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It is a scene repeated the world over: pedestrians glued to their phones while walking, causing collisions and sometimes accidents. No more, says one Japanese city.

Joe Biden says he spoke by telephone with Jacob Blake, the black man gravely wounded when a white policeman shot him repeatedly in the back in Wisconsin. "He talked about how nothing was going to defeat him, how whether he walked again or not, he was not going to give up," Biden tells a community meeting at a church in Kenosha.

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Australian police raid properties and seize evidence in the eastern state of New South Wales as part of a three-year global operation to infiltrate criminal groups with FBI-operated encrypted phones, resulting in hundreds of arrests worldwide.

A French newspaper has reported that French President Emmanuel Macron was potentially targeted by the spyware on Morocco's behalf. Rabat has denied the charges and filed a defamation suit.

The European Union says it will impose a universal charger for smartphones, setting up a clash with Apple and its widely used iPhone connector cable. European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton says 'something had to be done' as he introduces the plan for a universal charger following the announcement that the European Commission believes a standard cable for all devices will cut back on electronic waste, but Apple says a one-size fits all charger will stop innovation and create more pollution.

As of 2024, all smartphone and tablets sold in the bloc will have to be compatible with a USB Type-C port. Tech giant Apple had opposed the measure.

The EU has agreed on the text of a law to force smartphone makers to equip their devices with a single, common charging port known as USB Type-C. The deal with member states and lawmakers comes as a setback to Apple, which had argued that imposing a universal cable could hinder innovation. We take a closer look. But first, the World Bank warns of 1970s-style stagflation as it sharply lowers its forecast for global growth.

Nigerian IT specialist Rebecca Amoo has developed an app that makes organic farming easier than ever, all from your smartphone. It's a part of a growing movement known as Crowd-farming.

In Rutshuru, DR Congo, the International Committee of the Red Cross has set up phone booths to help displaced families track down those left behind in combat zones. Also, a new film is out in France that focuses on the Senegalese tirailleurs, a corps of colonial infantry in the French armies of the First and Second World Wars.

China's Realme has unveiled its new GT3 smartphone, which it says can be fully charged in just over nine minutes.