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Players under the age of 18 will no longer be able to play Fortnite on iOS and Google Play as of January 30. Fortnite is still playable by users who already had it installed even though it was removed from the iOS, macOS, and Google Play stores in August 2020. …

The $40 million Series B round was led by NEA and included Homebrew, JSV, Harrison Metal, and Cooley. Crowdbotics is a software development platform with a library of prebuilt app architectures. The additional funding will be used to increase Crowdbotics’ enterprise presence, grow the company’s product line, and invest in …

According to a recent annual report released by data.ai, consumer spending on apps decreased 2% to $167 billion last year, signaling the first-ever slowdown in the global app economy. Downloads were also up 11% year over year, giving the impression that app adoption was still happening and was being particularly …

Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter and a self-described “free speech absolutist,” is up for legal action in Germany because of how the social media site handles hate speech against Jews. HateAid, a group that fights against hate speech, and the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) have filed a …

The ability of the natural world, whether it be dogs or ants, to detect diseases and a wide range of chemicals is still unmatched, despite extensive research into the development of electronic sensing devices that can detect scents better than anything biological. A new biohybrid sensing device has thus been …

Even though our privacy protections are rapidly evolving, accessing the internet can still give snoops and thieves a foot in the door. A gives you back control over your data and provides an always-on, simple-to-use tool. By connecting to a server owned by the network before you log into a …

Infrastructure for charging EVs is among the biggest bottlenecks in the EV rollout. There are many businesses trying their hand at it, but Orange thinks it has a more intelligent strategy. The company makes it incredibly simple for building managers to install sockets specifically for overnight charging of vehicles while …

A public beta of WhatsApp’s native macOS app that works with Apple Silicon has been made available. Users running macOS 11 Big Sur or later versions on Macs powered by Apple’s own chip will be able to download the test version. Additionally, this native app will work with Intel Macs …

Due to the pandemic and the general slowdown in technology, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) sector is experiencing budgetary restrictions and staff reductions. In order to keep cash on hand and grow more productively, businesses have tightened their SaaS budgets. Vartana was established as a result by Kush Kella and Ahmed Sharif …

The first security incident of the Musk era—a purported data breach that allegedly exposed the contact information of millions of users—finally prompted Twitter to end its silence. By exploiting a zero-day security hole in Twitter’s systems, which was previously held responsible for exposing at least 5 million Twitter accounts before …