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A celebrity in Taiwan started her live stream and went to sleep for 5 hours. This then resulted in over 11,000 people watching the stream of her sleeping and then donating $3000 dollars to the streamer. I need that gig. Become an Insider today to get access to this very private, very personal show that will give you complete behind-the-scenes
ABC News reported Facebook will walk back its block on Australian users sharing news on its site after the government agreed to make amendments to the proposed media bargaining laws that would force major tech giants to pay news outlets for their content. This decision is a result of negotiations between the Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook CEO Mark
Perseverance landing video released by NASA is truly remarkable. I was blown away by the clarity it was like a front-row seat. While short it demonstrates how fast and how accurate things have to be to land safely. While computers make it happen in real-time the engineers have to perfect the code and timing to make sure all events fire
A Clubhouse user was able to find a way to share Clubhouse chats outside of the iOS app. According to Bloomberg, Clubhouse “permanently banned” that user, and has installed new “safeguards”. It is unclear what those safeguards are, or how effective they will be, given what is known about Clubhouse. Stanford Internet Observatory reported that Agora, a Shanghai-based startup, with
Australia's ABC News App has become extremely popular with Australians, who can no longer access local and country-wide news on Facebook. The app is a resource that connects users with news content created by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is available on the App Store and Google Play. As you may have heard, Facebook blocked all Australian news content from
Perseverance has landed on mars huge shout-out of congratulations to NASA and the JPL team that made it happen. Knocking on wood here but we have gotten pretty good at landing on Mars. There are always things that can go sideways but this was not one of those events. We will see in the coming days if the rover and
News Corp announced today that it has agreed to an historic multi-year partnership with Google to provide trusted journalism from its news sites around the world in return for significant payments by Google. The long-term deal involves payment for premium content for Google News Showcase. Among the News Corp publications joining Google News Showcase will be The Wall Street Journal,
Facebook has retaliated against the people of Australia by removing all content from Australian news publishers off of its platform. This is Facebook's latest temper tantrum about an Australian law that would require Facebook (and Google) to pay news organizations for their content. The law Facebook is angry about is called the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). It is
Emojipedia reported that 217 new emojis are coming on iOS. They include a heart on fire, an exhaling face, and gender options for people with beards. The new emojis in this release include couples with a mix of skin tones. A total of 200 of the 217 new emojis are there to permit this more inclusive set of couples to
The battle between Epic Games and Apple continues, this time in North Dakota. According to CNBC, the North Dakota legislature voted on a bill that – if passed – would require companies that make more than $10 million per year through app stores to be required to offer alternative payment processors for purchases through the app store, allowing developers to
France is pushing for changes to the EU's legislation that would force big tech companies to pay for the news, Financial Times reported. It appears France wants changes that would allow member states to wield more power to punish bad behavior and police more types of content. French officials want to see changes to the EU's Digital Service Act, which
If you have the National Geographic channel The New Air Force One - Flying Fortress film premiers today. I was given an early look at the National Geographic documentary and any of you that have watched any of the previous Air Force One series will want to see this premier and back story of the new Boeing 747-8i that is
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