Consumers in 13 global markets are now spending four to five hours a day on apps, according to data.ai. These include Indonesia, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, India, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Russia, Turkey, the US and the UK.
Users spend most of their time on TikTok, YouTube, and Tinder. At the same time, Instagram and Facebook (owned by Meta, a recognized extremist organization in Russia) bypass them in terms of the number of downloads and the number of monthly active users.
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Latvia «due to the international situation» suspended the issuance of visas to Russians for an indefinite period, according to the website of the republic’s embassy in Russia.
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The Israel Defense Forces launched strikes in the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, the authorities introduced a state of emergency in nearby areas.
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The Ukrainian government approved the decree of President Volodymyr Zelensky on the transfer of 903 objects belonging to Russia to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.
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Russia imposed sanctions on 62 Canadian citizens in response to Ottawa’s decision to impose restrictions on Moscow, including personal sanctions against Patriarch Kirill, according to the Foreign Ministry website.
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The consulate of Bulgaria called a temporary suspension of the acceptance of documents for tourist visas, however, it is not specified when the reception will resume. Sofia explained her decision by the expulsion of 14 Bulgarian diplomats from Russia.
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The Tel Aviv authorities ordered the opening of public bomb shelters amid shelling from the Gaza Strip, the Times of Israel newspaper reported, citing the local municipality.
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The European Commission (EC) has prepared a new project of financial assistance to Ukraine for €8 billion to replace the one previously blocked by Germany.
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The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to announce a new $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine on August 8, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.
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Director of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. S.A. Alexander Shiplyuk, Khristianovich of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was arrested in a case of treason, TASS reports citing Vasily Fomin, scientific director of the institute.
Alexander Shiplyuk is a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, a prominent specialist in the field of high-speed aerogasdynamics and experimental methods for studying gas flows. Engaged in developments in the field of hypersound.
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The Qiwi Group has created a new company, Qiwi Payments LLC, which will continue the work of the group for the development of solutions for the self-employed, Interfax was told in the Qiwi press service.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin until the end of 2022 banned persons from unfriendly countries from conducting transactions with shares of Russian banks. The corresponding decree was published on Friday on the official Internet portal of legal information.
The decree covers stakes in production sharing agreements (PSAs) Sakhalin-1 and the Kharyaga PSA, as well as stakes in companies producing equipment for the fuel and energy complex (FEC) that provide maintenance and repair services for such equipment.
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Indian oil and gas company Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. for the 2021-22 fiscal year ended March 31, earned 241 billion rupees ($3 billion in terms of the exchange rate of the Central Bank on August 3) in net profit, which is 11% more than a year earlier, the company said in a report.
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The US Navy dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall arrived in Estonia on Friday. USS Gunston Hall and another amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge already called at Estonian ports two months ago to participate in the major exercises Siil (Hedgehog). The marines on board practiced landing on the coast of the island of Saaremaa.
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World sales of semiconductors in June increased by 13.3% — up to $50.82 billion in comparison with $44.85 billion in the same month of last year.
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The international reserves of the Russian Federation in July decreased by $7.217 billion, or 1.2%, to $576.904 billion from $584.121 billion, according to information on the website of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
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The Central Bank of the Russian Federation will require the bank to provide a business plan when buying more than 10% of shares or shares in another credit institution.
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The number of payers of professional income tax (PIT) in the Russian Federation in July amounted to 5.404 million, an increase of 40%, or 1.542 million compared to the registration data at the end of 2021 (3.862 million).
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Gold prices are falling from a monthly peak after the publication of data on the US labor market, which caused the growth of the dollar and the yield of US government bonds.
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Blockchain bridge Nomad offered hackers to keep $19 million worth of tokens, promising not to prosecute attackers if they return 90% of the $190 million hack. So far, the company has managed to recover about $20 million.
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Saudi Arabia in September will raise the price of exported oil for buyers from the United States and Asian countries, according to Dow Jones, citing a press release from state-owned Saudi Aramco.
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The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has increased its stake in the Russian National Reserve Bank from 18.7% to 100%, the EDB press service told Interfax. The State Transport Leasing Company, which owned 81.3% of the bank, left the NRB shareholders.
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Khorasan, an affiliate of the Islamic State terrorist group, has claimed responsibility for the explosion that took place overnight in the Sarkariz district in western Kabul, Aamaj News reported.
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China is increasing the number of nuclear weapons many times over and is now proposing to conclude a common nuclear treaty.
«China is in the process of building up its nuclear arsenal at a very fast pace — triple or even quadruple,» — US Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Earlier, Director of the Arms Control Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Fu Cong, at a conference of countries participating in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in New York, said that the stocks of nuclear weapons in the country are «at the minimum necessary level to ensure national security,» and added that Beijing does not compete with other states in this area and does not participate in arms races.
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Japanese chemists have learned how to synthesize carbon nanoonions (CNO) from fish scales. The stable optical properties of scale nanoonions will make it possible to produce large-area flexible radiating films and LED devices.
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Last Friday, during the large-scale military exercises of the armed forces of the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) in the Taiwan area, 68 sorties were made, 13 Navy ships patrolled the areas around the island, Chinese media reported, citing data from the Taiwanese military department.
At the same time, a message on the agency’s website notes that ships and planes crossed the so-called middle line of the Taiwan Strait several times.
This line is considered by the Taiwanese military to be the boundary between the island and the mainland. The border is not recognized by Beijing, it was conditionally defined in 1954 with US support.
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Franco-Italian company Thales Alenia Space, which develops satellite systems, has suspended work on a project in Russia. The company explained this as force majeure, according to La Repubblica newspaper.
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German industry is facing a slowdown in river freight traffic due to low water levels in the Rhine. The depth of the river in some areas is now 56 centimeters. Ships, on the other hand, need about one and a half meters to move with a full load.
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In some regions of Finland, the number of households selling energy from solar panels has grown by 25% over the year, writes the portal Yle. In addition, the owners of private houses began to actively buy solar panels and install them on their territories.
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Roskomnadzor blocked Sakhalin’s largest portal sakh.com. In addition to news, the site includes a popular forum, announcements, posters, food delivery, and many other services.
The editors of the site do not know the reason for the blocking, they have not received any notifications. The website of Roskomnadzor indicates that access began to be restricted on August 5 at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
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Google has warned that it will block Rostec’s YouTube channel due to restrictive measures, the state corporation said.
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The first ship under the flag of another state arrived in the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk for the first time since February 2020, Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov said, Reuters reports.
We are talking about the ship Fulmar S under the flag of Barbados, he said. According to the VesselFinder portal, this ship can carry up to 13.4 thousand tons of payload.
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In Kosovo, Russian journalist Darya Aslamova was detained while trying to pass a border crossing in the north of the partially recognized republic, she is suspected of spying for Russian military intelligence under the guise of working as a journalist.
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A fire at an oil storage facility in the port of the province of Matanzas in northern Cuba injured 121 people, including Lebanese Minister of Energy and Mines Arronte, write the portals Diario de Cuba and El Periodico.
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Solar energy is considered one of the most environmentally friendly types. However, it also has negative consequences from the point of view of the environment — solar panels that have exhausted their life are difficult and expensive to recycle.
As a result, experts say, by 2050 the world could accumulate up to 78 million tons of unusable solar panels.
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The Rostec channel on YouTube is blocked, the state corporation switches to the domestic platform RuTube, the press service of Rostec reported
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Tesla showed a photo of roboarms, presumably created for the Optimus robot. The presentation of the robot is scheduled to take place on September 30, Tesla AI Day #2, which is scheduled for «a lot of interesting updates,» according to Electrek.
Musk is counting on Optimus to solve the labor shortage and create a shift in the economy by cutting costs significantly. The robot will be trained to perform simple useful tasks or take on dangerous, monotonous and boring work. Tesla plans that over time the robot will improve and be able to perform a wider range of tasks, which will make it useful for both commercial and consumer applications.
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India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) launched into orbit with the EOS-2 Earth remote sensing satellite and the AzaadiSat small cubesat, the launch is broadcast by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
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India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) failed to place the EOS-2 Earth remote sensing satellite and the AzaadiSat small cubesat into its originally intended orbit, with a partial launch success, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said on Sunday.
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Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondent Darya Aslamova, who was previously detained by the authorities of Kosovo, said that she was released, she is in Serbia.
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Four vessels with grain left Odessa and Chernomorsk on Sunday morning and are heading to Istanbul, the Turkish Anadolu agency reports.
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Volkswagen has unveiled its own concept aircraft called the Flying Tiger. The prototype, 11.2 meters long and 10.6 meters wide, is equipped with eight horizontal rotors for takeoff and landing, as well as two rear vertical pushers for horizontal movement. The final model will be four-seater, fully autonomous and capable of carrying passengers and their luggage for a range of up to 200 km.
The Flying Tiger was created by the Chinese office of Volkswagen, the British design firm Tangerine and the Chinese aviation company Sunward. The test drive is scheduled for the second half of the year and will be carried out in several stages.
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Bulgaria continues to issue visas to Russians. However, the process was delayed due to the reduction of technical staff. And priority is given to emergency and humanitarian cases, according to the BTA agency, which sent a request to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry.
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Roskomnadzor blocked in Russia, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, the site for collecting donations Patreon and the service for writing texts in English Grammarly
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Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has banned women from appearing in advertisements. The ban also applies to the use of «female images» in the video.
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A delegation from Lithuania headed by Deputy Minister of Communications and Transport Agne Vaiciukevichute arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit, the Foreign Ministry of the island republic said on Twitter.
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