Month: July 2024
Removal of junk apps from Google play store
Eliminating low-quality apps, improving the user experience and increasing safety. The company recently updated its “spam and minimal functionality” policy, with the aim of ensuring that the apps available in the store provide a high-quality and stable user experience. This is not Google’s first attempt to improve the quality of apps in its store. In
Investing in AI
For investors, this AI revolution presents a unique opportunity to capitalize on the companies leading the charge in AI development and applications. While many stocks compete for attention in this rapidly evolving space, two household names stand out for their robust AI strategies and potential for long-term growth.Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries and redefining
Venezuela’s Oil Production
Venezuela’s socialism started out democratically with Hugo Chavez’s election in 1998. The state’s monopoly on the world’s largest oil reserves, combined with high prices in the 2000s, gave the government plenty of foreign reserves to import goods and appease voters, even though its policies were undermining its domestic production and causing the economy to underperform.Under
Palestinian prisoners in Israel Cells
Israeli forces have detained thousands of Palestinians over the course of the war in Gaza – mostly from Gaza but also from the occupied West Bank and Israel itself. Human rights defenders have raised concerns about the detention facilities some detainees are being held in, with both Israeli whistleblowers and released detainees alleging widespread mistreatment
Ukraine sanctions on Lukoil
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday his country would halt diesel supplies to Ukraine unless Kyiv restores oil flows from Russia’s Lukoil through its territory. Slovakia and Hungary together supply about 10% of Ukraine’s diesel. Ukraine in late June imposed sanctions against Lukoil, one of Russia’s largest oil companies, banning it from any
Amazon sell of hazardous
Amazon is responsible under federal safety law for hazardous products sold on its platform by third-party sellers and shipped by the company. The online retailer has fought the “distributor” label since 2021, when the Consumer Product Safety Commission filed an administrative complaint against the company for distributing hazardous items. Amazon argued before an administrative law
iPipeline Appoints Steve Cover Chief Technology Officer
iPipeline is a leading global provider of comprehensive and integrated digital solutions for the life insurance and financial services industries in North America, and life insurance and pensions industries in the UK. iPipeline couples one of the most expansive digital and automated platforms with one of the industry’s largest data libraries to accelerate, automate, and
NLM Photonics wins $1.8 Million Contract by US Airforce
NLM Photonics is based in Seattle and develops cutting-edge photonics solutions for transforming networking, computing, and sensing alongside our global partners. NLM Photonics was awarded a $1.8 million AFWERX STTR Phase II Contract from the U.S. Air Force. This award funds a 21-month project with AIM Photonics to potentially offer modulator components in AIM Photonics’
Google’s antitrust defense
The new risk Google faces from AI challengers could play a role in the ultimate outcome of a landmark antitrust trial where a judge must decide whether the tech giant illegally monopolized online search. Just last week Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI debuted a new prototype search engine called SearchGPT and positioned it as a new means
Palestinians return to southern Gaza city.
On Tuesday, Israel Defence Forces (IDF) officials said more than 150 gunmen had been killed during the week long offensive. But the Hamas-run Gaza media office said at least 250 Palestinians were killed and more than 300 injured during the fighting. Thousands of Palestinians are returning to their homes in Khan Younis, after the Israeli