Facebook is going to put groups on probation if they have too many posts that violate Facebook’s content rules. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have been trying to stem the spread of misinformation for a while now; and have been employing different measures for that. According to The Washington Post report, Facebook is going to restrict any group, public or private; if they have multiple posts violating the platform’s community standards. Moderators of the groups will have to approve any post manually for 60 days; and there is going to be no appeal available for groups if they…
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A police chief in the southern US state of Arkansas has resigned after taking to social media following Joe Biden’s presidential win to urge violence against Democrats. Lang Holland, the police chief in Marshall, a small city located about 100 miles (160 kilometres) north of the state’s capital Little Rock, vented his anger at Biden’s victory on Parler, a right-wing social media site. “Never let them forget they are traitors and have no right to live in this Republic after what they have done,” read a screenshot of one of his posts which were no longer visible on Monday. “Death…
The British army could soon include a huge number of robots to help it fight its battles. Of course it’s unlikely to feature a cavalry of autonomous gun-toting androids that look as if it’s just broken free from a sci-fi movie set; but an array of robots large and small could be incorporated into the army; mostly to help it with various operations on the battlefield. The plan is to have an army of about 120,000, of which 30,000 might be robots. While technological advances could certainly help to give an army the advantage during a battle with opposing forces,…
The latest addition of the Apple Watch which is capable to address nightmare-related sleep issues is the latest addition. The FDA has given a green signal for the sale of NightWare; an Apple Watch app that comes with a corresponding iPhone element and can help treat nightmares stemming from psychological disorders like PTSD, according to reports. The application utilizes smartwatch movement sensors and heart rate data to detect if you are having a nightmare; and makes the Apple Watch vibrate in response. What this does is it excites the user; yet doesn’t wake him/her consequently intruding on the terrible dreams…
The Chinese people holds it yearly hacking contest Tianfu Cup; adolescents contend to discover new and remarkable approaches to hack into well known programming and stages. This year has been the same as as young hackers discovered exploits in iOS 14; Windows 10, Chrome, Safari, as well as Adobe PDF Reader, among others. According to Zdnet, 15 groups partook in the third release of China’s Tianfu Cup. Contending groups were given three attempts of five minutes each; to hack into a chosen target using an original exploit. Note that all effective endeavors are handed-off to the product suppliers; which are…
A Botswanian rape victim stunned everyone when she failed to testify against her abuser in court because he sexually satisfied her. Newsmen reported that prosecutors in Botswana were left stunned; when one of the rape victims (name not supplied) who was raped by Oscar Chabaya (34) in Botswana refused to testify against him. The rape victim is alleged to have instead asked police officers handling the case to give her Chabaya’s contact details as he had sexually satisfied her. It was gathered that the suspect’s rape attacks began in March 2017; where he would gain entry into his victims’ houses…
Teardowns of recent Google Photos APK for Android have pointed to Google moving certain editing features behind a paywall. An XDA report claimed that certain users are already seeing a pop-up indicating that the Color Pop editing feature in Google Photos will require a Google One subscription. The Color Pop filter in Google Photos was first introduced by Google in 2018 and keeps the subject in color while turning the background black and white. Since there was no official word from Google on this, there was a lot of confusion as to whether the company was really moving the Color…
An unknown assailant threw a flammable bottle into a mosque in Burkina Faso’s capital, injuring six individuals; the administration representative said Sunday. Investigations concerning the Friday night assault are continuous; Remis Fulgance Dandjinou revealed to The Associated Press. Security Minister Ousseni Compaore visited the site of the Friday night assault and likewise met with the casualties on Saturday; as indicated by a Facebook post from the service. A 30-year-elderly person who showed up at the mosque for night prayers not long after the assault disclosed to AP that; individuals were crying and some were also lying on the ground with…
The police authorities in Ogun State have arrested a 31-year-old man, Rexlawson Jonson, for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Patricia John in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state. Jonson, an indigene of Ebonyi State, was said to have gruesomely murdered his 26-year-old lover in a hotel in Ibafo. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi said the arrest of the suspect followed a report by the manager of the hotel, Adebayo Aladesuyi who reported that while they were carrying out routine check of the hotel room, they discovered…
Hackers could be able to guess your passwords and much more by analysing your body position whilst on a Zoom video conferencing call, experts have claimed. The way people move their shoulders when typing on Zoom calls can betray what keys they are pressing; allowing hackers to potentially identify specific entries, according to researchers from the University of Texas at San Antonio. The team found that when analysing clips of upper arm movements, they could reconstruct the keys people had pressed in Zoom with around 93% accuracy – with Skype and Google Hangouts (now Google Chat) also affected. “From a…