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Facebook renames its parent company, now called as “Meta”
Facebook has changed its parent company’s name to "Meta" on Thursday. The tech giant is trying to move forward with its new virtual reality vision for the future.
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- Facebook has changed its parent company’s name to "...
US WANTS TAIWAN TO OBSERVE COVID ORIGIN INVESTIGATION
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• Becerra said that the world leaders need to do more in order understand the ongoing pandemic and look forward towards to detection and stay prepared for any future biological threats
Talking at the 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) held on Tuesday, the United ...
JAPAN BEGINS ITS 3RD SEASON COMMERCIAL WHALING
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- Japan begins its 3rd season commercial whaling.
- As of Saturday, four whaling boats left Japanese ports for coastal waters.
- A total of 5 boats are expected to catch 120 minke whales in waters off the Sanriku Coast and Hokk...
BUSINESS SERVICES OF VOLKSWAGEN INDIA NOW ON WHATSAPP
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- Under the Sarvottam 2.0 program, business services Of Volkswagen India have been launched on WhatsApp.
- Exclusive Taigun squad has been created for prospective buyers.
Under the Sarvottam 2.0 initiative of Volkswagen India,...
RESCUERS SAVE WHALES STRANDED IN NEW ZEALAND
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- A group of specialists and volunteers are getting ready to save a unit of pilot whales abandoned at Farewell Spit at the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island
Approximately 50 finned pilot whales have passed off since they a...
PEOPLE IN UK STOP USING WHATSAPP DUE TO CHANGES IN PRIVACY POLICY
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- Millions of people living in the United Kingdom have stopped using WhatsApp because of the new changes in the privacy policy
- According to the regulatory body of the United Kingdom, the people have stopped using the WhatsApp because of the ...
SIGNAL CO-FOUNDER APPLAUDS INDIAN MARKET
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- Signal co-founder Brian Acton is talking about strength of Indian market while discussing the privacy concerns of WhatsApp.
- Signal is hoping to capitalize on the opportunities in India.
- Acton mentioned the terms of service and pr...
COMPETITION WATCHDOG OF TURKEY PROBES WHATSAPP AND FACEBOOK OVER NEW DATA SHARING RULES
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- The competition watchdog of Turkey has launched an investigation into WhatsApp and Facebook over the changes into the data sharing rules of the application
- The watchdog also said that, it has ordered a suspension of the new data collection...
S. KOREAN ANTI-PIRACY UNIT BEGINS OPERATIONS NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
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- S. Korean anti-piracy unit begins operations near the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran had seized a South Korean oil tanker named MT Hanuk Chemi.
- The vessel is said to have been traveling from Saudi Arabia to the UAE.
- Te...
SINGAPOREAN ACTIVIST JOLOVAN WHAM IN THE EYES OF GOVERNMENT, YET AGAIN
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- Jolovan Wham is a social liberties dissident who has become famous as of late causing to notice the issue of the right to speak freely of discourse - or rather, as he would contend, its absence - in Singapore
The photograph was the m...
ORCA KILLER WHALES SUCCESSFULLY PREGNANT: TWO ARE ALMOST FULL TERM
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• Several Orcas are expecting currently
• Unsuccessful breeding in the past related to nutrition and lack of Chinook salmon prey
After recent failures to breed successfully several of the Orca killer whales are preg...
HERE IS HOW FACEBOOK HELPED RELIANCE TO REMOVE THE TAG OF OIL CONGLOMERATE
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• Facebook invested $5.7 billion in Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd. for the stake of 9.9 %
• Following Facebook, total 12 companies decided to invest millions in Jio Platforms and helped Reliance Industries Limited become net-debt free
• R...
DONT USE WHATSAPP SAYS GERMANY’S DATA CHIEF
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• Responding to the allegations, WhatsApp has stated that messaging service doesn’t forward any user data to Facebook
• WhatsApp spokesman said that as the messages are encrypted throughout by default, they can’t be read by anyone except the pe...
COVID-19 AND TAIWAN: CHINA’S TWO MAJOR ISSUES AT WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
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• The U.S.-led coalition is lobbying for Taiwan’s status that has been blocked by the China in year 2016
• More than 120 countries are demanding an independent investigation into coronavirus outbreak
The U.S.-China cold war is making news a...
AMID U.S-CHINA CONFLICT, INDIA IN DILEMMA OVER TAIWAN’S STATUS AT W.H.O
Ever since the coronavirus outbreak started wreaking havoc across the globe, two of the major economies, the U.S and China have indulged in a battle as the President Donald Trump led U.S. government has been constantly accusing Xi Jinping and his government of creating COVID-19 and later intentio...
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) ON WHATS APP
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- WHO alerts on Whatsapp
- Zukerberg worked with
Mark Zuckerberg has announced the launch of the World Health Organization’s Whatsapp alert. He said that the alerts are meant to keep people awar...
WILL SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES REVEL THEIR USER IDENTITIES TO GOVERNMENTS?
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- Governments pushing for user information from social media companies
- Social media companies refuse to oblige
People use social media for every possible reason imaginable. The thin line in between privacy and publi...
Extinction Rebellion activists guilty over train glue protest
Three climate activists Cathy Eastburn, Mark Ovland and Luke Watson protested to climate change and extinction in a completely bizarre way by gluing themselves to the train. This has been the main reason why they have been charged and have been found guilty.
The three culprits were char...
Facebook's messaging apps to avoid end-to-end authentication
If officials expected that Facebook's messaging apps would avoid end-to-end authentication only because they sent a strongly worded letter, they would have something else to come. Facebook sent its own letter to US Attorney General Bill Barr, Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, and relevan...
New Zealand eruption of the volcano: wounded visitors with serious skin and lung burns
Tourists wounded in the eruption of the White Island / Whakaari volcano in New Zealand have burnt lungs by inhaling sulfur dioxide and volcanic ash, with deep-tissue injuries "extremely severe," some to over half of their bodies, a senior emergency doctor said.
When patients c...