Thu 23 December 2021: US chipmaker Intel has apologised to Chinese customers, partners and the public for telling its suppliers not to source products or labour from the region of Xinjiang, following a backlash in China. The company recently published what it described as an annual letter to suppliers, dated December, that it had been […]
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Wed 22 December 2021: Vehicles that run on cleaner fuel are becoming more popular in Europe. Last month, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids on the continent outstripped those of diesel vehicles. The Tesla, Renault Zoe, and Dacia Spring appear to be gaining popularity among drivers. In the last two years, EV and […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: Are you trying to get into a morning routine for the new year? Venus is, too. The planet will undergo a transformation that only happens once every 584 days. Along the way, it will sink, swell and appear to vanish entirely from the sky during January—a journey visible from most anywhere. […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: Vodafone has announced that it will auction an NFT of the world’s first SMS text message, which read “Merry Christmas” and was sent on the network in December 1992. This first, historic SMS will be sold to the highest bidder in the form of an NFT guaranteeing its exclusive nature. Vodafone […]
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Sun 19 December 2021: According to the Interfax news agency, Facebook has paid a fine of USD 229,643 in Russia for content that Moscow deemed illegal. The threat of higher fines looms over the tech giant. A court case involving Meta and Alphabet, the parent companies of Facebook and Google, will be heard next week. […]
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Sun 19 December 2021: For more than five years, Teyit has been using a variety of channels to debunk false claims in the country’s public discourse. Istanbul, Turkey – Every day, Emre İlkan Saklica scrolls through endless social media feeds, delving into the latest trends and browsing through news reports, with just one goal: debunk false […]
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Sat 18 December 2021: NFTs (non-fungible tokens) appear to be on everyone’s mind these days. Melania Trump, the former first lady, has launched a new platform that will release NFTs on a regular basis. Melania Trump announced on Thursday that the platform, which is powered by Parler, will sell an NFT titled “Melania’s Vision” as […]
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Sat 18 December 2021: On Thursday, Meta, Facebook’s parent company, banned a number of “cyber mercenary” groups, alerting 50,000 users who may have been targeted by companies that spy on activists, dissidents, and journalists. Meta took down 1,500 Facebook and Instagram pages linked to groups that offered services ranging from online snooping to building trust […]
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Sat 18 December 2021: NASA plans to launch its new space telescope on Friday, which also happens to be ‘Christmas Eve,’ in what can be considered a Christmas gift to the world. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Friday that the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope will launch on December 24. A European Ariane […]
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Fri 17 December 2021: At auction on Wednesday, an NFT memorializing Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales’s first edit on the online reference resource 20 years ago, as well as the computer he used to program the platform, sold for nearly $1 million. Christie’s sold the Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), which are one-of-a-kind digital objects that confer ownership […]
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