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adminMay 25, 2021

By Moin Qazi The COVID-19 pandemic has put medical doctors through one of the most grueling tests of all time. They are on the front lines of the battle to save human lives and are putting up a truly brave fight. Yet beyond the battle lines, in the confines of comfort, is another tribe of […]

adminMay 25, 2021

By Syed Ali Mujtaba Indian Muslims always get a bad press and the blame is put on the community for not doing anything spectacular that may give them positive coverage. This is a hackneyed narrative that is going on since independence where the largest minority of the country has been on the receiving end, searching […]

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With crores of people in India already using TikTok and all of them having the option to share the app with others, blocking its access on Google Play Store and Apple App Store may not produce the desired results, experts have warned. TikTok, which is very popular among children, is facing criticism from different quarters […]

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New Delhi/Mumbai: Ending all speculation, famed Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar joined the Congress in the national capital on Wednesday afternoon. Matondkar, 45, who shot to fame as a child star in “Masoom” (1983), is likely to be named the Congress candidate for the Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat. IANS had first reported on March 25 how […]

adminMay 25, 2021

In a bid to avoid discrimination in ads related to housing, jobs and credits, Facebook has announced new changes where anyone who wants to run such ads will no longer be allowed to target by age, gender or zip code. These changes are the result of settlement agreements with leading civil rights organisations and ongoing […]

adminMay 25, 2021

New York : More than 50 engineers at Facebook are reportedly busy giving shape to the social media giant’s own cryptocurrency and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is quite bullish on the project. Not only Facebook, highly-encrypted mobile communications apps Telegram and Signal are also on the job to roll out new cryptocurrencies over the next year, […]

adminMay 25, 2021

London : As the European Parliament election inch closer, the European Commission has claimed Facebook is withholding key data on its efforts towards how the platform is rooting out the spread of poll-related disinformation. According to a report in The Guardian on Thursday, the European Commission has complained that Facebook has set up fact checkers […]

adminMay 25, 2021

San Francisco : You may soon login to Facebook with Blockchain-based authentication, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has indicated. In a public interview with Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain late on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said he is “potentially interested” in putting the Facebook login on the Blockchain technology. “I’m thinking about going back to decentralised or Blockchain authentication. […]

adminMay 25, 2021

San Francisco : US online retail giant Amazon is leading a $700-million funding round for electric truck startup Rivian Automotive, Rivian has said. The latest funds will help produce its first all-electric vehicles — the R1T pickup truck and the seven-seat R1S SUV, which were revealed in the November Los Angeles Auto Show, Xinhua news […]

adminMay 25, 2021

Washington : Facebook is negotiating a multi-billion dollar fine with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the social media giant’s past privacy practices. According to a report in The Washington Post on Thursday, the specific amount is yet to be determined but it would be the largest fine the FTC has ever levied on […]

Category: Social Media

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Why TikTok ban may not give the desired results

Actress Urmila Matondkar joins Congress

Facebook to curb discrimination in housing, job ads

Facebook, Telegram working on their own cryptocurrencies

Facebook not sharing key disinformation data with EU: Report

Facebook interested in Blockchain-based authentication: Zuckerberg

Amazon leads $700mn investment in electric truck startup

Facebook negotiating multi-billion dollar fine with US agency: Report

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