Facebook stopped showing news in Australia

 

Facebook has blocked access to news content in Australia. The Facebook pages of the country's media are not visible even from outside Australia.

Facebook authorities have stopped showing news on Facebook's newsfeed in Australia since Thursday due to a dispute with the government over a law that would allow profits to be shared with the media.

The Australian government has said the move would jeopardize Facebook's legitimacy.

The BBC's dramatic move has raised concerns among Australians about access to vital information, the BBC reported.

Residents of Australia woke up on Thursday morning to find there was no news content on their news feed, Reuters reported. They can't even see the Facebook page of any local or international media.

Along with the news media page, Facebook also blocked the pages of various departments including health and energy of the Australian government in the morning. However, they later claimed that the official page was closed "by mistake".

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BlackBerry smartphone is coming back with physical keyboard

BlackBerry left the smartphone market in 2016. BlackBerry could not take advantage of the new Android phone with TCL. Basically, the company could not stand the popularity of Android and iOS. However, the BlackBerry smartphone is going to return to the smartphone market by the end of this year.

Texas-based SmartUp OnwardMobility, the new owner of the BlackBerry brand, has confirmed the launch of the new BlackBerry device by the end of this year. BlackBerry's partnership with TCL ended last year.

BlackBerry then struck a deal with Onward Mobility. It was announced last year that BlackBerry would return to Europe and North America under a licensing partnership.

This new phone will be a FiveG smartphone. The new phone is working with the main focus on safety. There will be a physical keyboard. And Onwardmobility is working with Foxconn to make this smartphone.

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China's Internet advertising has risen 14 percent

China's Internet advertising market has grown 14 percent in one year. The size of the online market there now stands at about seven thousand seven hundred million dollars. 

According to the China Internet Network Information Center, advertising through mobile devices accounted for 85 percent of the market last year. In 2018, the sector was 70 percent.

By reorganizing the Internet marketing communications chain, KOCs are expanding the market in China by influencing friends and fans, the report said. That said, there are now a lot of KOCs on social media platforms in China, which are attracting consumers of different brands and gradually increasing their advertising value.

However, comparing the market development figures, the Chinese daily China Daily says that the statistics show that the market growth has slowed down for three consecutive years. 

 

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Satellite of the United Arab Emirates in the orbit of Mars

 

The UAE's satellite has been successfully replaced in Mars orbit. Through this, the United Arab Emirates reached Mars as the fifth country after the United States, Russia, European Union and India.

The UAE took over the 200 million project called Hope in an attempt to reach Mars. The satellite launched the Mitsubishi H-2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan last July. The mission took about seven months to reach the destination, which both China and the United States were able to complete a little ahead of schedule.

The satellite will orbit around the red eclipse and monitor the environment. The main goal of the mission is to know the weather on Mars accurately.

The project also includes information on why Mars emits hydrogen and oxygen, how dust storms are created, and the global weather cycle.

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Jeff Bezos is resigning from the top position of Amazon

 

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as chief executive of e-commerce company Amazon, which he founded 30 years ago in his garage. However, he will continue to be the executive chairman. After that you will give your time and attention to other initiatives.

Andy Jassi, who currently heads Amazon's cloud computing business, will replace Bezos, the world's richest man.

According to the BBC, citing Amazon, the big change will come in the second half of this year.

Bezos, 57, wrote a letter to company officials on Tuesday. There, he said, being the CEO of Amazon is a very responsible job. It is difficult to focus on anything else if you have such responsibilities.

He added that after taking over as executive chairman, he will spend more time on other Amazon initiatives. Bezos will work for Day One Fund, Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, The Washington Post and other places of interest.

He also said that he is not retiring from work now.

Amazon launched as an online bookshop in 1994. At present, the company employs 1.3 million people from all over the world, combining product delivery and streaming video, cloud services and advertising. According to Forbes, Jeff Bezos has a net worth of 196.2 billion.

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Apple Achieves Another Milestone – Apple Now Has More Than One Billion Active iPhones

 

Recently, the number of billions has to be mentioned repeatedly for Apple. First, for the first time in the company's history, Apple has made more than 100 billion in a quarter. The technology giant has also achieved new milestones in the field of active devices.

According to CEO Tim Cook, there are currently hundreds of billions of iPhones in use around the world. This is the biggest record in Apple's history.

In an interview with Reuters, Tim Cook mentioned the new milestone. Apple currently has 1.65 billion active devices worldwide. Which was a maximum of 1.5 billion units last year.

"We are the second best-selling phone in the suburbs of China," Cook said. The number is growing as Android phone users in the country switch to the iPhone and older iPhone users buy newer iPhones. Apple products and services are also selling well in other countries.

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Amazon is working to prevent the Alabama Warehouse Union election

 

Voting for the Alabama Warehouse Union election is set to take place on February 8 in Amazon's Basemar. But Amazon Inc. has already applied to the National Labor Relations Board to suspend it.

The petition, filed in writing on January 21, seeks to reconsider the previous board's decision and postpone the election in view of the Covid 19 situation.

For the first time since 2014, Amazon's union election in the United States was scheduled to begin in early February. The counting of votes by mail was scheduled to begin in March.

Amazon, the second largest private online retail giant in the United States after Walmart Inc., has long avoided the union. Simultaneously trained managers to identify organizational activities.

The company is now complaining that there are several loopholes in the Labor Board's rules. Mistakes of the acting regional director and will create opportunities to hinder the development of the mail-ballot.

However, the union did not comment on the matter.

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Uber laid off 15 percent of Postmates' staff

 

About 185 employees of Uber-owned postmates have been laid off, accounting for about 15 percent of the company's total workforce. Uber has admitted to the New York Times that most executives, including the founder and CEO, are leaving the company.

It is learned that many more workers will be laid off in the coming months as the contracts of many have expired and others have been forced to quit their jobs.

Uber made the decision following Postmats' merger with Uber's Eats platform following its recent acquisition. Although PostMates will be operated as a separate app, it will use Uber It's technology.

In the current situation, Uber's pruning process is not surprising at all. In addition, Uber has been implementing various plans to reduce their costs since the epidemic began. Uber recently sold its own self-driving car and flying taxi division at an unexpected price.

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Samsung will invest 10 billion to make the 3 nanometer chip

 

Samsung's semiconductor manufacturing division plans to invest about 10 billion in Texas, where 3-nanometer chips will be made. This information was given by GSM Arena quoting a Chinese media.

The Texas plant will be the world's most advanced chip-making plant. And as a place, Texas will help Samsung capture more customers in the United States. At the same time, it will help Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC compete.

Samsung's plan is still in its infancy. Construction will begin this year. The installation of the main parts will start from 2022. All in all, the factory will take 2023 to come into production.

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Hashtag landing page launches on YouTube

 

Twitter and Instagram have made the hashtag the most popular. So nowadays hashtags are one of the most permanent ways to navigate a topic on different platforms. But YouTube has never made it so important. Eventually, they also realized!

This week Google launched a landing page for sorting videos using metadata tags. By clicking on any hashtag, the videos of that hashtag can be easily viewed through this feature.

The hashtag button will usually appear below the video description, but some video creators will also be able to show it above. The feature can also be used by typing the URL directly (www.youtube.com/hashtag/yourterm). It may also be possible to search for pages using this feature. However, a spokesman for YouTube said that it may come in the coming days.

New and popular videos can be easily found through hashtags. Currently, YouTube is showing the highlighted videos on the hashtag page.

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Intel's growth on cheap notebooks is 33 percent

 

As we already know, 2020 was one of the best years for the personal computer business. Intel's fourth-quarter report found further confirmation of the matter. Compared to the previous year, Intel's PC business has grown by 33 percent in 2020.

According to the report, the income of the notebook business alone has increased by 30 percent. Intel's client computing group earned 10.9 billion in the fourth quarter, up 9 percent from the same period last year.

And Intel's cheap notebook has worked behind this success. In the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic, the price of Intel notebooks has dropped by about 15 percent, so consumers have also taken a leap.

In addition to the PC business, Intel's Mobile self-driving technology division also saw a 39 percent increase in revenue. Through which the revenue has exceeded the expected 2.6 billion dollars in October. The company's total revenue in the fourth quarter was 20 billion, of which profit was 5.9 billion.

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Amazon ready to supply 100 million Corona vaccines in 100 days

 

Amazon has written to President Joe Biden seeking the full support of the US government in providing the Covid 19 vaccine.

Amazon chief executive Dave Clark sent the letter on Wednesday, according to Reuters San Francisco correspondent Jeffrey Dustin.

In the letter to President Biden, Clark wrote that Amazon is ready to help you reach the goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of your administration.

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The design of the MacBook Pro is changing

 

Last November, Apple added a new powerful M1 chip to their MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, but not much else. In terms of performance, the new MacBook did not make much of a splash in terms of design. However, from the leaked information, it is known that big changes are coming.

According to a report published in Bloomberg, the design of the MacBook Pro is changing in 2021. There are also two major changes coming to the store. This information was given by Bloomberg quoting reliable sources.

According to Bloomberg, the touch bar will be dropped from the MacBook Pro in 2021. Apple released this touch bar feature in 2016. However, it is being dropped as it has not gained much popularity. However, the magnetic MagSafe charging port may return.

Since no comment has been received from Apple yet, it remains to be seen what will really change.

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Xiaomi on the US blacklist

 

After Huawei, the Trump administration has turned its attention to Xiaomi, another top Chinese smartphone maker. On Thursday, the Trump administration blacklisted nine companies, including Xiaomi, for consideration related to China's military.

Xiaomi is currently the third-largest smartphone maker in the world. As a result of the special blacklisting in the United States, no investor in the country will be able to invest in the Chinese company. Even if one has an investment in the nine listed companies, it has to be withdrawn by November 11 this year.

Surprisingly, so far the Trump administration has not presented any evidence that Xiaomi or any other company is involved with the Chinese military. This new list has been published secretly all of a sudden.

Earlier, the administration blacklisted more than 60 companies in the telecommunications and semiconductor sectors, including Huawei and SMIC. That list includes DJI, the world's largest drone manufacturer.

However, companies can import technology from the United States without a license. However, many are hoping that the Biden administration's orders will be revoked on January 20. Still just looking at what is in the foreheads of companies!

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Mozilla VPN is (Finally) Available on Mac & Linux

 

Mozilla VPN is finally open to Mac and Linux operating systems. Apparently customers in six countries will be able to use it.

In 2019, Firefox unveiled a private network extension. Mozilla VPN for Windows and Android was launched in July after improving it and bringing it to beta. Later it was also released for iOS version.

Currently VPNT is available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. It will soon be available in other countries, Mozilla said.

VPNT can be used on a maximum of 5 devices with a 5 subscription fee per month. As a result, a user can use VPN on his phone, tablet, computer and even a Linux powered PC.

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'Ice Robot' is coming

 

A few days ago we learned about making drones with pineapple leaves. And this time it was known about the robot made of ice.

This 'ice robot' was created by a team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Grap Lab. This robot capable of reconstructing itself will be sent to space missions.

Details of the robot were unveiled at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). It is reported that since ice will be found in all galaxies, these ice robots will be able to repair themselves. Automatic configuration feature has been added to the robot. Replica robots can also be made easily.

The ice robot weighs only 7.3 kilograms. Can move comfortably if not melted at room temperature.

Researchers are very optimistic about this ice robot. Devin Carroll, a member of the research team, told IEEE Spectrum that he and his co-inventor Mark Yim invented the ice robot with the intention of building a robotic system operated from remotely available material in remote or hostile environments.

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Taiwan will make Chinese cars

 

Foxconn has signed a deal with Byton, a Chinese company that makes electric cars. Byton, Foxconn and Nanjing Development Zone signed an agreement on Monday to jointly produce Byton's M-Byte SUV in the first quarter of 2022.

Through the agreement, the Taiwanese company will allow Byton to use its own expertise in advanced manufacturing technology, activities management experience in the production of the first car, as well as the knowledge and resources acquired in this sector.

Foxconn unveiled a set of tools last year, according to CNBC. With this tool, car manufacturers will be able to design large parts for electric vehicles. The Taiwanese company will later produce these parts. In addition to car chassis, this tool also contains software.

Foxconn is already working to supply products to Tesla and several other carmakers.

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Japan builds 'wooden' satellite

Sumitomo Forestry, a Japanese company, and Kyoto University are jointly building the world's first wooden satellite. To be successful in building it by 2023, Sumitomo Forestry has already begun research on tree growth and the use of wood components in space.

Takao Doi, a professor at Kyoto University and a Japanese astronaut, told the BBC: "The next step in the research is to create an engineering model of the satellite, then we will produce a flight model."

Doi went to the International Space Station in March 2008 as an astronaut. He was the first human to launch a boomerang in space during that mission. The boomerang was designed to work in microgravity.

Sumitomo Forestry is part of the Sumitomo Group. The company says it will be made of wood that is highly tolerant to temperature and sun changes.

According to the World Economic Forum, about six thousand satellites are orbiting the earth. About 60 percent of this is space garbage.

Research firm Euroconsult estimates that an average of 990 satellites will be launched each year this decade. As a result, by 2028, the number of satellites in orbit may be about 15 thousand.

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Zoom will come with email service!

 

Whether there will ever be more growth in video conferencing services beyond 2020 could be debated. However, there is no dispute that Zoom has been able to do it on its own this year. Despite the presence of heavyweight apps like Skype, Google Meet, etc., it is a mystery how Zoom took the place of the top video conferencing app. So one step further, Zoom is going to sign up for the email service.

Such an indication has been given in a report of The Information. Zoom has been working on email services for some time now. The report states that the service will be provided to certain customers in a few days. Zoom can also bring relevant calendar services with email. Also the services that Zoom can come up with include chat feature and job posting service. In the case of enterprise software, it can be said in advance that Zoom will compete well with the top two names, Microsoft and Google.

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Nuro will deliver the goods in self-driving vehicles in California

 

For the first time, robotics company Nuro has been allowed to operate its own self-propelled vehicles commercially in California. The Silicon Valley company is set to begin offering driverless delivery services with the approval it received on Wednesday.

In this new service, a human operator will control several self-driving vehicles from a few miles away. As a result, the way to make a profit has opened up from the investment of self-driven technology in delivery service.

Nuro has been testing self-propelled vehicles on California roads since 2017. As a result, the state regulator allowed the company to test two driverless delivery vehicles in nine cities earlier this year.

The company says it will initially launch delivery services with Toyota Prius models. Then they will take to the streets with their own low-speed R-2 cars, where there are no pedals or steering wheels. There is only room for packing goods.

Nuro raised 500 million last month to add a new dimension to the e-commerce business in the Covid-19 epidemic.

Earlier in February, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration allowed the California Mountain View-based company to deliver goods without human control and 5,000 low-speed electric vehicles with looking glass and steering wheel.

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