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About 2m people have long Covid in England and Scotland, figures show

Thursday at 16:56 PM, via The Guardian

Many report symptoms lasting two years or longer and about 1.5m say disease affects day-to-day activities

About 2 million people in England and Scotland say they are experiencing long Covid, figures reveal, with many reporting their symptoms have lasted two years or longer.

The findings were released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and cover the period from November 2023 to March...

Spotify Says Apple Has Rejected Its App Update With Price Information for EU Users

Thursday at 16:40 PM, via Slashdot

Apple has rejected Spotify’s new version of its iOS app with in-app pricing information for users in the European Union, the audio streaming firm said on Thursday. Reuters: The Swedish company submitted a new version of its app to Apple with basic pricing and website information, which is a minimum requirement under the European Commission’s ruling in its music streaming case, it said in a post...

AI Could Kill Off Most Call Centres, Says TCS Head

Thursday at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

The head of Indian IT company Tata Consultancy Services has said AI will result in “minimal” need for call centres in as soon as a year, with AI’s rapid advances set to upend a vast industry across Asia and beyond. From a report: K Krithivasan, TCS chief executive, told the Financial Times that while “we have not seen any job reduction” so far, wider adoption of generative AI among...

US Fertility Rate Falls To Lowest In a Century

Thursday at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than century. There were about 3.6 million babies born in 2023, or 54.4 live births for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 44, according to provisional data from the...

How to Clean a Coffee Grinder (2024)

Thursday at 14:30 PM, via Wired

Cleaning your coffee grinder is a bit of a chore, but doing so will greatly improve the taste of your daily cup. It’s also way easier than you’d think.

Test Your Knowledge of Internet Acronyms

Thursday at 14:00 PM, via Wired

This week, we probe each other’s knowledge of common acronyms from the early internet, the mobile era, and the AI boom. So fire up your LLM, send an RCS, and tell your BBS pals the game is afoot.

RainOne turns 1 — and showing growth

Thursday at 13:41 PM, via MyBroadband

The RainOne plans were introduced in May 2023, offering customers packages that combine one of Rain’s fixed-5G plans with two Rain 4G mobile SIMs.

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