Month: July 2021
NOT A DISLIKE BUTTON of TWITTER
Twitter has begun testing a new button that lets users downvote tweets.The new test is notably similar to Reddit, which has upvoting and downvoting options on its posts.The social media company also recently announced that it would be sunsetting fleets, its equivalent of Snapchat and Instagram stories.Do you think this is mostly likely to be
CRYPTO MARKET CONTINUES TO RISE
CloseRelated video: El Salvador plans Bitcoin mines fueled by geothermal energyBitcoin has bounced back from a monthly low this week, with its price reaching above $32,000 on Thursday after once again testing the key $29k support level on Tuesday.The latest recovery was boosted by comments from Elon Musk that SpaceX has also invested in bitcoin,
Prominent sites Displaying Pornographic content
Articles in several news outlets were foud to carry links to videos with names like “Naughty Spy Girls Part 2,” and “Bottoms Up Brianna,” after a porn company called 5 Star Porn HD bought the domain for the video hosting site VidMe which was shuttered in 2017. Several prominent websites, including that of The Washington
APPLE MUSIC ON ANDROID GETS LOSSLESS
Apple announced the two features, which create a three-dimensional soundscape and provide higher quality audio, respectively, in June 2021. Unsurprisingly, this came to Apple devices first – anything from the iPhone 8 upwards, as well as newer iPads and Macs. Android users that subscribe to Apple Music can now use some of the app’s most innovative features: spatial
FACEBOOK WILL TURN INTO A ‘METAVERSE’
Facebook has invested in virtual and augmented reality, most notably through its Oculus Quest headset,Smartphones mediating users’ access to Facebook has been a controversial topic recently, with Apple blocking off the advertising tracking on iPhones that generates vast profit for Facebook. The metaverse will look like ‘a hybrid between the social platforms that we see
Slavery Voyages
Slavery was widely practiced throughout the ancient world, and in the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, which helped propel the United States into the Civil War. The transatlantic slave trade didn’t start in 1518, but it did increase after King Charles authorized direct Africa-to-Caribbean trips that year. In the 1510s and ‘20s,
Mafia Origin
The Mafia, a network of organized-crime groups based in Italy and America, evolved over centuries in Sicily, an island ruled until the mid-19th century by a long line of foreign invaders. Sicilians banded together in groups to protect themselves and carry out their own justice. By the 19th century, some of these groups emerged as
Religion on the End of the World
Religion and spiritual issues, including Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, the Bible, Wicca, Buddhism and more, are at the core of human values and history. Since the beginning of recorded time, people have been thinking about the end of the world. As such, the planet’s major religions have formulated elaborate viewpoints on this topic. In Christianity,
UUID Vs NanoID
universally unique identifier (UUID) is one of the most used universal identifiers in software development. However, over the past few years, other alternatives challenged its existence. NanoID is preferred over universally unique identifier (UUID) for any future projects considering its small size, URL friendliness, security, and speed also NanoID is almost 7 years younger than
Google UX course
The course covers the foundational basics quite well, in an approachable manner for complete beginners. However, Because it’s Google, they aren’t teaching you UX, they are teaching Google UX. In a way, it’s their way of training their next generation of future employees. Not mentioning iOS design patterns in the course videos at all can