Fri 20 May 2022: Seoul: South Korean game companies are increasingly setting their eyes on projects centered on virtual human character development, aimed at carving out new endeavors in non-gaming areas such as music and marketing sponsorships. Netmarble announced its plan to introduce its virtual character Rina, developed by its subsidiary Metaverse Entertainment Inc., earlier […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: Instagram, which is owned by Meta, is said to be developing a new Stories layout that hides excessive posts. According to 9To5Mac, a Brazilian Instagram user named Phil Ricelle noticed that the Instagram app now only shows three of other people’s Stories. Currently, users can publish 100 Stories at once. Users […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the release of high demand spectrum has paved the way for telcos, or telecommunications companies, to start building next generation 5G networks. Ntshavheni said this when she tabled the department’s budget vote during a mini-plenary of the National Assembly on Wednesday. “The release […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: In the wake of a new outbreak of COVID-19 infections in the United States, Apple has again postponed its full return to work policy, opting to work two days per week for the time being. “We are extending the phase-in period of the pilot and maintaining two days a week in […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: More Twitter executives have walked on, apparently sensing what may come their way at the microblogging network in the near future, amid the ongoing slugfest between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Parag Agrawal. TechCrunch says that Ilya Brown, a vice president of product management for health, conversation, and growth; Katrina Lane, […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: Two top United States military officials are set to testify in the first public congressional hearing on “unidentified flying objects” (UFOs) in more than 50 years. The hearing on Tuesday comes 11 months after a US government report detailed 144 UFO – or as they are officially called “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAP) – […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: Elon Musk has claimed that he will hold off on purchasing Twitter for $44 billion until he has more information on how many accounts are fake. Bots and spam accounts accounted for fewer than 5% of Twitter’s monetizable daily active users in the first quarter, according to a filing earlier this […]
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Sat 14 May 2022: On Saturday, the price of Bitcoin was battling to break through $30,000 as demand in the cryptocurrency market remained poor. Bitcoin, the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency by market cap, was trading at $29,060 at 1210 GMT, down 4.7 percent on the day. Ethereum, the world’s largest altcoin, was also failing to […]
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Sat 14 May 2022: Costa Rica, a Central American country, declared a “emergency” on Saturday as a result of continuous cyberattacks. The National Emergency Commission, led by President Rodrigo Chavez, declared a state of emergency to better deal with the attacks. The country’s Finance Ministry claimed its digital systems are still not working correctly, citing […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: Elon Musk put his $44 billion purchase for Twitter Inc on hold on Friday, citing a lack of details on spam and bogus accounts. “Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” Musk said in a tweet. Twitter deal […]
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