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WASHINGTON — A Russian fighter jet flew inside just a few meters of a U.S. drone over Syria and fired flares at it, putting the American plane and damaging it, the U.S. navy mentioned Tuesday. ...

The secrets and techniques of how planets as huge as the most important in our Solar System have been revealed by a shocking new picture of a younger star.The image was captured utilizing European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes in northern Chile. It reveals large dusty clumps surrounding a star known as V960 Mon, greater than 5,000 light-years from Earth within the Monoceros constellation.Researchers imagine these clusters could possibly be the constructing blocks of large planets the scale of Jupiter, which - at 11 occasions the diameter of our dwelling world - is the largest in our Solar System.Alice Zurlo, of Chile's Diego Portales University, described the invention as "truly captivating". How had been the dusty clumps discovered?The new work was primarily based on...

LONDON (AP) — European Union member states gave closing approval Tuesday to the bloc’s grasp plan to increase semiconductor manufacturing, clearing the trail for its large effort to slash reliance on Asia for pc chips important for all the pieces from washing machines to vehicles. ...

Elon Musk has stated the Twitter title "does not make sense" as he rebrands the platform into an "everything app" referred to as X.The world's richest man has not been shy of placing his personal stamp on the location he purchased for $44bn (£38bn) final October and has now launched into probably the most dramatic change in its 16-year historical past. Musk spent the weekend teasing an imminent reinvention and unveiled a brand new title and emblem yesterday.His need to impose sweeping modifications to such a recognisable social media model prompted confusion, however the SpaceX and Tesla proprietor defended the transfer in a late evening tweet. Twitter This content material is supplied by Twitter, which can be utilizing ...

Spotify is elevating the worth of its ad-free premium service in additional than 50 nations, together with the US, UK and Ireland.The music-streaming firm, which has greater than 200m Premium subscribers, stated the transfer will lead to a $1 (78p) improve for US-based plans. This means the worth of a single plan will now begin at a month-to-month charge of $10.99 (£8.56), duo at $14.99 (£11.68), the household plan at $16.99 (£13.29) and the scholar plan at $5.99 (£4.67).The worth of UK-based plans is about to extend by £1, in line with expertise information webiste The Verge.A complete of 53 nations will likely be affected by the worth hike, together with Spain, Australia, Canada and France. The firm stated current subscribers will likely be notified one-month earlier than w...

Apple is being sued for £1bn (£785m) by UK app builders over its App Store charges. Professor Sean Ennis from the University of East Anglia Centre for Competition Policy is carry the category motion lawsuit on behalf of 1,566 app creators due to the tech large's "excessive" prices. Some app makers are charged 15% to 30% by Apple in fee when utilizing its in-app fee system - a process that has been criticised by antitrust regulators in a number of nations.Professor Ennis stated: "Apple's charges to app developers are excessive, and only possible due to its monopoly on the distribution of apps onto iPhones and iPads."The prices are unfair in their very own proper, and represent abusive pricing. They hurt app builders and likewise app consumers." Read extra:We examined an Apple...

The House Judiciary Committee is contemplating a vote to carry Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt this week, ratcheting up Congress’ feud with Big Tech over its reluctance to work with lawmakers. ...

If somebody advised you to kind x.com into your browser, you'd understandably be reasonably suspicious.But that is what Elon Musk desires you to do to go to the location previously - in his thoughts a minimum of - referred to as Twitter. Nine months after the world's richest man purchased one of many world's hottest social media platforms, the most important rebrand he has lengthy threatened has begun.Twitter's iconic fowl emblem has vanished, changed by a generic X, as a part of an audacious transition into "the everything app" that handles excess of simply your want to get into arguments with strangers on-line. Image: The iconic blue fowl has been changed by an X What is 'the all the things app'? Audio, vide...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities accused Ukraine of launching a drone assault on Moscow early Monday that noticed one of many plane fall close to the Defense Ministry’s major headquarters and placing Crimea, whereas the Russian navy unleashed new strikes on port infrastructure in southern Ukraine. ...

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk has unveiled a brand new black-and-white “X” emblem to interchange Twitter’s well-known blue chook as he follows via with a serious rebranding of the social media platform he purchased for $44 billion final 12 months. ...