Sun 19 September 2021: Official figures show that 45 million Iranians are using the messaging Telegram application despite being blocked by the Iranian authorities, reports Anadolu Agency. The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) said Sunday that 65% of Iranians over the age of 15 have accounts on the main social media platforms, crossing 55 million out […]
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Sun 19 September 2021: Facebook Inc. lambasted a series of Wall Street Journal articles on its platform on Saturday, calling them “deliberate mischaracterizations” that “conferred egregiously incorrect motives to Facebook’s leadership and staff.” According to the Wall Street Journal, despite Facebook researchers discovered “the platform’s ill effects,” the firm neglected to solve them, citing a […]
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Sat 18 September 2021: Alphabet’s Google and Apple have removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s tactical voting app from their stores, his team said on Friday, after Russia accused the US tech firms of meddling in its internal affairs. Russia goes to the polls on Friday to elect a new parliament in a three-day vote that […]
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Sat 18 September 2021: With the release of a new WhatsApp update, some users will be able to utilize the messaging service as a business directory. In São Paulo, Brazil, a trial program to test the service will launch, providing thousands of local businesses and services a place on the Facebook-owned app. “I’m excited we’re […]
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Fri 17 September 2021: Turkey’s first indigenous communications satellite Turksat 6A, which is due to be completed in 2022, will be launched by the US-based space firm SpaceX, Anadolu reports. After looking into the offers provided by a number of companies, it was decided that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is the “best option” in terms of both […]
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Fri 17 September 2021: Both iOS and Android users have access to a lot of features in WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned company now appears to be working on providing new and distinctive features to the desktop version as well. According to WaBetaInfo, the messaging app will soon introduce a feature that will allow users to turn […]
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Thu 16 September 2021: On Wednesday, a SpaceX rocket ship launched from Florida, carrying a billionaire e-commerce businessman and three less wealthy private people who he chose to join him in the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth orbit. The four amateur astronauts, headed by Jared Isaacman, the American founder and CEO of financial […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has called for a moratorium on the spread of all artificial intelligence (AI) systems that endanger human rights, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ office. “UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday stressed the urgent need […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: Three former US intelligence operatives, who went to work as mercenary hackers for the United Arab Emirates, face federal charges by the US Justice Department, according to a court docket created yesterday. Reuters reported the three men, Marc Baier, Ryan Adams, and Daniel Gericke, were part of a clandestine unit named Project Raven that […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: Apple unveiled the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max Thursday, pushing the limits of what a smartphone can do. Both models include an all-new Super Retina XDR display with ProMotion, which has an adjustable refresh rate up to 120Hz and makes the touch experience faster and more responsive. The […]
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