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Apple rolled out a monthly payment option last year, but the option was limited for two or three years. The new change, first spotted by 9to5Mac, will let you pay for AppleCare+ on a monthly basis indefinitely. That means you’re not locked into a two-year plan, and you don’t have to worry about paying a ton when your older device conks out. The new terms suggest you don’t have to commit for a longer period, and you can terminate AppleCare+ with a notice of 30 days: As of now, there’s no way to switch to the monthly plan if you’ve already subscribed to AppleCare+’s extended service plan for two or three years....

Last September, the Indian government banned PUBG and 118 other Chinese apps over data security concerns. The IP holding company tried to distance itself from China-based Tencent, the distributors of the game in India, in order to get the ban lifted. Two months later, Krafton said that it aims to bring the game back in the country in some form. The firm also pledged to invest $100 million in the local gaming community....

Part of the answer is using energy more efficiently. More than 72 per cent of all energy produced worldwide is lost in the form of heat. For example, the engine in a car uses only about 30 per cent of the gasoline it burns to move the car. The remainder is dissipated as heat. Recovering even a tiny fraction of that lost energy would have a tremendous impact on climate change....

How exactly do you go about planning your raise while also trying to get a business off the ground? I spoke to three tech founders to get a better idea about what the process entails. Pleo’s Jeppe Rindom: Think about the ‘why’ Jeppe Rindom is the co-founder of Danish fintech startup Pleo, which offers a company payment card solution in hope of automating expense reports and simplifying company spending. [Read: Your first step to raising €1M: Fewer investors and bigger sums] Pleo has raised €73....

Serious data analysis used to be a domain for hardcore nerds only. And even then, it was still usually restricted to just a few key fields like computer science or healthcare…or baseball. But the “Moneyball” era is now knocking on the door of virtually every industry around. Armed with the right analytics, forward-thinking entrepreneurs are breaking down numbers and finding paths to big windfalls everywhere…including the big-money world of real estate....

The move is part of new policies and enforcement against hateful content in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests that resulted in an initial ban of 2,000 communities today. Although only about 200 of these had more than 10 daily active users, other prominent subreddits banned today include r/chapotraphouse, a subreddit associated with a far-left podcast of the same name, and r/gendercritical, a subreddit for trans-exclusionary radical feminists. It’s about time....

Apple is planning to launch the headset, codenamed N301, as soon as 2022. It’s expected to compete against existing products like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, although it’s expected to be much more expensive. It’s described as an immersive, multipurpose device for gaming, videos, and communication. There will be some AR functionality, allowing you to overlay images over the real world, but the report says this aspect will be “limited....

According to a report from UK newspaper The Telegraph, drivers could be given up to £6,000 ($7,600) towards a new electric vehicle if they scrap their old combustion engined motor. [Read: Germany to give citizens up to $10K towards a new electric car — doubling its subsidy] The report says the news will come as part of a speech Johnson is expected to give on July 6. The speech will reportedly detail a number of initiatives designed to kick-start the UK economy as more coronavirus lockdown measures lift....

A recent report from The Guardian revealed that ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, had policies in place that outright censored or shadow-banned certain content in specific areas. In China, of course, any mentions of topics that are already banned on the internet such as Tienanmen Square and political criticism were censored. But in other countries, the banned content extended far beyond what westerners have come to expect. In Turkey, for example, content containing mentions of non-Muslim religious figures or ideas and all LGBTQ content was prohibited — and may still remain so....

This kind of contact-tracing technology has already been used with some success in countries such as China and South Korea. But there are questions over whether western countries would accept such levels of surveillance. However, as someone who has spent years researching the use of technology in healthcare, I feel there are good reasons to believe people would be willing and motivated to use a location-tracking app to help end the pandemic....

In the 21st century, holograms are already being used in a variety of ways such as medical systems, education, art, security, and defense. Scientists are still developing ways to use lasers, modern digital processors, and motion-sensing technologies to create several different types of holograms that could change the way we interact. My colleagues and I working in the University of Glasgow’s bendable electronics and sensing technologies research group have now developed a system of holograms of people using “aerohaptics”, creating feelings of touch with jets of air....

Here’s the message, as we received it: Microsoft and Netflix have partnered up to celebrate the release of Stranger Things third season. As we predicted (natch), the tech giant’s cryptic social media posts last week about the launch of Windows were indeed part of a Stranger Things tie-in. — Windows (@Windows) July 1, 2019 First off, rest easy friends: this is a spoiler-free zone. If you haven’t watched Stranger Things yet, we won’t ruin anything for you....

Sure, I might appreciate the isolation on a long plane ride, but for 95% of what I use headphones for, noise canceling isn’t a priority — or it’s straight-up undesirable. Whether walking down a busy street, doing the dishes, or riding my bike through a quiet trail, I prefer music and audiobooks add to the environmental soundscape, not replace it altogether. I know I’m not unique in this either; it’s the reason some people prefer basic AirPods, which generally don’t form a tight seal, over the AirPods Pro....

Ride-share spending by consumers globally will exceed US$937 billion by 2026 — comparable to 50 times the combined annual revenue of Transport for London, New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Beijing Metro in 2021 — according to a new study by Juniper Research. The figures from Ride Sharing: Value Chain Analysis, Market Size & Forecasts 2012-2026 forecast a 537 percent growth over the next five years, up from US$147 billion in 2021, but also reveal a low uptake of shared ‘carpool’ trips — which are only expected to make up 13 percent of all journeys over the same period....

With the upcoming launch of the R1T, it’s rather safe to assume that the company was testing its Driver+ assistance system, which comes standard with every Rivian vehicle. And besides, the truck was spotted in close proximity to the company’s office that develops the brand’s software and vehicle electronics. Apparently, Rivian didn’t want much publicity on the matter. The source told Teslarati that the truck “wore” a camouflage skin and quickly changed direction when he got too close....

The launcher, according to Rockstar Games, functions as a combination storefront and collection for already-owned Rockstar games. Supposedly it allows you to access any games you already own, both those purchased from other digital stores and those on physical discs. It also supports cloud saves and automatic game updates. It’s a perfectly acceptable launcher, but that still doesn’t explain its existence. — Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) September 17, 2019 Other than following the leader, it’s hard to see Rockstar’s reasoning behind such a launcher....

Samsung already provides spam and fraud call detection through its dialer that’s powered by Hiya, a spam and call detection company. Now it’s extending the service to automatically blocking those calls on devices that are running One UI 2.5 software. [Read: What audience intelligence data tells us about the 2020 US presidential election] Currently, only the Note 20 series and the Z Fold 2 has the One UI 2.5 pre-installed....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Nightingale used to say: I got the horses in the back. Bitcoin price We closed the day, February 18 2020, at a price of $10,142. That’s a respectable 4.65 percent increase in 24 hours, or $450. It was the highest closing price in three days....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Bentham used to say: Live, laugh, love! Bitcoin price We closed the day, June 17 2020, at a price of $9,480. That’s a minor 0.56 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$53.52. It was the lowest closing price in one day. We’re still 52 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Nietzsche used to say: Buy low, sell high! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, September 26 2019, at a price of $8,118. That’s a notable 4.34 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$368.69. It was the lowest closing price in one hundred and six days....