BANGLADESH: REPRESSIVE REGIME IS HOOKED ON ISRAELI SPYWARE

Wed 11 January 2023: Israeli spy firms have sold advanced surveillance equipment to Bangladesh in clandestine transactions over several years, an investigation by Haaretz has revealed. Firms under the control of the former commander of Israel’s intelligence technology unit are amongst several Israeli companies named in the investigation. Bangladesh has no diplomatic relations with Israel and trade […]

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CHINA SENDS 3 SATELLITES INTO ORBIT IN FIRST LAUNCH OF 2023

Mon 09 January 2023: China on Monday morning launched three satellites into space, the country’s first space launch of the new year. Three satellites named Shijian-23, Shiyan-22A, and Shiyan-22B were blasted off at 6 a.m. Beijing time (2200GMT Sunday) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan using a Long […]

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GOOGLE DEVELOPING FREE ANTI-TERRORISM MODERATION TOOL FOR SMALLER WEBSITES

Mon 09 January 2023: Google is reportedly developing a free moderation tool that smaller websites can use to identify and remove terrorist material. According to the Financial Times, the software is being developed in collaboration with Google’s research and development unit Jigsaw and the UN-supported Tech Against Terrorism, an initiative that assists tech companies in […]

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GOOGLE LAUNCHES SPLIT-SCREEN LOOK TO ANDROID AUTO

Sun 08 January 2023: Google, a major player in technology, has stated that it will be providing consumers with a “refreshed” Android Auto experience that will feature a split-screen user interface (UI). According to the internet giant’s blog post published on Thursday, the new design updates and functionality enhancements will provide customers a “more personal, […]

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TIKTOK APP NOW ALLOWS USERS TO TAG MOVIES AND TV SHOWS IN THEIR VIDEOS

Sat 07 January 2023: App for creating short-form videos TikTok has partnered with IMDb, an online database of information about films, television series, to allow users in the United States and the United Kingdom to tag movies and TV shows in their videos. According to Engadget, each video can have up to five tags, and […]

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NYC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BLOCKS USE OF THE CHATGPT AMID CHEATING WORRIES

Fri 06 January 2023: Access to ChatGPT, a Microsoft’s OpenAI chatbot powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that has gained popularity for providing text responses that resemble those of real people, has been restricted in public schools in New York City. According to Chalkbeat, New York City students and teachers can no longer access ChatGPT on […]

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