Thu 08 July 2021: Short-video sharing app TikTok on Wednesday launched a pilot program that lets users upload video resumes for US-based jobs ranging from a WWE Superstar to a senior data engineer at Shopify or a creative producer at TikTok itself. Under the “TikTok Resumes” program, companies including Chipotle Mexican Grill and Target Corp […]
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Thu 08 July 2021: Former President Donald Trump is suing Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet’s Google along with CEOs, Jack Dorsey, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg, for blocking him from social media platforms. Trump says it’s a pivotal battle to protect freedom of speech. He spoke from his golf club in Bedminster, NJ. “We’re asking the […]
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Thu 08 July 2021: The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) announced on Tuesday that a group of 20 galaxies have been discovered with South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope. This large galaxy group is likely the most neutral hydrogen gas-rich group ever discovered, and it is the first time this group has been identified, despite residing […]
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Wed 07 July 2021: Nintendo on Tuesday announced its updated Switch hand-held game console would be available in October, after a pandemic year in which gaming activity surged. The new Switch OLED model will feature a larger, seven-inch screen and launch at a suggested price of $350 on October 8, the Japanese firm said in […]
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Tue 06 July 2021: Russian tech giant Yandex said Tuesday it planned to launch self-driving delivery robots on US college campuses later this year, the company’s latest push into foreign markets. In a statement, the Russian group said it would partner with US delivery giant Grubhub, which operates on 250 campuses, to deploy the self-driving […]
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Tue 06 July 2021: An Asian industry group that includes Google, Facebook and Twitter has warned that tech companies could stop offering their services in Hong Kong if the Chinese territory proceeds with plans to change privacy laws. The Asia Internet Coalition sent a letter dated June 25 to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data concerning […]
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Mon 05 July 2021: China launched a new meteorological satellite, Fengyun-3E (FY-3E), into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday, state-run media said. The satellite is equipped with 11 remote sensing payloads expected to “improve the accuracy of weather forecasting,” according to Xinhua news. It was launched from the […]
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Sat 03 July 2021: A top Pakistani court on Friday withdrew its earlier decision to ban the popular Chinese short video-sharing platform TikTok for spreading immorality in the country. The Sindh High Court issued the directives while hearing a petition filed by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. In its earlier order on Monday, the court said […]
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Fri 02 July 2021: TikTok is embracing longer videos. The company announced on Thursday it will roll out the option to create videos of up to 3 minutes in length after first testing the change with a larger number of creators over the past several months. “Over the coming weeks, we’ll be rolling out the […]
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Tue 29 June 2021: EU antitrust regulators will decide by August 2 whether to clear Facebook’s acquisition of US customer service startup Kustomer, a filing on the European Commission website showed. The world’s largest social network announced the deal in November to help it scale up its instant messaging app WhatsApp, which has reported a […]
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