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In a heated podcast featuring Trainwrecks, H3H3, and Hasan, star streamer Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel went further than just calling out gambling streams; he pointed to streamers promoting smoking and alcohol on their broadcasts, like Mizkif’s Fireball Fridays, as being just as dangerous. The debate surrounding gambling streams on Twitch has hit fever pitch with the July 21 podcast between Ethan Klein, Hasan Piker, Trainwrecks, and xQc. After xQc labeled the initial podcast with H3H3 ⁠— which he wasn’t on ⁠— unfair and “shameless” to gambling streamers like Adin Ross and Trainwrecks, the scope of ‘dangerous’ streams has now expanded. Hasan and xQc got into a heated exchange regarding the regulation of gambling and other “dangerous vices”, with the French-Canadian adding that drinking and smoking streams can cause as much damage as gambling ones. Twitch: xQcxQc exploded at Hasan as the two debated about “dangerous vices” on Twitch. “The reason why regulations exist is because of the incalculable harm that it does when you’re promoting a dangerous vibe like gambling, even to a younger audience. It’s not even a ‘think of the kids’ argument at that point, it’s just a bad and wrong thing to do,” Hasan opened with. “Why do…

Popular Twitch streamer Sweet_Anita has threatened to quit streaming due to the “mental toll of being at the mercy” of strangers hyper-sexualising her online. In an interview with HuffPost, Anita claimed the pressure was not “survivable” long-term. “These people are literally ruining my experience of streaming,” she told the HuffPost. “It’s basically like having millions of people be your boss, and your boss is allowed to sexually harass you every day.” Anita boasts over 1.7 million followers on the platform, where she has risen to success for playing games like Overwatch and Among Us. However, it’s also worth noting that her real name isn’t even Anita, that’s just an online alias she uses because she’s worried about privacy concerns. She has also made headlines for her Tourette’s Syndrome, which causes her to swear uncontrollably on camera. Combined with her penchant for profanity, Anita quickly rose to fame, gaining 150,000 followers in her first month. “She’s a naturally entertaining conversationalist,” Woof, one of Anita’s first moderators, told Kotaku. “That, along with the different accents and voices Anita could do, made us think that she was a streamer or should be a streamer.” However, Anita’s rise to fame has always been peppered with conspiracies, doubters and…

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Last Updated: 22nd July, 2021 09:04 IST The Minimalist co-founder mocks people with bad English. The Internet slams his point of view saying, “perhaps his attitude may be the first thing to fix here.” IMAGE: Twitter/@FABResearch/Unsplash Knowing a foreign language may be an asset, and yet not the cornerstone of one’s intelligence, knowledge, experience, or identity. While worldwide, some 1.75 billion people, including leaders, the business decision-makers, and youngsters choose the English language to express their ideas and thought processes, good knowledge of the language is never a measure of intelligence, and likewise, not knowing the widely-spoken language shall not shun out an individual of their social cliques, or be mocked at. Often, the Grammar Nazis or Sesquipedalians, or those fond of ‘high-flown’ language tag others struggling with the English language as “un-smart,” despite that there is no scientific evidence that the proficiency in a foreign language determines human intelligence, the logical analysis by the scientific world has time and again found.But The Minimalist Co-founder, Sahil Vaidya, who made it on Forbes 30 under 30 list, does not seem to agree with the logic as he propelled an inane idea on Wednesday that seemed to predict that if an individual is “not as proficient”…

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- We live in a time where people can be highly dependent on social media. After all, it's an outlet for career growth and support. It's also made many quite vulnerable.Now, cyber security experts are seeing how scammers and hackers are taking advantage of that vulnerability in a new era of scams."It's much easier for criminals today," said cyber security expert Ondrej Krehel.READ ALSO: HPD arrests 21-year-old accused of being prolific con artistKrehel is talking about hackers on Facebook and Instagram."Instagram seems to be a platform, which has a high level of trust," said Krehel.Users go live on social media, they're able to post stories in real time, and many share personal moments and grief.Shortly after well-known Houston promoter Keith Nelson asked his 34,000 followers to pray for his mom, who was suffering from a stroke, his Instagram account was hacked.The scammer messaged hundreds of friends requesting money to help Nelson's mother. In several messages, the hacker, who posed as Nelson, would write, 'I'm here with my mom and doctors.'""It's kind of frustrating, using my mom," said Nelson. "People were texting me while I'm in the hospital like, 'Hey, do you still need that money?'"Here are some…

A cash-strapped airline is taking an unusual approach to offloading its fleet of A380 planes, which each have a $400 million price tag.Malaysia Airlines’ parent company has taken to social media in a bid to find new owners for the cash-strapped airline’s six A380 jumbo jets.Malaysia Aviation Group announced a tender on LinkedIn to sell the aircraft or their components, with a list price of more than $400 million for one plane. However, some experts say the value of A380s – which are falling out of favour with the world’s airlines – was less than $100 million, Traveller reports.The move comes as Malaysia Airlines seeks to recover from the massive hit to revenue caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. RELATED: Eerie pics of A380s just sitting in the desertLast year the airline announced plans to restructure with about $5.2 billion in debt, which was completed in May.That month, group chief executive Captain Izham Ismail said offloading the fleet of A380s was part of the restructured airline’s plan. “We are cognisant of the challenges to sell this aeroplane, but we are still looking at ways and means to dispose of our 380 fleet,” he told Reuters.“At the moment, the management is convinced…

Photo: Sergei Konkov/TASS Photography via Getty Images this week , The WhatsApp It started by releasing two functions that are supposed to make life easier for users. From now on, it is possible to access any conference call, even without answering it when the phone rings. The news was announced through the platform as a way to bring friends and family physically distant due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. To check the functionality, the user must update their application and access the Calls tab, which will contain the information that the call was lost. The platform claims that this new functionality also allows to view the participants who were invited but did not join the call. “As group calling becomes increasingly popular, we are working to improve this experience for our users, always keeping calls safe and privacy protected through end-to-end encryption protection,” the company says. Other news from The WhatsApp It is a trial version for cross-platform functionality. This new feature allows the user to access the same account on up to four devices independently and simultaneously. The functionality is being released slowly, to a limited number of users, as a form of testing, due to a change in…

Crime and CourtsSnapchat is one of the most popular apps to communicate with hundreds of friends who at any given moment can be found on the app's Snap Map. Written By: Kevin Wallevand | 9:57 pm, Jul. 21, 2021 FARGO-MOORHEAD — Yvonnah, Ben, and Madelyn are getting ready for fall college classes. They just finished at Fargo South High School, and like most of their friends, use SnapChat. "It has always been a thing to see how many people are on your Snap Map or how many you have on Snapchat," said Madelyn. "It is sometimes like a gloating thing." Snapchat is one of the most popular apps to communicate with hundreds of friends who at any given moment can be found on the app's Snap Map. "I use it to see if someone is at the place I am at," said Ben. "I was at the fair, and I was wondering if there was anyone here that I know." "I have always heard, 'Don't have it on,'" said Madelyn. "We have always had that talk to turn it off and not leaving it on for certain people, because it is scary it is to let anyone random know where…

Maggie Wiebe/Daily. Buy this photo. As a writer for The Michigan Daily, it’s important that we challenge ourselves and show growth in our writing. As much as I love writing narrative pieces, I do think I need to broaden my style. While thinking of avenues to follow, an editor suggested I try poetry. I joked that there was no way I could write poetry for The Daily — I’m not Rupi Kaur. Especially with current Internet culture, works of authors like Rupi Kaur, like “Milk and Honey,” have gained an incredible amount of traction and are sometimes even turned into memes. There was even a book published titled “Milk and Vine: Inspirational Quotes From Classic Vines” and written in the same style as Kaur and features minimalistic, monochromatic artwork that imitates Kaur’s artistry.  Inspired by “Milk and Vine” and Rupi Kaur herself, I’ve decided to do something of the sort. Ever since I was around 15 or 16, my Instagram inbox has always flooded itself with messages from men all around the world. Some messages are provocative, some are simple spam messages and some are not even in English. I never respond to these messages, but I always screenshot them,…

The investigation into the porn racket allegedly being operated by IPL scam-tainted businessman and actor Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra has revealed that Raj Kundra had hatched a plan B as his Hotshots app was taken down by both Google and Apple store. Kundra has been remanded in police custody till July 23. Kundra's lawyer Abad Ponda has reportedly said that the content of the streaming platform in question is vulgar, like many other streaming platforms, but can't be classified as porn, reports said.Here are the latest updates of the police investigation into the case> The crime branch has frozen several bank accounts having deposits of around ₹7.5 crore in connection with the Raj Kundra porn app case.> Another porn app, Nueflicks, has come on the radar as police have found ₹3 crore in a bank account of Madhya Pradesh's Yash Thakur who runs this app. Yash Thakur is in Singapore as of now.> Police have searched Raj Kundra's office and are now going through agreement papers, subscription details, emails, WhatsApp chats etc.> The WhatsApp chats have revealed that Raj Kundra was planning to start a new porn application caled Bollyfame as the content of Hotshots already received strike and…