Business
One Tech Tip: These are the apps that can now avoid Apple’s in-app payment system
Apple users are starting to get ways out of the iPhone maker’s so-called “walled garden.”This post was originally published on this site.
Month: May 2025
Green Technology
Advancements in (Ca,Ba)ZrS₃ solar cells using innovative spinel hole transport layers
Solar power has long been a beacon of hope in our pursuit of clean energy. However, the road to sustainable, high-efficiency photovoltaics has been riddled with roadblocks such as toxicity and instability in widely used […]
Business
Texas passes measure to create a state crypto reserve as Bitcoin tops $105K
The Texas House of Representatives voted on May 20 to approve a state bitcoin reserve bill, sending the year’s highest-profile piece of crypto-related legislation to the governor’s desk for a likely signature.This post was originally […]
Farming and Agriculture
Microplastics are ‘silently spreading from soil to salad to humans’
A review from Murdoch University has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans. Among the revelations in the comprehensive evaluation is that plastics in soil may be exposed to […]
Farming and Agriculture
Meet the loquat: Fans can’t get enough of this unique springtime fruit
On a recent warm May day, bundles of small sun-kissed-colored fruit droop from a towering tree in Raffy Espiritu’s backyard in Milpitas. They soak in the light and ripen in the heat before suddenly splitting […]
Business
California and Google to make a media fund for the floundering news industry
An East Bay Democrat in the state Legislature announced the details on May 21 of a hard-fought partnership between California and Google to kick financial assistance toward the state’s news media, an industry that shrunk […]
Business
Consumer groups want airlines to pay for baggage fees ‘distress’
Sixteen European consumer groups on Wednesday called on the European Union to take action against seven low-cost airlines over their baggage fees.This post was originally published on this site.
Business
Ads pressured to evolve as AI changes Google search
As Google races to lead in artificial intelligence, it faces the challenge of making sure the technology doesn’t slow its profit-pumping advertising engine.This post was originally published on this site.
Farming and Agriculture
Unlocking G-protein subunit GS3: How redox regulation shapes rice grain size
A research team led by Prof. Li Yunhai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered a previously hidden mechanism that regulates rice grain size—a key […]
Farming and Agriculture
Climate change has sobering effect on wine regions worldwide, but with uneven impacts
All of the world’s wine-growing regions have been impacted by climate change, but with unequal impacts that vary across the growing season, reports a new study by E.M. Wolkovich of the University of British Columbia […]