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[ad_1] LOS ANGELES, California – The largest country in East Africa, Tanzania, is known to use agriculture to drive economic growth, as 75% of Tanzania’s population is employed in the agricultural sector. Medium-scale farms and commercialized small farms have taken a leading role in Tanzanian agriculture. Almost a third of …

[ad_1] After watching a near-biblical swarm of locusts destroy crops in his Ethiopian village, Segenet Kelemu turned to science and changed the world. Segenet, who studied plant and genetic pathology at Montana State, Kansas State, and Cornell University in the US, now heads the International Center for Insect Physiology and …

[ad_1] Apple is discontinuing its better-sounding smart speaker, the HomePod, but keeping the HomePod mini, which has the U1 chip and a newer S5 processor. Apple recently confirmed that its original full-size HomePod smart speaker was being discontinued. When shopping on the tech giant’s website, the HomePod is still available, …

[ad_1] The tributes came on Friday after Dutch engineer Lou Ottens, who is credited with inventing the audiotape and helping create the compact disc, died at the age of 94. Created by Ottens while working for electrical giant Philips, the cassettes made music truly portable for the first time and …

[ad_1] Google has always kept its complaint box open, and many users complain about Chrome’s memory storage. Google has tried to work on this issue and bring improvements in Chrome 89. Browser memory usage is said to have a new look on Mac, Windows, and Android as reported on the …

[ad_1] On the occasion of the first anniversary of the opening of its Addis Ababa office, the US company announced a series of partnerships during its first Ethiopian Visa Payments Forum. The event brought together key stakeholders from the digital payments industry to explore opportunities to further advance Ethiopia’s growing …

[ad_1] This week, Apple cut production of its iPhone by 20 percent for 2021, but it was the iPhone 12 Mini that took the brunt of the cut numbers. The order book is dropping about 70 percent. Given that new iPhones are expected to remain around 75 million year-over-year, has …

[ad_1] Enlarge / An artist’s conception of the Earth-sized planet and its atmosphere. The atmosphere that most planets begin with is often not the same that they end with. Most of the gas present in the formation of a solar system will be hydrogen and helium. But a look at …

[ad_1] In honor of British Science Week, Queen Elizabeth II joined a virtual exhibit, which included learning about NASA’s Perseverance rover and viewing photos she had taken on Mars. Upon seeing Mars, the queen commented, “It really is amazing to think that one can see the surface!” An Instagram post …

[ad_1] President Joe Biden believes the United States will end up in “tough” competition with China and intends to “prevail” in that, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said, a week before he will meet with his Chinese counterpart for the first time. Relations between China and the United States are …