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The App Store ecosystem facilitated an impressive $1.1 trillion in developer billings and sales in 2022, according to a study conducted by economists from Analysis Group. The study highlights the resilience and strength of the App Store, with a 29% year-over-year growth in billings and sales. Notably, over 90% of the revenue accrued solely to developers and businesses, without any commission paid to Apple. ALSO READ l Apple to expand trade-in program for new Macs at WWDC, report says The Analysis Group study delves…

The Chinese spaceplane finally returned to Earth earlier this week, but we’re still learning more about its time in orbit. The spacecraft caught and released an unidentified object several times during its flight, performing a series of maneuvers that were captured by orbital radars, according to California-based LeoLabs. The company released its observational data, saying in a tweet that the data shows there were at least two capture and docking operations performed by the spacecraft.Better Mobility & Cameras: NASA…

Too Long; Didn't ReadI set out to find out Alpaca/LLama 7B language model, running on my Macbook Pro, can achieve similar performance as chatGPT 3.5. My observation: - Alpaca/LLaMA 7B: a competent junior high school student - chatGPT 3.5: a competent and well-rounded college graduate Too Long; Didn't ReadI set out to find out Alpaca/LLama 7B language model, running on my Macbook Pro, can achieve similar performance as chatGPT 3.5. My observation: - Alpaca/LLaMA 7B: a competent junior high school student - chatGPT 3.5:…

Assessing damage of the 11th century frescoes in St Sophia's Cathedral Kyiv. Credit: Marina Fomina/ National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Researchers from the Natural History in London have collaborated with researchers from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine to establish the cause of damage to the world-famous medieval murals in Kyiv's Saint Sophia Cathedral—one of Ukraine's most important cultural sites.…

Researchers have successfully conducted the first search for axions as part of the ORGAN (Oscillating Resonant Group AxioN) experiment. Conducted by scientists at the University of Western Australia's (UWA) Quantum Technologies and Dark Matter Laboratory, the ORGAN experiment aims to decipher the mystery behind dark matter. It is designed to search for dark matter and is Australia's first contribution to the cause. The results of the experiment will come in handy in conducting future searches, according to the…

A survey of rapidly rotating neutron stars, known as pulsars, has revealed that the first exoplanet discovery was an extremely rare find. The first time that exoplanets were discovered was thirty years ago in the year 1992. The exoplanet system was found to be orbiting a pulsar called PSR B1257+12. Later, it was learned that the system has at least three planets having mass similar to that of planets in our solar system. In addition, more pulsars were found to be hosting such planets.But, considering the violent…

For thousands of lucky people, the work week is now only four days long – and they're still getting paid 100 percent of their regular income to do their jobs, even though they've gained an entire day of personal time.  Does it sound too good to be true? It's not necessarily an impossible dream. This idyllic work rebalancing could hypothetically become the new normal one day, if campaigns to realize a four-day work week continue to gather momentum.Now, in what's estimated to be the largest four-day work week experiment…

The government will conduct a spectrum auction this year, which will facilitate the roll-out of 5G services by private telecom operators during the financial year 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. "Spectrum auctions will be conducted in 2022 to facilitate the roll-out of 5G mobile services within 2022-23 by private telecom providers," Sitharaman said.She said the telecommunications sector in general and 5G, in particular, can enable growth and offer job opportunities."A scheme for design-led…