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September 2020

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Facebook Won’t Accept Political Ads in Week Before the Election

Facebook announced some steps it is taking to help secure the integrity of the US elections. According to Facebook, these steps are to encourage voting, connect people to authoritative information, and reduce the risk of post-election confusion. Mark Zuckerberg made a lengthy post on Facebook about this. Here is a small portion of it: The US elections are just two

DoD Reaffirmed JEDI Cloud Contract to Microsoft, Amazon Complains

The ongoing drama between Amazon and the Department of Defense about the JEDI contract continues, after a pause in August. Today, the Department of Defense announced that it has re-evaluated its decision to award the JEDI Cloud to Microsoft, and reaffirmed that decision. The Department has completed its comprehensive re-evaluation of the JEDI Cloud proposals and determined that Microsoft's proposal

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SpaceX 12th Starlink Launch

SpaceX has conducted it's 12th Starlink launch and is getting close to opening it's formal beta program and hopefully I will be able to enjoy High Speed Internet at the compound. Plus some real damning information coming out of Facebook on it's ability to curtail violence on it's platform. Conspiracy of the Day The Dyatlov Pass mystery Subscribe to the

Xiaomi Ecosystem Updates for the UK

Xiaomi launched in the UK back in November 2018 and has made considerable progress in brand recognition and product availability - I know a couple of people who have bough Mi phones or Smart Bands and say good things. Certainly there's probably an element of benefitting from Huawei's misfortune but I think that does a disservice to Xiaomi's products which

Facebook Introduces a Forwarding Limit on Messenger

Facebook announced that they are introducing a forwarding limit on Facebook Messenger. From now on, messages can only be forwarded to five people or groups at a time. The purpose of this limitation, according to Facebook, is slow the spread of viral misinformation and harmful content that has the potential to cause real world harm. We want Messenger to be

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