40 killed in Sri Lanka explosions

40 killed in Sri Lanka explosions

At least 40 people were killed and more than 250 others injured on Sunday as explosions ripped through three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka, media reports said. According to the island nation’s The Daily Mirror newspaper, explosions were reported as hundreds of worshipers gathered at the St. Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade, Kotahena, St. […]

Facebook still hosting NZ shooting footage: Report

Facebook still hosting NZ shooting footage: Report

Despite Facebook’s claim that the livestreaming video of the March 15 Christchurch shooting that killed 50 people was removed from its platforms, sections of the raw footage are still available for users to watch, the media reported. According to a report in Motherboard on Friday, certain videos on Facebook and Instagram show sections of the […]

End of an era: Long-running TV shows set to wrap up

End of an era: Long-running TV shows set to wrap up

All good things must come to an end, and that stands true for hugely popular shows like “Game of Thrones”, “Big Bang Theory”, “Modern Family”, “Supernatural” and “Suits”. As the quest to claim the Iron Throne nears its end with the final chapter of “Game of Thrones” opening next week, IANS lists shows that are […]

Facebook bans Canadian white nationalism accounts

Facebook bans Canadian white nationalism accounts

In its first crackdown against white nationalism and separatism on its platform, Facebook has banned far-right political commentator Faith Goldy and Canadian white nationalist groups including from Instagram. Facebook last month abandoned a long-standing policy of allowing white supremacy to thrive on its platforms as nations criticised it for promoting hate propaganda in the wake […]

How Mark ‘Zucked’ Facebook and its brand image

How Mark ‘Zucked’ Facebook and its brand image

Book: Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe; Author: Roger McNamee; Publisher: Harper Collins; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 336 Facebook is perhaps the best example of how a great idea of connecting with family and friends online can become a catastrophe in just 15 years of its existence. From the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, housing […]

Research on ISS may offer cure for Parkinson’s

Research on ISS may offer cure for Parkinson’s

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are striving to provide an insight into Parkinson’s disease, the chronic neurodegenerative disease that affects more than five million people worldwide, NASA has revealed. The team, comprising astronauts Serena Aunon-Chancellor from NASA and Alexander Gerst from the European Space Agency (ESA), are studying a group of protein crystals […]

FB removes Pakistani military-backed fake accounts

FB removes Pakistani military-backed fake accounts

Facebook on Monday said it removed 103 Pages, Groups and accounts on both its platform and Instagram for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behaviour against India as part of a military-backed network that originated in Pakistan. The individuals used fake accounts to operate military fan Pages, general Pakistani interest Pages, Kashmir community Pages and hobby and […]

Gmail turns 15, Google says making it better

Gmail turns 15, Google says making it better

Google’s email service Gmail that has nearly 1.5 billion monthly active users turned 15 on Monday and the company plans to customize it for its users in the days to come. Created by Paul Buchheit on April 1, 2004, Gmail started with an initial storage capacity of one gigabyte per user. Today, Gmail allows 15GB […]

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