Technology
Tech Firms Face Higher Levies As Kenya Plans To Double Digital Service Tax
Kenya wants to raise the digital service tax (DST) to 3% in July, as the government seeks to generate domestic income and reduce the budget…
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Technology
Study Finds Tiktok’s Ban on Uploads in Russia Failed, Leaving It Dominated by Pro-War Content
TikTok is the remaining worldwide social media network still running in Russia, after the Kremlin blocked Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It said on March 6…
Plants and Animals
Russia Has Deployed Dolphins in the War against Ukraine
Following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia appears to have deployed trained military dolphins. The US Naval Institute (USNI) has evaluated satellite photos and concluded that…
Plants and Animals
One of World’s Largest Ichthyosaurs Found 2,800 Meters up a Mountain in the Alps
In the late Triassic, ichthyosaurs began to disappear from our waters, but as portions of the planet folded to form what we now call the…
Psychology
Family Size may affect Cognitive Functioning Later in Life
A recent study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the Robert Butler Columbia Aging Center, and Université Paris-Dauphine — PSL discovered that having…
Environmental Science
Pollution from Rocket Engines Extends High into the Earth’s Atmosphere
Researchers investigated the heat and mass transport and quick mixing of combustion byproducts to determine the possible impact of a rocket launch on air pollution.…
Business
Unpacking Sailpoint’s $6.9B Sale to Private Equity Firm Thoma Bravo
Good morning, and have a wonderful Monday! It’s TechCrunch’s Early Stage Week, which means I have some prep work to do. With that in mind,…
Technology
Twitter Rolls Back Change, Restoring the Text of Deleted Embedded Tweets
Twitter has quietly reversed a contentious decision made last week, restoring the text of since-deleted tweets embedded on third-party websites. Twitter user @RuinDig was the…
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Plex Pulls the Plug on Podcasts and Web Shows
Plex is inconveniencing podcast users by dropping support for podcasts and web shows on Friday, April 15, just a week after unveiling a new universal…
Technology
Meta’s Horizon Worlds Is Testing In-App Purchases and Creator Bonuses
Horizon Worlds, Meta’s social virtual reality program, is experimenting with a feature that will allow artists to sell virtual things and effects in their worlds.…
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