Tag Archives: worldwide

Using a uniquely comprehensive checklist of bee distributions and over 5,800,000 public bee occurrence records, a team of researchers from China, the United States and Singapore has described global patterns of bee biodiversity. Their results show that there are more bee species in the northern hemisphere than the southern hemisphere …

In March, Google announced it was beginning to roll out support for audio-only calling in its FaceTime and Whatsapp competitor, Duo, which had previously focused on video calls. Initially, support for audio calls was available in Brazil, but the feature is now live for all users worldwide, a Google engineer and …

Last October, Google launched support to highlight fact-checking articles within Google News in the US and the UK. Now those articles will get special presentation as part of general Google searches worldwide. Fact checks as part of regular Google search Here’s an example of how the expanded fact-checking looks, which begins today. Below …

It was just a few weeks ago when web analytics firm StatCounter predicted Android would overtake Windows as the most popular operating system online. Well, it didn’t take long. The latest numbers from StatCounter show Android with a narrow lead over Windows. After less than nine years, Google’s open source …

Google is expanding support for rich cards globally. Yesterday, Google updated the blog post that originally announced this feature back in May 2016. In this update, Google said rich cards are now available globally. Originally, rich cards launched in the US just for movie and recipe websites. That has expanded …

Growing global temperatures may be playing a part in the rising numbers of people developing type 2 diabetes, suggests new research from the Leiden University Medical Center and the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. Map of the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico), showing the mean annual …

During the middle of last month Asus started taking orders for its new Asus Zenbook Flip UX360CA convertible notebook with prices starting from $699. Today Asus has published a press release announcing these portable computer systems general availability. To recap the Asus Zenbook Flip UX360CA is now available throughout the …

Worldwide sales for Dragon Quest Builders have topped 1,100,000 units, Square Enix announced. In North America and Europe, the game launched physically and digitally for PlayStation 4, and digitally for PS Vita. In Japan, the game was made available both physically and digitally across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS …

Well, I think we can call the 360 a hit now. The console is six years old and, according to a chart by the NPD, has never seen a down year in the states. What’s more, it’s actually increasing in sales thanks in part to the Kinect. That, if you’re …