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The new trick of fraudulent apps on the App Store is forcing users to rate the app in favor of it before it can be used. Otherwise they will be stuck at the pop-up screen.

A new App Store scam has been revealed by developer Kosta Eleftheriou. A new scam has been discovered on the UPNP Xtreme app, which requires at least a 3-star rating to work and be allowed to use. UPNP Xtreme is an application that allows to stream content to TV from their iPhone and iPad. However, this app will prompt for App Store rating as soon as you enable it for the first time. But it won't work until you leave a review. Accordingly, this application requires you to have a minimum rating of 3 stars to use. However, this app has now been removed from the App Store.

Requiring an app review at launch and not allowing users to dismiss pop-ups is a violation of the App Store guidelines.

Kosta also shared a video on its Twitter account showing that the app won't work if you don't give it a good review. Kosta says the app had over 15 million downloads before it was removed from the App Store, and has made quite a bit of money. FlickType keyboard developer Kosta Eleftheriou has been declaring war on Apple for quite some time.

The incident happened when the owner of a copy of the FlickType keyboard app took over the original app due to fake reviews and ratings. Eleftheriou has since sued Apple for flaws in the App Store and accused his apps of being sold for cheap.

Eleftheriou has since repeatedly reported scams on the App Store through its Twitter account.

In the past, Eleftheriou has reported a VPN scam app stealing $5 million/year from Apple users. Additionally, he also revealed an app scam that turns it into an online casino, as soon as you connect to a Turkish server.

News on the evening of May 31st, Beijing time, according to reports, nowadays cars are slowly becoming less dependent on hardware, and more dependent on software. The impact of this shift on the automotive industry is no less than any other trend, including vehicle electrification and autonomous driving. For this reason, investors in the automotive field should begin to pay more attention to software. If this "software-defined car" trend is difficult to understand, just look at your mobile phone. In the past, mobile phones have always been about hardware until the birth of the iPhone. New applications (App) and operating systems make mobile phones better and better.

At present, the car is still in the "flip phone" stage, but this situation is changing. Tesla pioneered the "over-the-air update", and now more automakers are doing the same, connecting their cars to the Internet.

Last week, Ford Motor Week announced a plan to improve the effective running time and efficiency of commercial fleets and reduce the cost of vehicles by fully utilizing the intelligent network technology from vehicles to the cloud. Investors are very optimistic about the news. Ford's stock price has risen 9% in the past week, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both rose about 1%.

Essentially, Tesla is removing sensors from cars and relying more on software. In contrast, traditional car manufacturers are also adding software, but they are not inclined to remove sensors and hardware.

This transformation is also accompanied by "growth troubles." Last week, Tesla's Model 3 electric car lost its Best Choice rating from Consumer Reports. Mainly because of its safety features and Tesla's decision to use only optical cameras when "other carmakers use radars and cameras."

Tesla is unlikely to go back on this decision. In fact, more automakers may adopt a similar approach to Tesla. The transition to "more software-centric cars" will have many impacts on how cars are designed and sold.

Kevin Clark, CEO of Tesla's power electronics component supplier Aptiv, said: “Tesla has not really focused on models for a long time. Tesla can increase power output through software and increase the range of electric vehicles. This can be achieved through software, as is the enhancement of in-car entertainment functions.

Obviously, this approach has produced tangible benefits. Tesla's gross profit margin is higher than that of BMW, although its scale is only 30% of BMW's. Clark said that the "software-defined car" trend is still in its infancy and there is still a long way to go.

Apple products are always sought after by many people, especially in the education sector, they are used by students and teachers because of the company's preferential policy. Recently, Apple cooperated with the University of Nevada, Reno, NV - USA to give first-year students to study iPad Air for free.

Accordingly, MacRumors is part of the "Digital Wolf Pack" initiative, all freshmen who are about to attend this university in the fall of 2021 will receive iPad Air, Apple Pencil and Apple Smart Keyboard Folio is completely free.

Along with ‌iPad Air‌, students will receive focused training to improve their digital literacy and proficiency with productivity, creativity, and communication apps. Freshmen will also have access to Apple's suite of apps such as Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Swift Playgrounds, and more, along with custom apps designed to support the on- and off-campus experience.

In the statement, Apple's Vice President of Education and Worldwide Developer Relations said Apple is "proud" that the company's products and curriculum have been selected by the university.

University of Nevada President Brian Sandoval said the initiative will ensure that students "have the same level of cutting-edge technology, digital tools and learning materials, anywhere and at any time. from the first day of school to graduation and beyond."

In recent times, Google has continuously focused on making its Chrome browser faster and less resource-intensive to compete with the growing rival Microsoft Edge Chromium. One of the new improvements to make Chrome run smoother is now available in the recently released 91st version and will be rolled out to Windows 10 and macOS users in the coming days.

As you probably know, the execution time of JavaScript commands is very important to the overall performance of any web browser. Google is trying to make the JavaScript engine faster with the new Sparkplug compiler, and this change is available with Chrome 91. Specifically, after the update, Chrome will be up to 23% faster, according to Google.

This new compiler has been designed to fill the gap between command execution and JavaScript code optimization for maximum performance when users use Chrome. In addition to the new compiler, Google is also using a new feature called "built-in calls" to optimize Chrome's processes, which uses pre-developed code to reduce the time it takes to execute code. command function. Google has confirmed that they are making a variety of changes to improve Chrome's overall performance. For example, Google plans to introduce support for the "back-forward cache" feature on Windows 10, macOS, Linux and other platforms with Chrome version 92. Accordingly, this feature allows instant page loading. when the user navigates between open tabs using the “Back” and “Forward” buttons. Currently, the feature only works when a page has been previously visited and is still in the browser cache. In a document, Google explains that the “back-forward cache” is expected to improve user experience and overall performance by keeping previously visited pages alive after the user navigates away from it. using the browser's "Back" and "Forward" buttons. For now, users can test this new "back-forward cache" feature by enabling the flags menu in Chrome. As for the general release, an exact release date has yet to be revealed, but Google is currently planning to test the feature with a select group of users using Chrome 92 or later. It's also important to note that similar features have been supported in Chrome for Android and Safari for years.

This is not a joke," said expert Qu Qiang of a systemic shock that would hit the current financial system if Bitcoin was widely accepted as a currency.

Qu Qiang, a China economist and assistant director at the Institute of International Monetary Fund of Renmin University in Beijing, in a recent interview on CGTN (China Global Television Network) shared. Share your personal views on bitcoin. CGTN is owned by China Central Television (CCTV).

When asked about the worst-case scenario or whether there would be a systemic shock to the current financial system if the digital currency bitcoin becomes widely used in China or the rest of the world. world no, he replied that:

"I can tell you exactly what's going to happen… We're all going to die. This isn't a joke."

This expert calls this the "worst-case scenario or must-have" if Bitcoin becomes "the ultimate currency" and "accepted by the whole of human society".

“Bitcoin has a very, very limited total amount, which means it is a deflationary currency,” Qu shared, noting that Bitcoin will not expand as humans grow. increasing. Thus, he asserts that with the adoption of Bitcoin, human society will fall into a "death spiral of deflation". The whole society will shrink and explode on its own. That's what happened at the end of the Ming Dynasty when they ran short of silver," he further explained. Economist Qu Qiang in an interview on CGTN.

However, after the video of the expert's interview was shared on Twitter, it received mixed responses.

Many bitcoin investors have laughed and criticized this view, some even calling the whole thing the "ultimate FUD" or a "blatant propaganda" view. FUD stands for the first 3 letters of the phrases Fear - Uncertainty - Doubt (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt), is considered a tactic of spreading fake news that affects perception by creating false information. .

Some people have argued against this view with evidence that: "The Ming dynasty collapsed for many reasons but the deflationary spiral due to lack of silver was not one of them". According to these views, at the time, the Ming issued too many banknotes and caused hyperinflation, but limits on silver were not the root cause. By 1425, paper money was worth only 1/70 of its original value, and its use was discontinued shortly thereafter.

Some joked , "I didn't know Bitcoin ended the Ming Dynasty", or quipped: "Imagine that bitcoin was created in the 15th century, it's scary."

Qu Qiang graduated and received a doctorate in economics from Renmin University of China, where he is currently a professor and PhD advisor. He is also the external supervisor of the Bank of Beijing and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). Among the many positions he holds is the director of the China Center for Financial Policy Research, a key research center in the social sciences and humanities of the Chinese Ministry of Education.

The Dogecoin bubble seems to have burst.

According to BitInfoCharts data, Dogecoin's average transaction value plummeted nearly 80% from last Sunday's high of $1.16 million to less than $240,000 three days later.

Such a sharp drop in daily transaction value is a sign that the Dogecoin fever is gradually cooling down and a large amount of this digital currency is being held by "whales". Furthermore, BitInfoChart data shows that the total value of Dogecoin's on-chain transactions (made on the blockchain platform) peaked at $82 billion on May 5, which is higher than $35 billion of Bitcoin and $12 billion of Ethereum.

However, the current situation shows that the growth rate is slowing down.

On Wednesday, Dogecoin hit $5 billion in daily trading value, down 93% from its peak. Dogecoin surprised everyone by continuously witnessing double-digit growth, from 20% to 86% in just 24 hours on an April day. At that time, Dogecoin's market value was already large than some public companies like Ford and Kraft Heinz.

According to CoinMarketCap data, the price of Dogecoin is currently at $0.3055.

Who wins, who loses?

Dogecoin has been through a very wild journey. Starting at 0.5 cents, those who bought and held for a few months certainly made money. But there are probably a lot of people who bought at the highs when the price hit around 73 cents on May 8 and are now worried.

Dogecoin was created by engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer in December 2013 to prove the worthlessness of cryptocurrencies. This satirical cryptocurrency uses a mock-up of the famous Japanese Shiba Inu dog as its symbol.

Initially, this meme went viral on the Internet in the early 2010s, creating a fever at both the US Comic Sans comic fair and appearing a lot in 9gag's photo manipulation culture.

The original photo was taken on February 23, 2010 by the dog's owner, a preschool teacher named Atsuko Sato. Ms. Sato started blogging 8 months ago to update daily information about her pet dog, named Kabosu.

The name is named after a large round Japanese lemon variety. The female dog Shiba Inu was adopted by her at a dog shelter that closed in 2008 surrounded by many Kabosu lemon trees.

The privacy options are hidden by Google deep in the settings to make it difficult for users to find.

According to Business Insider, an unverified document in the lawsuit between the state of Arizona (USA) against Google shows that this company has been making it difficult for users to protect their privacy.

Specifically, the documents claim that Google continues to collect location data even when users have turned off location sharing, and makes it difficult for users to find privacy settings. Insider also reported that the documents show that Google pressured phone manufacturers to hide the privacy setting, as it is quite common among users. According to AP, even if a user has turned off Location History and doesn't allow apps to track location data, Google will still know the user's location. This location data will not be recorded in the history of the Google Maps application but is only used by Google. Users can disable Google's location tracking by turning off another option, called Web & App Activity.

Earlier in May last year, Attorney General Mark Brnovich of the state of Arizona (USA) filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of illegally tracking location without consent. comments from Android users. The documents indicate that Google still allows background tasks to be launched for location tracking, and only stops these processes altogether when the user disables system-level tracking. ). Google spokesman José Castañeda responded to The Verge's email, saying Google's services are being misrepresented in nature: "Brnovich and Google's competitors are trying to advance the lawsuit. and misrepresenting our services.At Google, we always work collaboratively to integrate privacy into our products and provide robust controls for location data. wish to be able to correct these misunderstandings."

Currently, Google has not confirmed any additional information.