A new US government report delivers a dire warning about climate change and its devastating impacts on the health and economy of the country. From a report: The federally mandated study was released by the Trump administration on Friday, at a time when many Americans are on a long holiday weekend, distracted by family and…

Bengaluru-based Zapr Media Labs, which counts Rupert Murdoch-led media group Star and several major local companies including Flipkart (which is now owned by Walmart), music streaming service Saavn, handset maker Micromax as its investors, has developed a tech that listens to ambient sounds around users to build targeted advertising profiles of them, reports news outlet…

The games publisher Square Enix is pulling three mobile games from Belgium following the introduction of a law in the European nation that bans “loot boxes” as a form of gambling. From a report: The games — “Mobius Final Fantasy”, “Kingdom Hearts Union X” and “Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia” — are some of largest…

The best prices on Apple stuff are here and going fast. …read more Source:: CNet

And that means smartphones will need to get smarter Ofcom’s top tech bod, Mansoor Hanif, recently gave the Wi-Fi industry a roasting, telling them to shape up to 5G or face sliding into irrelevance. New network data from around the world shows that slide has already begun.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Harry Potter’s world has gotten so, so complicated. Let’s unpack everything we can. …read more Source:: CNet

All the cool kids are doing it these days, or more like for many years now: you can get a laser cutter for a song if you don’t mind doing your own repairs and upgrades — you know, being a hacker. The downside is that some failures can really ruin your day. This is what…

Nope, not from now – from whenever politicos make up their minds With just two years to go until the end of the Brexit transition period, HMRC has said its preparations for a Northern Ireland backstop could take up to 30 months – once Whitehall has said how the mechanism will work.… …read more Source::…

“This is a financial catastrophe for our company,” the company says as it sells an authentic 17th Century Halbred for $20 …read more Source:: CNet

Italy’s famously Leaning Tower of Pisa is a little less off-kilter. Nearly two decades after engineers completed consolidation work to keep the tower from toppling over, officials monitoring the monument said recently that its famed tilt had been further reduced by 4 centimeters, or 1.5 inches. From a report: The tower, which has leaned to…