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Issues with Apple services including its App Store, video and music streaming platforms Apple TV+ and Apple Music, were resolved after outages that affected users across multiple regions, the company’s website showed. Issues were also reported on Apple’s fitness service Apple Fitness+, as well as Arcade, Audiobooks, Books and Podcasts, according to Apple’s system status pages…
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Music streaming services have made people’s favorite artists and albums the most accessible they’ve ever been. While preferring analog to digital platforms for music isn’t a new trend, Generation Alpha and Gen Z-ers are contributing to record-high vinyl sales in the United States. What is it about vinyl that teens find so appealing? According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 43…
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Elon Musk has announced further changes to social media platform X that will see certain accounts get premium features for free. The tech billionaire, writing on the platform formerly known as Twitter, said all accounts with more than 2,500 verified subscriber followers would be able to access features that usually cost $8 (£6.30) a month.…
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Beijing’s charge d’affaires at its London embassy was summoned by Britain Tuesday to hear complaints about a series of cyber-attacks, blamed on China-backed hackers. The summons comes after Britain, the United States and New Zealand lodged claims in rapid succession that China-backed hacking groups have targeted politicians, journalists, activists and even Britain’s election watchdog. Beijing…
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The news agency has reported numerous cases of illegal trade and activation of satellite terminals Starlink satellite communication terminals can be purchased illegally in countries where no agreement exists for the use of Elon Musk’s SpaceX network – including nations that are subject to international sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. A growing black-market trade has…
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Tim Cook, CEO of the American technology giant Apple, is facing criticism at home over laudatory remarks he made about China during a recent visit to try to boost sagging iPhone sales in the lucrative market. Cook was in Shanghai for the opening of China’s largest Apple retail store on Friday and met with Chinese…
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One thing conspicuously absent from China’s defence budget–announced on March 5 and amounting to a 7.2 per cent year-on-year increase to CNY1.66554 trillion (USD231.4 billion) – was its military space spending. It is notable that the real power behind China’s space program is the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Last year was a record for Chinese…
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The US has called on Iran to dilute all of its enriched uranium that could be used in the future to create nuclear weapons. Reports suggest Tehran has enriched the fuel to 60% purity – shy of the 90% required for weapons-grade levels. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a confidential report to…
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EU regulators on Monday dealt a hefty blow to tech giant Apple, slapping the company with a staggering €1.8 billion ($1.9 billion) fine for “abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps.” The penalty marks the first time the European Commission has fined Apple and ranks as the third-largest…
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Poland plans to launch a series of military observation satellites next year, a deputy defence minister announced yesterday. “Next year, as the Ministry of Defence and the Polish Army, we want to put our first Polish satellites into orbit,” Cezary Tomczyk told a news briefing. Poland intends to acquire a satellite system equipped with radar…
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Modern technology infuses virtually every aspect of society, including the cherished joy of reading. With a plethora of platforms and devices accessible to the average reader, the physical book, though not obsolete, may eventually follow suit. There is a relationship between technology and reading, this cannot be denied. Here we explore how technology has influenced…
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NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA is a U.S. government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space. The Space Age started in 1957 with the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik. NASA opened for business on Oct. 1, 1958. The agency was created to oversee U.S.…
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Another attempt at first NASA moon landing in more than 50 years Intuitive Machines is the latest commercial partner NASA has worked with to cut the costs of taking its equipment to the moon. But its last partnership through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative did not go to plan. Last month, a propellant leak…
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Problems that women in tech face differ from country to country but there are overall themes that are constant across the globe. We spoke to some international experts about seven of the biggest challenges worldwide and what society can focus on to address them. Eliminating gender biases from childhood The gender gap begins in childhood…
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Amid a flood of cheap Chinese solar panel imports, Europe has been debating restrictions to protect the continent’s few local solar manufacturers. International Energy Agency data showed that in 2023, European Union (EU) countries installed record levels of solar capacity, 40 percent more than in 2022, with most panels and parts coming from China, reaching…
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