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Google is reopening offices in July on a limited basis
Google will begin reopening offices starting on July 6th for a limited number of employees. In a blog post published on Tuesday, CEO Sundar Pichai said that, while returning to work will be optional for the rest of the year, those who need to come in will be able to on a rotating basis — one day every couple weeks. The company is also giving workers a $1,000 stipend for home office equipment to ma...
Amazon gave TV stations coronavirus propaganda, and some aired it
Amazon has been successfully feeding talking points, video footage, and other corporate messaging to local television news stations ahead of its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday. The footage and script are designed to paint Amazon in a positive light as it faces a torrent of bad media coverage and criticism from activists and politicians over its handling of workplace safety issues during t...
Twitter labels Trump tweets as ‘potentially misleading’ for the first time
On Tuesday, Twitter labeled two tweets from President Donald Trump making false statements about mail-in voting as “potentially misleading.” It’s the first time the platform has fact-checked the president. The label was imposed on two tweets Trump posted Tuesday morning falsely claiming that “mail-in ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent” and would result in “a rigged electio...
macOS 10.15.5 is out now with a new battery health feature
Apple released macOS Catalina 10.15.5 today, adding a new battery health feature and new FaceTime options. That battery health feature could extend the life of your MacBook’s battery. Lithium-ion batteries, like the ones in a MacBook, slowly age over time, which means they typically begin to hold less of a charge as the computer gets older. Apple’s new battery health feature in macOS is designed t...
DJ’s Perform Mass Exodus To Twitch As Instagram Continues To Shut Down Live Sets
Source: Credit: HipHopWired Facebook will not let creatives be great on the world’s most needed social platform during quarantine. Thus several disc jockeys are taking their talents to Jeff Bezos. As spotted on Page Six Instagram was doing the most last weekend when millions of users were looking forward to enjoying some tunes during Memorial Day weekend. As previously reported Instagram...
Tanzania summons US official over coronavirus warning
Tanzania said on Tuesday it had summoned the top official at the US embassy to object to an advisory that warned of “exponential growth” of Covid-19 cases in the east African nation. The embassy’s “health advisory” published earlier this month contained inaccurate information, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The advisory reported, for instance, that “many hospitals” in Dar es Salaam, the...
Nnamdi Kanu: No sit-at home for Biafrans from 27th to 30th of May
YouTube The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Tuesday advised Biafrans to dedicate three days to pray for her fallen heroes. Kanu who disclosed this in a statement sent to newsmen by the groups publicity scretary, Emma Powerful, said this years Biafra day would start with prayers and end with prayers. He said there would be no sit-at home, noting that people have s...
UN encourages Africa to invest on digital transformation
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has encouraged African countries to make right investments toward developing a digitally transformed economy. Mr Jean-Paul Adam, Director, Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources at UNECA, made the call on Tuesday during a webinar monitored in Abuja. The webinar was organised by Africa Information and Communication Technology Alliance (AfICTA)...
Kano clarifies on ongoing work at Sani Abatcha isolation centre
Kano State Government on Tuesday said the delay in the early completion of the Sani Abacha Stadium (SAS) Isolation Centre was necessitated by the review of the project initial plan. Malam Muhammad Garba, the state Commissioner of Information, made the clarification in a statement in Kano. Garba, who was reacting to a viral social media video clip on the project, dismissed the footage as a “mischie...
Report: Jose Mourinho has requested £22m striker, Tottenham Hotspur ready to make an offer
According to TodoFichajes, Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Loren Moron from Real Betis in the summer transfer window. It has been reported that Tottenham head coach Jose Mourinho has requested the signing of the 26-year-old. The report has claimed that although Spurs know that talks with AC Milan are well advanced regarding the transfer of the striker, the North London outfit are ready...
Report: When PL could make proposed Newcastle United takeover decision after fresh development
According to The Daily Mail, the Premier League are likely to make a decision on the proposed Newcastle United takeover next week and probably beyond. A report in The Sun last week claimed that the Premier League were going to give the go-ahead to the proposed takeover of Newcastle by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. It was claimed by the British tabloid that there was no problem in the owne...
Player Brendan Rodgers compared to UCL winner announces he’s leaving Celtic
Celtic youngster Calvin Miller has announced on Twitter that he is leaving the club. Miller, who can operate as a full-back or as a winger, has made the announcement on the social networking site in an emotional tweet this evening. The 22-year-old is over the moon to have lived his dream of playing for Celtic and is pleased to have enjoyed the success that he had with the Hoops. The Scottish young...
