Summer comes, Americans go crazy again with cicadas sweeping everywhere. Although they do not cause damage to crops like locusts and grasshoppers, their cries are extremely scary. Seeing a good opportunity, Asians in the US began to promote many dishes from cicadas, from fried, traditional grilled to pizza, stir fried, cooked with sauce.. At first, they were hesitant, but after enjoying the deliciousness of cicadas, Americans began to learn how to make many different dishes from cicadas themselves. Recently, a famous pizza restaurant in Ohio has launched a spicy Thai cicada pizza. After launching the test version, the number of customers responding is not small, those who have tasted it say that the cicada pizza is very delicious. Since then, many variations with cicada pizza have been expanded, giving customers more choices. Most people think that although it looks terrible, cicadas eat very well. Cicada pupae are more common than cicadas. Americans use onions, peas, peppers, garlic, lemons and the like to make salads with cicada pupae or stir-fries together. A rich, aromatic cicada sauce created by Americans. Pictured is a traditional Mexican tortilla with fried cicadas. Those who have tasted it say that it is more delicious than regular cakes. The main reason is because fried cicadas are very crispy and high in protein, so they have a delicious taste. Americans are now starting to add cicadas to many of the dishes they normally eat. Fried cicadas sandwiched in burgers is a typical example. Some more sophisticated people also make a delicious cicada sauce, which is to mix mashed potatoes, butter with salt and pepper, squeeze a little lemon on top, sauté red onion, jalapeno, garlic, and finally serve with tick sorrow and eat together. Many main dishes are decorated with cicadas on top, and even cicadas are wrapped in chocolate to make cicada chocolate and other desserts. However, experts from the US Food and Drug Administration recently warned Americans addicted to cicadas that it is best not to follow the cicada eating trend if they are allergic to seafood. . That’s because cicadas are close relatives of lobsters and shrimp. Invite readers to watch the video: Strange dishes of Vinh Phuc people

And to compete with TikTok, YouTube decided to set up a fund to pay video content creators with the most visitors every month. The fund initially has $100 million and will begin paying out in the next few months. This amount will attract many users and video content creators who post to Shorts, especially those who are famous, influential and have many followers. The beta version of Shorts was launched in the US at the beginning of the year and then officially opened to all US users in early May. YouTube earned $6.01 billion from advertising in the first quarter of 2021 Over the past few years, TikTok has achieved rapid success in popularity. This short video maker application has been downloaded more than 2 billion times globally and many tech giants are not ignoring this attractive market. As the short video market has become more and more crowded, major platforms have used creator support funds to attract more users. TikTok launched a content creator fund, which subsequently increased its investment in the US to US$1 billion over three years. Snap rewards users who publish top-level content on Spotlight with a reward of $1 million per day. Similar to TikTok, the Shorts feature on YouTube allows users to create a 15-second video, along with a lot of video editing tools, interesting effects or sounds to add to the video. In particular, the application also has a time-stop function so that the phone automatically stops the video recording mode without the content creator having to press any action. Shorts’ advantage over TikTok is that the platform already has 100,000 licensed tracks available. YouTube is also working with music artists and publishers to enrich the music store. Besides, Shorts is a function built into YouTube, so it will take advantage of the 2 billion monthly YouTube viewers. YouTube also updated a dedicated section for Shorts short videos, which can be scrolled vertically to cycle through new videos like TikTok. In its first-quarter 2021 earnings report, Google’s parent company Alphabet said YouTube earned $6.01 billion from advertising, up nearly 50% from the same period last year.

Galaxy Upcycling at Home’s initiative Samsung was announced at the World Consumer Electronics Show 2021 (CES 2021) earlier this year and is now being tested in beta in several markets such as the US, UK and South Korea. This feature can alert you to the sounds of crying babies or turn on the lights when the light levels drop In this beta, Samsung will allow users to turn old phones into smart home devices that work through Samsung’s SmartThings app, which has two new modes: sound sensor and light sensor. Owners of certain smartphones can download the update to turn the device into a smart home sensor with some functions such as being able to detect the sound of a crying baby or turn on the light when it’s dark. The program is limited to certain smartphones released in 2018 or later. While it’s only recently applied to a few smartphones, it’s a good, accessible service that can help users make use of their old devices. Samsung says the sound sensor mode will help to accurately distinguish sounds in everyday surroundings, and users can choose to save certain recordings. For example, if the device detects sounds such as a baby crying, dog barking, cat sounding, or knocking on the door, it will send an alert directly to the user’s smartphone and the user can hear the sound. Be recorded. Whereas the light sensing mode simply turns your phone into a light sensor, allowing it to detect the level of sunlight or room light to automatically turn on the lights. Samsung says this update includes battery optimization needed to keep the phone powered up and acting as a sensor for long periods of time, though the company didn’t indicate uptime. between charges. Samsung says the “Galaxy Upcycling at Home” feature is available on all S, Note and Z series released in 2018 (S9, Note9 and above) running Android 9 or higher and will be available in the future. More smartphones are supported. Samsung’s upgrade program marks a very humble starting point, and the company can do more if it wants to limit e-waste and make old devices useful. So far, the program has only used microphones and light sensors on older devices. Hopefully in the future, Samsung will take advantage of the cameras of old smartphones to turn old smartphones into IP cameras. Phan Van Hoa (According to Arstechnica, Theverge)