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Apple and Google have a financial interest in keeping developers happy, but both have taken steps to limit location data collection. In the most recent version of Android, apps that are not in use can collect locations “a few times an hour,” instead of continuously.
Apple has been stricter, for example requiring apps to justify collecting location details in pop-up messages. But Apple’s instructions for writing these pop-ups do not mention advertising or data sale, only features like getting “estimated travel times.”
Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret
nytimes.com
On the surface, hydrogen sounds like the wonder fuel to solve all our ecological problems. When employed in a fuel cell, its only byproduct is water, which is hardly going to destroy the atmosphere. But what really appeals to people is the fact you can refuel a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in the same kind of way as a fossil fuel car. No lifestyle changes are necessary.
Why Are We Still Talking About Hydrogen?
James Morris
Our landscapes are changing in a cruel and ironic way: they’re becoming less permeable to wildlife at the precise moment animals need to move most. As our climate warms, beings large and small will be forced to relocate, either north or upslope, to remain within their “thermal envelope,” the band of temperatures in which they evolved.
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