Indian court ruling threatens Google’s advertising revenue model
The Delhi High Court has ruled that Google’s Ads Programme falls under the purview of the trademarks act, meaning the search giant’s use of trademarks as keywords amounts to “use” under the act, in a major decision that may redefine online advertising’s legal landscape. The decision (PDF), delivered by a
Read moreA Beginner’s Guide to SvelteKit
Frontend development can be easier! Learn how Svelte and SvelteKit combine to make it easy to build a blazing-fast, SEO-optimized web app. Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to SvelteKit on SitePoint.
Read moreTwin stars and twin primes
Are there more twin stars or twin primes? If the twin prime conjecture is true, there are an infinite number of twin primes, and that would settle the question. We don’t know whether there are infinitely many twin primes, and it’s a little challenging to find any results on how
Read moreRocket Lab to launch a pair of climate satellites for NASA
Rocket Lab will launch two small satellites for NASA that could help scientists better understand how a warming climate will affect the massive ice shelves at the Earth’s poles. The PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission will gather data on how much far-infrared energy is emitted at
Read moreOnePlus takes on the wet touchscreen problem
I got caught in the rain twice last week. That probably says more about my general lack of preparedness than anything, of course, but I was reminded both times how much is sucks attempting to use a wet touchscreen. I wouldn’t say it’s the largest single issue facing smartphones today,
Read moreAmazon’s devices chief is stepping down this year
David Limp is set to step down from his role as head of Amazon’s consumer devices division later this year. Amazon has confirmed the news with TechCrunch, following a Wall Street Journal report. Limp has been the company’s Senior Vice President of devices and services for more than 13 years.
Read moreHow To Find a Sponsor Who Can Advocate For You
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Read moreMastering Thread Safety in Swift With One Runtime Trick
The optimal method to ensure memory safety in a multi-threaded environmentPopular wisdomThe rise of parallelism in hardware has led to significant changes in software development. This has brought about the introduction of APIs for thread management and synchronization primitives in SDKs. Crafting a multi-threaded program that runs without glitches is
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Read moreThe Elon Musk versus Mark Zuckerberg beef has reached a new level of absurdity
Image: The Verge Now that the proposed cage match between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk isn’t going to happen, Musk is saying he will show up unannounced at Zuckerberg’s home to fight. “For the Tesla FSD test drive in Palo Alto tonight, I will ask the car to drive to
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