WhatsApp is set to end support for a few Android and iOS smartphones starting October 24. As per the official website of the Meta-owned platform, WhatsApp will stop supporting Android smartphones running Android OS 5.0 or below. This is something that the platform keeps doing from time to time as it keeps updating the features …
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Stanley Zhong, an 18-year-old high school graduate from Palo Alto, California, has been hired by Google as a full-time software engineer. This comes after he faced rejection from 16 colleges, including prestigious Ivy League and state schools. Stanley, a graduate of Gunn High School located in the heart of Silicon Valley, had an impressive academic …
SAN ANTONIO — At times, today’s annular eclipse has been billed as an opening act for the headlining act of next April’s total eclipse. But the first annular to grace the U.S. in 12 years proved to be a spectacle with charms of its own. In the U.S., cloud cover was more prevalent on the …
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The UK’s financial watchdog has fined Equifax £11 million for its role in one of the largest cyber attacks, which affected more than 13 million British consumers in 2017. The credit rating giant failed to keep its customers safe during an “entirely preventable” cybersecurity breach, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said. The hack happened after …
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Psyche’s goal is to perform 21 months of science, visiting the strange, metallic asteroid that bears the same name. Asteroid 16 Psyche orbits the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. This metal-rich object in particular has sparked interest because it may be the missing link in scientists’ understanding of the formation of our solar system’s …
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Ancient semi-fossilized tree rings may hold the clues to the largest solar flare event ever known, which occurred some 14,000 years ago, according to researchers. The researchers investigated “subfossils,” which are particle fossilized biological material, from a forest in the Southern French Alps. They sliced the tree samples into hundreds of single tree-rings and analyzed …
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Sony has developed an Access controller for PlayStation, working with accessibility consultants to improve gaming accessibility for people with disabilities. This is part of the gaming industry’s ongoing efforts to make gaming more accessible. Microsoft, startups, and hobbyists with 3D printers have been working hard to create breakthrough technology for disabled gamers since 2018. Sony’s …
Galaxy Aerospace Ghana, in collaboration with SpaceX’s Starlink, will begin Starlink Satellite Internet Operations in Ghana by March 2024. Starlink provides high-speed internet connectivity via a network of satellites orbiting the Earth. This technology far outperforms Ghana’s ground-based connectivity options, which are usually unreliable and prone to outages. This collaboration will greatly increase internet connectivity …
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Microsoft has completed its $69bn (£56bn) takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard in the gaming industry’s biggest ever deal. It comes as Microsoft, which owns the Xbox gaming console, was given the green light for the global deal after UK regulators approved it. The Competition and Markets Authority said its concerns had been addressed, …
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BlueTech recently strengthened its relationship with Lenovo by signing a distribution agreement with the company’s Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) for 21 countries across North, West and Central Africa. As part of the agreement, the distributor will develop and enable a partner ecosystem for Lenovo that can design, promote and deploy the company’s enterprise data centre, …
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