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“Sounds Serious”: Buzz Grows Around Apple’s First Foldable iPhone

“Sounds Serious”: Buzz Grows Around Apple’s First Foldable iPhone

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Apple is now 6.5 years behind the foldable smartphone trend, which first emerged in late 2018 with the Royole FlexPai, a folable handset from the Chinese phone company Royole. The first widely recognized foldable phone, Samsung Galaxy Fold, debuted in 2019 but required a redesign due to durability concerns. Since then, the foldable market has expanded with major handset manufacturers—including Huawei, Motorola, Xiaomi, Google, OnePlus, Vivo, and Microsoft—releasing their own models.  MacRumors senior analyst Joe Rossignol wrote in a note on Tuesday that several sources have informed him about a potential foldable iPhone in the works.  Here’s more: There are now several sources who agree that Apple’s first foldable iPhone will feature a 7.8-inch inner display when unfolded, along with a 5.5-inch outer display. Those sources include analysts Ming-Chi Kuo and Jeff Pu, along with the Weibo account Digital Chat Station. The fact that these display sizes are now agreed upon and have been leaked indicates that Apple may have finalized at least some of the device’s specifications. The foldable iPhone will open up like a book, according to …

Debate grows over proposal to shorten fasting hours during Ramadan

Debate grows over proposal to shorten fasting hours during Ramadan

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The Saudi crown prince plans to discuss reducing the hours of fasting for Muslims during Ramadan. However, the Kurdistan Regional Government Fatwa Committee says it is not right to follow political decisions on fasting. On the other hand, the former director of the Ministry of Religious Affairs told VOA that if Saudi Arabia makes such a decision, others should consider following it, because Saudi Arabia is still seen as the center of important religious decisions. Click here for the full story in Kurdish. Source link

Blockchain gaming grows to 7.4M active wallets in 2024, up 421% | DappRadar

Blockchain gaming grows to 7.4M active wallets in 2024, up 421% | DappRadar

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The blockchain gaming sector reached 7.4 million daily Unique Active Wallets (dUAW) in 2024, marking 421% growth from a year ago, according to analytics platform DappRadar. And DappRadar said gaming accounted for 26% to 29% of the blockchain industry’s activity, fluctuating throughout the year as decentralized finance (DeFi) gained momentum during the first quarter and the fourth quarter. It helps that Bitcoin has reached all-time highs of $103,847 (for a market valuation of $1.9 trillion). DappRadar released its 2024 Blockchain Gaming Yearly Report, in collaboration with the Blockchain Gaming Alliance. DappRadar said, “2024 was a transformative year for blockchain gaming, marking a shift toward mainstream adoption. The year saw remarkable user growth, the launch of ground breaking technologies, and significant strides in engaging non-Web3 users. Despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, the gaming sector remained resilient, showcasing its potential to redefine digital entertainment.” The report said Immutable outperformed Ethereum with $330 million in non-fungible token (NFT) trading volume, underscoring its growing influence in blockchain gaming. DappRadar’s data on growth of Web3 gaming unique active wallets. Meahwhile, …

Ideological prejudice grows when opposing party holds power, new psychology research shows

Ideological prejudice grows when opposing party holds power, new psychology research shows

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A new study sheds light on how political power influences ideological prejudice in the United States, revealing that people’s ideological bias against opposing beliefs intensifies when their own party is not in power. The research analyzed data spanning nearly five decades, showing that conservatives are more prejudiced against progressives when Democrats hold power, and progressives exhibit stronger biases against conservatives when Republicans are in charge. Published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, the study offers new insights into how ideological prejudices shift based on political circumstances. The researchers behind the study — Johanna Woitzel from Ruhr University Bochum and Alex Koch from the University of Chicago — aimed to address an ongoing debate: is ideological prejudice inherently stronger among conservatives or progressives? This question has been contested for years, with some studies suggesting conservatives or progressive are generally more prejudiced, while others argue that ideological bias is a universal response to opposing viewpoints. Woitzel and Koch proposed a new angle: that political power dynamics might shape how strongly people hold prejudices against opposing ideologies. …

How a plant grows from a seed

How a plant grows from a seed

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appendage: A finger, leg, ear, antenna or other feature that sticks out from some creature and has some apparent specific function. atmosphere: The envelope of gases surrounding Earth, another planet or a moon. biologist: A scientist involved in the study of living things. carbon: A chemical element that is the physical basis of all life on Earth. Carbon exists freely as graphite and diamond. It is an important part of coal, limestone and petroleum, and is capable of self-bonding, chemically, to form an enormous number of chemically, biologically and commercially important molecules. (in climate studies) The term carbon sometimes will be used almost interchangeably with carbon dioxide to connote the potential impacts that some action, product, policy or process may have on long-term atmospheric warming. carbon dioxide: (or CO2) A colorless, odorless gas produced by all animals when the oxygen they inhale reacts with the carbon-rich foods that they’ve eaten. Carbon dioxide also is released when organic matter burns (including fossil fuels like oil or gas). Carbon dioxide acts as a greenhouse gas, trapping heat …

UK economy grows 0.6% – as general election and strikes partially blamed for flatline in June | Business News

UK economy grows 0.6% – as general election and strikes partially blamed for flatline in June | Business News

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The UK economy grew 0.6% over three months, official figures show.  But there was no growth at all in June, the Office for National Statistics said, as businesses delayed purchases until after the general election. “In a range of industries across the economy, businesses stated that customers were delaying placing orders until the outcome of the election was known,” the ONS said, however, it added that it is difficult to quantify the exact impact. Money blog: Aldi axes click and collect Strikes were also identified as a reason for the flatline – with junior doctors striking at the time. The impact of international industrial disputes was also seen as last year’s US Screen Actors Guild strike is still affecting UK production schedules, the ONS said. The June gross domestic product (GDP) number fell from a month earlier when the economy expanded 0.4%. GDP – the measure of everything produced in the UK – expanded from April to June. How does the UK compare? That growth rate was the second highest among the G7 group of …

Tories Election Campaign Grows Desperate As July 4 Nears

Tories Election Campaign Grows Desperate As July 4 Nears

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With a little over two weeks until the general election, one thing is becoming more apparent every day. The opinion polls are not shifting and the level of panic in Tory headquarters is becoming more acute. The first signs of this came last week, when Grant Shapps raised the possibility of Labour winning a “super-majority”. Leaving aside the question of how that is different from a normal majority, the defence secretary appeared to be conceding that Keir Starmer is not on course to win, but to win big. The Tory campaign was no longer about trying to get Rishi Sunak re-elected prime minister, but about trying to limit the size of the seemingly inevitable Labour victory. Although the PM himself said all the right things about fighting for every vote, if anything, the Tory campaign has become even more desperate this week. Responding to yesterday’s launch of Reform UK’s election manifesto, a Conservative spokesperson warned that a vote for Nigel Farage’s party could put Labour in power for a “generation” – widely considered to be …

Social-first publisher The News Movement grows commercial team

Social-first publisher The News Movement grows commercial team

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Top Left: Sasha Byas. Top Right: Will Hamnett. Bottom Left: Alex Brandler. Bottom Right: Lotte Jones Internal promotions and senior hires have been announced at social-first publisher The News Movement will help strengthen commercial leadership. Launched in 2021 and aimed at younger consumers, The News Movement claims a community of 1.5 million across TNM, The Recount, and Capsule media brands, reaching 50 million people each month. Ex-editor-in-chief and co-founder, Kamal Ahmed previously summarised the platform as “a new way of thinking about how you provide news and useful information” for 18 to 25-year-olds or anyone who is “engaged by new forms of storytelling.” Ahmed left the business in last month and this followed the departure of joint founder William Lewis amid job cuts last year. There are four main parts of the business: The News Movement’s own journalism, partnerships helping other media organisations reach younger audiences under the “With TNM” umbrella, helping brands with their own storytelling so they can connect with the next generation of talent or consumers, and the data analytics business providing …

Cross-examination of Stormy Daniels grows testy during Trump trial

Cross-examination of Stormy Daniels grows testy during Trump trial

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Stormy Daniels spent hours on the witness stand Tuesday, recounting details of an alleged tryst with former President Trump and how she ended up in a hush money agreement to keep it quiet ahead of the 2016 election. Daniels was so far the highest-profile witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s prosecution of Trump over a $130,000 payment made to her to not spill her allegations of the one-night affair. Cross-examination of Daniels grew testy with Trump’s attorney attempting to paint the porn actress as a liar and an extortionist. Daniels is expected to retake the stand when the trial resumes on Thursday. Follow below for a recap from New York. Judge threatens Trump with jail time: 5 takeaways from Trump trial Monday Trump says he’d be willing to go to jail over gag order violations Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js?ver=1.9.5#xfbml=1&version=v2.5 Source link

A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows

A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows

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As a result, the strategy goes beyond the rules of managing cyberconflict and focuses on American efforts to assure control over physical technologies like undersea cables, which connect countries, companies and individual users to cloud services. Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, has been seeking to dominate the laying of cables across the Pacific and, increasingly, around the world. But Mr. Fick maintains that American, Japanese and European firms still dominate the market, and that “this remains one area where we can compete vigorously.” Mr. Blinken, in his speech, made clear that part of the diplomacy he envisions involves persuading nations not to rely on undersea cables, data storage or cloud computing supplies from Chinese suppliers, or other states in China’s technological orbit. He describes an increasingly zero-sum competition, in which countries will be forced to choose between signing up for a Western-dominated “stack” of technologies or a Chinese-dominated one. “In these arenas, the United States currently leads the world, but providers from authoritarian states are increasingly competitive,” Mr. Blinken told the RSA Conference. “It’s critical …