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Twitter Permanently Suspends My Pillow CEO For Election Misinformation
The microblogging site Twitter has permanently suspended the account of My Pillow chief Mike Lindell for repeated violations of the company’s policy on election misinformation. Lindell used his personal Twitter account, which had nearly half a million followers before being suspended, and the company’s account...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 26, 2021
1 min read
Google Search And Maps Will Soon Show Vaccination Centers In The US
Google is expanding its knowledge panels in search results and is working to show nearby vaccination centers on Maps.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 26, 2021
1 min read
Google Is Redesigning ‘Google Search’ On Mobile
“We wanted to take a step back to simplify a bit so people could find what they’re looking for faster and more easily,” Aileen Cheng, who led the redesign, said in the blog.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 23, 2021
1 min read
Elon Musk Offers $100 Million Prizes For Carbon Capture Technologies
Billionaire Elon Musk said that he will donate $100 million toward a prize for the best carbon capture technology.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 22, 2021
1 min read
Netflix To Roll Our ‘Shuffle Play’ Feature To All Users Worldwide This Year
The streaming giant Netflix is rolling 'Shuffle Play' feature to all users worldwide starting this year.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 20, 2021
1 min read
DuckDuckGo Surpasses 100 Million Daily Search Queries
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo reached a major milestone in its 12-year-old history this week when it recorded on Monday its first-ever day with more than 100 million user search queries.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 17, 2021
1 min read
Apple Is Again Extending Apple TV+ Free Trials To July 2021
Apple will be extending the free year-long trials of its TV Plus service to customers until July 2021, as reported by 9to5mac.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2021
1 min read
What Is A Reverse Proxy?
A reverse proxy is a server that sits in front of web servers and forwards client (e.g. web browser) requests to those web servers. Reverse proxies are typically implemented to help increase security, performance, and reliability.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2021
2 min read
WhatsApp To Delay Its New Privacy Policy
After massive confusion, WhatsApp on Friday announced a three-month delay of a new privacy policy originally slated to go into effect on February 8th.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Will Transfer White House Accounts On January 20, 2021
The microblogging site Twitter said it will transfer institutional White House Twitter accounts to Biden administration when the U.S. President-elect swears in on January 20.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2021
1 min read
Snapchat Permanently Bans President Trump
US President Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Snapchat, according to a statement by the platform Wednesday.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 14, 2021
1 min read
TikTok Is Making Teens’ Accounts Private By Default
Tiktok is changing the default privacy setting for all registered accounts ages 13-15 to private. With a private TikTok account, only someone who the user approves as a follower can view their videos.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 13, 2021
1 min read
YouTube Deletes Trump Video And Suspends New Uploads For A Week
YouTube has removed a new video uploaded to President Trump's account for violating the content policies.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 13, 2021
1 min read
Google Is Launching $3 Million To Debunk Vaccine Misinformation
The Google News Initiative is launching a COVID-19 Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund worth up to $3 million.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 13, 2021
1 min read
Signal Crosses 1 Million Installs Every Day After WhatsApp’s Privacy Update
Cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal surge to 1 million installs every day after Facebook-owned WhatsApp updated its privacy policy.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 12, 2021
1 min read
WhatsApp Answered Questions And Rumours About The Updated Privacy Policy
WhatsApp recently updated its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to mandate data-sharing with all companies in the Facebook family. With some of the rumours going around, Whatsapp has answered some of the common questions they have received.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 12, 2021
1 min read
PayPal Blocks Website That Helped Send Protesters to Capitol
Paypal has blocked the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo after it helped raise funds for people who attended last week’s violent event in Washington, D.C., as reported by Bloomberg.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 12, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Suspended 70,000+ Accounts Dedicated To Sharing QAnon Content
The microblogging site Twitter has suspended more than 70,000 accounts since Friday that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content after last week’s violence in Washington when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol,
Bijay Pokharel,
January 12, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Shares Fall 7% After Banning President Trump
The microblogging site Twitter shares fell 7% in pre-market trading after the social media platform permanently banned outgoing President Donald Trump
Bijay Pokharel,
January 11, 2021
1 min read
Parler Site Goes Offline After AWS Terminates Hosting
American microblogging and social networking service Parler goes offline after Amazon web services terminate its cloud computing support.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 11, 2021
1 min read
