• Apple Removes Meta-owned Apps from Chinese App Store

    The decision follows a mandate from government authorities.

  • Children's charity welcomes donation from Amazon

    The donation was made to The Yard, a charity that has been involved with the Edinburgh community for more than 35 years. The Yard supports disabled children, young people, and their families through creative and inclusive play experiences. The donation from Amazon will go towards The Yard’s ongoing programmes and services, including their family sessions. Colin Mackenzie is a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Development Centre Scotland in Edinburgh, and he nominated the charity for the...

  • The Unnatural Disaster Threatening Puerto Rico's Children

    Coral Murphy Marcos The island’s health system is on its knees. Doctors are fleeing in droves. And the crisis is hurting kids most of all.

  • Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from App Store in China

    Apple said it removed Meta-owned apps WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China. The US company was ordered to do so by the state government, which cited national security concerns. Other Meta apps including Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram remain available, as well as other popular US social media apps like YouTube or X (formerly Twitter). Apple stated that the Cyberspace Administration of China ordered the removal of these apps from the China storefront. "We are obligated to...

  • Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from Chinese App Store

    Company says Chinese government ordered it to remove two Meta-owned apps for ‘national security’ reasonsApple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese App Store after the Chinese government ordered it to do so for “national security” reasons.Apple confirmed it had withdrawn the two apps – both owned by Meta, also the owner of Facebook – under instruction from the Cyberspace Administration of China, which regulates and censors China’s highly restricted internet and online content....

  • iPhone 'iGBA' emulator removed from App Store, but we aren't sure why

    Over the weekend, the first handheld console game emulator hit the App Store, following a relaxation in App Store Review Guidelines the week prior. Fast forward 24 hours and the app is gone, pulled from the App Store. However, we aren’t sure why. It might be that ROM-loading emulators are actually not allowed, and this one slipped through. Or, it may be that iGBA was simply a clone of the open-source project GBA4iOS, and was pushed to the store without permission or appropriate licensing. ...

  • A simple policy change could 'eliminate' snakebite deaths in the Amazon

    The jungle is a hotspot for deadly serpents, but modelling now proves lives and money could be saved be expanding antivenom stocks

  • EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite app's 'addictive' rewards

    The EU on Monday launched a probe into TikTok's spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an addictive feature on it that rewards users for watching and liking videos, amid child-safety concerns.TikTok Lite arrived in France and Spain in March allowing users aged 18 and over to earn points that can be exchanged for goods like vouchers or gift cards through the app's rewards programme.The European Commission said in a statement it has concerns about the app's risks of serious damage for the...

  • Jimmy Carr reveals he was ‘close to death’ with life-threatening infection

    Jimmy Carr has recalled how he almost died after contracting meningitis as a child. Speaking to Kathy Burke on her Where There's A Will, There's A Wake podcast, the 51-year-old comedian, 51, said he "nearly didn’t make it" when he was being treated in a hospital in Ireland at three years old. Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord that can cause life-threatening sepsis and result in permanent damage to the brain or nerves. "I kind of...

  • Here's why Apple removed the first Game Boy emulator from the App Store

    Earlier this month, Apple revised its App Store Guidelines to permit game emulator apps for the first time. On Saturday, one of the first such apps was approved: iGBA. This app allowed users to import and play ROMs download from the internet. On Sunday, however, the app was pulled from the App Store without full explanation. Apple has now provided more clarity on why iGBA was removed from the App Store after initially being approved. more

  • Sudan civil war: The children living between starvation and death in Darfur

    Millions have fled Sudan's year-long civil war and hunger is now leading to the deaths of many children.

  • This type of bird has been removed from Ohio’s threatened species list

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Decades of intervention to bring back a waterfowl population that had been wiped out in the Buckeye State have come to a close according to Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. ODNR Director Mary Mertz announced on Friday that the trumpeter swan was voted off the []