Video-snippet sharing sensation TikTok this week announced a deal to give users access to Sony Music Entertainment’s massive archive of hit tunes. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the agreement, which will let clips of music owned by Sony be used in TikTok posts. Social media platforms have wrangled with music companies over […]
In an update to a blog post discussing Facebook’s Dangerous Individuals and Organisations policy, the platform this week dropped the figures associated with QAnon, a far right, extremist conspiracy network, and the removal of all accounts linked with the ideology. According to policy, the company has removed 1,700 Pages, 5,600 Groups and around 18,700 Instagram […]
Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. healthcare system designed to lock up hospital information systems, which could hurt patient care just as nationwide cases of COVID-19 are spiking. In a joint alert Wednesday, the FBI and two federal agencies warned that they had “credible information of […]
Microsoft has seen steady growth in its virtual office space service — Microsoft Teams — as the pandemic has continued to grip nations, and an emerging scene of work-from-home has become norm. And that growth has only dialled up over the past months. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday, revealed that Teams now enjoyed an […]
Special Olympics UAE announced today the launch of Unified Robotics 2020; its STEM-based enrichment program that brings together children of all abilities to work together in Unified teams on robotics via a purpose-built gamified platform. Registration is open for Unified Robotics 2020 and teams can register through this link: http://unifiedrobotics.org/register/ Unified Robotics targets neurodiverse children […]
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee died at the age of 78 on Sunday, the company said. Lee, who turned the South Korean firm into a global tech giant, was left bedridden by a heart attack in 2014. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Kun-hee Lee, Chairman of Samsung Electronics,” the […]
The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday, claiming the $1 trillion company uses its market power to fend off rivals and said nothing was off the table, including a breakup of the internet search and advertising company. “Today, millions of Americans rely on the Internet and online platforms […]
At a live press event on Monday, the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) unveiled its plans for the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2020, to be back in town from Nov 4-14, for its 39th edition. Organised by the SBA under the theme ‘The World Reads from Sharjah’ the fair will be heralded under the patronage […]
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, on Monday, inaugurated a set of new generation public bus stations at Al-Ghubaiba Bus Station. A masterpiece of modern engineering design, the bus stations are integrated with multi mass transit means including the metro, marine transport […]
Facebook shut down the page of conspiracy-embracing political party Advance New Zealand on Thursday just two days out from a general election, accusing it of spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. “We don’t allow anyone to share misinformation on our platforms about Covid-19 that could lead to imminent physical harm,” a spokesperson for the social media […]
Japanese game developer Sega celebrates its 60 years with a release of several ‘freebie’ games on popular game-community base, Steam. “To celebrate, we will mark each of those years with a day of exciting content to give you, our players, an insider’s look at what has made Sega what it is today,” the company said […]
