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Following Apple's decision to make sweeping changes to the App Store in the European Union, some developers might be confused or concerned about what the change means for them, their apps, and their businesses. Apple says that those developers can now get the answers they need and provide feedback on the changes as part of a 30-minute consultation with "an Apple team member."Apple is changing the way the App Store works in the EU in an attempt to better align itself with upcoming Digital Markets Act rule changes. Those…

In North Carolina, “unaffiliated” voters outnumber registered Democrats who, in turn, outnumber registered Republicans — yet Republicans hold not just a slim majority, but a veto-proof one in both chambers of the state’s General Assembly. That veto-proof majority is what allowed Republicans to pass an abortion ban last year that 45 percent of North Carolina voters oppose and only 23 percent support. How is that possible? And why is it the case that Republicans have been able to wield such power, not just in North…

In 1891, as the British empire continued to expand, Rudyard Kipling put his pen in service to it with The English Flag. “And what should they know of England who only England know?” asked the poet, lamenting those of his compatriots who, having never stepped outside of England, were ignorant of the sacrifices made abroad in their name, and who, though patriotic, never embraced what he saw as the civilising mission of their empireIn Empireworld, Sathnam Sanghera investigates the discomfiting legacy of empire across the…

The “ten electron rule” offers a straightforward method to design efficient single-atom alloy catalysts by utilizing the periodic table, significantly speeding up the discovery of new catalysts for complex chemical reactions. Credit: SciTechDaily.comThe ‘ten electron’ rule provides guidance for the design of single-atom alloy catalysts for targeted chemical reactions.A collaborative team across four universities have discovered a very simple rule to design single-atom alloy catalysts for chemical reactions. The ‘ten…

Intermittent fasting is an increasingly popular way to attempt to lose weight by forgoing meals. A new review concludes diet restriction might not be enough to shed some body fat, at least not on its own.Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark, and Wageningen University in the Netherlands, have summarized the existing knowledge we have about the practice of fasting.A lot of data has been collected over the years, covering multiple aspects of the way that intermittent fasting affects the body. One of the key…

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The Chargers on Monday announced that they interviewed Jim Harbaugh for their head-coaching job.Having just won a national championship at Michigan, Harbaugh is the eighth candidate the team has publicly identified.The Chargers are searching for a replacement for the fired Brandon Staley. They also need a general manager having dismissed Tom Telesco, both moves coming on Dec. 15.Harbaugh, 60, is the biggest name linked to the Chargers to date. His success both collegiately and in the NFL has elevated him to the top of a…

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether homeless people have a constitutional right to camp on public property when they have no other place to sleep. Acting on appeals from city officials in California and the West, the court will review decisions of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held it was cruel and unusual punishment for cities to deny homeless people a place to sleep.As a result of the 9th Circuit rulings, public officials in California and the eight other Western states under…

Being a tourist entails a number of things. On the one hand, you have adventure and excitement, but on the other—there’s the notorious reputation of tourists heeding zero warnings and taking no guff in terms of respecting rules, laws, and customs. To an extreme degree, it seems.Redditors have recently been discussing unwritten rules in their respective countries that tourists always seem to break. And it sounds like some of these are often made very clear, and even that doesn’t help the case. In England please…

Alphabet's Google, Amazon and Airbnb need not comply with an Italian rule requiring them to provide information on the companies as they are already subject to laws in Ireland and Luxembourg where they are located, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday.The spat between the companies and the Italian government concerned a regulation obliging online service providers operating in Italy to join a register and submit various information as well as pay a financial contribution.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with…