Facebook has been determined to promote app tracking before Apple made it optional with iOS 14.5, and it’s now using pressure tactics to encourage adoption. Technologist Ashkan Soltani and The Verge have found that Facebook and Instagram are displaying notices to iOS users that pitch the app tracking concept. The option not only shows more…
I’ve heard the argument that grading draft picks immediately after they are made is worthless, but I don’t agree. Since no one can see into the future, these 2021 NFL Draft quick-snap grades only partially reflect how I expect a player’s career to progress. These grades are, however, an evaluation of the process each team…
A Palestinian woman was killed and two Israelis were seriously wounded in two separate shooting incidents in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.An Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian woman who tried to carry out a stabbing attack, the military said. Palestinian officials said the woman, aged 60, died of her wounds.Later in the day Palestinian…
People attend a test music festival as part of a national research programme assessing the risk of COVID-19 transmission in Liverpool, Britain May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Jason CairnduffLive music returned to the birthplace of The Beatles after a long coronavirus-enforced silence on Sunday when the English city of Liverpool hosted a one-off music festival to test…
Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – September 27, 2020 Spectators and a steward wearing face masks look on during the first round match between Britain’s Johanna Konta in and Coco Gauff of the U.S. REUTERS/Christian HartmannUp to 1000 fans will be admitted into each of the three main Roland Garros showcourts…
(Adds Finance Minister comments)FRANKFURT, May 2 (Reuters) – Stable new COVID-19 infection numbers in Germany are fuelling hopes that intensive care units won’t be overburdened, the head of the German hospital federation (DKG) told the mass tabloid newspaper Bild.“The majority of hospitals in Germany are feeling a first, slight easing,” DKG President Gerald Gass was…
FILE PHOTO: General view of the “Landungsbruecken”, a landing pier for ferries and tourist boats at the harbor, during a lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hamburg, Germany April 24, 2021. Picture taken April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Fabian BimmerFRANKFURT (Reuters) – Stable new COVID-19 infection numbers in Germany are fuelling hopes that intensive care…
DUBAI, May 2 (Reuters) – Iran’s envoy to the United Nations said on Sunday that an Iranian state television report that a deal had been reached between Tehran and Washington to release American prisoners could not be confirmed, Iran’s Young Journalists Club news website reported.“The news of the agreement for the release of American prisoners…
(Adds details on crowds)May 2 (Reuters) – Inter Milan clinched their first Serie A title in 11 years on Sunday after Sassuolo drew 1-1 with second-placed Atalanta to assure Antonio Conte’s side of the league crown.Inter are 13 points clear in first place with four games remaining, and their triumph ends a run of nine…
South Africa’s Dean Burmester captured his first European Tour title in just over four years on Sunday as he produced a bogey-free final round of nine-under-par 62 to secure victory at the Tenerife Open.Burmester entered the final day at Golf Costa Adeje one stroke off the lead but stormed past his rivals with five birdies…
