UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CAN IMPROVE THEIR GRADES PLAYING GAMES: RESEARCH

Fri 19 April 2024: Playing games in class may help university students achieve better grades, new research in the United Kingdom (UK) has revealed. Including games in subjects such as economics and statistics leads to a significant drop in the number of students failing their courses, the research by the University of Warwick shows. The […]

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KYRGYZSTAN SET TO SUSPEND ACCESS TO TIKTOK CITING EFFECTS ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Thu 18 April 2024: Authorities in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday announced a temporary suspension of access to the popular TikTok platform. Following a request from the Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security, the Digital Development Ministry has decided to implement restrictions on access to TikTok by April 18. Upon reviewing the request, the ministry found it […]

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WHATSAPP WILL ALLOW USERS TO SEE WHO HAS BEEN ONLINE RECENTLY

Thu 18 April 2024: In order to facilitate its users, Meta-owned WhatsApp will introduce a new feature to list recent online contacts, WABetaInfo reported on Tuesday. The online platform, that tracks updates on popular messaging service, revealed that the feature to list recent online contacts is available to some beta testers that install the latest […]

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NEW X USERS HAVE TO PAY A ‘SMALL FEE’ TO POST AND INTERACT WITH OTHERS, MUSK SAYS

Wed 17 April 2024: Elon Musk has announced to charge a small fee from users for tweeting on social media platform X to fight bots and fake users, Pymnts reported. Last October, the company began experimenting by charging a $1 subscription fee annually from users in the Philippines and New Zealand. Musk may apply a strategy similar […]

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INTERNATIONAL HACKERS TARGET SENSITIVE ISRAELI DATABASES

Wed 17 April 2024: International hackers have launched a dedicated website for releasing information obtained from recent breaches into sensitive Israeli databases, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Tuesday.  The site has already posted thousands of documents reportedly acquired by infiltrating systems associated with the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the National Insurance, the Ministry of Justice, and […]

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WATCH | ISRAEL’S SHOCKING AI TOOLS & GOOGLE’S COMPLICITY IN GAZA

Sat 13 April 2024: The algorithms that Big Tech designed – and the genocide they assisted. The Listening Post explores how Israel’s killing campaign of Palestinians has relied on artificial intelligence to choose its targets. A dystopian nightmare serves as a marketing campaign for technology flawed by design, and deepens the global digital divide. Contributors: […]

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RESEARCHERS RECREATED THE FACE OF A 16TH-CENTURY ‘VAMPIRE’ BURIED WITH A BRICK INSIDE HIS MOUTH

Sat 13 April 2024: The scientists replicated the visage of a 16th-century woman, who was thought to be a vampire by the Italian people, bringing a scary narrative alive. In the rebuilt face, a brick appeared lodged in her mouth, presumably to prevent her from eating up the deceased. The story behind this… The story […]

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