Apple to stop adblockers outside of Safari
It also said it would remove other apps that offer features that block advertising in third-party apps if they “may have snuck on to the App Store.” The company, according to the developer of several […]
TECHNOLOGY
A large satellite appears to be falling apart in geostationary orbit
On the morning of June 17, the Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES lost control of a large satellite in geostationary space, nearly 36,000km above the Earth’s surface. Shortly after, the satellite operator began working with another company that specializes […]
Why young Nigerians are turning to Internet fraud
Segun Akande ‘KNOCK KNOCK’ WHO’S HOME? There’s no light. There hasn’t been any in the last couple of days, so a large generator hums deeply somewhere in the background. The main entrance to the flat […]
Tech Bombshell: Amazon enters USA retail; buys Whole Foods
Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion, a stunning move into brick-and-mortar retail that sets the stage for more radical store experimentation and intensified competition with grocery rivals. The […]
REPORT | Shia man in Pakistan gets death sentence for blasphemous content on Facebook
A man belonging to the minority Shia community in Pakistan has been sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court for posting blasphemous content on Facebook, the first capital punishment handed down for blasphemy on […]
REPORT | Milk alternatives stunt kids’ height, says doctor with dairy industry ties
Based on diet surveys and physical measurements of 5,034 children aged two to six, researchers found that that the 643 kids who drank cow milk alternatives tended to be shorter than their cow milk-drinking counterparts. […]
REPORT | Resurrecting extinct species comes with legal issues
“De-extinction” raises the prospects of both taking whiteout to some of our species’ careless past and recreating ecosystems that haven’t been seen in thousands of years. De-extinction raises myriad ethical and environmental issues. However, there […]
TECH | NASA Curiosity digs up evidence of diverse environment on Mars
Curiosity landed near Mount Sharp in Gale Crater in August 2012. It reached the base of the mountain in 2014. Layers of rocks at the base of Mount Sharp accumulated as sediment within ancient lakes […]
TECH | Uber board meeting right now, CEO might be asked to leave
Uber Technologies Inc’s board will discuss Chief Executive Travis Kalanick temporarily stepping away from the embattled ride-hailing firm. It will also consider sweeping changes to the company’s management practices, according to a report by Reuters. […]
TECH | Some Pixel users reporting bug that prevents Google searches on Pixel Launcher
With increasing frequency, a number of Pixel and Pixel XL owners are encountering a bug with the Pixel Launcher and its capability to quickly search Google from the shortcut. This issue seems to completely disable […]
TECH | DirecTV Now will work exclusively on Chrome, dropping Safari & Internet Explorer in July
DirecTV Now, a live-TV streaming service that piggybacks on AT&T’s television services, is one of the ways that cable cord-cutters can still access their favorite shows online. Now, without any official notice as of this […]
TECH | Apple debuts new Shot on iPhone ad ‘Earth’ with narration from Carl Sagan
Apple this evening has shared another ad in its long-running Shot on iPhone campaign. This ad is unique from others in the series in that it features a narration from astronomer Carl Sagan, reading from […]
TECH | Amazon seemingly confirms 8GB of RAM for the OnePlus 5
We’re just a couple of weeks out from the debut of the OnePlus 5 and the details are starting to come out quickly. OnePlus and Qualcomm confirmed quite some time ago that the Snapdragon 835 […]
TECH | iOS 11 allows you to delete rarely-used apps but retain their settings and data
As spotted by Cydia Geeks, iOS 11 introduces a new storage-management option called Offload App. This will free up storage used by the app, but keep its documents and data. Reinstalling the app will place […]
TECH | Project Wing returns to demonstrate its air traffic management system for drones
Project Wing has now reemerged after taking part in FAA and NASA testing to demonstrate its air traffic control system. Hosted at Virginia Tech, the site of previous Chipotle trials, three Wing aircraft interacted with […]
TECH | Uber executive, who handled rape records, fired
A top Uber executive obtained medical records of a woman who had been raped during a ride in India, according to multiple sources. He is no longer with the company, an Uber spokesperson said. The […]
REPORT | Asian nations make plastic oceans promise
Nations responsible for much of the world’s ocean plastic pollution have promised to start cleaning up their act. At a UN oceans summit, delegates from China, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines said they would work […]
TECH | NASA picks 12 new astronauts from crush of applicants
NASA chose 12 new astronauts Wednesday from its biggest pool of applicants ever, hand-picking seven men and five women who could one day fly aboard the nation’s next generation of spacecraft. The astronaut class of […]