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Alternative app store AltStore PAL is joining the fediverse
AltStore PAL, the alternative iOS app store available in the European Union and Japan, is joining the social web. In a post on Wednesday, AltStore PAL announced that users across Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky can now interact with apps that developers choose to federate on its explore.alt.store website. Any likes from the social web will…
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I was a phone addict: These 7 tricks stopped me scrolling and curbed my screen time – fast
Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Small changes can slash your screen time, dramatically. Make it harder to grab your phone and mindlessly scroll. Deleting apps works better than relying on app limits and timers. A few months ago, I noticed screen time…
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US energy chiefs deleted Hormuz X post called market manipulation
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a formerfrackingexecutive, was accused on Tuesday of manipulating global markets after he posted a striking claim onsocial media. The American Navy, he wrote, had “successfully escorted anoiltanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing.” The post on X was deleted minutes later, after “oil prices slid at…
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Mystery surrounds health and whereabouts of Irans new supreme leader
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “safe and sound” despite reports of an injury during the war with Israel and the United States, said the son of the Iranian president on Wednesday. “I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections. They told me that,…
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Mortgage rates rise and deals pulled over Iran war turmoil
“It’s unwelcome news for borrowers, as the prospect of falling mortgage rates has quickly given way to rate rises,” he said, adding: “How far they could go is now heavily dependent on how global markets and inflation expectations evolve as conflict in the Middle East unfolds.”
