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On everybody's mind: COVID-19 vaccines, Elon Musk's Tesla and WhatsApp
Serum Institute of India (SII) dispatched millions of doses of Covishield vaccine to multiple locations across India.Good morning!Early yesterday morning, Serum Institute of India began dispatching the first batches of its COVID-19 vaccine Covishield to several cities across India, ahead of the government’s January 16 immunisation drive to 30 crore…Read More
Valkyrae Beats Pokimane to Become Most-Watched Female Streamer
Valkyrae, once the fastest-growing streamer in the world, overtakes Pokimane as data shows she was the most-watched female streamer in 2020. Rachel Hofstetter, better known as Valkyrae, relocated from Twitch to YouTube at the start of 2020 and it has proven to be an advantageous move for the streamer. The start…Read More
Twitch Streamer Happy Hob Shaves Head, Eyebrows After Failing No Hit Challenge
Happy Hob is one of the most legendary Souls streamers around, but a recent failed no hit run is going to cost him more than just time. The Happy Hob is one of the most prolific Souls streamers around, known for being the first player to ever complete the God Run, a…Read More
Lake City man accused of exchanging explicit photos with minor
Coty Kish (Columbia County Sheriff's Office)LAKE CITY, Fla. – A 26-year-old Lake City man accused of exchanging explicit photos with a minor was arrested Monday inside the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office building following an interview with detectives.Detectives started investigating Coty Kish after the Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from a…Read More
Facebook Removed 17 Networks for Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in December 2020
Content from one of the Ukraine-based networks that was removed Facebook By David Cohen 4 hours ago Coordinated inauthentic behavior kept Facebook busy in December 2020, as the social network removed 17 networks, setting a new monthly high.The social network said in a Newsroom post that it removed a total…Read More
SocialArks data breach has left over 200 million social media users' personal and professional …
A Chinese data-management firm SocialArks’ proclaims itself to be a “cross-border social media management company that solves the problems of brand building, marketing, social customer management in China’s foreign trade sector.” This company has recently become a target of cybercrime when personal and public details of about more than 214 million…Read More
LinkedIn is offering free online classes based on the top skills companies want in 2021
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Pa. rep who had son, 5, smoke a cigar, demean women, wants Capitol shaming plaques back
J.D. Prose, USA TODAY Network - PA State Capitol Bureau | Beaver County Times A Republican state legislator wants plaques describing the criminal histories of former Pennsylvania House Speakers returned to their official portraits in the state Capitol after they were removed under former House Speaker Mike Turzai.“Criminal convictions that…Read More
Accused armed robbers who taunted victim on social media arrested
Gabriel Monte | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Lubbock police recently arrested two people accused of taunting a man on social media after robbing him at gunpoint hours before. Eric Izaiah Maxwell, 18, was booked about 1 a.m. Sunday on a charge of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony that carries a punishment of five years…Read More
Tech giants banished Trump. Now things get complicated
As the world adjusts to a Twitter without @realdonaldtrump, the next big question is: “Now what?" Major tech platforms, long accused of giving President Donald Trump special treatment not allotted to regular users, have shown him the door in the wake of his incitement of violence by supporters at the…Read More
IAC Shares Rally as Vimeo Growth Accelerates Ahead of Spinoff
Text size Nopparat Khokthong/Dreamstime.com IAC/InterActiveCorp shares were trading higher Tuesday after the internet holding company announced a strong financial update, and Wall Street responded with positive commentary on the stock. IAC (ticker: IAC) has been issuing monthly financial updates on all of its business lines, and the December update included…Read More
Most in-demand jobs and their salaries, according to LinkedIn – Business Insider – Business Insider
To find the most in-demand jobs as we start a new year, LinkedIn examined its hiring data to find what kinds of occupations saw the most growth from April to October 2020 compared to 2019. LinkedIn saw employment growth for nurses and in e-commerce in 2020, since more people were…Read More
Online teaching: 4 Ahmedabad schools quit WhatsApp over 'security concerns'
By: Express News Service | Ahmedabad | January 13, 2021 1:29:36 am The four schools have around 243 different WhatsApp groups and close to 13,700 parents actively using this messaging platform, majorly run as ‘only admin can post’ groups. Four schools in Ahmedabad associated with Udgam Consultancy have decided to…Read More
Facebook hit with interim measures over WhatsApp data policy
Charley Connor12 January 2021 Shutterstock/Antonio Salaverry Turkey’s antitrust watchdog has banned Facebook from using WhatsApp user data to boost its other services as the agency probes whether the company’s recently-announced new data merging policy infringes competition law. To read moreSubscribe to Global Competition Review Subscribe and start reading now Global…Read More
Midcoast Meetings: Jan. 15-22
The Forecaster increase font size Bath See cityofbath.com for information on Zoom meetings. Tues. 1/19 6 p.m. Recreation Commission Brunswick For information on remote access, televised/streamed meetings see brunswickme.org. Tues. 1/19 6:30 p.m. Town Council Wed. 1/20 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee Wed. 1/20 6:15 p.m. Appointment Committee Wed. 1/20 …Read More
Seven YouTube alternatives to try when you can't find a video on YouTube
YouTube is the number one online video-sharing platform in the world. Any person with a camera, computer, and internet connection can create videos and upload them to their YouTube channels for free.Some people even make money from their videos after building a successful channel under a popular niche. All they…Read More
Explore the ideas of Dr. King with Rothko Chapel's virtual discussion on Vimeo
"Broken Obelisk" by Barnett Newman, dedicated to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Courtesy of Rothko Chapel Celebrate the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a thought-provoking discussion from Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Rothko Chapel on Vimeo on Friday, January 15, 2021. Held on Dr. King’s birthday,…Read More
YouTube Unveils Its First Black Voices Class Of 2021
YouTube overnight announced a first round of winners for its YouTube Black Voices Class of 2021, an initiative to invest in fresh narratives on the video platform “that emphasize the intellectual power, authenticity, dignity, and joy of Black voices.” The 132 creators and artists are from the U.S., U.K., Kenya,…Read More
Watch Dracula and other classic monster movies for free on YouTube for a week
This coming Friday sees the long-awaited return of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the debut of WandaVision. There are some other pretty cool debuts on Friday as well though, and they even come from the very first shared cinematic universe we ever had. As first reported by NME, Universal will…Read More
