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Google will soon block battery-draining ads from loading in Chrome
Google’s Chrome browser will begin blocking resource-heavy ads starting in late August, the company announced today (via VentureBeat). By not displaying those resource-heavy ads, Chrome could ease the strain on your phone’s battery or your home network capacity. “We have recently discovered that a fraction of a percent of ads consume a disproportionate share of device resources, such as battery an...
Amazon engineers develop face shields for frontline workers
A team of Amazon engineers from its drone delivery unit worked with a group of 3D printing volunteers to develop reusable face shields for frontline workers, the company announced in a blog post Thursday. Amazon Prime Air’s mechanical design and hardware teams adapted the design for the shields from the Washington State 3D Face Shield Hub, upgrading the shields to be more comfortable and the desig...
Jay-Z & Meek Mill To Donate 10 Million Masks To Prisons Across America
Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty While the Trump administration continues to let the Coronavirus run rampant and unchecked in prisons across the US with no regard for human life, Jay-Z and Meek Mill have taken it upon themselves to try to help the millions of inmates currently trying to survive the deadly pandemic. According to CBS News, Jay-Z and Meek Mill’s criminal justice organization REFORM Allian...
Future Gets Into Social Media Squabble With Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Baby Mama, Allegedly
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Does Tekashi Snitch9ine have a friend in Future? While we’re not ready to jump out that window just yet lately it seems like Hendrix is somewhat siding with Tekashi 6ix9ine as far as his baby mama drama is concerned, but she’s not taking it lying down either. Days after Tekashi sarcastically asked Future for baby daddy advice on IG after he was accused of not suppor...
Young Buck Files For Bankruptcy To Avoid Paying Debt To 50 Cent?
Source: Thaddaeus McAdams / Getty Looks like Young Buck won’t be on 50 Cent‘s “pay me by Monday” roll call after the former G-Unit member filed for bankruptcy. According to AllHipHop, Young Buck, who has been sitting behind bars at Tennessee’s Cheatham County Jail since last December due to an outstanding child abandonment warrant, officially filed for bankruptcy back in January to avoid paying 50...
New Jim Jones & Chrissy Lampkin Meme Sums Up Our COVID-19 Frustrations
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz While there is not much to laugh about during this current pandemic The Internets will remain undefeated. One of Hip-Hop’s most beloved couples is the now the center of some quarantine fun. The longtime boyfriend and girlfriend duo of Jim Jones and Chrissy Lampkin are the butt of a new meme that is too good to not share. On Wednesday, May 13 the reality...
Zamfara governor commends EFCC for exposing Chinese ‘fraudsters’
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for exposing Chinese nationals who tried to block investigations against their alleged shoddy contract in the state. Two of the Chinese nationals, representing the company allegedly approached the EFCC zonal officer with a bribe of N100 million and were immediately arrested. Reacting to the dev...
Mojisola Adeyeye: NAFDAC committed to supporting coronavirus treatment initiatives
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it is committed to supporting any intervention aimed at facilitating the treatment of the COVID-19. The Director General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. According to Adeyeye, part of the efforts to advance herbal products development for the treatment of COVID-19 inf...
Nasarawa governor raises alarm over Islamic sect
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has on Wednesday raised an alarm over the presence of Darus Salam sect in the state. Governor Sule, who attributed the recent kidnappings and banditry in the state to the dreaded Darus Salam group, appealed to the federal government for deployment of more security personnel to the state to handle the situation. Governor Sule who made the appeal when he visite...
NAFDAC warns against use of Chloroquine for coronavirus treatment
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has, again, warned Nigerians against taking Chloroquine as treatment for Coronavirus (COVID-19). “Nobody should buy Chloroquine and use it. If you have COVID-19, go to a doctor. We have warned Nigerians and shall do that again. Do not take Chloroquine,” Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC’s Director General, told newsmen on Thursday in...
SentinelOne Brings AI Learning to Networks Unlimited Endpoint Defence Suite
It could be assumed that cybercriminals around the globe are having good days at the office right now. This is partly because vast elements of the corporate world are no longer based mainly at their own offices, as large populations of the global village enter into voluntary or government-enforced lockdowns. “The bid to lessen the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world means that increas...
Q&A: Serj Tankian Talks His New Electronic Project and How ‘Normal’ Is ‘Extinction’
Serj Tankian, 52, is across the world during the pandemic, currently residing in New Zealand. But he is very conscious of all going on in the States, having lost an 86-year-old uncle in New York to COVID-19 and having his parents grounded in the States still while he is so far away. The multi-hyphenate singer/composer/painter/activist has a lot to say about the U.S. pandemic response, as well as h...
