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China's Android app stores have long complied with regulations on licences. It is not clear why Apple is enforcing them more strictly this . Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store , the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as deadline for all game publishers to obtain a licence. The takedowns come amid a crackdown on unlicensed games by Chinese authorities. Including the 39,000 games, Apple removed more than 46,000 apps in total from its store on Thursday. Games affected by the sweep included Ubisoft title Assassin's Creed Identity and NBA2K20, according to research firm Qimai. Qimai also said only 74 of the top 1,500 paid games on Apple store survived the purge. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.   Apple initially gave game publishers an end-of-June deadline to submit a government-issued licence number enabling users to make in-app purchases in the world's biggest games market. Apple later exte

The company said it found no evidence of hacker access to customer data and no indication that its systems were used to attack others. Microsoft said in blog post that hackers tied to a massive intrusion of dozens of U.S. government agencies and private companies snuck farther into its systems than previously thought, although the intrusion doesn't appear to have caused any additional harm. The company said the hackers were able to view some of the code underlying Microsoft software, but weren't able to make any changes to it. Microsoft played down any risk associated with the additional intrusion, noting that its  software development relies on the code sharing within the company , a practice called " inner source . " Likewise , Microsoft said it doesn't rely on keeping programme code secret as a security measure and instead  assumes that adversaries have seen its code and uses other defensive measures to frustrate attacks. The company said it found no evidence

 City Police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal has clarified that there will not be any curfew tonight on New year's eve as circulated over social platforms. There will not be any restriction on public moving on roads and only celebration should not be conducted at public roads or beaches, he said. The State government has  banned New Year celebrations in the State on beaches and roads , on account of COVID-19 and citing the mutation of the virus in the U.K. Following apprehension that vehicular movement would be restricted on roads during the night , he said , " The government's instruction is that there should not be any celebration on roads or beaches . If you want to visit church or temple or relative's house in a sober way , there is no issue . There is no night curfew at all." "People should not choke the roads unnecessarily . Youngsters roaming on bikes in roads without any purpose will be stopped . There is no restriction for family outings . Drunken

  U.S. President Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the visa sanctions on countries refusing to repatriate their citizens who violated laws in the United States . The visa sanctions on such countries were set to expire on December 31. Mr. Trump issued a memorandum on April 10 which empowered the Secretary of State and the homeland  security secretary to deny visas to countries refusing to accept their citizens who voilate American laws. "In light of the ongoing COVID19 pandemic and the continuing public health risk it poses to Americans," Mr. Trump said in a memorandum issued on Wednesday that his April 10 "memorandum shall continue in force until terminated by the President".    The April 10 memorandum noted that countries " denying or unreasonably delaying " the repatriation of their citizens would be deemed to be causing " unacceptable public health risks for Americans". "Countries that deny or unreasonably delay the acceptance of t

 The messaging app works on Android OS 4.0.3 and newer versions . Apple iPhone devices running IOS 9 and higher will continue receiving services.    Facebook-owned WhatsApp end support on some Android and iOS devices starting January 1, 2021. Android models that will no longer support WhatsApp next year inncluding HTC Desire , LG Optimus Black and Samsung Galaxy S2 . Apple devices up to iPhone 4 will also lose support . The messaging app will work on Android devices running on OS 4.0.3 and newer versions . Apple iPhone devices running iOS 9 and higher will continue receiving services , WhatsApp said in its updated FAQ page. The app will keep running on select phones with KaiOS 2.5.1 and newer versions , including JioPhone and JioPhone2. The California-based app introduced several features this year including disappearing messages , a cloud - hosting suite and 'shopping carts' feature for its Business app.

 The app currently holds about 43% of the Indian market share, followed by the Walmart's PhonePe. India was overtaken by U.S. to become Google Pay's largest  generator of the users , according to app intelligence firm Apptopia. The Google-owned  digital payment platform added nearly three lakhs new users in the U.S. in single day last week , compared to about two lakh new users in India on the same day. Google Pay was launched seven years ago as a basic payment app with primary users in Russia , followed by the U.S. Google phased out the old app, revamped it with new features in 2017 , with Indian users downloading it more then 30 crores times, compared to 57 lakh times in U.S. The app is offering several added features at present including 'tap to pay ' , personal finance aggregation ,  and  $21 referral bonus to encourage app installs in the U.S. the app also surpassed other American payment wallets like Venmo and Cash App in the U.S. this month , according to a

 A bakery in Tamil Nadu honoured Diego Maradona with 6 feet statue cake and displayed out side the bakery  in table A bakery in Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) paid tribute to Legend of Football Diego Maradona by make statue of cake  Maradona died due to cardio arrest in November 25 2020 at his home   What's the story ?        " Every year , during the Christmas and New Year celebrations , the bakery makes cakes of statues of celebrities and displays them in public .But last few years , the bakery has to put up statues of Ilayaraja , Abdul Kalam  and Bahrathiar in keksila ,"told by employee of the bakery " We made this statue to pay homage to the footballer who died last month and to urge the youth play in the field instead of using phones and computer ," told by the employee Moreover, he said that Maradona will be " remembered in the same way as Tendulkar is remembered for cricket , Usain Bolt for 100 - metre dash and Mike Tyson for boxing ." Diego Mara

  This gestures algorithm has been taught to recognise 21 unique hand gestures, including thumbs-up , fist , flat hand , holding up individual fingers and counting numbers This device uses wearable biosensors and artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise  hand gestures from electrical signals in the persons forearm This device was developed by team of international researchers, the device can potentially help control prosthetic limbs using electrical signal. The team detailed their work in a paper titled ' A wearable bio sensing system with in-sensor adaptive machine learning  for hand gestures recognition' The bio sensing device has a flexible armband to detect electrical signals  from 64 points on the forearm .Its also has an AI- powered electrical chip correlate  with signal patterns detected in the forearm with specific hand gestures "When you want your hand muscles to contract , your brain sends electrical signals  through neurons in your neck and shoulders to muscl

  Tamil Nadu   health secretary   J Radhakrishnan   inspected the special campus set for the Covid test inside the Chennai IIT campus. Almost 2018 passengers for UK reached Tamil Nadu till now in that more 1500 passengers were infected by coronavirus One Passenger from UK tested positive on new variant of coronavirus. The infected person has been isolated on arrival and is undergoing treatment. "The National Task Force has also said not to change either existing equipment or existing testing protocol," Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Dr. J Radhakrishnan told

  Amazon frequently forges its way into new kinds of tech, with tablets, ereaders, smart speakers, headphones, TVs, and lots of smart home products , and now it's launched a fitness tracker too: meet the Amazon Halo. The Amazon Halo is a lightweight fitness band that collects your health data so you can analyze and track patterns, adding another notch to Amazon's ecosystem of smart products. Design The Halo is made of a fabric band  sort-of 'body' for the Halo, where sensor that will be gathering all your health data from you The Amazon Halo  doesn't have a screen - you'll have to interact with it via a smartphone or tablet app  pretty sleek device  Water resistant up to 50 meters and it's swim proof   Fitness Features The Amazon Halo has plenty of the fitness features you'd expect to find on a standard tracker - there's in-depth sleep tracking, sedentary time warnings, and activity tracking.  The Halo can measure your body composition and bod

  Jio Payments Bank was one of the five initial banking partners enabling   WhatsApp’s payments feature, but it disappeared from that list Facebook recently hosted the Facebook Fuel for India 2020 virtual event where  CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed interest in pushing payments through WhatsApp deeper  in the country. The social media giant also hosted a special session at the two-day event  to highlight different use cases of the instant messaging app. However, while naming  banking partners behind WhatsApp's payments feature, Facebook did not mention  Jio Payments Bank and instead listed ICICI Bank , HDFC Bank, Axis Bank,  and the State Bank of India as the four banks powering payments through the app. Jio Payments Bank  was  among the five banking partners  to enable payments on   WhatsApp .  The Facebook-owned company had mentioned the name of the payments bank while   announcing the launch of its anticipated payments feature  . However,  it omitted Jio Payments Ban

  The government plans to cover 30 crore people in the first phase when it rolls out Covid vaccine New Delhi/Hyderabad   A two-day dry run for coronavirus vaccine program starts today in Andhra Pradesh , Punjab, Gujarat and Assam . Focus on management of possible adverse events after immunisation , and dry runs that include checks on cold storage and transportation arrangements will be part of program that will be carried out in the chosen districts in each state. All the four states will report their observations to the centre recorded during the program. The government plans to cover 30 crore people in the first phase when it rolls out a vaccine for coronavirus. A total of 2,360 training sessions have been held so far, and 7,000 officials have been trained, including medical officers and vaccinators . In Andhra Pradesh , the dry run that will take place in Krishna district is aimed at testing the planned operations and the laid-out mechanisms in the state, Health Commissio

  Billionaire Elon Musk has said that it is impossible to take Tesla private now, but it seems that he is mulling an IPO for SpaceX’ s budding space-internet business. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said it is impossible to take the company private now as its public company duties are a much bigger factor. As much as he would have liked to spend more time on innovation, the billionaire said “ going private ” is an impossible prospect for Tesla . Musk’s comment came in reply to a tweet asking him to optimise his time in areas such as innovation. Tesla shares, which were included in the S&P 500 index this week,  have surged eightfold this year ahead of the addition to the benchmark  measure. The gain is twice the advance of the next best performer on the gauge. The share price jump also created millionaires among its investors, and propelled Musk’s net worth by $132.2 billion to $159.7 billion , making him the world’s second-richest person , according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Ind

 ROME Archaeologists in Pompeii , the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby. Latin for hot drinks counter, the shop was discovered in the archaeological park’s Regio V site , which is not yet open the public, and unveiled on Saturday. Traces of nearly 2,000-year-old food were found in some of the deep terra cotta jars containing hot food which the shop keeper lowered into a counter with circular holes . The front of the counter was decorated with brightly coloured frescoes , some depicting animals that were part of the ingredients in the food sold, such as a chicken and two ducks hanging upside down.  “ This is an extraordinary find. It’s the first time we are excavating an entire termopolium ,” said Massimo Ossana , director of the Pompeii archaeological park. Archaeologists also found a decorated bronze drinking bowl known as a

IN WASHINGTON   President " Donald Trump " arrived on Capitol Hill on  Tuesday for perhaps one of the larger social gatherings still happening in Washington amid the coronavirus - the weekly Senate Republican lunch. Behind closed doors, Trump was unscripted and freewheeling with the 53 GOP senators.  He touted his poll numbers, dismissed rival Joe Biden and implored Republicans  to “be tough” against Democrats this fall. Despite House passage  of a  $3 trillion pandemic aid  package, Republicans insisted they’ll wait until June  to consider whether more help is necessary. “ We had a great meeting -- all of the Republican senators were there, ”  Trump told reporters afterward. The private gathering stood in contrast to the scenes playing out in households  across the U.S. With social distancing and a shuttered economy, many Americans  remain hunkered down at home, juggling children and jobs even as some states  begin to reopen. More than 30 million are unemployed. “ They