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iPhone user sues Apple for turning him gay
A Russian iPhone user recently filed a one million ruble lawsuit against Apple, accusing the American corporation of indirectly turning him gay. In a court filing that went viral on Russia’s internet, the plaintiff alleges that he became “mired in a same-sex relationship” after receiving the wrong kind of cryptocurrency on a virtual wallet app…
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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp go down same time
What would happen if Facebook and some of its apps — such as Instagram and WhatsApp — were to all go down at about the same time? And then stay intermittently out for hours? On Wednesday, people around the world found out when all three services experienced interruptions throughout the day. The problems began around…
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TAKORADI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENT MANUFACTURES BUGGY CAR
It is rare in this part of our world to hear about technological breakthrough. Most of the heavy industrial machines and the luxury cars we see on our roads are often imported from US, China, Japan among others. Perhaps, the time has finally come for Ghana to invent her own machines. A level 300 Mechanical…
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SmartSapp launched to check kidnapping in schools
MineX 360 Services have designed an application that will enable parents and school authorities easily check when pupils get to school and when they depart. The application known as SmartSapp will notify guardians of who drops off their kids at school and who picks them up and at the exact time. This innovation has been…
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The Google city that has angered Toronto
It was meant to be a vision of how we will all live in future – a smart city built from the internet up – offering citizens the chance to experience the very latest technology. That would include autonomous cars, innovative ways to collect rubbish and shared spaces for communities to come together in new…
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Facebook imposes restrictions on live-streaming to prevent future abuse
On Tuesday, Facebook announced that it would start restricting who can live stream video on the platform following the white nationalist terrorist attacks in New Zealand only a few months ago. According to the blog post, Facebook said that it would be applying what it called a “one strike” policy to Facebook Live that would…
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WhatsApp discovers ‘targeted’ surveillance attack
Hackers were able to remotely install surveillance software on phones and other devices using a major vulnerability in messaging app WhatsApp, it has been confirmed. WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, said the attack targeted a “select number” of users, and was orchestrated by “an advanced cyber actor”. A fix was rolled out on Friday….
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Facebook update brings new feature to tell your secret crush you’re into them
Facebook wants to tell your secret crush how you feel about them. The company is launching a new feature, called “Secret Crush”, which will allow people to tell it who they’re into. If other people say the same about you, there will be a match – and both people will be notified. The feature is a…
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Facebook copied email contacts of 1.5 million users
Facebook “unintentionally” uploaded the email contacts of more than 1.5 million users without asking permission to do so, the social network has admitted. The data harvesting happened via a system used to verify the identity of new members, Facebook asked new users to supply the password for their email account, and took a copy of…
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SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 9 RELEASE DATE, PRICE, NEWS AND LEAKS
The official Samsung Galaxy Note 9 launch date is August 9, after an invite was sent out by Samsung on June 27. The unveiling will happen in Brooklyn, New York at 11am EST (8am PST, 4pm BST). It’s the next big Android smartphone to release, and it’ll be here next month. It means the new Galaxy…