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Indian Oil faces decline in Russian oil imports in 2024/25 Indian Oil faces decline in Russian oil imports in 2024/25 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Oil Corp, the country’s top refiner, is facing a potential drop in its Russian oil imports this fiscal year ending March 31, following the latest U.S. sanctions on Moscow, according to its head of finance, Anuj Jain, on Tuesday. Indian refiners are struggling to secure Russian oil supplies following the latest U.S. sanctions aimed at Russian producers, insurers and tankers to reduce Moscow’s oil revenue. Supply of Russian oil was low so far this month, while Indian Oil is also expecting shortages of Russian cargoes in March, Jain said during an analyst call following the company’s December-quarter earnings. He said Russian oil accounted for about a quarter of crude imports by Indian Oil in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, down from 30% in 2023-24. India became the top buyer of Russian sea-borne oil sold at a discount after some European nations imposed sanctions and halted trade with Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine. IOC will purchase oil from its term supplier and other markets to make up for the shortfall, he said. “There is no dearth of oil,” he said, adding that IOC would buy Russian oil only if available at reasonable discounts. Discounts on Russian oil received at Indian ports have also narrowed to around $2 per barrel from $3 a barrels in December, Jain said. (Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips) Source link #Indian #Oil #faces #decline #Russian #oil #imports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump says China’s DeepSeek AI chatbot is a ‘wake-up call’ | Artificial intelligence (AI) Trump says China’s DeepSeek AI chatbot is a ‘wake-up call’ | Artificial intelligence (AI) Donald Trump has said that the launch of a chatbot by China’s DeepSeek is a “wake up call” for US tech firms in the global race to dominate artificial intelligence. The emergence of DeepSeek, which has built its R1 model chatbot at a fraction of the cost of competitors such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, wiped $1tn (£800bn) in value from the leading US tech index on Monday. Nvidia, a leading maker of computer chips that power models which has experienced explosive growth amid the AI *****, had $600bn wiped off its market value in the biggest one-day fall in US stock market history. “The release of DeepSeek, AI from a ******** company, should be a wake-up call for our industries that we need to be laser-focused on competing to win,” said Trump. He pointed to DeepSeek’s ability to apparently deliver the same performance as existing AI models with much fewer resources, threatening the dominance of the US-led AI *****. “That’s good because you don’t have to spend as much money,” Trump said. “I view that as a positive, as an asset.” On Monday, the DeepSeek assistant surpassed ChatGPT in downloads from Apple’s app store. Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, said he was impressed with DeepSeek but the US industry would speed up development. “DeepSeek’s R1 is an impressive model, particularly around what they’re able to deliver for the price,” he said. “We will obviously deliver much better models and also it’s legit invigorating to have a new competitor. We will pull up some releases.” The DeepSeek-fuelled stock market fall seen in the US spread to Asia on Tuesday as Japan’s Nikkei share average fell 1.3%. Japanese-listed tech stocks fell, as the manufacturer Advantest was down 11%, Tokyo Electron off almost 6% and Disco Corporation dropped nearly 3%. Tech investor SoftBank’s stock fell more than 5%. skip past newsletter promotion Sign up to Business Today Get set for the working day – we’ll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. after newsletter promotion Most other big Asian markets were shut for the lunar new year holiday. Marc Andreessen, a leading US venture capitalist, compared the launch of DeepSeek’s R1 model on Monday to a pivotal moment in the US-USSR space race, posting on X that it was AI’s “Sputnik moment” – referring to when the Soviet Union astounded its cold war rival by launching a satellite into orbit. According to DeepSeek, its R1 model outperforms OpenAI’s o1-mini model across “various benchmarks”, while research by Artificial Analysis puts it above models developed by Google, Meta and Anthropic in terms of overall quality. The company was founded by the entrepreneur Liang Wenfeng, who runs a hedge fund, High-Flyer Capital, that uses AI to identify patterns in stock prices. Liang reportedly started buying Nvidia chips in 2021 to develop AI models as a hobby, bankrolled by his hedge fund. In 2023, he founded DeepSeek, which is based in the eastern ******** city of Hangzhou. The company is purely focused on research rather than commercial products – the DeepSeek assistant and underlying code can be downloaded for free, while its models are also cheaper to operate than OpenAI’s o1. Source link #Trump #Chinas #DeepSeek #chatbot #wakeup #call #Artificial #intelligence Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

stocks, news, data and earnings stocks, news, data and earnings European stocks opened higher Tuesday, in the wake of a global sell-off fueled by concerns over a potential artificial intelligence breakthrough in China that could pose a massive challenge to Western AI firms. The regional Stoxx 600 index was up 0.28% at 8:10 a.m. in London, with technology stocks 0.5% higher. Media stocks led gains, up 1%. Biopharmaceutical firm Sartorius was the top performer on the index, gaining nearly 16% after the company said in a preliminary full-year release that it had met profitability targets and had a “cautiously positive” outlook for 2025. Earnings are out from SAP, Foxtons Group and Logitech on Tuesday, with luxury giant LVMH reporting after the market close, while data releases include the latest French consumer confidence figures and Spain’s unemployment rate. Regional markets traded in negative territory on Monday as investors in the region reacted to a potential AI breakthrough out of China, with the success of ******** artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek sparking concerns over incumbent U.S. giants’ global leadership in AI. Source link #stocks #news #data #earnings Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump says Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok – BBC.com Trump says Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok – BBC.com Trump says Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok BBC.comWatch Trump Says He Expects a Lot of Bidders for TikTok BloombergWho Will Buy TikTok? Meet the Top Contenders TIMETrump Says He’s Spoken To ‘Many People’ About TikTok *****—But Not Oracle Forbes Source link #Trump #Microsoft #talks #buy #TikTok #BBC.com Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Dylan Caporn: Inside the ‘different’ Libby Mettam ad campaign set to air tonight Dylan Caporn: Inside the ‘different’ Libby Mettam ad campaign set to air tonight Two construction workers, a nurse, a parent and her child, and a farmer are all sitting on milk crates in the middle of a building site – it’s not the start of a joke though. Source link #Dylan #Caporn #Libby #Mettam #campaign #set #air #tonight Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Apple Quietly Gave Your Apple Watch a Sneaky Cool Feature Apple Quietly Gave Your Apple Watch a Sneaky Cool Feature There is a little bit of a catch, however. Apple Watch Apple Intelligence Reduce Notifications This past fall, Apple rolled out the first Apple Intelligence features to compatible iPhones, iPads and Macs. Some of these AI features were helpful, particularly the writing tools. Others, like Notification Summaries, have proved to be less so. Since its initial release, Apple has slowly added more features that take advantage of Apple Intelligence. The last batch arrived with iOS 18.3 — launched today — and added a pretty cool feature for using your iPhone’s camera to identify plants and animals (but it only works if you have an iPhone 16/Pro). If you wear an Apple Watch, however, you might feel left out of the party. That’s because Apple still hasn’t released any exclusive Apple Intelligence features for its smartwatch. And while that is still technically true today, there is a bit of a workaround. That’s because your Apple Watch can use two Apple Intelligence features—but only if it is tethered to one of the latest iPhones that supports them. The first is Notification Summaries, which, as widely reported, is more frustrating than useful. The second is Reduce Interruptions. Reduce Interruptions is an Apple Intelligence feature for iPhone, iPad and Mac … but you access it from your Apple Watch, too. – Credit: Photo by Tucker Bowe for Gear Patrol What is Reduce Interruptions? Reduce Interruptions is a new setting within Focus mode, which was introduced several years ago — with iOS 15 — to give you more control over what notifications your iPhone receives while doing various activities (such as sleeping or working). With the new Reduce Interruptions setting turned on, your iPhone will use Apple Intelligence to determine if a notification is “important.” If so, it’ll then push through that notification to you even if Focus Mode is turned on. The idea is that if you’re working or sleeping and you get an urgent (aka “important”) message from a relative, you’ll get notified. If Apple Intelligence deems it unimportant, you won’t be notified until the Focus mode ends. Reduce Interruptions is a feature within Focus mode where Apple Intelligence decides if specific notifications are important or not. – Credit: Photo by Tucker Bowe for Gear Patrol How to use Reduce Interruptions? To turn on Reduce Interruptions, you need a compatible iPhone — meaning any iPhone 16 model or an iPhone 15 Pro/Max — that’s running iOS 18.1 or later. Open the Settings app on your iPhone. Scroll down and select Focus. Select Reduce Interuptions. Toggle on Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing. From this screen, you can further customize the notification settings with Reduce Interruptions turned on. You can allow — or silence — notifications from specific people or specific apps. Once enabled on your iPhone, you can turn on/off Reduce Interruptions from your wrist. – Credit: Photo by Tucker Bowe for Gear Patrol Wait, this is for Apple Watch? Reduce Interruptions is an Apple Intelligence feature that’s technically compatible with the latest iPhones, Macs, and iPads. But you can access it and turn it on and off from the Control Center on your Apple Watch. Simply press the side button to open the Control Center, select Focus mode (the moon icon) and turn on Reduce Interruptions. Once selected, you can turn it on indefinitely or for a given amount of time. Also, you don’t have to have the latest and greatest Apple Watch to access Reduce Interruptions. As long as you have one of the newer iPhones and Reduce Interruptions is turned on, you’ll be able to turn it on/off from your wrist. LEARN MORE Source link #Apple #Quietly #Gave #Apple #Watch #Sneaky #Cool #Feature Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

DOJ fires officials who worked on Jack Smith’s Trump investigations – The Washington Post DOJ fires officials who worked on Jack Smith’s Trump investigations – The Washington Post DOJ fires officials who worked on Jack Smith’s Trump investigations The Washington PostTrump Administration Fires Prosecutors Who Aided Jack Smith Investigations The New York TimesKey career officials at Justice Department reassigned to different positions, AP sources say The Associated PressJustice Department fires more than a dozen key officials on former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team Fox News Source link #DOJ #fires #officials #worked #Jack #Smiths #Trump #investigations #Washington #Post Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Elevated WA Windmills gold assays spark excitement at Reedy Lagoon Elevated WA Windmills gold assays spark excitement at Reedy Lagoon Elevated gold signatures have been picked up in 44 soil sample assays taken in December at Reedy Lagoon Corporations Burracoppin gold project in Western Australia’s Central Wheatbelt. The signatures were picked up on the western edge of its high priority WM1 target. Anomalous gold readings of up to 7.2 parts per billion (ppb) were recorded, significantly exceeding the background level of 2ppb gold. Earlier findings from geophysical data and surface soil sampling suggest the gold mineralisation at Windmills could be linked to deeply buried structural targets. Management considers these results significant, reinforcing the interpretation of a potential deep gold-bearing structure. The company says the findings also link up with earlier results, extending the prospective gold zone at Windmills to an impressive 1500 metres and bolstering its overall potential. The prospect lies within a larger gold-bearing zone associated with the Yandina shear zone – a geological feature known for its potential to host significant gold deposits. Ramelius Resources’ Edna May mine is positioned nearby. It has historically produced one million ounces of gold and holds an additional resource of one million ounces. Like soil sample results in July 2023, the latest gold hits appear to highlight a magnetic anomaly in the shear zone that is likely related to a banded iron formation previously picked up in earlier geophysical studies. The area’s geology seems to be mainly made up of layers of hardened laterite covering deeply weathered bedrock and topped by sand sediments transported from elsewhere. The sands stretch from the centre of the area to its southwest boundary. Granitic rock is exposed on both the eastern and western sides of laterite in the area’s northern section. Reedy’s current field work is focused on pinpointing drill target selection across its Burracoppin portfolio, including Windmills and other promising sites such as Lady Janet, Shear Luck and the Zebra prospects. With plans to resume soil sampling in February, the company will focus its efforts on infill and extension work to refine its exploration strategy and further map out the area’s gold potential ahead of the next phase of drilling. Although still early days, the latest sniffs of gold at Windmills would appear to be encouraging given the area remains largely underexplored. With the region’s rich geological history and modern-day exploration techniques making it easier and cheaper than ever to discover deep gold deposits, Reedy looks to be poised for an action packed 2025 exploration program. Is your ASX-listed company doing something interesting? Contact: *****@*****.tld Source link #Elevated #Windmills #gold #assays #spark #excitement #Reedy #Lagoon Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘My father was the Tattooist of Auschwitz – it took me five attempts to visit his prison home’ ‘My father was the Tattooist of Auschwitz – it took me five attempts to visit his prison home’ Lali Sokolov – better known as the Tattooist of Auschwitz, who was immortalised in the 2018 book that has sold more than 13 million copies in 40 languages – has done more to keep the horrors of the Second World War alive than most in recent memory. But in spite of the global attention his tale wrought, there was one last thing that remained undone. “One of my dad’s dying wishes was to go back to Auschwitz, to apologise to all the people whose lives he couldn’t save,” says his son Gary, recalling a conversation he had with his father in 2006, when Lali was 90. “And one of my biggest regrets was not just jumping on a plane and going straight there with him. Because five weeks later, he passed away.” And so on Monday, on the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation, Sky History is airing a documentary (The Tattooist’s Son) showing Gary making that long-awaited visit. Over almost four decades, he had tried several times to pass beneath the gates reading “Arbeit macht frei” – “work sets you free” – where his parents met in 1942, amid one of the worst episodes of ethnic cleansing in human history. But each time he faltered, the weight of what he might see was too much to bear. “I felt like a coward,” he says of his failed attempts; of the nights he woke up in a sweat, paralysed by the journey he could not take. “Why do I not have the guts to do it? This is my parents’ history,” he chastises himself. On this occasion, while determined to walk through the camp for the first time, he had an intense physical reaction, his legs shaking so violently that filming had to temporarily stop. Still, he told himself, there was no turning back. “I have to do this now.” Passing beneath the gates, and by the crematoria and cell blocks, was “horrific”. “It was way beyond my expectation of how horrific it was,” he says. Things grew darker still as he ventured through Birkenau, tacked onto Auschwitz in 1941, the sheer size of the camp somehow magnifying the atrocities that took place there. Those two days filming in Poland in September were, unequivocally, harrowing. But they were also “the best thing I ever did. It brought me so much closer to my parents,” he says. Sokolov as a baby with his parents, Lali (left) and Gita. Lali tattooed Gita with her prisoner number and befriended Auschwitz guards in order to get letters to her – AETN/Synchronicity Films The experience illuminated his parents’ story in the kind of grim technicolour Gary spent most of his life without. Growing up in Melbourne, where Lali and his wife, Gita, moved after the war (a bid to get as far from Nazism and Communism as possible), he had been unaware of the unthinkable environment to which he owes his life. All he knew as a child was that his mother and father were relentlessly optimistic – “if you wake up in the morning, it’s a good day,” was one of Lali’s choice mantras, along with an insistence on a “PMA”, or positive mental attitude. Gary too shares that buoyancy, beaming for the majority of our conversation. In spite of his parents’ positivity, some elements of his childhood seemed strange – inexplicable, somehow. A school-aged Gary would sometimes walk into the kitchen and find his father staring out of the window, as if in a trance; nothing could shake him from it. Depression appeared to grip his mother, who one day returned home with her prison number – 4562 – surgically removed from her arm. She would always pluck four and five-leaf clovers when she saw them, a hardwired habit from her days in captivity, it transpired, when giving them to Nazi guards might secure extra soup or bread. Both Lali and Gita were taken from their homes in Slovakia to Poland’s blue-and-white-striped hell in 1942. Lali, then 25, contracted typhus within weeks of arriving that April, and was slung on a death cart. When a fellow prisoner spotted him, he was retrieved, nursed back to health by his peers, and given a job assisting Auschwitz’s tätowierer (tattooist). He inked the forearm of a shaven-headed Gita, 18, three months later. Their connection was immediate; over the next two-and-a-half years they would try to meet when prisoners were mixed en masse on camp grounds. Lali befriended guards in order to get letters to her, and found a way to smuggle medication to Gita when he learnt she was sick. When Auschwitz was liberated in January 1945, Lali, who had been sent to another camp on a cattle train, escaped and headed to war-ravaged Bratislava, where he waited for his love at the train station each day, refusing to believe she hadn’t survived. Three weeks later, he caught sight of her, and proposed on the spot. Most of this was a mystery to Gary until The Tattooist of Auschwitz, written by Heather Morris, was released seven years ago. Morris met Lali in 2003, soon after Gita’s death, and quickly became a vessel for the horrors he had endured. For Lali, who had scarcely shed a tear in the 60 years between leaving Auschwitz and losing Gita, the floodgates were finally open, the excruciating details his son had so long been protected from finally laid bare. Sokolov questioned why he didn’t ‘have the guts’ to go to Auschwitz (pictured), but when he finally did it brought him closer to his parents – Synchronicity Films Until he read the manuscript, Gary knew nothing of the fact Lali had seen Josef Mengele, “the angel of death”, pick his victims from those his father had just tattooed; that Gita had been made a guinea pig for Nazi experiments too, leaving her and Lali spending 16 years attempting to conceive Gary, their “medical miracle”. Gary believes he owes his life to the guards his father befriended. “My dad was conflicted when Stefan Baretzki [an SS guard] went to trial because he did actually help my dad a lot. He helped my dad and mum communicate and meet on the odd occasion. He kept them both alive. And if not for Baretzki, I probably wouldn’t be here today.” Gita arrived at Auschwitz with three sisters, who never made it out, and whose existence she had never spoken of to her son (he only learnt their names while filming the documentary). Despite all they bore witness to, their son’s first primer on the Second World War came via the 1973 British documentary series The World at War, which they instructed him to watch with the door closed, when he was 12. They couldn’t bear to relive it again. While it has become an unlikely sensation, The Tattooist of Auschwitz has had its share of criticism, too. Gary himself spoke out about inaccuracies in the original book – including his mother’s incorrect prisoner number, and the wrong spelling of his father’s name – but says now that “it is not a historical document. It is my father’s memories. It’s my mother’s memories. It’s their story. And all these little inaccuracies in my mind are irrelevant to the ******* picture of actually watching people survive, showing that bad times do end, showing how horrific it was to actually live during the Holocaust.” Far more important, he believes, is enshrining the legacy the Sokolovs have left, in a world in which younger generations in particular are growing evermore distant from the Second World War. He has been intent not to let his children, who never met his parents, have the same experience. Staying connected to that past, including Israel – “a beautiful country” and a “second home” (he won’t be drawn on the conflict with Palestine) – is important to him, as is observing the religion that is subject to rising global anti-Semitism. Earlier this month, a poll from the Anti-Defamation League showed that anti-Semitic attitudes had risen among 46 per cent of the world’s adults, compared to a decade ago. He calls the violent demonstrations in the likes of the *** “mind-boggling”, and is grateful to have experienced few such sentiments himself, save for one journey through Vienna airport. Wearing his skullcap, “I was fully aware of how many people were looking at me,” he remembers. “I just felt uncomfortable.” The actors who played Gita (far left) and the young Lali (middle, right) in a TV miniseries from 2024 with Gary Solokov and Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz – AETN/Synchronicity Films He hopes that his parents’ words – and to some extent, his own – will continue to spread much-needed awareness. After the release of last year’s Tattooist of Auschwitz miniseries (based on the book), starring Harvey Keitel, “there were more hits on the Auschwitz website than ever before in the history of Auschwitz, which just shows the interest it has created in learning, relearning, educating people,” Gary says. What his parents’ story is “doing to help remember is an amazing thing. My dad was 5ft 1in. My mum was 4ft 9in and a half. So these tiny little people, their story has had such a positive global impact.” (Not that their diminutive stature impacted the magnitude of star Lali hoped might one day play them; he considered Brad Pitt a fitting candidate for himself, and Natalie Portman the perfect Gita.) This means all the more to their son in their absence, as he raises the two granddaughters they never got to meet. “That’s a really big regret, because having kids was really, really important to me,” he explains of his need to ensure “that my parents didn’t survive for nothing, that there was continuity”. His eldest, 12-year-old Aviva, is the “spitting image” of his late mother, sharing her love of singing, and being in the kitchen (and making the same face Gita used to when she tells him off). Recently, he said to his wife: “Oh my God, it’s my mum. She’s come back because she didn’t feel like she nagged me enough.” He likes to imagine that his parents are smiling down on the girls, as well as relishing their unexpected star status. “I love the fact that my parents are world famous,” he says, and “I’m so proud these stories got to be out there and had such a positive impact on God knows how many millions of people. I mean, how cool is that?” The Tattooist’s Son: Journey to Auschwitz is available to watch on Sky History and Now TV Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more. Source link #father #Tattooist #Auschwitz #attempts #visit #prison #home Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

For Children in Rural Mozambique, the Future Comes Into Focus For Children in Rural Mozambique, the Future Comes Into Focus Over the past year, Muanema Fakira noticed something odd about the eyes of her 1-year-old daughter Sumaya. Her left eye was cloudy. It did not gleam with curiosity or glint in the sun. When the problem persisted, Ms. Fakira made the rounds to health clinics in their town in central Mozambique. Doctors said they could not help. But they knew of someone who could, if Ms. Fakira could take Sumaya, now 2, on a 100-mile journey to the coast. The family made the trip to the city of Quelimane, where Dr. Isaac Vasco da Gama examined Sumaya’s eyes and quickly diagnosed a congenital cataract. Ms. Fakira was skeptical — cataracts are for old people, she said. But Dr. da Gama explained that an infection at birth, or shortly after, can cause cataracts in children. The condition is particularly worrying because vision problems affect the development of a child’s physical function. But the good news, he said, was that the problem can be solved with a simple surgery, one he does a dozen times a week at Quelimane Central Hospital. This was particularly lucky for Sumaya because Dr. da Gama is one of just three pediatric ophthalmologists in Mozambique, a country of 30 million people. Sumaya had her surgery in November, and a day later headed home, already recovering. Dr. da Gama was pleased to have seen her while she was still young, before permanent damage was done. It was a sign that a system he and colleagues have been trying to put in place for the last few years might be taking hold: Sumaya’s parents sought help from the medical system for an eye problem — rather than a traditional healer, or a sorcerer to remove a curse. When Sumaya was referred for care, it was a long and expensive trip, but she got help relatively quickly for a problem that might otherwise have blighted her life. Ideally her cataract would have been spotted at birth by a midwife. “I do believe that by pushing forward, we can slowly overcome this challenge,” Dr. da Gama said. In Mozambique, as in much of sub-Saharan Africa, awareness of vision problems is so low, and access to help so limited, that few children get the care they need, even though many suffer from easily treatable problems. In 2021, a global commission on eye health reported that 510 million people around the world, 90 percent of them in low- and middle-income countries, had uncorrected vision impairment. That is, they could not see properly because they did not have glasses. The consequences are enormous: Children with vision loss in these countries are significantly less likely to be in school. One study found that for those who do attend school, those with uncorrected vision problems learn half as much as their peers with normal vision. Access to treatment is so limited because of a scarcity of trained staff and a failure to integrate vision care into health systems. Children are not screened for vision loss, and parents and teachers don’t understand the simple causes of eye trouble that can manifest in distraction, lack of physical coordination and behavior issues. Mozambique has just 20 ophthalmologists, up from six two decades ago. Almost all of them are based in the capital, Maputo, in the south. Dr. da Gama completed his studies in India in 2017 and set up a clinic in Quelimane, a seaport town halfway up Mozambique’s long Indian Ocean coastline. But to his surprise, he saw very few patients in the first year. He discovered that no one was being referred to him because health workers did not recognize treatable eye diseases. He started traveling to local clinics to tell medical workers about screening and solutions. Then he teamed up with the charity Light for the World, which had sponsored him to complete specialized training in pediatric eye care in Tanzania. They designed an outreach program to show teachers, community health workers, traditional healers and local leaders how to spot vision problems and to refer children to the new ophthalmology ward at the Quelimane hospital. Now, a couple of times a year, for up to a month at a time, he takes a mobile clinic to small communities to do surgeries on children with cataracts, glaucoma or strabismus (misaligned eyes). Cataracts cause nearly half the preventable blindness in Mozambique’s children; they can be genetic, or the result of trauma (like a stick or a stone in the eye), or of an untreated eye infection. On his outreach journeys, Dr. da Gama teaches other health care workers how to perform the simple surgeries, and how to spot the conditions. “Operating per se is not a problem: We can train in a week, two weeks, how to operate on a cataract,” he said. “But it is how to identify the children who need the operations.” Mozambique’s Ministry of Health is trying to build awareness of vision problems and refractive errors, for which a pair of glasses is a life-altering intervention. Glasses or simple surgeries that keep children in school can change the future for their families, and for the country as a whole. “If you have children less educated or with fewer skills,” he said, “the future of the economy is affected.” In Quelimane, Dr. da Gama also sees cases of retinoblastoma, a ******* of the retina. When patients come early enough, he can save their lives, if not their eyes. Camilo Rosario brought his daughter Grace, 3, to his clinic in November, from their home in a village 300 kilometers (about 185 miles) away. She had a tumor protruding from her eye that caused her excruciating pain. Mr. Rosario said she had begun to complain about her eye just weeks before. He shifted anxiously from foot to foot while Dr. da Gama explained that he would operate quickly to remove the tumor, but that he feared the disease was already in her brain. Grace soon recovered from the first surgery, clinging to her father with a bulky bandage around her head. But as Dr. da Gama had feared, she had come to him too late; she died in early January. Aminata Kaba was screened alongside her classmates in high school last year — and was surprised to learn that she was myopic. After she got glasses, school became significantly easier, she said, and her grades soon improved. Now, she said, she will continue on in school, and she hopes to be a lawyer. Screening older children is easy; coaxing cooperation out of the small ones is a much greater challenge, Dr. da Gama said. They rarely look where he needs them to for eye exams. The eyedrops, the equipment, even his white coat, all can be frightening. He said he smiles and sings to distract, removing the coat when required. “I like difficult things,” he said. Source link #Children #Rural #Mozambique #Future #Focus Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Jimmy Butler suspended for the 3rd time this month by the Miami Heat as trade deadline looms – The Associated Press Jimmy Butler suspended for the 3rd time this month by the Miami Heat as trade deadline looms – The Associated Press Jimmy Butler suspended for the 3rd time this month by the Miami Heat as trade deadline looms The Associated PressHeat suspend Jimmy Butler indefinitely, again, amid trade demand after walking out of shootaround Yahoo SportsHEAT STATEMENT ON JIMMY BUTLER NBA.ComHeat Notes: Butler, Herro, Ware, Jovic, Robinson hoopsrumors.comHow will Heat’s Jimmy Butler saga end? The six possible outcomes after his indefinite suspension CBS Sports Source link #Jimmy #Butler #suspended #3rd #time #month #Miami #Heat #trade #deadline #looms #Press Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Sniper Elite: Resistance (PC) Review – CGMagazine Sniper Elite: Resistance (PC) Review – CGMagazine shadowhaxor|48m ago|Review|0| ▼ Info Add Alt Source The Outerhaven writes: For those that have played Sniper Elite games before, Sniper Elite: Resistance will be a very familiar experience. For those who didn’t, it’s a somewhat enjoyable title, even if there’s nothing new here. Sniper Elite: Resistance Xbox Series X theouterhaven.net Read Full Story >> [Hidden Content] theouterhaven.net Source link #Sniper #Elite #Resistance #Review #CGMagazine Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Great Southern traffic police extend unit to target the northern district and lower ‘shocking’ road toll Great Southern traffic police extend unit to target the northern district and lower ‘shocking’ road toll Great Southern traffic police have stepped up their presence on regional roads in a bid to curb the rising road toll and prevent serious crashes. Source link #Great #Southern #traffic #police #extend #unit #target #northern #district #shocking #road #toll Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos Review (PS5) – Wait What? | The Outerhaven Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos Review (PS5) – Wait What? | The Outerhaven Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes: “When it comes to the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise, you never quite know what Idea Factory and Compile Heart might have up their sleeve next. One year fans of the franchise might see their favorite Goddesses fighting in an action game or taking part in a pseudo turn-based RPG, and the next they might find them in a rhythm idol game or even a strategy RPG. One thing is sure though, almost every year sees the release of a new game featuring Neptune and her friends in some form. Some of these cards that Idea Factory has played have been Aces that, despite not being main entry games, match that level of storytelling quality while others have been Jokers that land flat. This time around we have a motorcycle action title in the form of Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos but the question is, is this spin-off a success or a wipeout?” Source link #Neptunia #Riders #Dogoos #Review #PS5 #Wait #Outerhaven Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

For Children in Rural Mozambique, the Future Comes Into Focus For Children in Rural Mozambique, the Future Comes Into Focus Over the past year, Muanema Fakira noticed something odd about the eyes of her 1-year-old daughter Sumaya. Her left eye was cloudy. It did not gleam with curiosity or glint in the sun. When the problem persisted, Ms. Fakira made the rounds to health clinics in their town in central Mozambique. Doctors said they could not help. But they knew of someone who could, if Ms. Fakira could take Sumaya, now 2, on a 100-mile journey to the coast. The family made the trip to the city of Quelimane, where Dr. Isaac Vasco da Gama examined Sumaya’s eyes and quickly diagnosed a congenital cataract. Ms. Fakira was skeptical — cataracts are for old people, she said. But Dr. da Gama explained that an infection at birth, or shortly after, can cause cataracts in children. The condition is particularly worrying because vision problems affect the development of a child’s physical function. But the good news, he said, was that the problem can be solved with a simple surgery, one he does a dozen times a week at Quelimane Central Hospital. This was particularly lucky for Sumaya because Dr. da Gama is one of just three pediatric ophthalmologists in Mozambique, a country of 30 million people. Sumaya had her surgery in November, and a day later headed home, already recovering. Dr. da Gama was pleased to have seen her while she was still young, before permanent damage was done. It was a sign that a system he and colleagues have been trying to put in place for the last few years might be taking hold: Sumaya’s parents sought help from the medical system for an eye problem — rather than a traditional healer, or a sorcerer to remove a curse. When Sumaya was referred for care, it was a long and expensive trip, but she got help relatively quickly for a problem that might otherwise have blighted her life. Ideally her cataract would have been spotted at birth by a midwife. “I do believe that by pushing forward, we can slowly overcome this challenge,” Dr. da Gama said. In Mozambique, as in much of sub-Saharan Africa, awareness of vision problems is so low, and access to help so limited, that few children get the care they need, even though many suffer from easily treatable problems. In 2021, a global commission on eye health reported that 510 million people around the world, 90 percent of them in low- and middle-income countries, had uncorrected vision impairment. That is, they could not see properly because they did not have glasses. The consequences are enormous: Children with vision loss in these countries are significantly less likely to be in school. One study found that for those who do attend school, those with uncorrected vision problems learn half as much as their peers with normal vision. Access to treatment is so limited because of a scarcity of trained staff and a failure to integrate vision care into health systems. Children are not screened for vision loss, and parents and teachers don’t understand the simple causes of eye trouble that can manifest in distraction, lack of physical coordination and behavior issues. Mozambique has just 20 ophthalmologists, up from six two decades ago. Almost all of them are based in the capital, Maputo, in the south. Dr. da Gama completed his studies in India in 2017 and set up a clinic in Quelimane, a seaport town halfway up Mozambique’s long Indian Ocean coastline. But to his surprise, he saw very few patients in the first year. He discovered that no one was being referred to him because health workers did not recognize treatable eye diseases. He started traveling to local clinics to tell medical workers about screening and solutions. Then he teamed up with the charity Light for the World, which had sponsored him to complete specialized training in pediatric eye care in Tanzania. They designed an outreach program to show teachers, community health workers, traditional healers and local leaders how to spot vision problems and to refer children to the new ophthalmology ward at the Quelimane hospital. Now, a couple of times a year, for up to a month at a time, he takes a mobile clinic to small communities to do surgeries on children with cataracts, glaucoma or strabismus (misaligned eyes). Cataracts cause nearly half the preventable blindness in Mozambique’s children; they can be genetic, or the result of trauma (like a stick or a stone in the eye), or of an untreated eye infection. On his outreach journeys, Dr. da Gama teaches other health care workers how to perform the simple surgeries, and how to spot the conditions. “Operating per se is not a problem: We can train in a week, two weeks, how to operate on a cataract,” he said. “But it is how to identify the children who need the operations.” Mozambique’s Ministry of Health is trying to build awareness of vision problems and refractive errors, for which a pair of glasses is a life-altering intervention. Glasses or simple surgeries that keep children in school can change the future for their families, and for the country as a whole. “If you have children less educated or with fewer skills,” he said, “the future of the economy is affected.” In Quelimane, Dr. da Gama also sees cases of retinoblastoma, a ******* of the retina. When patients come early enough, he can save their lives, if not their eyes. Camilo Rosario brought his daughter Grace, 3, to his clinic in November, from their home in a village 300 kilometers (about 185 miles) away. She had a tumor protruding from her eye that caused her excruciating pain. Mr. Rosario said she had begun to complain about her eye just weeks before. He shifted anxiously from foot to foot while Dr. da Gama explained that he would operate quickly to remove the tumor, but that he feared the disease was already in her brain. Grace soon recovered from the first surgery, clinging to her father with a bulky bandage around her head. But as Dr. da Gama had feared, she had come to him too late; she died in early January. Aminata Kaba was screened alongside her classmates in high school last year — and was surprised to learn that she was myopic. After she got glasses, school became significantly easier, she said, and her grades soon improved. Now, she said, she will continue on in school, and she hopes to be a lawyer. Screening older children is easy; coaxing cooperation out of the small ones is a much greater challenge, Dr. da Gama said. They rarely look where he needs them to for eye exams. The eyedrops, the equipment, even his white coat, all can be frightening. He said he smiles and sings to distract, removing the coat when required. “I like difficult things,” he said. Source link #Children #Rural #Mozambique #Future #Focus Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos Review [Capsule Computers] Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos Review [Capsule Computers] Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes: “When it comes to the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise, you never quite know what Idea Factory and Compile Heart might have up their sleeve next. One year fans of the franchise might see their favorite Goddesses fighting in an action game or taking part in a pseudo turn-based RPG, and the next they might find them in a rhythm idol game or even a strategy RPG. One thing is sure though, almost every year sees the release of a new game featuring Neptune and her friends in some form. Some of these cards that Idea Factory has played have been Aces that, despite not being main entry games, match that level of storytelling quality while others have been Jokers that land flat. This time around we have a motorcycle action title in the form of Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos but the question is, is this spin-off a success or a wipeout?” Source link #Neptunia #Riders #Dogoos #Review #Capsule #Computers Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Texas A&M University to restrict undergrad enrollment growth following ‘massive’ increases Texas A&M University to restrict undergrad enrollment growth following ‘massive’ increases This story was originally published on Higher Ed Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Higher Ed Dive newsletter. Texas A&M University is pausing undergraduate enrollment growth on its main campus following a decade of “massive” increases, President Mark Welsh III said in a campus message Thursday. The plan would hold new undergraduate students at 15,000 at its flagship College Station campus for five to seven years. Texas A&M’s other campuses, as well as online and graduate programs, will be allowed to grow at modest rates. During the pause, Texas A&M plans to expand its infrastructure and invest in heavily used student services, Welsh said. The public university also plans to spend $3 million annually over five years on salaries and benefits for new faculty. Texas A&M is facing a problem many institutions around the U.S. would probably like to have: steep enrollment growth. Welsh noted that the student body has grown 30% over the past 10 years, which, he added, “is more than double the average of all other public universities in the state.” In fall 2023, Texas A&M’s College Station campus enrollment stood at 76,633 students, up 11.6% from five years prior, according to federal data. Between 2013 and 2023, the university added nearly 18,000 new students, according to a university capacity study released with Welsh’s message. Texas A&M has “absorbed much of the impact of this growth over the last 10 years,” but it “cannot continue to do that,” Welsh said. “We must right-size our university in the near-term to ensure we maintain an incredible education and experience for our students over the long-term.” For many, the term “rightsize” is a euphemism for cutting. But in Texas A&M’s case, the university needs to grow its infrastructure to catch up with its expanding student body. In recommending the enrollment growth pause, the capacity study pointed to deficiencies in student support infrastructure — including on-campus housing, dining and study spaces — as well as an increasing faculty-to-student ratio. Then there are the more practical logistics of operating a university, such as parking and transportation. The capacity study noted that campuswide parking needs next year are expected to be above capacity. Moreover, roughly one-third of the bus fleet is older than its first-year students. In response, Texas A&M plans to add eight to 12 new buses and separate lanes for bicycles and electric mobility devices, Welsh said. It will also potentially switch to later class times on its fast-growing West campus. Story Continues The study recommended that during the yearslong growth pause, the university add spaces for housing, dining, recreation, study, parking, and classrooms and academic support. It also recommended adding 140 to 160 new tenured and tenure-track faculty at a cost of $5 million annually. Welsh said he would take the enrollment plan to Texas A&M system’s board of regents “in the near future.” Source link #Texas #University #restrict #undergrad #enrollment #growth #massive #increases Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Eternal Strands Review – A Fierce Journey Awaits | Console Creatures Eternal Strands Review – A Fierce Journey Awaits | Console Creatures Console Creatures writes, “Eternal Strands begins with a bang and does its best to keep you engaged through its 40-hour campaign. The inspirations the new IP pulls from are wonderfully celebrated and elevate them as few others have.” Source link #Eternal #Strands #Review #Fierce #Journey #Awaits #Console #Creatures Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

White House pauses federal grant, loan other assistance programs – Reuters White House pauses federal grant, loan other assistance programs – Reuters White House pauses federal grant, loan other assistance programs ReutersAll federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House CNNRead the Memo Pausing Federal Grants and Loans The New York TimesWhite House budget office suspends federal financial aid programs ABC NewsWhite House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Washington Post Source link #White #House #pauses #federal #grant #loan #assistance #programs #Reuters Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Synduality Echo of Ada Review | Console Creatures Synduality Echo of Ada Review | Console Creatures NoobFeed editor Joy writes – SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada suffers from significant flaws. Depth in its combat mechanics is lacking, and too much of it is reduced to simple strategies. Its variety in both weapons and powers feels uncreative. The overall experience is a mixed one, one that will, perhaps, reward its fan base but will not work in creating a standout title in its field. Source link #Synduality #Echo #Ada #Review #Console #Creatures Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Labor Government pledges $30.4 million towards Kimberley health facilities and initiatives, if re-elected Labor Government pledges $30.4 million towards Kimberley health facilities and initiatives, if re-elected WA Labor will invest more than $30m in Kimberley health facilities and initiatives, including matching the Federal Government’s $11m commitment to a Broome health clinic, if re-elected. Source link #Labor #Government #pledges #million #Kimberley #health #facilities #initiatives #reelected Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Sniper Elite: Resistance Review – Sniping Never Changes [Wccftech] Sniper Elite: Resistance Review – Sniping Never Changes [Wccftech] shadowhaxor|35m ago|Review|0| ▼ Info Add Alt Source The Outerhaven writes: For those that have played Sniper Elite games before, Sniper Elite: Resistance will be a very familiar experience. For those who didn’t, it’s a somewhat enjoyable title, even if there’s nothing new here. Sniper Elite: Resistance Xbox Series X theouterhaven.net Read Full Story >> [Hidden Content] theouterhaven.net Source link #Sniper #Elite #Resistance #Review #Sniping #Wccftech Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

SF luxury Millennium Tower ********** sells for $9M, millions less than original asking price SF luxury Millennium Tower ********** sells for $9M, millions less than original asking price The Brief A ********** in the Millennium Tower has sold for $9M. The ***** marked the highest resale of a downtown condo since 2018. The condo was listed for $14M back when it initially went on the market in 2023. SAN FRANCISCO – A lavish ********** in the once-sinking Millennium Tower in San Francisco recently sold for $9 million, the highest resale of a downtown condo since 2018, according to the selling agent. But the ***** was also significantly lower than the initial $14 million asking price when it went on the market in 2023. The Grand ********** at Millennium Tower in San Francisco sold for $9M. It closed escrow on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Jacob Elliott) What we know The impressive 5,000-square-foot, 2-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom unit known as the “Grand **********” sits on the 60th floor of the luxury high-rise located at 301 Mission Street. “People that are in the know, know what the building is,” selling agent Gregg Lynn with Sotheby’s International Realty told KTVU. “It’s one of the most dramatic condominiums in all of downtown San Francisco with the best views.” Terrace of the Grand ********** in the Millennium Tower in San Francisco. (Jacob Elliott) The backstory The beleaguered, luxury skyscraper received a lot of publicity after major concerns arose in 2016 when engineers deemed the skyscraper was tilting and sinking. It dropped roughly a foot-and-a-half and tilted 14 inches. At one point, the building reportedly sank one inch in one week. Millennium Tower said that as of July 2023, the structural issues had been resolved. A spokesperson told KTVU the voluntary seismic upgrade and foundation stabilization were found to be code-compliant and approved by the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection. What they’re saying Speculation that the property sold for millions less than the original asking price due to its past structural problems was strongly disputed by Lynn. “This ***** at $9 million is the highest resale of a condo since 2018,” he said. “How could anybody hear that and not be impressed by that?” The realtor said the ***** is actually a harbinger of good news for the area, representing a remarkable turnaround in downtown San Francisco, from a decline triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s a reflection of the downtown revitalization actually coming to fruition,” Lynn said. “It’s all happening. Try and get lunch anywhere downtown right now on weekdays between 12 and 1:00. Every restaurant is packed. There’s a line at every sushi store.” Dig deeper Lynn said that the property was purchased in 2016 for $13 million. It was listed in May 2023 and remained on the market through part of last year. “There was a lot of interest, but no offers,” Lynn said. “So it was taken off the market for a ******* of time before it sold privately last fall. It just closed escrow on the 15th. Multiple offers were received.” The luxury real estate expert also stressed another indicator signaling a rebound. “As the buyers secured a $5 million loan, it marks the return of mortgages to Millennium Tower, which have not been available for many years,” Lynn explained. Downtown decline In recent years, the downtown area has been plagued with vacant storefronts with many businesses closing shop and leaving. Retailers have pointed to theft and other crime as a driving factor. SEE ALSO:Bloomingdale’s closing flagship San Francisco store Residential property values have also declined. Lynn attributed that largely to the pandemic. “Since 2016, most condos downtown decreased in value because of Covid. That should be no surprise,” he said. What’s next Millennium noted that the tower would continue to undergo ten years of monitoring. Findings from its ongoing surveys showed that the building’s tilt has been stabilized and begun to reverse. The correction was expected to continue over the next 40 years, property officials said. Lynn said currently there are seven publicly listed homes for ***** at Millennium Tower. The listings show they range from $650K for a 3-bedroom, 3-bath unit to about $5 million for another **********. Lynn expressed excitement over a resurgence of the downtown area. “It’s extraordinary,” he said. “We’re coming back!” Dining room of the Grand ********** at Millennium Tower in San Francisco. (Jacob Elliott) Kitchen of the Grand ********** at the Millennium Tower in San Francisco. (Jacob Elliott) Primary bedroom of the Grand ********** at Millennium Tower in San Francisco. (Jacob Elliott) Primary bath in the Grand ********** at Millennium Tower in San Francisco. (Jacob Elliott) Evening view of the Bay Bridge from the Grand ********** at Millennium Tower in San Francisco. (Jacob Elliott) Source link #luxury #Millennium #Tower #********** #sells #millions #original #price Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Hunt Royale adds **** system and debuts the Serpent Dragon **** within Season 49 Hunt Royale adds **** system and debuts the Serpent Dragon **** within Season 49 Update 3.2.7 adds **** system and bug fixes Quality-of-life improvements abound 2nd Community Event launches BoomBit Games has officially launched update 3.2.7 for Hunt Royale, which means you can now journey through the relentless battlefield with adorable pets by your side. Honestly, any quest where a **** is involved is infinitely awesome already, but even better still is the addition of the Serpent Dragon **** within Season 49. What kind of buffs will this fearsome friend add to your arsenal? In the latest patch for Hunt Royale, you can also look forward to the 2nd Community Event, where you can do your part to achieve milestones with the community in exchange for a permanent boost in Hunter Pieces and Gold drops – a win-win situation for everybody. You can also level up inside Bounty Hunter now too, with an extra minute on top of the original two-minute duration for the matches. These come with welcome bug fixes such as a more cleaned-up settings menu in certain game modes, as well as obtainable XP whenever you take down a mini-boss. You can find the exact details on all the quality-of-life enhancements in the official patch notes. For now, are you curious about how you should strategise your hunters to dominate the battlefield? Why not take a look at our Hunt Royale tier list to get an idea of how each one is ranked? In the meantime, if you’re eager to join in on all the fun, you can do so by downloading it on the App Store and on Google Play. It’s free-to-play with in-app purchases. You can also join the community of followers on the official Facebook page to stay updated on all the latest developments, visit the official website for more info as well, or take a little peek at the embedded clip above to get a feel of the vibes and visuals. Source link #Hunt #Royale #adds #**** #system #debuts #Serpent #Dragon #**** #Season Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Data Privacy Day 2025: Top Apple Privacy Protections to Enable on Your Devices Data Privacy Day 2025: Top Apple Privacy Protections to Enable on Your Devices Data Privacy Day 2025 is celebrated on January 28 as an annual reminder for people to ensure that their personal data and privacy remains protected from various threats that can exist online and offline. Users should be well-informed of various privacy risks and issues, while learning how to deal with these challenges while safeguarding their privacy and personal information. If you use Apple devices, you can take advantage of several privacy-centric features designed for the company’s smartphone and cloud services. Here are some of the top features you can try out on your Apple device, in order to safeguard your personal information and privacy on Data Privacy Day 2025. Top Apple Privacy Protections to Enable on Your Devices App Lock: If your iPhone is updated to iOS 18, you can “lock” an app using Apple’s Face ID feature — or Touch ID on the iPhone SE (2022) — if you want to show your screen to another person. Once enabled, your iPhone will require a successful face or fingerprint scan every time you want to open the locked app, or view the contents of its notifications. You can also “hide” an app while locking it, and revealing the list of locked apps also requires biometric authentication. Hide My Email: Signing up for several online services can result in a lot of spam, while companies can also sell your personal information. In order to avoid spam and protect your privacy, you can enable the Hide My Email feature on iCloud+, which redirects email sent to a randomly generated email address to your real email inbox. Safety Check: Apple also makes it easy to see who has access to your personal data using the built-in Safety Check feature. It is located in the Settings app, and you can see which apps and individuals can view your information. Limited Contact Sharing: On older versions of iOS, you would have two options when an app requested access to your contacts — accept or decline. Once you update to iOS 18, you can choose to share specific contacts with a particular app on your smartphone. Recording Indicators: This privacy feature has been available since iOS 14, and it is also seen on Android smartphones. It displays two coloured dots when the camera and microphone are being used by any app. You can even pull down the Control Center and check which apps are currently using the camera or mic on your iPhone. Approximate Location: Some apps don’t really need you to provide your precise location — such as weather apps. Instead, you can grant the app access to your “approximate” location, showing it a general area of around 10 square miles (around 16 square km). Locked Private Browsing Windows: Like the App Lock feature, you can also protect your private browsing tabs on iOS using Face ID or Touch ID. This prevents unauthorised users from viewing your browser tabs. Keep in mind that Safari will ask for Face ID or Touch ID even if you briefly switch to another app and open the browser again, which can get quite tedious after a while. iCloud Private Relay: If you don’t want to spend a lot of money on a VPN, Apple offers a feature called iCloud Private Relay. This feature prevents trackers and advertisers from seeing your IP address when you visit their website, but you might have to solve a few more CAPTCHAs while searching on Google. Link Tracking Protection: While desktop browsers like Chrome and Firefox support extensions that remove additional tracking code at the end of a URL, Safari users were previously expected to manually remove the unwanted part of the link. Now, you can paste your link in the Mail or Messages app. App Privacy Report: Apple also lets you see exactly when an app attempted to access your information, and what domains the app connects to, in the form of a handy report. If you’re trying to get rid of pesky applications that are constantly accessing your personal data, you might want to enable this feature right away. For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who’sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. Oppo Find X8 Ultra Tipped to Boast Flat Screen With Narrow Bezels Source link #Data #Privacy #Day #Top #Apple #Privacy #Protections #Enable #Devices Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]