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TikTok Technology will Automate Removal of Videos

TikTok posted information titled: “Advancing our approach to user safety”. The post informs users that TikTok will begin introducing technology to automatically remove content that violates their Community Standards. As of today, TikTok will bring these systems to the US and Canada as the company works to advance the safety of their community. Over the next few weeks, we’ll begin

Data Centers are Using Too Much Water During Droughts

Huge data centers are using a lot of water to keep warehouses filled with computers cool. This isn’t good for the climate - especially during droughts. NBC News reported that on May 17, the City Council of Mesa, Arizona, approved the $800 million development of an enormous data center on an arid plot of land in the eastern part of

PayPal is Raising Merchant Fees on Some Transactions

PayPal posted an article titled: “Upcoming Changes for Some US Businesses”. The new rates will apply to a portion of their merchant customers in the U.S. beginning on August 2, 2021. Here is what is changing: PayPal Digital Payments: For PayPal products, (such as PayPal Checkout, Pay with Venmo, Pay in 4, PayPal with Rewards, Checkout, and crypto), which include

Ukraine picks up six hackers behind Clop ransomware

It’s been a rough spell for hackers, one was just extradited from Mexico to face charges in California for a DDoS attack on the city of Santa Cruz.  Now six members of a group responsible for the Clop ransomware were picked up in a raid in the Ukraine. It is not clear if these were all the members behind it

Chrome OS makes first-ever change in its schedule

Google’s Chrome OS has been around over a decade, The operating system was announced in 2009 and a laptop appeared in 2011. However, popularity really began in 2013 when Google released their “own” model, the HP Chromebook 11 G1.  Schools began adopting and that’s when people saw the usefulness and it started to spread among the general public.  Since those

Core Values for OnePlus with the Nord CE 5G

Today OnePlus formally revealed the latest addition to its Nord family of mid-range smartphones, the Nord CE 5G. In this case, CE refers to "Core Edition" emphasising OnePlus' focus on what matters. In a 15 minute short, Susie Liu, Head of Marketing Strategy at OnePlus revealed what fans and the OnePlus commmunity had told the company was important - fast

El Salvador is the First Country to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender

El Salvador has become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, CNBC reported. Lawmakers in El Salvador’s Congress voted by a “supermajority” in favor of the Bitcoin Law. It got 62 out of 84 of the legislature’s vote. As you might have expected, the price of bitcoin went up by 5% to $34,239.17 shortly after the results of