Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using […]
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China sues Tencent, claiming WeChat’s “youth mode” does not comply with the country’s laws protecting minors (Reuters)
Reuters: China sues Tencent, claiming WeChat’s “youth mode” does not comply with the country’s laws protecting minors — Beijing prosecutors initiated a civil public-interest lawsuit against a Tencent (0700.HK) subsidiary on Friday, saying the “youth mode” on the company’s popular social …
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Vivo V21 5G
The Vivo V21 5G is a mid-range smartphone with a sleek design and an unusual camera focus.
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Mikel Landa wins the Vuelta a Burgos as the Vuelta a España looms
Mikel Landa wins the Vuelta a Burgos as the Vuelta a España looms Three months after crashing out of the Giro d’Italia, Mikel Landa took overall victory at Vuelta a España warm-up race the Vuelta a Burgos. Read More
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Spotted: Hope’s Prototype High Pivot Enduro Bike
Could Hope be planning a high pivot follow-up to the HB 130 and HB 160?( Photos: 3, Comments: 67 )
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Engineers troubleshoot Mars rover sample collection failure
Engineers are assessing an initial, unsuccessful attempt by the Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first rock sample from the floor of Jezero Crater.
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How Mars rover drivers navigate the Red Planet
Piloting a robotic car across an alien landscape is as fun as it sounds — but also entails a great deal of care and preparation.
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NASA’s Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt
Data sent to Earth by NASA’s Perseverance rover after its first attempt to collect a rock sample on Mars and seal it in a sample tube indicate that no rock was collected during the initial sampling activity.
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Hill Climber: Ant Partridge’s Reality TV Ducati Scrambler
Not all custom motorcycles built for reality TV are bad. Anthony Partridge is the bike guy on Discovery Channel’s Goblin Works Garage show, and his bikes are aggressive and purposeful, rather than goofy and clichéd. This Ducati Scrambler 1100 is solid proof—even if Ant almost got the brief wrong. Ant […]
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Yamaha Is Developing Advanced Rider Aids on Bikes
New patents show Yamaha development of advanced rider warning systems on bikes, with warning icons displayed in rearview mirrors and using connected tech.