TSX Dips into Red by Day’s End

TSX Dips into Red by Day’s End

Canada’s main stock index slumped by the end of the session on Thursday, as earlier momentum gave way to pessimism in the wake of U.S. President Trump’s tariffs. The TSX Composite Index declined 46.13 points to close Thursday at 24,795.55. The Canadian dollar slipped 0.25 cents at 72.25 cents U.S. In corporate news, Alimentation Couche-Tard … Read more

Preparing for TLS certificate lifetimes dropping from 398 days to 47 days by 2029

Preparing for TLS certificate lifetimes dropping from 398 days to 47 days by 2029

Earlier this month, the Certification Authority(CA)/Browser Forum voted to significantly shorten the lifetime of TLS certificates: from 398 days currently to 47 days by March 15, 2029. The CA/Browser Forum is a collective of certificate issuers, browsers, and other applications that use certificates, and they’ve long been discussing the potential for shorter certificate lifetimes.  As … Read more

Vivo Y300 GT Launch Date Announced; Design, Key Features Revealed Days Ahead of Debut

Vivo Y300 GT Launch Date Announced; Design, Key Features Revealed Days Ahead of Debut

Vivo Y300 and Vivo Y300 Pro were launched in China in September and December 2024, respectively. A few weeks back, the company unveiled the Vivo Y300 Pro+ and the Vivo Y300t variants in the country. The Vivo Y300 GT launch date has now been announced by the company, alongside the design and key features of the upcoming smartphone. The details … Read more

China Uses Gravitational Slingshots to Rescue Two Satellites Stuck in Orbit for 123 Days

China Uses Gravitational Slingshots to Rescue Two Satellites Stuck in Orbit for 123 Days

In a major display of technical ingenuity, China has successfully rescued two satellites—DRO-A and DRO-B—that were stuck in the wrong orbit for 123 days following a launch failure. The satellites, part of China’s distant retrograde orbit (DRO) constellation, were saved using a series of complex gravitational slingshot manoeuvres that turned a near-disaster into a milestone … Read more

Trump Boasts Of ‘Fun’ 100 Days, But Americans Disenchanted

Trump Boasts Of ‘Fun’ 100 Days, But Americans Disenchanted

After 100 days of political chaos and economic shock that have sent his approval ratings tumbling, Donald Trump hopes to regain the unqualified adulation of his supporters Tuesday at one of his bread-and-butter events: a public rally. To mark the symbolic milestone in his second term, the Republican US president is visiting the site of … Read more

Expedition 33 sold 1 million copies in its first three days

Expedition 33 sold 1 million copies in its first three days

It’s safe to say people are loving Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 so far. The turn-based RPG — which is the debut game from French developer Sandfall — has been racking up rave reviews in the days around its release, and already soared past some big sales milestones. On Sunday morning, publisher Kepler Interactive shared on … Read more

Tweak to Reduce the Size of APK. A few days ago, I started a new Blank… | by Vinicius Strugata Ambrosio | Apr, 2025

Tweak to Reduce the Size of APK. A few days ago, I started a new Blank… | by Vinicius Strugata Ambrosio | Apr, 2025

In the image below, we can see the file size of the APK Debug built from the Mendix-generated React Native project files. It has 185MB, more than twice the usual size I was used to remembering! The APK Size file size increased 🤔! Is this really an issue? Well, if you intend to generate nightly … Read more