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When Adam Mosseri took over Meta-owned Instagram as CEO in 2018, the app was experiencing what he’d later call “concerning” drops and plateaus in user engagement, thanks partly to fierce competition from a new app: TikTok. Instagram estimated in 2019 that 23 percent of the decline in time spent on Instagram in the US was due to TikTok. Bytedance’s video app kept expanding through the onset of the covid-19 pandemic. “We can’t explain it all, but what’s clear at this point is that we need to adapt, and do so quickly,” Mosseri wrote to his team in March 2020. Instagram…

Over $10 billion — that’s how much revenue Apple’s U.S. App Store raked in last year, according to a new analysis by app intelligence provider Appfigures. The firm’s estimates indicate that U.S. App Store revenue from commissions more than doubled between 2020 and 2024. In 2020, Apple’s share of App Store commissions was approximately $4.76 billion, growing to over $10.1 billion by 2024. Based on Appfigures’ data, U.S. App Store developers generated $33.68 billion in gross revenue from their apps and games using Apple’s payments system in 2024, and took home $23.57 billion after Apple’s cut. Image Credits:Appfigures Though Apple…

تزايد الاعتماد على واردات الوقود الأحفوري خلال العقود الماضية، فمنذ عام 1960 نمت وارداته بمقدار 12 ضعفًا، لتمثل الآن أكثر من ثلث إجمالي توليد الطاقة العالمي حتى عام 2022.     الدول المستوردة – وفقًا لتقرير “إمبر” الصادر في أبريل، يعيش اليوم ثلاثة أرباع سكان العالم في دول مستوردة صافية للوقود الأحفوري، ويشمل ذلك كلًا من الصين ودول جنوب وشمال شرق آسيا، فضلًا عن 99% من الأوروبيين؛ وثلثي سكان إفريقيا.   للاطلاع على المزيد من المواضيع والتقارير في صفحة مختارات أرقام   دول كبرى – في اقتصادات تُمثل 20% من إجمالي الناتج المحلي العالمي، بما في ذلك ألمانيا واليابان…

Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis have announced the birth of their first child. Photo by John Walton/PA Images via Getty ImagesUnited States women’s national team midfielder Kristie Mewis and her partner, Chelsea striker Sam Kerr, have announced the birth of their first child.The pair posted to Instagram on Thursday with their new son, Jagger.”Our little man is here, Jagger Mewis-Kerr,” they wrote.Kerr, who plays for the Australia national team, has been out for 15 months with a ruptured ACL.Kerr has been out of action since suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury during warm weather training in early January 2024.She had been…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldDonald Trump has proposed raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, in a breach of Republican orthodoxy that he hopes could pay for broader tax breaks being debated in Congress.The US president proposed an increase in the tax on people earning more than $2.5mn a year to almost 40 per cent, as he began talks with congressional Republicans on the details of a new fiscal package he hopes to pass this year.“The president is considering allowing the rate on individuals making…

In April, South Korea’s telco giant SK Telecom (SKT) was hit by a cyberattack that led to the theft of personal data on approximately 23 million customers, equivalent to almost half of the country’s 52 million residents. At a National Assembly hearing in Seoul on Thursday, SKT chief executive Young-sang Ryu said about 250,000 users have switched to a different telecom provider following the data breach. He said that expects this number to reach 2.5 million, more than tenfold the current amount, if the company waives cancellation fees. The company could lose up to $5 billion (around ₩7 trillion) over…

Microsoft employees aren’t allowed to use DeepSeek due to data security and propaganda concerns, Microsoft vice chairman and president Brad Smith said in a Senate hearing today. “At Microsoft we don’t allow our employees to use the DeepSeek app,” Smith said, referring to DeepSeek’s application service (which is available on both desktop and mobile.) Smith said Microsoft hasn’t put DeepSeek in its app store over those concerns, either.  Although lots of organizations and even countries have imposed restrictions on DeepSeek, this is the first time Microsoft has gone public about such a ban. Smith said the restriction stems from the…

أحمد بن داود الرئيس التنفيذي لمجموعة بن داود القابضة قال أحمد بن داود الرئيس التنفيذي لمجموعة بن داود القابضة، إن المجموعة تركز على التوسع بفروع إضافية في السعودية والاستثمار بالتحديد في المدن الرئيسية.   وأضاف في اتصال مع أرقام، أن بن داود تدرس فرصا للاستحواذ بالمملكة ودول الخليج، مشيراً إلى أن مصر ليست من ضمن خططها في الوقت الحالي.   للاطلاع على المزيد من مقابلات أرقام الخاصة والحصرية   وأوضح أن عدد فروع المجموعة بلغ 86 فرعا داخل المملكة وفرعا واحدا بمملكة البحرين بنهاية 2023، مشيرا إلى أن الفروع تتوزع على العلامتين التجاريتين الدانوب وعدد فروعها 62 فرعا، وبن داود وعدد فروعها 25 فرعا.   وذكر أن مبيعات قطاع التجزئة -متاجر الدانوب ومتاجر بن داود-…

Erling Haaland has said there are no excuses for Manchester City’s disappointing season and insisted it has happened because he and his teammates “haven’t been good enough.”City have relinquished the Premier League title to new champions Liverpool and failed to reach the latter rounds of the Champions League following their exit at the hands of Real Madrid.Injuries to key players like Rodri have played a part.Haaland, however, believes the underwhelming campaign has been caused by a dip in “hunger” within the squad after years of unprecedented success including four successive league titles and a treble in 2023.”Of course, you can…

Autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation plans to expand on the success of its first driverless commercial launch and add night driving to its operations. Aurora said Thursday in the second half of 2025 it will start sending its self-driving trucks out at night and during adverse weather conditions like rain or heavy wind. The company, which provided the update in its first-quarter shareholder letter, also plans to expand its driverless trucking route beyond Dallas to Houston, and into El Paso and Phoenix. Aurora already runs freight with self-driving trucks in those conditions, but with a human safety operator behind…