Month: April 2021
Facebook Data Leaks
About 530 million people had some personal information leaked, including, in some cases, phone numbers. A digital privacy group is preparing to take a case to the Irish courts on behalf of European Union citizens affected. Facebook users whose data was compromised by a massive data leak are being urged to take legal action against
Google Earth time-lapse feature
Google Earth has launched a time-lapse feature that lets users wind back the clock and see how the world has changed over several decades and similar technology to the widely used Maps product, but is more focused on geology and exploration than public transport and directions. It allows people to see, for example, the retreat
Instagram Promoting “Diet” Content
Instagram algorithm had promoted diet content to users with eating disorders but the company has since apologised. A spokesman for Facebook said it was a “mistake ” and he added that “We recently rolled out a new search functionality on Instagram beyond hashtags and usernames, to help you more easily discover and explore content you’re
Coinbase New value
The price of Bitcoin surged more than 300% last year – and has climbed even higher in 2021 as firms including Tesla, Mastercard and BlackRock unveiled plans to incorporate digital currencies into their businesses. Cryptocurrency firm Coinbase, which runs a top exchange for Bitcoin and other digital currency trading, hit a market value of nearly
limiting use of AI in society in Europe
For AI deemed to be high risk, member states would have to apply far more oversight, including the need to appoint assessment bodies to test, certify and inspect these systems. And any companies that develop prohibited services, or fail to supply correct information about them, could face fines of up to 4% of their global
1850 Compromise
The Compromise of 1850 was made up of five bills that attempted to resolve disputes over slavery in new territories added to the United States in the wake of the Mexican-American War (1846-48). It admitted California as a free state, left Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves whether to be a slave state
Slavery in Missouri
Missouri’s bid to become the first state west of the Mississippi River, and to allow slavery within its borders, set off a bitter debate in a Congress that was like the nation itself already divided into pro- and anti-slavery factions and When the Missouri Territory first applied for statehood in 1818, it was clear that
World Trade Center’s Twin Towers- Ground Zero
Because Volunteers didn’t know how many people were trapped alive in the wreckage, firefighters and other rescue workers had to search carefully through the unstable piles of rubble for air pockets, called “voids,” where they might find people who had been unable to escape from the collapsing buildings. Almost as soon as the World Trade
War on Terror
As much of the nation was just starting the day on the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four East Coast flights, crashing three of the airplanes into targets in New York and Washington, D.C., with the fourth plane slamming into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back. The al Qaeda-led attacks
Exploring The World
In the 15th century, Europeans began to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of new routes to China and the East, but in the process they discovered an entirely New World: North and South America, plus many other lands.The Northwest Passage is a famed sea route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific