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Major media websites go down worldwide
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Multiple websites operated by news outlets including the Financial Times, CNN and Bloomberg News were down across the globe on Tuesday.
Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network was also affected. France’s Le Monde newspaper…
Google launches AI-powered health tool to identify skin conditions
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Google's is introducing a web tool that uses artificial intelligence to help people identify skin, hair, or nail conditions. The company hopes to launch a pilot later this year.
The team trained the model on millions…
WhatsApp sues Indian govt, says new media rules mean end to privacy
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WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel the California-based Facebook unit to break privacy…
Imo launches ‘Multiple Account Support’ for Bangladeshi users
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Imo has recently introduced a new feature 'Multiple Account Support,' where users can seamlessly switch between multiple accounts using one handset and log in to their respective Imo account safely and seamlessly. The new…
Toyota Motor shares hit record high
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Shares of Toyota Motor rose for a third straight session and hit a record high on Tuesday, as investors continued to bet on the Japanese automaker's ability to tackle a global chip shortage better than its rivals.
The…
TikTok taps new CEO from Chinese parent firm
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The fast-growing video-sharing app TikTok named a new top executive Friday who will keep his responsibilities at Chinese parent firm ByteDance.
A statement said Shouzi Chew, ByteDance's chief financial officer, will…
Bangladesh charts 9m new social media users
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A study has demonstrated the exceptional growth of social media in Bangladesh as more than 900,000 users joined the platform between 2020 and 2021.
The total number of social media users in the country is 45million,…
Amazon apologises for wrongly denying drivers need to urinate in bottles
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Amazon has apologised to a US politician for falsely denying that drivers are, at times, forced to urinate in plastic bottles.
Mark Pocan, a Democrat from Wisconsin, referenced Amazon making "workers urinate in water…
YouTube deletes 30,000 vaccine misinfo videos
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YouTube has removed more than 30,000 misleading Covid-19 vaccination videos in the past five months, it said.
A YouTube spokeswoman said the videos contradicted vaccine information from the World Health Organization…
Millions of websites offline after fire at French cloud services firm
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A fire at a French cloud services firm has disrupted millions of websites, knocking out government agencies' portals, banks, shops, news websites and taking out a chunk of the .FR web space, according to internet…