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Microsoft recently considered building a "super app" that could include shopping, messaging, news and web search services among others, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.The Windows-maker mulled building the app to loosen the hold of Alphabet's Google and Apple on the mobile search space, according to the report.Microsoft executives wanted the app to also boost the company's multibillion-dollar advertising business and Bing search, as well as draw more users to Teams messaging and…

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The Russian government tightened its grip on the internet as a state-controlled company with close links to president Vladimir Putin agreed to buy the news feed and homepage of the country's most popular website. Yandex, often referred to as Russia's Google, said it was selling its news aggregator, content platform Zen and yandex.ru homepage to VK to focus on other business areas, such as food delivery and ride-hailing. In exchange, Yandex will acquire food delivery company Delivery Club from VK. Values for the assets…

Yandex NV, which runs Russia’s largest search engine and ride-hailing service, sold its media interests to a state-backed company, deepening the Kremlin’s control over the Russian internet. Often referred to as “Russia’s Google,” Yandex said it was selling its news aggregator, its Zen social-media platform and its homepage to VK, Russia’s largest social-media company, in exchange for VK’s food delivery app Delivery Club. The move rids Yandex of assets that had drawn…

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Meta-owned Facebook has been struggling to maintain its position among the Top 10 apps on the US App Store this year, says a new report.According to an analysis of iPhone App Store data, as younger consumers shift to newer social networking experiences like TikTok and now BeReal, the tech giant's app has lost traction in the App Store's Top Charts, reports TechCrunch.As per the report, last year, Facebook only fell out of the Top 10 free iPhone apps in the US seven times. But in 2022, that figure has already soared to 97…

On the third day of a Covid infection, I have a very vivid dream. In it, I am being pushed in a wheelchair down a long windowless corridor. Above my head is a string of oblong fluorescent lights and, as I move through their weak circles of illumination, I’m disconcerted to find that I’m wearing a particular purple dressing gown, about which everything is familiar: the row of pearlised buttons, its fuzzy nap, each ribbed cuff. I know where I am: the basement of a hospital in which I spent a long time as a child while…

Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro MSRP $150.00 “The Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro keeps the excellent ergonomics that have made this mouse so popular.” Pros Perfect for palm grip Fantastic battery life Lightweight for its size PTFE feet Slight tweaks to design look great Razer has a gaming…

When mechanical engineering graduate student Faye Yap saw a dead spider curled up in the hallway, it got her thinking about whether it could be used as a robotics component. Turning dead spiders into mechanical grippers may be some people's idea of a nightmare scenario, but it could have tangible benefits. Spider legs can grip large, delicate, and irregularly shaped objects firmly and softly without breaking them.   So, in collaboration with mechanical engineer Daniel Preston, Yap and her colleagues at Rice University…

If you think dead spider robots are something straight out of a horror movie (or your worst nightmares), I have some news for you. Mechanical engineers from Rice University have actually turned spider cadavers into what they call “necrobots,” able to function as mechanical grippers. What’s “necrobotics?” The use of animal characteristics or components to create robotic systems isn’t a novelty in research. Greetings, humanoidsSubscribe to our newsletter now for a weekly recap of our favorite AI…