Sat 30 December 2023: Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately. US district judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, put a scheduled trial in the proposed class action, which was due to begin in February, on […]
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Fri 29 December 2023: The Asteroid 2020 KT4 belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. These are Near-Earth Asteroids. The asteroid has come in Earth’s vicinity right in the holiday season. The asteroid is the size of a big aircraft, it is about 250 feet wide. It is hurtling through space at a huge speed […]
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Fri 29 December 2023: Sadly, a 12-year old child in British Columbia died by suicide following a case of online sextortion. The child’s grieving parents are passionately urging families to talk to their children about the dangers of online predators in the hopes that other children can be safeguarded against online risks. Sexual extortion, or “sextortion,” […]
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Fri 29 December 2023: The attempt by Elon Musk’s X to overturn a California law requiring social media companies to disclose to the public the methods they use for content moderation on their platforms has failed. In September, X filed a lawsuit against the state of California, claiming that the new legislation violates upon the […]
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Fri 29 December 2023: On August 12, a family in the central Indian city of Bhopal took a selfie in their home. After the photo, the father, Bhupendra Vishwakarma, gave his two sons, eight and three years old, a poisoned drink, and he and his wife took their lives by hanging themselves. In his four-page […]
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Thu 28 December 2023: In the three weeks since war began between Israel and Hamas, social media has been taken over with images and stories of attacks, many of which proved false. For example, within hours of Hamas’ surprise attack on Oct. 7, 2023, screen grabs from a popular video game were shared by thousands of social […]
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Wed 27 December 2023: Bitcoin is in for a “very explosive” year in 2024, from exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to legislation and regulation in crypto assets, an expert told Anadolu. “From the exchange collapses and corporate fallout of 2022, to the regulatory battles of 2023, the crypto industry is still here and growing,” said Brandon Zemp, […]
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Wed 27 December 2023: The results of Google searches this year seem to imply that people throughout the world are still incredibly fascinated by artificial intelligence (AI). Google searches for cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, and related Web3 terms did not score highly during the year 2023. Global searches for crypto-related content flooded Google between 2020 and […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: Google Maps now includes a new ‘Timeline’ function that will assist users in remembering areas they have visited.The new feature will soon be available to all devices on the Timeline and will provide the user more control over the data. The new feature is powered by a Location History setting. In […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: Carlin Putman of Houston, Texas worked at AIG for more than two decades. Earlier this year, she lost her job. She was devastated. But the writing was on the wall for months as the company tried to cut costs. “No matter how much work we had, it was working off of […]
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