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Economy
Fury as pay-and-display 'to be phased out by 2025' – leaving drivers to wrestle with phone apps
Pay-and-display machines could be all but extinct within a decade, a parking app boss has suggested. Anthony Eskinazi (CORR), chief executive of JustPark, has said he ‘can’t see’ any local authorities buying traditional meters ‘past 2025’. It comes after the Daily Mail revealed how more than two million people could soon live in ‘parking meter deserts’ as local authorities increasingly…
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Health & Fitness
Takeaway apps ‘should push healthy options’ to help customers lose weight
TAKEAWAY apps should bump up healthier restaurants to curb obesity, research suggests. Featuring cleaner eateries more prominently, automatically selecting smaller meals and showing calorie counts cut how many calories people ordered by up to 15 per cent. Getty Simply reordering takeaway options could slash how many calories customers eat, a study found[/caption] Around 25 million Brits now use apps like…
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Economy
Stolen phone? Bank apps are main target for scammers
Bank customers are being left dangerously exposed to scammers because of weak security in some major banking apps, consumer group Which? warns. Mobile banking apps allow users to make payments with their phone. But fraudsters are exploiting weaknesses in their security to steal from victims. As much as £15.7 million was reported lost to mobile banking fraud in the first…
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Reports
UK locks horns with WhatsApp over threat to break encryption – POLITICO
LONDON — Britain’s tough new plan to police the internet has left politicians in a stand-off with WhatsApp and other popular encrypted messaging services. Deescalating that row will be easier said than done. The Online Safety Bill, the United Kingdom’s landmark effort to regulate social media giants, gives regulator Ofcom the power to require tech companies to identify child sex…
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Military
Centre blocks 14 apps in Jammu and Kashmir for spreading terror
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din – After getting inputs from intelligence agencies, the central government has blocked 14 messenger mobile applications that were largely used in Jammu and Kashmir for spreading terror, sources said. According to sources, these mobile applications were used by terrorists in Kashmir to communicate with their supporters and on-ground workers (OGW). “Agencies keep track of channels used…
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USA
As the west tries to limit TikTok’s reach, what about China’s other apps?
As TikTok, the world’s most popular app, comes under increasing scrutiny in response to data privacy and security concerns, lawmakers in the west may soon set their sights on other Chinese platforms that have gone global. TikTok was built by ByteDance as a foreign version of its popular domestic video-sharing platform, Douyin. But it is far from being ByteDance’s only…
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Arts
New Mario Games: Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto Says No More Mobile Apps
As Nintendo takes its shot at the box office with “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” the first animated film featuring the iconic mustachioed plumber, the gaming company has been coy about revealing what’s next for the Super Mario video game franchise. But while Shigeru Miyamoto — the legendary video game designer, Nintendo fellow and self-proclaimed “Mario’s mom” — won’t say…
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Breaking News
TikTok Australia boss fields tough questions about the apps links to China
The boss of TikTok Australian has been grilled in a tense interview in which he distanced the company from its Chinese ties amid growing debate about banning the popular app. Managing director of operations Lee Hunter said the video sharing platform would not give information to the Chinese government if asked but failed to have an answer when pushed on…
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Life Style
Milestoning: The trend which sees singles using apps just to secure a date for a big event
Think about it: did you ever get introduced to all the family and friends at big social gatherings, only for it to then abruptly end? If that particular scenario sounds familiar, you may have been on the receiving end of this dating phenomena. So, what exactly is it? Milestoning can be a way to find a date for a big…
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Life Style
The best apps to get started with a stocks and shares Isa in a few swipes
Many of the most popular investment platforms now have apps that allow savvy savers to invest in stocks and shares Isas – and it’s as simple as a tap and swipe. The good news is that investing is open to most and not just the uber rich, with minimum starting investments from as little as £1. Here, we take a…
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