ELON MUSK APOLOGIZES FOR MOCKING EX-TWITTER EMPLOYEE, QUESTIONING HIS DISABILITY

Wed 08 March 2023: In a series of tweets, Elon Musk apologized for mocking an ex-Twitter employee and questioning his disability. Haraldur Thorleifsson, former staff at Twitter, said in a tweet on Monday that he was unable to log into his computer and human resource at Twitter failed to provide information on his employment status. After nine days of no […]

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GERMAN GOVERNMENT POISED TO BAN HUAWEI AND ZTE PARTS FROM ITS 5G NETWORKS

Tue 07 March 2023: Germany’s government is planning to ban telecoms operators from using certain components from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their 5G networks, German paper Zeit Online wrote on Monday. According to Zeit Online, which mentioned government sources, the restriction might apply to network components that are already installed, forcing operators to […]

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JAPAN’S NEW ROCKET FAILS ON DEBUT LAUNCH IN BLOW TO SPACE AMBITIONS

Tue 07 March 2023: The second-stage engine of Japan’s next-generation H3 rocket appears to have failed, causing the rocket to self-destruct shortly after launch. An observation satellite was to be launched during the mission. The rocket has been considered to be a possible rival to SpaceX’s Falcon 9. After the rocket failed to depart the […]

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WHATSAPP TO INTRODUCE “SILENCE UNKNOWN CALLERS” FEATURE TO AVOID SPAM CALLS

Tue 07 March 2023: A new feature called “silence unknown callers,” which will let users mute calls from unknown numbers while still displaying them in the calls list and notification center, is reportedly being developed by Meta-owned WhatsApp. The new feature is currently being developed for WhatsApp beta for Android, according to WABetaInfo. Other benefits […]

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DANISH DEFENCE MINISTRY BANS TIKTOK ON OFFICIAL DEVICES

Mon 06 March 2023: As a security measure, NATO member Denmark’s Defense Ministry, on Monday, prohibited its employees from using the video-sharing app TikTok on their work phones. It’s over security and data privacy for the app, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd. In a statement, the ministry said the Scandinavian country’s Center for […]

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TWITTER USERS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO TWEET UP TO 10K CHARACTERS

Mon 06 March 2023:  Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that the micro-blogging platform will “soon” extend “longform tweets” to 10,000 characters. When YouTuberA@ThePrimeagen, who posts videos related to coding, asked Musk, “the dev community and I were wondering if you could add code blocks to tweets?” Musk replied: “As an attachment? How many […]

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BRAIN CELLS COULD BE USED TO MAKE ‘BIOCOMPUTERS’

Sat 04 March 2023: Calling the technology “organoid intelligence”, a team from Johns Hopkins University noted that it will exponentially expand the capabilities of modern computing and create novel fields of study. In New York According to US experts, a “biBRAIN CELLS COULD BE USED TO MAKE ‘BIOCOMPUTERS’ocomputer” fueled by human brain cells may become […]

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RECORD NUMBER OF COUNTRIES ENFORCED INTERNET BLACKOUTS IN 2022

Sat 04 March 2023: A record number of countries have enforced internet shutdowns in 2022 that had a “devastating impact on human lives”, a new report has found. The digital rights group Access Now and the #KeepItOn campaign – a coalition of about 70 organisations – documented 187 blackouts following protests, active conflict, examinations, elections and political […]

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