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Google has unveiled Project Aura, a pair of mixed-reality Smart Glasses that work on the Android XR platform. The glasses will use Ray-Ban’s AI-based technology and will allow users to see what they’re doing without the glasses. Google said it will launch Project Aura in the US later this year. Project Aura will also be…
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Trump talks to Putin, Zelenskyy and other European leaders in an attempt to end Russia’s war
Ukraine’s Air Force has said that Russia bombarded it with a total of 273 drones and decoys during the air invasion. The largest drone attack since the start of the full-scale invasion was by the Ukrainian Air Force, the head of the communications department said. President Donald Trump’s spokesman Eric Schultz said that Trump had…
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Zelensky is in a meeting after the inaugural Mass
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday met with US President Donald Trump and Italian PM Giuseppe Conte in Rome ahead of a phone-call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy said that the two leaders agreed that they’redetermined to work together in a focused manner to end the…
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After Russia’s biggest drone attack on Ukrainian, Zelenskyy is in Rome
A Russian drone strike killed nine people, including a child, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The strike took place hours after Russia andUkraine held their first direct peace talks in years to negotiate a ceasefire in the region. “Russians could scarcely not realise what kind of vehicle they were hitting,” he…
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The Earliest amniote tracks the timelines oftetrapods
The earliest known high-diversity tetrapods trackway assemblage, from mid-Tournaisian of Blue Beach, Canada, contains taxa that are notrepresented among the associated body fossils (for example, Temnospondyls). The Mansfield Group contains no known tetrapod body fossils. The earliest known amniote fossils had been found in Nova Scotia, Canada, and were dated to the mid-Carboniferous period, about…
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India and Pakistan hold a ceasefire for a second day
The ceasefire between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) has been extended for the second day. Indian and Pakistani directors-general of military operations held talks on Monday to ensure commitment to the ceasefire, the Indian Defence Ministry said in a statement. The two countries held their first round of talks on Saturday…
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Ethics experts are concerned about the ramifications of Trump accepting a plane
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accepted Qatar’s offer to donate a plane to the Department of Defense during his visit to the Middle East. The plane is not a gift to him, but to the Department of Defense, Trump said. A White House official told Reuters that Trump would not be presenting or accepting…
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Russia’s Putin wants to hold talks with Ukraine on May 15
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer of direct talks with his country is a “positive sign” but it should be done with a ceasefire. Zelenskyy, who met Putin in Turkey, challenged him to meet him personally on Thursday. Russia has accused Ukraine of violating its three-day ceasefire more…
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India and Pakistan both accuse each other of violating the ceasefire hours after the deal was reached
Pakistan’s Army has said that it used medium-range Fateh missiles to hit an Indian missile storage facility and air bases in Pathankot and Udhampur, but most of them were shot down. The army added that the air force assets in Pakistan were not at risk because of the Indian assault. The call for calm came…
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Pakistan accuses India of shooting missiles at 3 air bases
US Vice President Chris Vance on Friday said that the current escalation between India and Pakistan was “fundamentally none of our business”. “We’re concerned about the possibility of a nuclear war,” he added. This comes after Pakistan claimed that it fired three missiles at India’s airbases, following which India said it fired three missiles of…
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There’s a risk of war between India and Pakistan
Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Wednesday, according to a local news agency. The Pakistan Army had earlier said that it shot down 25 military drones that fanned over population centres, including the city of Lahore that houses Pakistan’s General Army headquarters. There are airports…
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Information on the views and opinions of Pope Leo XIV
Robert Frances Prevost, the new Pope, was born in Chicago in 1955 and he is the first US citizen to be elected as Pope. Prevost was elected on Thursday following a conclave to succeed the late Pope Francis. He is known to share the same priorities as Francis and is known to share some of…
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Everyone is being asked to give a whoop about the new edition of the comic book
American wearables startup Whoop has announced that it will be launching Whoop Advanced Labs, a new health feature for its Whoop fitness tracker that will allow users to view their own electrocardiogram (ECG) results along with other metrics in the Whoop app. The tech startup has said that Whoop Advanced Labs will also require an…
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Conflict expert warns against taking India-Pakistan escalation seriously
India carried out an air strike against terrorist camps in Pakistan on Wednesday, the country’s military said. At least three militants were killed in the strikes, it added. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi called the attack an “act of war” and said that the country is ready to act against India if it wishes…
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Trump eliminated the Energy Star program, saving households $450 a year
The American Home Appliance Manufacturers Association (AHIMA) has called on the US government to “streamline” the American House appliance manufacturers’ program to increase air quality, water and land for all Americans. “People immediately recognise Energy Star, so they should definitely go with this one,” AHIMA said. It promotes efficiency by tightening standards when lots of…
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The REAL ID deadline is twenty years later
Brian Zimmer, a former US congressman who has worked as a consultant on REAL ID laws, said the Transportation Safety Administration is auditing compliance with the laws. “It’s starting with the states that it thinks have done the best job,” he added. The initial legislation on REAL ID went into effect 15 years later than…
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The smaller Surface Pro has a 12-inch screen and is priced at $799
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled its two new laptops, the new Surface Pro 13 and Surface Pro 12. They will be available for pre-orders starting May 20 for $799 and 8499 respectively. The Surface Pro 12 features a 12-inch display with a 1080p front-facing camera and a 12-inch display with a 1440p rear-facing camera. The Surface…
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Israel plans to limit life-saving aid to Gaza
The UN and Gaza’s aid partners have said that Israel’s plan to establish new aid distribution hubs in the Gaza Strip is a “military strategy” and “contrary to fundamental humanitarian principles”. The UN and aid groups said that the hubs would not be accessible to large populations of Palestinians spread throughout Gaza. The zones would…
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You can pay how you want in the app on your phone
Patreon has removed the 30% in-app purchase fee imposed by Apple to allow US users to pay for services on a foreign site without restrictions. The move comes after Apple was ordered by a US judge to stop “artificially” restricting external payment options, including buttons or mentioning cheaper pricing outside the app. Apple had imposed…
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How Apple lost control of the App Store
US District Judge Lucy Koh ruled that Apple violated an injunction that barred the company from using its App Store as a weapon against competitors. The judge said Apple deliberately chose an option “at every step” to comply with her order. The judge added that Apple could limit where links were placed, charge developers based…
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The president stopped federal funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump has directed Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board of directors to “cease federal funding” for NPR and PBS. “Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter,” the executive order said. Trump also announced his decision to remove three board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the congressionally chartered entity that disburses federal…
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The app for testing the new rules from Apple is already ready
Music platform Spotify has announced that it is developing an update to its iOS app which will allow users to use payment options that aren’t Apple’s. The update would allow creators to accept payment from outside of the Apple system, Spotify said. This comes after the US Supreme Court ruled against Apple’s requirements to tell…
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A judge is blocking the use of the Alien Enemies Act in South Texas
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from deporting migrants who have been deemed inadmissible to the US under the Alien Enemies Act. The ruling comes two weeks after the court had ordered a halt to the government’s removal of migrants who have been deemed inadmissible to the US under the act.
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In court, the CEO defends his company
During the remedies phase of Google’s antitrust trial, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that he believes that search will be disrupted by artificial intelligence in a few years. He cited “a cultural commitment” to Chrome and the web, and said that “I haven’t seen, since we built Chrome, any other company make the kind of…
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Native American tribe teams up with scientists to confirm a link
Researchers have identified human remains found at the Picuris Pueblo archaeological site in New Mexico as part of a collaborative effort with the tribe. The project is a joint effort between Picuris and an international team led by University of Copenhagen palaeogenomicist, Eske Willerslev. “We steered this ship…that they would now listen,” said Picuris Governor…