Wed 09 February 2022: Rabbis, reverends, pastors, and other religious leaders urged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to scrap the company’s plan to introduce an Instagram version aimed for young users in a letter issued by the advocacy group Fairplay and its Children’s Screen Time Action Network. Last September, Instagram postponed its plans to launch a […]
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Wed 09 February 2022: If it can’t keep transferring user data back to the US, Meta has stated it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe. In its annual report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the country’s financial authority, Meta warned last Thursday that if no new framework is adopted and the company could […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: Global industry leaders and policymakers will meet in Geneva at the end of February to discuss technical standards to drive sustainable development in fields such as 5G, the internet and artificial intelligence (AI), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said Monday. The Feb. 28 discussions will be hosted by the ITU, a […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: Artificial intelligence and machine learning have the potential to contribute to the resolution of some of the most intractable problems of our time. Examples include climate change and pandemics. But they have the capacity to cause harm too. And they can, if not used properly, perpetuate historical injustices and structural inequalities. […]
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Sun 06 February 2022: Apple is aiming for a date on or near March 8 to unveil a new low-cost iPhone and an updated iPad, sources say, establishing the mood for a potentially record-setting year of product launches. The announcement will mark Apple’s first major event since a new MacBook Pro debuted in October. Like the […]
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Sat 05 February 2022: On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth plummeted by $29 billion as Meta Platforms Inc’s stock hit a new all-time low, while fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos was expected to increase his personal worth by $20 billion following Amazon’s record earnings. Meta’s stock dropped 26%, wiping out more nearly $200 billion in the […]
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Sat 05 February 2022: The US Treasury Department issued a set of recommendations on Friday to combat illegal finance in the high-value art market, as well as a warning that the developing digital art industry, which includes non-fungible tokens (NFTs), may pose new risks. The agency said its study examined the facilitation of money laundering, […]
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Thu 03 February 2022: In the United States, a museum dedicated to NFTs — the blockchain-based creations that have taken the art world by storm — has opened its doors. The Seattle NFT Museum is designed to help visitors understand the new world of Non-Fungible Tokens by displaying unique artworks alongside explanations of the technology […]
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Wed 02 February 2022: According to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, one out of every eleven automobiles sold in Europe was a battery-electric vehicle, totaling just under 880,000. In Europe, self-charging hybrid automobiles, which use both an internal combustion engine and a battery, outsold diesel cars for the first time in 2021, though […]
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Mon 31 January 2022: Pakistani police demanded that the immensely popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) game be banned after a boy admitted to killing four members of his family in a rage after bingeing for days playing online. “This is not the first incident of its nature,” police investigator Imran Kishwar told reporters in the eastern […]
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