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Recent changes to the Audacity privacy policy have led to some users calling the audio-editing app spyware. The open-source software is now collecting user data for “app analytics” and “improving our app” as well as “for legal enforcement.” The privacy policy was updated on July 2nd, following Muse Group’s acquisition of Audacity in April —…
Tech companies are already at odds with the Hong Kong government, and that tension appears to be on the rise. The Wall Street Journal has learned that the Asia Internet Coalition, a tech alliance including Facebook, Google and Twitter, has quietly warned Hong Kong that companies would stop operating in the territory if officials move…
Electric hypercar company Rimac is taking control of Volkswagen’s supercar brand Bugatti as part of a joint venture with Porsche (which VW owns). Bugatti and Rimac will share resources and expertise but remain separate brands with their own production and distribution setups as part of the new company, which will be called Bugatti Rimac. Once…
There’s a limit to what you can learn about cells from 2D pictures, but creating 3D images is a time-intensive process. Now, scientists from UT Southwestern have developed a new “simple and cost-effective” device capable of capturing multi-angle photos that can be retrofitted onto existing lab microscopes. The team say their solution — which involves…
LONDON—The $8.7 billion bid battle for Britain’s Morrisons intensified on Monday when a third private equity group entered the fray, sending the supermarket group’s share price racing ahead of the value of an offer it recommended on Saturday. New York-headquartered Apollo Global Management, which last year missed out on buying Morrisons rival Asda, said it…
Korean scientists claim a new desalination technique makes sea water fit to drink in minutes. The researchers used a membrane distillation process that resulted in 99.9 percent salt rejection for one month. If commercialized, they say the solution could help alleviate the drinking water crisis exacerbated by climate change. More than 3 billion people worldwide…
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is a little confusing, if the name didn’t give it away. It’s Final Fantasy 7 Remake, remade (or at least polished up) for the PlayStation 5. It also includes new original content called “Intermission.” This is a two-chapter run completely separate to the main game, following the once-optional character Yuffie…
Good morning, it’s Monday, July 5, 2021. Because the Fourth of July fell on a Sunday, today is a federal holiday. For those of you reading this newsletter anyway, I’ve reprised a brief essay I wrote previously about an event that happened on this date in a Memphis music studio, which I believe speaks (reassuringly)…
The president told the crowd gathered at the White House what he saw Sunday evening. To his left, Joe Biden could see the Washington Monument, which commemorates “the general who led our revolution and the president who set our nation on its course.” Then, in the middle of his line of sight: the Jefferson Memorial,…
