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TikTok To Remove Videos Of Trump Inciting Supporters To Storm The Capitol
TikTok is also blocking certain hashtags related to the riots, such as #stormthecapitol and #patriotparty.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 8, 2021
1 min read
Boeing Charged $2.5 Billion Penalty For Lying About 737 Max Crashes
Boeing will pay more than $2.5 billion in an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve a criminal charge of defrauding the Federal Aviation Administration over the 737 Max airplane.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 8, 2021
1 min read
Bitcoin Hits $40,000 For The First Time
The world’s most popular cryptocurrency climbed as high as $40,402.46 and was last up 6.1% at $39,100. It crossed $30,000 for the first time on Jan. 2 and $20,000 on Dec. 16.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 8, 2021
1 min read
Facebook Is Removing ‘Likes’ Button From Public Pages
The social media giant Facebook has dropped the “likes” button from its redesigned public pages used by artists, public figures and brands, the social media company said on Wednesday. Facebook Pages will only show followers and have a dedicated News Feed where users can join...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 7, 2021
1 min read
Italy Court Orders Facebook To Pay $5 Million In Damages For Copying App
The judges said the U.S. group copied their ‘Nearby’ feature from Italy’s Business Competence’s app ‘Faround’, which allows users to identify shops, clubs, restaurants in their surrounding area through geolocalisation.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 6, 2021
1 min read
Apple Temporarily Closes All Remaining Apple Stores In UK
Apple has temporarily closed its 18 open retail stores in the UK following a new round of tough lockdowns in England and Scotland.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 5, 2021
1 min read
Slack Suffers Its First Massive Outage Of 2021
Slack suffered a massive outage where users cannot connect, messages cannot be sent and received, and channel history cannot be retrieved.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 4, 2021
1 min read
Bitcoin Hits $29K for First Time Ever
The price of bitcoin (BTC) crossed $29,000 Wednesday evening for the first time ever, pushing further into record territory after hitting what had been an all-time high earlier in the day.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 1, 2021
1 min read
Apple Removes 39,000 Game Apps From China Store
Apple initially gave game publishers an end-of-June deadline to submit a government-issued licence number enabling users to make in-app purchases in the world’s biggest games market.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 31, 2020
1 min read
Google Pay Now Works With 18 More American Financial Institutions
Google Pay is a digital wallet platform and online payment system developed by Google to power in-app and tap-to-pay purchases on mobile devices, enabling users to make payments With Android phones, tablets, or watches. In addition to this, the service also supports passes such as...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 30, 2020
1 min read
What Is A VPN Tunnel And How Does It Works ?
A VPN tunnel is an encrypted link between your computer or mobile device and an outside network. A VPN tunnel can provide a way to cloak some of your online activity.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 25, 2020
4 min read
What Is LAN, WAN, WLAN, MAN, SAN, PAN, EPN & VPN
The size of a network can be expressed by the geographic area they occupy and the number of computers that are part of the network. Networks can cover anything from a handful of devices within a single room to millions of devices spread across the...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 24, 2020
5 min read
Visa Continues Its Ban On Pornhub But Will Allow Payments On Some MindGeek Sites
Visa said it would allow usage of its cards on Pornhub-owner MindGeek’s platforms that host professionally produced adult studio content, but would continue to decline processing payments coming from Pornhub itself.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 24, 2020
1 min read
IBM Will Pay $24.25 Million To Resolve Federal Communications Commission Probes
IBM Corp has agreed to pay $24.25 million to resolve a pair of investigations by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over subsidies awarded to connect schools and libraries to broadband
Bijay Pokharel,
December 24, 2020
1 min read
Facebook To Add More Account Security Features Next Year
The social media giant Facebook will start allowing users to set up physical security keys as a way to verify their identity before logging into the social network’s mobile app, beginning next year.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 23, 2020
1 min read
You Can Now Play Microsoft’s Flight Simulator In Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available on your favorite VR headset for PC, offering simmers the deepest and most immersive virtual flight experience in the new simulator to date.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 23, 2020
1 min read
Apple Releases Adobe Premiere Pro On Apple Silicon M1 To Public Beta Testers
As for the codecs, Premiere Pro’s public beta version for M1 Macs will initially only support a few. Those include H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and more.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 22, 2020
2 min read
Apple Targets Car Production By 2024, Says Reuters
According to Reuters, Apple is pursuing production of a passenger vehicle by 2024 as well as the creation of self-driving systems and a “breakthrough battery technology.”
Bijay Pokharel,
December 22, 2020
1 min read
Apple Shuts Some California Stores As Coronavirus Cases Rises
The tech giant Apple said on Friday it was temporarily shutting some stores in California following a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, sending the iPhone maker’s shares down 1.3% in trading after the bell.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 19, 2020
1 min read
Sony Removes Cyberpunk 2077 From PlayStation Store
In a statement on PlayStation’s website, Sony said it would offer full refunds to users who purchased the game through the PlayStation Store.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 18, 2020
1 min read
