Month: December 2021
Indian Prime Minister Twitter Account Hacked
Narendra Modi’s official Twitter account was “very briefly compromised”, his office confirmed early on Sunday, after a suspicious message naming bitcoin as India’s “legal tender” and offering a cryptocurrency giveaway was posted to his 73 million followers. It is unclear how apparent hackers gained access to Mr Modi’s personal profile or for how long it
MacKenzie Scott Autonnomy and Influence
Scott is using her massive fortune to not only support nonprofits doing good work, but also to challenge the way wealth and power is accumulated in this country. Many of the world’s most powerful women still have to answer to someone else but not Scott .Billionaire MacKenzie Scott has full autonomy over her fortune and
Drug Trafficking in South East Asia
Law-enforcement agencies in South-East Asia have grown accustomed to breaking records. In almost every year between 2011 and 2020, the authorities seized more meth, as the drug is commonly known, than they had the year before. Between 2015 and 2019, the only other region to impound as much of the stuff as East and South-East
women outearn their husbands in North Korea
After the collapse of the North’s planned economy and public-distribution system in the 1990s, the state grew more relaxed about enforcing labour requirements for women. The regime continues to compel most men to work for the state, but pays most of them very little or nothing altogether. Women, who are both freer than men to
growth in mental-health apps
Helping people to deal with mental problems has rarely been more urgent. The incidence of depression and anxiety has soared in the pandemic by more than 25% globally in 2020. That, combined with more people using online services, has led to a boom in mental-health apps. The American Psychological Association reckons 10,000-20,000 are available for
Top jobs at international institutions for Africans
As world’s big multilateral institutions are always keen to trumpet their global outlook. Art from far-flung corners of the world adorns their headquarters and should a visitor ever need to consult a massive map of the world, one is rarely far away. Most of the bosses of multilateral institutions have been white men. Sub-Saharan Africans,
Teams bug blocked Android emergency call
Google says an unusual bug involving the Microsoft Teams app stopped some Android users being able to make emergency calls. Google now says it was able to verify the bug itself and was working on a fix. “We believe the issue is only present on a small number of devices with the Microsoft Teams app
location-sharing apps warned
App partnerships and the sharing of data with third-parties is under increased scrutiny from regulators and policy-makers around the world. In October, Google introduced a new user data policy informing apps that they must be clear about how any data they collect is used. Google said: “As part of our investigation, we have sent a
social VR space Horizon Worlds release
Meta has released its social virtual reality space, Horizon Worlds, after more than a year in private test mode. It is the first major such release since Facebook renamed itself Meta and announced its plans to “build the metaverse” of connected digital worlds. The app lets users build their own mini-games and activities on top
location-sharing apps warned
App partnerships and the sharing of data with third-parties is under increased scrutiny from regulators and policy-makers around the world. In October, Google introduced a new user data policy informing apps that they must be clear about how any data they collect is used. Google said: “As part of our investigation, we have sent a