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English jargon has invaded every corner of France, causing consternation among language purists — a trade fair popular with politicians during election season is called "Made in France," for example. Despite widespread usage in business and elsewhere, the government has decided to pick on gaming, officially banning terms like "streamer" and "cloud gaming," according to AFP. Going forward, the far more convoluted terms joueur-animateur en direct and jeu video en nuage must be used for any government communications. The…

Mehracki is actually quite different from Solana but not everybody knows this Since the crypto community began taking meme coins more seriously, some whales and crypto projects have bought into Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) as a store of value for the future. Investors have started to recognise its intrinsic value as a source of community strength, utility, and purpose. This has led the cryptocurrency market to rise to $3 trillion by 2021, making meme coins a major contributor. A meme coin is a…

Social media platform Meta, formerly Facebook, has started sending out notification to users about privacy policy update which it will roll out from July 26, the company said on Thursday. Meta in its post said that it has rewritten and re-designed its privacy Policy to make it easier to understand and clearer about how it uses users' information."Notifications that people will start to receive today on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger will direct them to information about what to expect from the relevant privacy policy…

Microsoft, which had been fined EUR 1.6 billion (roughly Rs. 13,066 crore) by EU antitrust regulators, will revise its licensing terms and allow cloud service providers to better compete in response to complaints, its president Brad Smith said on Wednesday.The company was taking the first step but not the last to address the concerns, Smith told a conference organised by think tank Bruegel in Brussels.Microsoft wants to listen and act on the complaints, he said."It really starts by giving more options to European cloud…

Embrace have debuted their new single ‘The Terms of My Surrender’, the first from their upcoming album ‘How To Be A Person Like Other People’ due for release on 26th August 2022. A near-seven minute track, ‘The Terms of My Surrender’ is classic Embrace featuring lilting guitars and a haunting melody. Talking about the new single Danny McNamara said, “When we finished Terms Of My Surrender it was a clear band favourite. The fact it’s nearly seven minutes long and has one of the best guitar parts Rik’s ever…

Researchers have taken advantage of a rare opportunity to study identical (aka monozygotic) twins who were separated early in life, before being raised in different countries by different families – and there are some surprising results to report.  Whereas IQ has been shown to be up to 80 percent heritable – with twins usually scoring roughly the same on cognitive tests – in this case there was a substantial 16-point difference between the siblings.There were, of course, lots of similarities between the pair, but the…

Ex-US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama's media company, Higher Ground, has ended its exclusive podcast deal with Spotify.According to Variety, they are currently on the lookout for other partners in the podcasting space.Originally inked in 2019, the Obamas have exited their exclusive pact with Spotify after being frustrated with the company's exclusive terms.Primarily, they want to have their podcast programming distributed as widely as possible, according to two sources familiar with the situation.A…