The Starlink is keeping modern Slavery Compounds online
A Chinese human trafficking victim has told police that he was forced to use Starlink as a mobile phone to contact his family. The victim told police that he had worked at a fraud company and was in the Myanmar-Thailand border region. Police have yet to find any evidence of any crimes against the victim and he is currently in Myanmar.
Single-cell histone modifications are used for embryo tracing
Embryos were incubated with 0.5 g H3K27ac (for the early 2cell stage) or 0.5 g H3K27me3 (for all six developmental stages) in 100 l antibody buffer and barcoded with 3 g ml–1 PAT-T5-2 and 3 g ml–1 PAT-T7-2 in 100 l high- salt Dig-wash buffer at 4 C for 1 h. Cells were fixed in 4% PFA for 15 min, blocked in 3% normal donkey serum with 0.3% Triton X-100 in PBS for 1 h at room temperature.
citizen science and artificial intelligence together to fight poverty
Data scientists have suggested that policymakers and governments could use data collected by citizen scientists, also known as community scientists, in conjunction with artificial intelligence and other tools. They said policymakers can use data to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals. Currently, the UN statistical commission wants more citizen scientists to contribute data so that it can be used to achieve goals.
Next month, Amazon will be releasing its souped-up alexa+
Amazon on Tuesday announced Alexa Plus that’ll allow users to have an understanding of what they see through their surveillance cameras. Users will be able to ask Alexa, “When was the last time someone took the dog out for a walk?” Users will need a ring subscription to have an understanding of what they see through their cameras.
It was the first treatment for motor-neuron condition which was a success
US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate accord could lead to a “huge” impact on global efforts to curb COVID-19 by 2030, a UN report said. “This is a very significant blow to…[efforts] at the global level to address COVID-19,” it added. It also said that the US’ withdrawal from the Accord could affect global efforts to combat COVID-19.
The battery king of watches is seen in the third watch
OnePlus has claimed it has managed to stuff a larger 631mAh battery in the Watch 3 using the same Silicon-carbon battery technology as the OnePlus 13, which had a 6,000mAh cell. OnePlus called this its Silicon NanoStack battery, and so the OnePlus Watch 3 has a 631-mAh battery compared to its predecessor’s 500-mAh cell.
How to get TikTok back on your phone if you deleted it
TikTok users in India cannot download the popular video-sharing app from the App Store as it doesn’t recognise the country they’re in. TikTok Lite is only available on India’s App Store. Users will be forced to use a VPN to connect to TikTok’s website from a VPN hotspot. TikTok and other ByteDance applications are not available on the App Store in India.
If you deleted TikTok after its ban, can you get it back on your phone?
TikTok is back on the app store, an ByteDance spokesperson has confirmed. This comes after US President Donald Trump tweeted about TikTok being reinstated to the app store. “This could help them stay on the good side of the Trump administration and…address the financial hit they’re taking by not hosting TikTok on app stores,” the spokesperson said.
Shrinking Dating is an app
Dating app Robinhood’s Co-founder and CEO Hansjoerd Schll has said that he sees similarities between dating apps and the stock-trading app Robinhood. She added, “There’s a similar mechanism to be found in dating apps. You don’t know what you’re going to get.” Schll further said that they share one thing in common, strategies to hold users in place and reduce friction.
A number of former government IT roles are being taken over by Musk and his associates
A US-based tech firm, DOGE, has been sued by ex-Trump administration officials for unlawful access to employees’ records. The lawsuit claimed that DOGE has used the information to discriminate against employees based on their gender identity and to illegally offer buyouts to them. DOGE’s access could also be used to identify employees to “essentially terminate based on improper considerations”, WIRED reported.