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The Challenging-Year Edition Sunday, December 24, 2023

Puzzle Game ‘Royal Match’ Dethrones ‘Candy Crush’ From Top Of App Store, by Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times

Puzzle app Royal Match, developed by a small team in Istanbul, has overtaken Microsoft-owned Candy Crush Saga as the most lucrative mobile game in the world, outshining other smartphone titles during a lacklustre 12 months for the industry.

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Royal Match grew so much in what has been another challenging year for mobile games, its creators and investors say, thanks to a focus on quality and mass-market appeal, in a sector that often sees short-term money-spinners launched into Apple’s and Google’s app stores by a few developers on a low budget.

Investigating Apple's Clean Grid Forecast, by Grid Status

Forecasting the emissions of the electrical grid in a specific location is a complex and challenging endeavor with potentially massive impact.

As we close, it’s worth making clear that more interest in the grid and innovation around forecasting is a good thing. However, if we want to move towards a cleaner energy future with opportunities for folks to mitigate their own impact through flexibility, the currently opaque “Grid Forecast” system may turn out to be insufficient.

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