Starting with the Galaxy A52 5G, the popular Samsung mid-ranger is receiving the February security update with firmware version A526U1UES4CVB2 in the US. The new patch is currently available to the unlocked variant of the phone. The OTA (over the air) rollout has already hit units on all major wireless carriers. It should soon reach carrier-locked Galaxy A52 5G units too. Note that the international version of this phone has already received the latest SMR....

SUMMER!! Move over spring, it’s time for flip-flops, popsicles, and sprinklers! The days are longer leaving more time to play and date! We racked our brains for a creative summer date idea to share with y’all and we’ve found a great one! This is no ordinary squirt gun fight, oh, no sir! This summer date is a battle where only the fastest trigger finger survives. Add in some darling printables and you’re bound to make some incredible summer memories with your family....

This practice is described as one that ” moves ‘reading’ beyond the search for knowledge to an attentive and interactive appreciation for what rests beneath the text and in our own souls. Though usually used in working with sacred texts, lectio easily adapts itself to a wide variety of meditative approaches to texts–from poems, novels, or cultural critiques to the soul-chilling daily headlines of the local newspaper. This is a method of ‘reading’ that also teaches us how to listen, with the whole self, to what a word or phrase speaks directly to or intimates about our lived experience....

Science has considered all of these questions. It might be a relief to hear that researchers have not figured out the formula for what makes people kind—but with a very ambitious new study, a pioneering team from Germany might have brought us one step closer to some answers. Researchers Anne Böckler, Anita Tusche, and Tania Singer analyzed years of data about how contemplative practice—i.e., meditation—affects a slew of biological and behavioral measures (The ReSource Project)....

Now, the Xiaomi 12 Pro has been available for quite some time in China but the 12 series is finally available for the rest of the world. This device is running the global version of MIUI13 with the Google Play Store. Oh, and it happens to be one of the first Xiaomi devices I have tested that is running on Android 12. Hardware design language is clean looking and very functional Hardware design language is clean looking and very functional...