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Facebook users in America will soon lose access to the dedicated news tab, the company has announced. In early April, Facebook will eliminate the tab, which was a feed dedicated to news stories, in both the United States and Australia. In a blog post, Facebook said the News tab is being depreciated because “people don’t come to Facebook for news and political content.” “As a company, we have to focus our time and resources on things people tell us they want to see more of on the platform, including short form video,” the…

Honor Magic 6 series, which includes the base model Honor Magic 6 and the Honor Magic 6 Pro, is slated to be launched at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 event in Barcelona. Ahead of the launch, the Pro model has reportedly picked up Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) certification. The development hints at a broader global launch outside of Europe and the UK. The smartphone series was introduced in China at a launch event on January 11. The Honor Magic 6 Pro runs on Android14-based MagicOS 8.0…

The total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, was photographed from Madras, Oregon. The black circle in the middle is the Moon. Surrounding it are white streams of light belonging to the Sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona. Credit: NASA/Aubrey GemignaniAnticipation builds for the April 8 total solar eclipse, promising a broader path, longer totality, and increased solar activity, alongside expanded scientific research efforts.On April 8, the Moon’s shadow will sweep across the United States, as millions will view a…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said there was no evidence to suggest the breach of its X account earlier this week also involved a breach of the agency's systems, devices, data or other social media accounts.The fake post on Tuesday said the SEC had approved trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), sending industry executives scrambling. Bitcoin prices had whipsawed ahead of an expected announcement on Wednesday by the agency to allow trading of the products. Elevate Your Tech Prowess…

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global secured registration with the French markets regulator on Thursday, as it seeks to expand globally under its Go Deep, Go Broad strategy. France's AMF watchdog has given Coinbase virtual asset service provider (VASP) approval, a green light for the company to operate digital currency services. Registration will allow Coinbase to offer its full suite of retail, institutional and ecosystem products and services to users in the country. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

(A–N) Reef lithology and biota. Thin-section photomicrographs unless otherwise indicated. (A–D) Reef zone 1; (E–I) reef zone 2; (J–N) reef zone 3. (A) Reef exposure. (B) Outcrop example of reef framework. Dark-gray masses contain Tubiphytes. Light-gray to white masses are early marine cement. (C) Zone 1 Tubiphytes and cement boundstone. (D) Detail of yellow rectangle in C. (E) Zone 2 boundstone with denser occurrences of larger Tubiphytes specimens. (F)…

Alibaba Quantum Computing Lab has been shut down, a sign that the Chinese e-commerce and cloud operator is considering more cutbacks to bulk up the bottom line. Alibaba will donate its equipment to Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, where the company is based, a company spokesperson said Monday. The lab's closure will result in the loss of about 30 staff, some of whom Alibaba may help find positions at the same college, a person familiar with the matter said, asking to remain unidentified discussing private…

Analyzing the functional connectivity of different brain networks, researchers found that, compared to a healthy aging brain, Alzheimer’s disease disrupts areas of the brain beyond those relating to memory and is independent of factors typically associated with the disease, such as amyloid beta levels.Neuroscientists have distinguished brain regions and systems by function for over a century. According to the network approach to brain connectivity, the cognitive dysfunction seen in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) results from…

Jay Reinstein, who suffers from Alzheimer's, sits on a bed after receiving a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC on June 20, 2023. Michael Robinson Chávez | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesMedicare plans to expand its coverage of PET scans that are used to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, a major shift in policy that could make it easier for patients to access new treatments that are entering the U.S. market.The proposal would abolish Medicare's current nationwide policy. Right now,…

About 10 days after it was reported that Twitter hasn’t cleared Google Cloud bills, a new report has suggested that the Elon Musk-owned company has resumed paying Google for its services.According to a report by Bloomberg, the repayment is a move to patch "up a relationship that became strained after Elon Musk acquired the social network and stopped paying Google and various other companies."It is to be noted that multiple reports in the past have suggested that Twitter hadn’t paid rent of its office premises in London…