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Access Da Vinci’s Thoughts Online

More than 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci put pen to paper and recorded the future. He invented the tank, the helicopter, the automatic rifle, the diving suit and the parachute. And this was just the tip of his particular iceberg. Da Vinci’s thoughts, diagrams and art were so extraordinary they were considered heretical. They […]

Metaverse Could Accelerate Manufacturing as Well as Social Ills

For companies playing with virtual reality as disparate as plane-maker Boeing Co and online-gaming platform Roblox Corp, forays into the so-called “metaverse” have come with equal parts promise and peril. The U.S. aviation giant is looking to digital technology to accelerate production of new aircraft, said Susan Doniz, Boeing’s chief information officer, at the Reuters […]

Traveler's App Kit: Best Travel Apps for Digital Nomads

We have come a long way since the map and compass. Nowadays, travel has gotten both more convenient and more complicated. It helps to have informational products to help you book tickets, find lodging, find locations, contact local services, and more. Here are the best travel apps that every adventurer ought to make use of. […]

Google Faces $1 Billion UK Trial Over App Store Pricing

Google faces a London trial over an estimated 920-milion-pound ($1.1 billion) damages claim after a court authorised a lawsuit that alleges the Alphabet-owned tech giant overcharged 19.5 million customers for app store purchases. The class action, which was certified by the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Monday, alleges Google abused its dominant position by charging up […]

Distorting Reality of Sexual Abuse in the Metaverse

As a virtual world, the Metaverse is bound to witness such inappropriate occurrences. Again, I need to highlight this one more time; the issue is not really the Metaverse here; it is more the people using it and the companies developing it and their inability to protect their users. Sexual abuse in the Metaverse cannot […]

Google defends Play Store’s notorious commission

Recently disclosed documents featuring Google’s confidential deal with Netflix, unveiled market monopolization strategies by the search engine giant, as it offered the streaming platform a private pitch to keep using Android-based subscriptions with a lower cut than Apple’s App Store, a media report revealed on Friday. Numerous state attorneys filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google […]

Dating changed during the pandemic; apps are following suit

Early in the coronavirus pandemic, Jennifer Sherlock went out with a few men she met through dating apps. The dates were “weird,” she said, and not just because they were masked, socially distanced and outdoors. One one occasion, a date remained masked while they were out for a stroll, but soon after invited her back […]