NBA players and coaches from four teams knelt during the national anthem Thursday night in the first set of games since the league halted its season during the coronavirus pandemic. Inspired by NFL free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the rally draws attention to racial injustice and police brutality. In the …
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A woman accuses a black photographer, who uses drones for his work, of filming women
Play video content Thomas Samuel / Facebook A Seattle woman criticized a photographer who used a drone for real estate photos, accusing him of secretly filming women … but he thinks his tirade was really about seeing a black man on his block. The photographer, Thomas Samuel, shared a video …
Read More »Netflix enables people to see things faster or slower with new speed controls
Netflix is letting people choose the speed at which they want to watch something on their phone or tablet with new playback controls. Netflix will allow anyone on an Android mobile device to stream at speeds of 0.5x or 0.75x for slower viewing and speeds of 1.25x or 1.5x for …
Read More »Twitter says hackers used a phone to trick staff into gaining access
Twitter says the hackers responsible for a recent high-profile breach used the phone to trick employees of the social media company into giving them access. The company revealed a few more details Thursday night about the hack earlier this month, which it said targeted “a small number of employees through …
Read More »New Zealand Army Misled Public About Civilian Deaths in 2010 Afghan Raid | Afghanistan News
Investigators in New Zealand have concluded that the country’s military repeatedly misled government ministers and the public for years about civilian casualties in a special forces raid in Afghanistan 10 years ago. Operation Burnham was carried out by New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) and allied forces in the Tirgiran Valley …
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