USING TIKTOK ON GOVERNMENT DEVICES IS BANNED BY THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Wed 30 November 2022:  Kristi Noem, the governor of the US state of South Dakota, signed an executive order on Wednesday prohibiting government employees from using the TikTok video platform because it may pose a threat to national security. “South Dakota will have no part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who hate us. […]

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NETFLIX MOBILE GAMES CATALOG HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH NEW TITLES

Wed 30 November 2022:  Three new mobile games from Devolver Digital, Neowiz, and Rogue Games have been added to Netflix’s library: “Three Kingdoms,” “Cats & Soup,” and “Hello Kitty Happiness Parade.” With a Netflix subscription, the mobile gaming library is accessible without advertisements or in-app purchases. On their Android or iOS devices, users can access […]

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TIKTOK ENCOURAGES TOXIC DIET CULTURE AMONG YOUTH, STUDY REVEALS

Tue 29 November 2022:  Vermont, US: The most popular TikTok content related to food, nutrition, and weight perpetuates a harmful diet culture among teens and young adults, according to new research from the University of Vermont, and expert voices are largely absent from the conversation. The study, which was just published in PLOS One, found that […]

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MORE THAN 500 MILLION ACTIVE WHATSAPP USERS’ NUMBERS ON SALE, SAYS REPORT

Mon 28 November 2022:  The phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users are available for purchase on the Dark web. The data from one of the largest data breaches has been posted on a hacking forum. The data was hacked despite its encrypted messages and modern security forum. It is still unknown how the […]

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WHATSAPP CONTACT CARD FEATURE NOW AVAILABLE ON WINDOWS BETA

Sun 27 November 2022:  The option to share contact cards on Windows beta has begun to roll out on the Meta-owned messaging service WhatsApp. According to WABetaInfo, the new functionality enables users to share contact cards within the same chat sharing sheet. If the option is already enabled for the user’s WhatsApp account, the entry […]

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NASA’S ARTEMIS I MISSION CAPTURES CLOSEST IMAGES OF SURFACE OF THE MOON (PHOTOS)

Sat 26 November 2022:  As the Artemis 1 mission neared its closest approach to the Moon, NASA’s Orion spacecraft transmitted back up-close images of the lunar body. According to a post by NASA, Orion’s optical navigation system took the black-and-white pictures on the sixth day of the expedition. It captures images of the Moon and […]

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MUSK SAYS HE’D CONSIDER ‘ALTERNATIVE PHONE’ IF APPLE, GOOGLE REMOVE TWITTER FROM APP STORES

Sat 26 November 2022:  Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced on Saturday that he’d consider making an “alternative phone” in the event that Twitter is removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play. Twitter is now being investigated by both the Apple and Google app stores, and Musk is concerned that the microblogging platform will […]

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SOFTWARE ISSUE LED TO THE RECALL OF ALMOST 67,700 TESLA VEHICLES IN CHINA

Fri 25 November 2022:  The American electric car manufacturer Tesla is recalling 67,698 automobiles in China because of software problems, according to Chinese official media on Friday. Tesla’s Model S and Model X vehicles manufactured between September 25, 2013, and November 21, 2020 are included in the recall, according to China’s State Administration for Market […]

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