Breaking: Govt tells WhatsApp to withdraw privacy policy, serves seven-day notice
New Delhi: The government has once again directed Facebook Inc.-owned WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy that came into effect on May 15. The Ministry of Electronics & IT has shot off a second letter to the world’s largest messaging app, and sought a response within a week. If no satisfactory response is received, …
AT&T ending ‘one of the dumbest mergers in recent history’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday slammed AT&T as a disgrace after the company announced it will spin-off WarnerMedia to merge the business and create an entertainment giant with Discovery. He also took aim at those hailing the move as a transformational one, railing against AT&T for taking on heavy debt three years ago to purchase …
Ex-Apple Worker Claims Apple Knew About His ‘Misogynistic’ Writings
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Former Apple employee Antonio García Martínez has refuted the company’s portrayal of his high-profile ouster this week and claims Apple knew about his past writings demeaning women and people of color, which came under fire from employees this week, before it made a job offer. “Apple was well aware of …
ICU capacity at breaking point, MOH pleads for Malaysians follow SOP
PETALING JAYA: Photographs taken by hospital frontliners of patients being treated in intensive care units (ICU) were released by the Health Ministry as a grim reminder that hospitals are running out of life-saving facilities. “Photographs shared by the frontliners who are the nation’s forefront battling the deadly Covid-19 virus. “This is the true situation in …
Customer-to-Customer (C2C) Community Marketing Software Market 2021 Technology Advancements and Research- Bevy, Eventbrite, Meetup, Facebook
The report presents an in-depth assessment of the Customer-to-Customer (C2C) Community Marketing Software Market including enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator case studies, opportunities, future roadmap, value chain, ecosystem player profiles, and strategies. This report covers the pre and post Covid-19 impact analysis and gives expert reviews to …
Just 4% of US iPhone Users Let Apps Track Them After iOS Update
Photo: Saul Loeb (Getty Images) Apple recently rolled out its highly anticipated App Tracking Transparency feature with iOS 14.5, which lets users decide whether apps track their activity for targeted advertising. Overwhelmingly, users seem happy to leave app tracking disabled. Just 4% of iPhone users in the U.S. have agreed to app tracking after updating …
Facebook Ban On Donald Trump Will Hold, Social Media’s Oversight Board Rules : NPR
Facebook indefinitely suspended then-President Donald Trump’s accounts in January after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Facebook indefinitely suspended then-President Donald Trump’s accounts in January after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Facebook was justified in …
Cricketer Stuart MacGill kidnapped in Sydney; Donald Trump’s new platform after Twitter, Facebook ban; Derek Chauvin requests new trial after George Floyd murder conviction
An infection control hotel quarantine manager in Victoria has been stood down amid a damning report by The Australian they had been reported to authorities twice since March for breaching protocols. Minister for Government Services Danny Pearson, said that Matiu Bush, general manager of COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria’s Infection Prevention and Control, had been stood down …
Machine Learning Technology May Help Decipher Biological Language of Cancer, Parkinson Disease
Algorithms similar to those used by Netflix, Amazon, and Facebook may lead to better comprehension of the biological language of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson disease (PD) and Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a research article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers highlight that intracellular phase separation of proteins …
Australia will fast track other vaccines after AstraZeneca decision; Facebook and Instagram down; Pfizer vaccine recommended over AstraZeneca in under 50s; Teenage boy stabbed to death in Brisbane CBD; Carla Zampatti state funeral to be held on Thursday
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said Australia’s two other vaccines are being fast-tracked and more could be ordered amid recommendations to avoid using AstraZeneca for people under 50. He admitted the already delayed rollout will be affected, but refused to be drawn on just when the nation will be vaccinated. “Clearly with these changes overnight, …
