Samsung defeats Apple, becomes biggest smartphone brand in Q1 2024

Samsung defeats Apple, becomes biggest smartphone brand in Q1 2024

Samsung regained its number-one position in the global smartphone market in Q1 2024. The South Korean firm defeated Apple just one quarter after it was pushed down to second, thanks to impressive sales of the Galaxy S24 series, which was launched in January earlier this year. Samsung sold over 60 million smartphones in Q1 2024 … Read more

How manufacturers can create a sustainable business model

How manufacturers can create a sustainable business model

In the wake of the sustainability deal signed by nations at COP28, environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) has never been as important to organizations as it is now. However, for many companies, abiding by ESG regulations feels like an administrative burden, instead of an initiative designed to deliver business value. Nevertheless, customer awareness of … Read more

Apple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violations

Apple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violations

Apple today said it removed Game Boy emulator iGBA from the App Store for violating the company’s App Review Guidelines related to spam (section 4.3) and copyright (section 5.2), but it did not provide any specific details. iGBA was a copycat version of developer Riley Testut’s open-source GBA4iOS app, which has long been distributed outside … Read more

Signs that ChatGPT is polluting peer review

Signs that ChatGPT is polluting peer review

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Coloured functional magnetic resonance imaging of a healthy brain at rest.Credit: Mark & Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute/Science Photo Library A new technique for measuring brain activity in anaesthetized animals, known as direct imaging of … Read more

Lethal dust storms blanket Asia every spring — now AI could help predict them

Lethal dust storms blanket Asia every spring — now AI could help predict them

Dust storms turned skies yellow on 27 March 2024 in Erenhot, Inner Mongolia.Credit: VCG via Getty With the arrival of the Northern Hemisphere spring, many Asian countries are facing an annual problem: dust storms. Late last month, people living in parts of China’s Inner Mongolia saw their skies turn murky yellow, according to state media. … Read more

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, April 15 (game #43)

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, April 15 (game #43)

Today’s Strands puzzle is a fun one. I can’t say any more without giving the game away, but approach it with an open mind and you’ll be fine. If you do struggle, however, don’t worry: I’ve got several hints for you below, plus the answers if you really, really need them. SPOILER WARNING: Information about … Read more

Quordle today – hints and answers for Monday, April 15 (game #812)

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, April 15 (game #43)

It’s time for another Quordle puzzle – or two, if you play the Daily Sequence variant too. But Quordle is tough, so if you already find yourself searching for today’s Wordle answer, you’ll probably need some hints for this game too. SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don’t read on if you … Read more

‘Augmented reality for the masses’: inside the new AR swimming googles with an Iron Man-style display

‘Augmented reality for the masses’: inside the new AR swimming googles with an Iron Man-style display

Form is a smart tool designed to help swimmers with their, well, form in the water. The first-generation Form Smart Swim goggles have been around for a while now, but the second-gen Smart Swim 2 packs some big improvements, as smart glasses begin to really come into their own.  The smart glasses category includes specialist … Read more

The first gaming emulators are now showing up in the iOS App Store

The first gaming emulators are now showing up in the iOS App Store

We knew it was going to happen, and now it has: the first game emulators are appearing in the iOS App Store, after Apple responded to increasing regulatory pressure by relaxing its rules on the type of apps it would accept. As spotted by AppleInsider, we’ve already got Emu64 XL (for the Commodore 64) and … Read more