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The Google Play Store started requiring app developers to disclose the privacy data they collect . App descriptions on the Play Store will feature a new “Data Privacy and Security” section describing what data is collected, why it is collected, and with whom it is shared. App developers have until July 20 to add a […]

Long ago, in the drama of life, predation, and death, the only participants were simple cells too small to be seen. Archaea and bacteria float and sink in oceans and ponds, forming fortresses a few micrometers wide, devouring thin films of organic matter. Then some of them started to change and eventually the first eukaryote

The seismometer aboard NASA’s InSight lander recorded two of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded on Mars: a magnitude of 4.2 and a magnitude of 4.1. Seismic activity helps scientists gain a deeper understanding of Mars’ internal structure. The magnitude 4.2 event, dubbed S0976a, was located to originate from Valles Marineris, the largest canyon on Mars

According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research, global military spending will exceed $2 trillion for the first time in 2021 to reach $2.1 trillion, marking the seventh consecutive year of military spending growth. Due to the rapid economic recovery in 2021, military spending, while rising by 6.1% in nominal terms, declined by

Data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday showed that as of February 2022, 60% of Americans had been infected with the new coronavirus , and the infection rate in children was as high as 75%. The highly contagious Omicron variant is one of the main reasons. Some experts say

Linux 5.15 , released late last year, incorporates the NTFS3 kernel driver developed by Paragon Software and improves support for Microsoft’s NTFS file system. Paragon promises that it will maintain the NTFS3 driver, and despite the growing list of patches submitted over the past few months, the maintainers have not been making major updates to

Twitter locked down product changes by Friday, limiting employees from making unauthorized changes, Bloomberg reported , citing people familiar with the matter, after agreeing to accept Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover offer. Twitter doesn’t allow product updates unless it’s business-critical. Product changes will require approval from a vice president, a move aimed at preventing product

Russia’s communications regulator, Roscomnadzor, has blocked Chess.com, a well-known chess website. Since the outbreak of the war, Roscomnadzor has blocked thousands of websites , including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google News, BBC News, NPR, Amnesty International and Deutsche Welle. Roscomnadzor’s goal was to block two pages on Chess.com, On The Invasion of Ukraine, which outlines war-related

The ‘world’s oldest living’ man certified by Guinness World Records has died at the age of 119. The Japanese woman, Kane Tanaka, was born in 1903, the same year as George Orwell. A century ago, she married and had four children. She spent her later years in a nursing home in Japan. There, she enjoyed

GitHub announced that its abbreviated location service Git.io will stop redirecting on April 29. This means that Git.io abbreviations will not find the source URL after this date. GitHub recommends that developers using Git.io update their links immediately. URL shortening services were once very popular and were convenient for sharing URLs on social networks, but

No matter from which point of view, Kondo Xianhiko is an ordinary Japanese. He is kind and easy to get along with. He has friends, has a steady job, and wears a suit and tie to work. With one exception: Kondo’s other half is a fictional character . His beloved Hatsune Miku is a turquoise-haired,

Twitter on Monday accepted a $44 billion takeover offer from Elon Musk. The deal marks the end of a dramatic buying process and a sea change in Twitter’s attitude, as many executives and board members initially opposed Musk’s takeover proposal. The deal has polarized Twitter’s employees, users and regulators over the tech giant’s decision on

Wolfir Games, the developer of Overgrowth, announced that the game is open source , and the source code is hosted on GitHub under the Apache License 2.0 license. “Overgrowth” only open sourced the game code, game data such as materials and levels still need to be obtained through legal purchases ( Humble Store and Steam