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EXPLAINER-Google, Facebook battle Australia over proposed revenue-sharing law
By Jonathan Barrett and Byron KayeSYDNEY, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has vowed to withdraw its main search engine from Australia, while Facebook Inc says it will block news sharing if the government proceeds with a law to make them pay domestic media outlets for content they feature.The…Read More
Naugatuck High School students lead protest in response to racist Snapchat messages
The main message of the protesters was that they want to see accountability. NAUGATUCK, Conn. — Naugatuck High School students marched from the school to the town green Wednesday afternoon, in response to racist Snapchat messages that surfaced last week. The messages were allegedly sent by police chief Steven Hunt…Read More
Shackstream: skankcore64 Episode 32 – The End of Bomberman 64?
Today at 9 p.m. PT/12 a.m. ET on Shacknews Twitch, the potential conclusion of the biggest Bomberman 64 stream in the universe and our Gold Card charity challenge! Let's unwind after a long Wednesday full of gaming news and kick back with skankcore64, my journey to beat all the Nintendo…Read More
Google going? WhatsApp going! Trump gone
DuckDuckGo, Ask Jeeves, Yandex, Swisscows, Bing - the search engines we could be forced to use if Google delivers on their threat to quit Australia. How likely is that? Messaging service WhatsApp sees an Old Testament scale exodus. Plus, Donald Trump may not be President or on most social media…Read More
Flux Pavilion and Feed Me are Going Head-to-Head in a Beat Battle Tonight
Since the October 2020 inception of their patented "Beat Smash" series, Brownies & Lemonade have served up a buffet of must-see music production content to satiate the cravings of electronic music fans unable to attend festivals. The show, which invites the game's brightest artists to the brand's Twitch channel for a head-to-head…Read More
ID R&D Brings Voice Authentication to WhatsApp for Business
January 27, 2021Biometric solutions provider ID R&D and Wittybots by SimpleTech, a robotic process automation (RPA) and conversation management platform, have announced the launch of the first in-app voice biometrics authentication solution for WhatsApp for Business.The new feature means that businesses that choose to use it can have a customer…Read More
NJ man pleads guilty in Bay Area child porn sextortion case; he allegedly posed as boy online to …
SAN FRANCISCO — A New Jersey man arrested after authorities say he was caught posing as a teen boy online and cyberstalking a Bay Area girl after she gave him sexually explicit videos has pleaded guilty to two counts, including one that carries a minimum of five years. Barry David…Read More
20-year-old sentenced to 4 years for child molesting
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- A 20-year-old man was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of child molesting, according to court records.K-Chawn Price was sentenced to 9 years in prison, with 5 years suspended on one count of child molesting. He will also serve 2 years probation.Price…Read More
NJ man pleads guilty in Bay Area child porn sextortion case; he allegedly posed as boy online to …
SAN FRANCISCO — A New Jersey man arrested after authorities say he was caught posing as a teen boy online and cyberstalking a Bay Area girl after she gave him sexually explicit videos has pleaded guilty to two counts, including one that carries a minimum of five years. Barry David…Read More
TikTok's LGBTQ+ Discourse is Just a Re-Run of Tumblr
If young people today aren’t growing up on TikTok, chances are they’ve already grown up on Tumblr. International friends were formed over fandoms, personal sexualities were discovered, and social justice dominated the microblogging platform. The latter has led to the site often receiving criticism for being full of "social justice warriors"…Read More
How 10 Tampa Bay took investigative news from broadcast to YouTube
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…Read More
YouTube Gold: Post-Georgia Tech Video
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…Read More
Burn the Copycat, Twitter's newsletter acquisition, South Africa's crypto crackdown
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…Read More
Menace of Underage Driving… Continues in Pakistan!
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…Read More
[Funding alert] Vimeo raises $300 M ahead of its separate spin-off
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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…Read More
Facebook to provide data on targeted political ads to researchers
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.…Read More
Facebook still has Holocaust denial content three months after Mark Zuckerberg pledged to remove it
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…Read More
Thuringian PM under fire for playing games during coronavirus meetings
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…Read More
