Month: November 2022
Putin accuses international community of trying to weaken Russia
“Attempts by a group of states to rewrite and reshape history globally are becoming louder and spreading. It is clear that there is a goal with respect to our society, at least to try to divide it,” Putin said. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused the international community of trying to “rewrite history” to
Reviewing Fitbit Sense 2
Wearables are growing in sophistication as each generation develops. They don’t just track your runs or workouts anymore. Sense 2 is the device that encourages you to be more mindful, understand when you’re feeling stressed and track how well you sleep. While it’s filled with sensors for tracking all kinds of things, it offers guided
Twitter employees to work for long hours
In an email to staff, the owner of the social media firm said workers would be expected in the office for at least 40 hours a week, Mr Musk added that there was “no way to sugar coat the message” that the slowing global economy was going to hit Twitter’s advertising revenues. Elon Musk has
FTX owes investors millions of dollars
Most crypto assets fall largely outside the scope of regulators and watchdogs. There have also been reports that FTX suffered a hack, taking millions of dollars of crypto from the firm and Over a million people and businesses could be owed money following the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX. It’s a worrying time for
Reinventing the car industry
a Chinese electric-vehicle company, laid out as the future of the car at its European coming-out party last month in Berlin. The firm wants its high-end electric-vehicles to be a “second living room”. It will include two dozen high-resolution cameras and transistors in their vehicles which will act like a “super computer inside a car”.
Primark website crashes
Primark has also been upping its game at its biggest “destination” stores, like its vast Manchester city centre one, with cafes, a barber shop, a vintage concession store and pop-up space to personalise Primark products. During the pandemic lockdowns Primark’s 190 United Kingdom stores were forced to close its doors, and it had no online
BeReal-style feature on Tiktok
TikTok Now will offer users the ability to share their posts with the wider world, although it will be limited to friends by default. BeReal prompts you with the message “It’s time to BeReal”, whereas TikTok has settled on “It’s Time to Now” for its daily countdown launch. As for sharing your posts, BeReal is
Google $391m privacy settlement
The company has been told to significantly improve user controls and the way it discloses location tracking, starting from 2023. Google will pay $391.5m (£330m) to settle allegations about how it collects data from users. The technology giant tracked the location of users who opted out of location services on their devices. It is the
Vladimir Putin to deprive citizenship to non-patriots
International law prohibits depriving a person of his or her nationality or citizenship or declaring him or her stateless. Vladimir Putin has submitted to the Russian Duma, or Parliament, a proposal to deprive Russian citizenship of those who criticize or discredit the Armed Forces and those who engage in NGO activities, the proposal is an
Russia captures Mayorsk town
Mayorsk is located on the outskirts of the town of Horlivka, also known as Gorlovka, north of the provincial capital Donetsk. The Russian Defense Ministry reported Sunday the seizure of the town of Mayorsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the day after the full Russian withdrawal from the town of Kherson. President Volodimir Zelenski had reported