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Elon Musk may want to send “tweet” back to the birds, but the ubiquitous term for posting on the site he now calls X is here to stay — at least for now.For one, the word is still plastered all over the site formerly known as Twitter. Write a post, you still need to press a blue button that says “tweet” to publish it. To repost it, you still tap “retweet.” But it's more than that. With “tweets,” Twitter accomplished in just a few years something few companies have done in a lifetime: It became a verb and implanted itself…

Countries such as Australia and the UK also are slated to retire their 3G services by next year, while others such as Taiwan, Malaysia, and the US already have done so. Singapore's mobile operators will have to ensure a smooth migration for their 3G subscribers, including enterprise customers, before shutting down their networks, IMDA said. These should include giving users the option to convert their plans to 4G on equal or better service terms. They also must be provided mobile phone options at different price…

To help users spend more time on things that matter to them, Instagram released Quiet mode which shuts down all the notifications from the app. While users can use their device’s Do Not Disturb (DND) mode to avoid distractions, Quiet mode comes with its own distinct features and perks. On that note, here’s a quick step-by-step guide on how to turn on and off Instagram’s Quiet mode on Android mobile phones and iPhones.How to turn on Instagram’s Quiet mode on Android and iPhoneAfter enabling Quiet mode, you will no longer…

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge After 12 years, the price of Spotify Premium is increasing in the US. The subscription will now cost $10.99 a month, the company announced today. Spotify has charged $9.99 for its Premium subscription ever since its launch in the US in 2011. “So that we can keep innovating, we are changing our Premium prices across a number of markets around the world,” the company wrote in a post announcing the increase. “These updates will help us continue to deliver value…

Earlier this year, the UK attempted to go coal-free. But an increased need for air conditioning forced the usually temperate country to reverse itself and restart an old coal-fired power plant — after only 46 days.This is a cycle that's likely to get more vicious as hotter weather leads to more air conditioning, which exacerbates both global warming and urban heat islands. But maybe we don't need nearly as much AC as we think. The answer isn't to suffer in pools of sweat but to use scientific knowledge about human…

iOS 17 preview during the WWDC 2023 event showed some of the most exciting features that will come to iPhones. Recently, Apple has finally rolled out the first public beta of iOS 17 for iPhones, which lets users try the exclusive iOS 17 features ahead of the launch of the stable version. One of these thrilling yet convenient features that took quite a lot of attention is the StandBy Mode. This StandBy Mode is the innovative Landscape Display mode for iPhones while charging and it transforms your handset into a dynamic…

As It Happens6:39Remains of so-called 'Ivory Man' in ornate Spanish tomb turn out to be femaleAbout 5,000 years ago in Spain, there was a woman who was so important to her people that when she died, they filled her tomb with incredible riches and honoured her memory for generations to come, archeologists say.She's now known as "The Ivory Lady" due to the lavish ivory contents of her tomb. But when her remains were first unearthed 15 years ago, archaeologists incorrectly classified them as "likely male."Now — thanks to an…

New research shows that washing with certain soaps can either attract or repel mosquitoes due to interactions between the soap and an individual’s unique odor. The impact of soap use on mosquito attraction varied between people and different types of soaps, demonstrating a complex interplay between personal body odors and the chemical components of the soaps.Various theories have been proposed explaining why mosquitoes are drawn to certain people while others escape unscathed. A group of scientists from Virginia Tech have…

The high-speed track narrates the story of an unwanted ex-lover PinkPantheress can't shake off PinkPantheress follows the “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2” remix with Ice Spice with another collab, this time with Destroy Lonely for “Turn Your Phone Off.” The song narrates the story of an unwanted caller/ex-lover that PinkPantheress harbors mixed feelings about. “I turned my phone off but your calls still came through/I reply when they do ’cause I want to chat to you,” she sings in the…

After the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) spent four weeks negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Hollywood’s studios and streamers, the two sides failed to agree on a new contract and SAG-AFTRA has now joined the Writers Guild of America in a strike. Nearly all of Hollywood has come to a standstill with these two major unions standing side-by-side on the picket lines, which will cause a ripple effect…