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Global sting: FBI-encrypted app tricks organized crime

A global sting involving an encrypted communications platform developed by the FBI has sparked raids and arrests around the world, delivering “an unprecedented blow” to

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Apple’s RealityKit 2 allows developers to create 3D models for AR using iPhone photos

At its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced a significant update to RealityKit, its suite of technologies that allow developers to get started building AR (augmented reality) experiences. W

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Nuggs creator Simulate raises $50M

New York-based Simulate today announced a $50 million fundraise. Led by Alexis Ohanian’s 776, the Series B brings the meat alternative’s total funding to north of $60 million and values it at $260 mil

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Hundreds arrested, murder plots thwarted and drugs seized after criminals duped into using app monitored by police

"Years' worth of evidence" has been assembled since officials began monitoring the ANOM app back in 2018.

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Cabify launches ‘Cabify Go!’, a multi-modal subscription service

Cabify wants to own the way people in cities move. The Spanish-born ride-hailing company is rolling out a pilot multi-modal subscription model to 40,000 users in Madrid this week, with plans to expand

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Apple finally launches a Screen Time API for app developers

Just after the release of iOS 12 in 2018, Apple introduced its own built-in screen time tracking tools and controls. It then began cracking down on third-party apps that had implemented their own scre

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Here’s everything Apple announced at the WWDC 2021 keynote

It’s that time again! This morning Apple kicked off its annual Worldwide Developer Conference the same way it does each year: a keynote jammed to the brim with all the new stuff coming to its va

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Apple introduces SharePlay for co-watching, streaming, and screen sharing over FaceTime

As part of its FaceTime update in iOS 15, Apple introduced a new set of features designed for shared experiences — like co-watching TV shows or TikTok videos, listening to music together, screen

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Apple Maps upgrade brings more detailed maps, transit features, AR view and more

Among many updates coming to iOS 15, Apple Maps will receive a number of upgrades that will bring more detailed maps, improvements for transit riders, AR experiences and other changes to the platform.

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Lightspeed buys Ecwid for $500M; NuOrder for $425M in ongoing e-commerce consolidation play

Lightspeed has picked up two more companies in what is shaping up to be an acquisition spree for the Canadian point-of-sale software provider. The company today announced that it would acquire e-comme

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Destruction of cultural heritage in war-torn Afghanistan

"A nation stays alive when its culture stays alive," reads a sign at the entrance of the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul.As an important node on the Silk Road, Afghanistan boasts a syncretic

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Water hyacinth threatens Lake Victoria's ecosystem: official

VCG Water hyacinth, an invasive plant species, is choking Lake Victoria and threatening the lake's ecosystem and investments, including operations of ports, an official said on Sunday.The Lake

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'Uncharted territory' - Identifying the first HIV/AIDS cases in 1981

Luc Montagnier (R), one of the people who identified the virus that causes AIDS in 1983, is pictured in his lab with a colleague at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, August 1987. /Getty O

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Pressing COVID-19 situation urges world to rethink: think tank

A health worker prepares a vaccine at the FF Robeiro Clinic at Sammy Marks Square vaccination site in Pretoria, South Africa, May 25, 2021. /CFP COVID-19 is the 21 century's Chernobyl moment -

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UN launches 2021-2030 initiative to restore ecosystem

02:34 Saturday coincides with the World Environment Day, which aims to encourage worldwide awareness and action to protect the environment.With this year's theme of "Ecosystem Restorati

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U.S. youth climate change activists protest to demand green jobs

Young climate change activists gathered outside the White House on Friday to demand a national program that could guarantee good jobs to combat the climate crisis and help the count

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SoftBank pours up to $150M into GBM, a Mexico City-based investment platform

Grupo Bursátil Mexicano (GBM) is a 35-year-old investment platform in the Mexican stock market. In its first three decades of life, GBM was focused on providing investment services to high net worth i