Facebook and Ray-Ban debut ‘smart’ sunglasses
AFP | San Francisco
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Facebook and iconic eyewear brand Ray-Ban on Thursday launched their new smart glasses, the latest effort in a tricky, niche market but which the social media gi...
EUFSC president Konstantin Ishkhanov “thrilled” to announce opening of InClassica Festival in Dubai
TDT | Manama
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Starting from 28th August and ending 26th September, the European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC) and SAMIT...
WhatsApp will stop working on 43 smartphone models in November. Is yours on the list?
Agencies | Dubai
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Over the last few months, WhatsApp has been rolling out an array of new features, such as Joinable Calls, disappearing messages and stickers.
Come November 1, howev...
Google locks Afghan government accounts as Taliban seek emails
Reuters | Kabul
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Google has temporarily locked down an unspecified number of Afghan government email accounts, according to a person familiar with the matter, as fears grow over the ...
Facebook apologises for mislabelling black men as primates
AP | San Francisco
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Facebook on Friday said it disabled its topic recommendation feature after it mistook Black men for “primates” in video at the social network.
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WhatsApp introduces new feature to transfer chat history
Agencies | Dubai
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Popular messaging app WhatsApp has introduced a new feature that enables subscribers to transfer their chat history across operating systems.
In a tweet, th...
Instagram outage issue affects users globally
Agencies | Dubai
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Hundreds of Instagram users were unable to log in to their accounts on Thursday morning. They were not able to load the app on their Android and iOS devices.
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Students of the first cohort from the College of Engineering at Applied Science University talk about their unique experience at the university
From the United Kingdom to the kingdom of Bahrain, Applied Science University set the foundation for a strong strategic partnership with London South Bank University to offer distinguished academic programs that promote creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship at its College of Engineering....
Danish researchers find what is likely world's northernmost island
Agencies | Copenhagen
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For a long time, the island of Oodaaq at the northernmost tip of Greenland was considered the closest piece of land to the North Pole.
But that may now...
Importance of ACs at your workplace. What difference does an AC make?
The last two years have been challenging for all of us. Everything changed completely. Let that be the disturbed sleep cycles or the regular virtual meetings. The pandemic taught us a lot. It taught us that nature controls everything and man is helpless in front of it. Well, we have witnessed his...
Angelina Jolie breaks Instagram record with Afghanistan post, gets two million followers in three hours
Agencies | Los Angeles
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A-lister Angelina Jolie has been making waves and racking up the accolades ever since she hit movie screens. Her latest 'feat', however, comes on the back of ...
Facebook unveils restrictions for Afghanistan users after Taliban takeover
AFP | San Francisco
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Facebook released new security measures Thursday to protect users in Afghanistan after the lightning takeover of the country by the Taliban, wh...
Balqees Fathi is Madame Tussauds Dubai's first Middle East wax figure
TDT | Manama
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In a UAE first, Madame Tussauds Dubai has just offered a further tantalising glimpse of what you will have to look forward to by revealing its first Middle East wax figure, the much-love...
Blue Origin goes to court against NASA
Agencies | Washington
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Jeff Bezos's space expedition company Blue Origin has dragged its fight with NASA about the moon lander contract to the court, according to The Verge.
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The man who could be India’s first space tourist
Agencies | New Delhi
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As former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson recently went on historical space travel, space tourism has suddenly grabbed the limelight. Kerala-based ...
Facebook encrypts Messenger calls in privacy move
AFP | San Francisco
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Facebook on Friday began rolling out encryption for voice or video calls made through its Messenger texting app, ratcheting up privacy for users.
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Grammy-winning singer Nanci Griffith passes away at 68
Agencies | Washington
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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith died on Friday in Nashville. She was 68 when she breathed her last.
The folk singer-songwriter behi...
Justin Bieber leads nominees for 2021 MTV Video Music Awards
Agencies | New York
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Justin Bieber leads this year’s list of nominees at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, followed closely by Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish, BTS, Doj...
Google employees who work from home could lose money
Reuters | New York
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Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently, with long commuters hit harder, ac...
TikTok overtakes FB as world’s most downloaded app
IANS | Beijing
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Chinese short-video platform TikTok has overtaken Facebook as the most downloaded social media app in the world, the media reported.
According to Nik...
Google celebrates India's first woman pilot, Sarla Thukral's 107th birthday with Google Doodle
Agencies | California
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Google Sunday dedicated a doodle on its homepage to Sarla Thukral, India’s first woman to pilot a flight, on the occasion of her 107 birth anniversary.
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