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.)

The closest analog to Valheim’s success is PUBG, which holds the record of highest concurrent player count on Steam at more than 3.2 million. Like PUBG, which arguably pushed the battle royale genre into the mainstream with its then-unprecedented 100-player take on competitive survival shooters, Valheim is combining the crafting and survival sim mechanics from popular games like Minecraft and Rust and giving them new life.

“Valheim continues to attract critical and player acclaim, with over 115,000 positive user reviews on Steam,” Iron Gate and its publisher, Coffee Stain Publishing, write in a press release. “It has also been climbing the ranks of the 250 top reviewed games of all time on the platform, now sitting at number 39. On Twitch, Valheim has maintained a steady stream of viewers, and fans have now spent more than 35M hours watching Valheim gameplay, and over 16,266 years playing.”

I know that’s easier said than done, especially with homework, hormones and college pressures looming over kids and teens — not to mention their social lives, or lack thereof right now. Implementing good sleep hygiene practices as a family is key — for both parents and kids.

Start with a consistent bedtime routine

This means trying to keep weekend sleep and wake routines as close to the weekdays as possible. This is hard, especially for teens whose body clocks are naturally shifted later in a way that doesn’t always line up with the school day. But the more consistent the routine on the weekends, the easier it will be to fall asleep and wake up on weekdays, when it’s typically the toughest.

Starting winding down at least an hour before bedtime

Keep screens out of the bedtime routine — and the bedroom

The blue light that screens emit can tell your brain that it’s time to be awake — the exact opposite of what we want before bed. Not only should kids stop using their phones or screens an hour or so before bedtime, it’s best to keep them out of the room in order to reduce temptation to use them, but also to reduce the emitted light that keeps the room from being fully dark. That means laptops, tablets, gaming systems and yes, cellphones.

In my experience, although putting phones away can be a disappointment at first, many older kids find they feel liberated, more mindful and get much better sleep when their phones are left in buckets on the dining table and they don’t pick them up until after breakfast.

Create an environment that’s conducive to sleep

In addition to eliminating devices, setting up the room just right can play a big role in the quality of the sleep you get. You want it to be cozy, inviting and safe. Try keeping your child’s favorite stuffed animals, toys or a symbol of something soothing nearest to their bedside. The room should be as dark as possible (blackout curtains work) and the temperature on the cooler side.

Try not to eat or drink an hour before bed

Your body does a lot of work to digest food, pull out all of its nutrients and turn those nutrients into energy. You want to keep that process from happening too late at night because not only can certain foods, like sugars, give you a burst of energy right before bed — if you haven’t waited long enough to go to sleep, it could be a recipe for reflux and stomach discomfort.

For the older members of the household, avoid caffeine as much as you can, and not just before bed. Caffeine any time of day, even late morning, can affect your sleep. If you want better quality, deeper sleep, cut the tea, coffee or caffeinated sodas from the day.

Try meditation for sleep while in bed

With your eyes closed and your body still, start with the very tip of your forehead and, moving downward, relax each and every muscle in your face. Continue moving downward through your body to draw your focus on different body parts, relaxing your muscles as you “scan” that area in your mind. Many kids I’ve worked with tell me they barely make it to their arms before falling asleep.

Keep the bed only for sleep

It’s also helpful for kids to stay out of bed for nonsleep activities, including homework or even listening to music while texting their friends. You want your brain to associate the bed with sleep, and that physical separation can help.

If meditation, counting or other activities don’t work and your child can’t fall asleep after 20 to 30 minutes, they should get out of bed and try a relaxing activity until they are feeling sleepy enough to try sleeping again. This helps your brain continue to connect the bed with being sleepy, not awake.

Model good sleep hygiene for your kids

As with most things parenting-related, practicing what you preach not only reinforces the message, it shows your kids what to do. By implementing the same techniques that you expect of them, it becomes a family activity. Choose some nightly rituals as a family, like screen-free reading time after dinner, or playing a guided meditation and following it together.

Stay on the lookout for signs that your child is struggling

The brain is one of our most precious assets, and as with any precious asset, there are ways to take care of it and nurture it so that it can do its job best. And, it all starts — and ends — with sleep.

In 2023, will civilians fly around the moon for the first time? According to Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, the answer is yes. He is bankrolling the DearMoon mission, which is intended to take a group of eight people to the moon on SpaceX’s still-in-development Starship and loop around Earth’s natural satellite on a six-day mission. 

The project, announced by Maezawa and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in 2018, originally planned to invite artists from around the world to experience. The criteria for “artists” was never clearly defined, but on Tuesday, in a new promotional video for the mission, Maezawa announced that DearMoon would be opened up to practically everyone across the globe. 

“I began to think that maybe every single person who is doing something creative could be called an artist,” he says in the video, which you can view below.

Maezawa outlines “two key criteria” for the civilian passengers. These seem fairly flexible, too. 

• “Whatever activity you are into, by going to space, I hope that you can push its envelope, to help other people and greater society in some way.”
• “You have to be willing and able to support other crew members who share similar aspirations.”

In total, Maezawa says 10 to 12 people will be on board for the first flight around the moon. The billionaire entrepreneur had also begun to develop a “matchmaking” TV show around finding a girlfriend he could take to the moon on the mission, but Maezawa canceled the project shortly after its announcement.

Musk makes an appearance in the video to explain the mission expects to take people “further than any human has ever gone from planet Earth” because it will fly past the moon and loop around it to head back home. 

Musk says he’s “highly confident” that the Starship will have reached orbit “many, many times” before 2023 and that it will be “safe enough for human transport” by the time the mission is scheduled to launch. Musk has been prone to making these kinds of claims before and missing a deadline or too, and the Starship prototypes are yet to make a successful landing. The next prototype is scheduled to fly and land this week — but that’s a long way from getting to the moon and back. 

The selection process is yet to be clearly defined for DearMoon, but the website’s schedule appears to have crew selection by July 2021. You can pre-register now and should hear more about the selection process sometime “after March 15, 2021.”

We’ve reached out to the DearMoon team to clarify the details.  

Another SpaceX mission aims to send civilians to space very soon. Known as Inspiration4, it plans to send humans to orbit aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon, lifting off on top of a Falcon 9. It too is being bankrolled by a billionaire, Jared Isaacman, and it could fly before the end of the year. 

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