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Here are highlights from the Duke-Georgia Tech game. It’s from the ACC Digital Network so it’s not entirely Duke highlights but still worth watching. From the Georgia Tech perspective, look at what a good point guard Jose Alvarado has become. He’s unbelievably efficient and smart. The game just seems to bounce off of him and he sends the ball where it needs to go. He’s pretty impressive. They’re going to have a very hard time replacing him next season. For Duke, we saw a lot of really good things from Matthew Hurt, especially down the stretch, Jalen Johnson, DJ Steward and Jordan Goldwire, among others. Then here’s Coach K’s press conference and also some video of the players commenting on the win. Georgia Tech vs. Duke Condensed Game | 2020-21 ACC Men’s Basketball Coach K Duke vs Georgia Tech Postgame Press Conference Georgia Tech vs Duke Basketball Game Highlights 1 26 2021 Blue Devils’ Players Duke vs Georgia Tech Postgame Press Conference

This story is a part of our playbook for VidSpark, a Poynter initiative to bring local news to younger audiences. We worked with three local newsrooms over the course of 2020 to create social media video series aimed at GenZ viewers. Find our entire playbook here. 10 Tampa Bay wanted to reach younger viewers, and that required leaning into social media video. “We have an audience on TV that is aging and they are aging out of news” said Stephen Adams, digital executive producer at 10 Tampa Bay. “We need to be focused on how we bring in the next generation of news consumers or else we simply aren’t going to have jobs.” In this case study, we’ll look at how 10 Tampa Bay pushed outside of the typical broadcast style to reach a new audience on YouTube. We’ll cover how the newsroom spun up a new curated YouTube channel, worked with talent to adapt a fresh presentation style, and shifted its mindset in producing for the platform. Watch: 10 Tampa Bay staff describe their process of creating for YouTube and TikTok 10 Tampa Bay’s initial social-first video strategy was largely focused on Facebook, which was primarily reaching an older…

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The menace of underage driving is a topic on which we have published so many articles.  Law enforcement agencies have been running campaigns against violators continuously, but unfortunately, we still encounter such hazardous and illegal activities.  Recently, a minor was seen driving a Land Cruiser on the roads of Multan, all alone,  raising serious questions and have been a topic of discussion on social media. Everywhere in the world, there is a certain driving age limit to get a license, and we have the same laws in Pakistan. Still, sadly it is being violated so openly, and we come across underage drivers and riders every other day without any punitive action. The underage driving has caused many accidents resulting in serious outcomes and in some cases, fatalities. Underage drivers are a danger to the public and a serious threat to their own lives. Besides cars, there is a vast majority of kids who ride motorbikes and in some cases, auto-rickshaws / Ching-Chee. https://vimeo.com/504584719 Law and Parents’ Responsibility:  No one should operate a motor vehicle without the license. One must wait until he or she reaches the required age limit of 18, as per current law to be eligible for learner’s permit…

This post is a delayed version of Techpoint Digest, a week-daily newsletter that rounds up major happenings in African tech. You can start receiving it hours before everyone else if you subscribe now Today we are discussing: Twitter acquires newsletter startup, Revue WhatsApp clone, GBWhatsApp Twitter trend South Africa set to regulate cryptocurrency Clubhouse is coming to Android Outrage against GBWhatsApp, WhatsApp copycat users Photo by AARN GIRI on Unsplash Yesterday, GBWhatsApp trended on TwitterNG. Before talking about the ‘why?’, let’s do something for the uninitiated. I learnt about GBWhatsApp three years ago; the number of ‘attractive’ features on the app enticed me. ‘Status’ was new to WhatsApp, and downloading them from other users is not allowed. But GBWhatsApp permits that — the bait. And that’s only one of the many ways GBWhatsApp contravenes everything Facebook’s WhatsApp prohibits. GBWhatsApp is arguably the most popular of several WhatsApp’s clone apps available on the Internet — there is FMWhatsApp, WhatsApp Indigo, YOWhatsApp, among others. These apps give users the allowance to break certain WhatsApp restrictions. One of these is the anti-delete feature — when a user deletes a chat or media, it remains for GBWhatsApp users. Back to the ‘why?’ While I…

Video software company Vimeo, listed as IAC on NASDAQ, has raised $300 million in primary equity from funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and Oberndorf Enterprises, LLC at a valuation in excess of $5 billion. The development follows the November 2020 announcement of the company’s $150 million equity raise and IAC’s plan to spin-off Vimeo into an independent, separately-traded public company.The new investment occurred in two tranches, consisting of $200 million at a $5.2 billion pre-money valuation and $100 million at a $5.7 billion pre-money valuation. The capital will provide Vimeo with additional cash to accelerate its investments in growth, innovation, and talent. In its statement, the company said that the company expects to complete the spin-off of Vimeo to IAC shareholders early in the second quarter of 2021.Anjali Sud, CEO, Vimeo said, “As the world embraces video like never before, Vimeo is in an incredibly strong position to help more businesses take advantage of this powerful medium. We have built an industry-leading solution that the market needs, and we intend to move swiftly to bring our professional-quality tools to millions of more users.” Vimeo has more than 200 million users across over 150 countries with 1.5…

Both Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google have currently paused political ads after the presidential election as part of measures to police misinformation and other abuses. Both Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google have currently paused political ads after the presidential election as part of measures to police misinformation and other abuses.   | Photo Credit: Reuters Both Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google have currently paused political ads after the presidential election as part of measures to police misinformation and other abuses. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)Facebook Inc said on Monday it would provide academic researchers information on how political ads were targeted in the lead-up to the presidential election in the United States last year.The social media giant said the data would include targeting criteria, such as location and interests, selected by advertisers running social issue, electoral or political ads.Also Read | Twitter grants academics full access to public data, but not for suspended accountsAcademics and researchers can apply for access to this information through the Facebook Open Research & Transparency (FORT) platform on Feb. 1, Facebook said in a blog post, adding that the…

CLOSE Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide. (Oct. 12) AP DomesticHolocaust denial content remains on Facebook three months after pledging to ban all content that “denies or distorts the Holocaust.”That's according to a new report from the ADL (Anti-Defamation League), which gave Facebook a “D” for its efforts.ADL’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said the report released Wednesday on Holocaust Remembrance Day shows that Facebook and other major social media platforms are “still struggling to address anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial effectively.” Among the pieces of content cited by the ADL that Facebook did not take down: a post promoting an anti-Semitic video that claims to expose "lies" about the Holocaust and a private Facebook group dedicated to “Holocaust Revisionism.”Facebook removed the content after being contacted by USA TODAY.Facebook Trump ban: Facebook refers Donald Trump indefinite suspension after Capitol attack to oversight board which could overturn it'Burn down DC': Violence that erupted at Capitol was incited by pro-Trump mob on social media“We don't agree – we’ve made major progress in fighting Holocaust denial on Facebook by implementing a new policy prohibiting it and enforcing against these hateful…

The State Premier of Thuringia has faced criticism for playing Candy Crush during online coronavirus response meetings with Angela Merkel and referring to the chancellor in a diminutive way.Playing gamesBodo Ramelow admitted to playing Candy Crush on his mobile phone during meetings with the chancellor and other state premiers, during which they discussed the containment of coronavirus in Germany. He made the confession at the weekend, in what he believed to be a closed meeting on the audio chatroom app Clubhouse. According to reports, Ramelow, a member of the hard-left Die Linke party, said that during the sometimes lengthy coronavirus meetings, “Some people play Sudoku, others play chess or Scrabble on their phones, and I play Candy Crush.” He is also reported to have referred to Angela Merkel as “Merkelchen,” which translates to “little Merkel.”Ramelow has since apologised for this on Twitter, saying that “diminishing the chancellor’s name was an act of male ignorance.”Ramelow, along with other state premiers, resisted Merkel’s proposals for tougher lockdown restrictions in a coronavirus response meeting in October, just weeks before a new wave of coronavirus cases hit Germany. Ramelow has since admitted that the chancellor was right to push for tougher restrictions.Politicians criticise RamelowThe new head of the CDU party, Armin…

Image via Twitch Rivals Twitch Rivals’ Streamer Bowl II is coming on Feb. 4 with streamers, pro NFL players and community players teaming up in trios to play Fortnite.  The competition featuring Fortnite, in partnership with the NFL Players’ Association, will pit 30 streamer-led teams against one another for a $1,000,000 prize pool that’s all going to charity.  Since Dec. 15, streamers have been playing in the “playoffs” weekly to help determine a draft order. After that, the “Streamer Bowl Cup” determined what 30 members of the Fortnite community at-large would get to join the fun. Winning last year’s inaugural Stream Bowl, Clix was awarded the first pick of this year’s draft. Streamers who placed first during the four weeks of the Playoffs were given picks two through five. The rest of the 25 streamers were given their draft position randomly. Former Fortnite World Cup champion Bugha won the first week of the Playoffs and was rewarded that second pick. The other weekly winners were StableRonaldo, Scoped, and Tocata. They rounded out the top five drafters.  With the first pick, Clix selected his partner from last year, Chicago Bears RB Tarik Cohen. Bugha then followed by selecting Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kurt…