On Monday night, Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, an Ethiopian singer and activist, was shot dead. The murder sparked protests, and since Monday more than 80 people have died. On Tuesday, the Ethiopian government imposed a general shutdown of the Internet, cutting connectivity for the country’s population of 102 million people. Visit the …
Read More »Zuckerberg: Advertisers will return to Facebook “very soon”
Image copyright fake pictures As the advertising boycott grows, Mark Zuckerberg shows no signs of backing down. “I guess all of these advertisers will be coming back to the platform soon,” said Facebook’s chief executive. Activists accuse the tech company of being too slow and reluctant to remove hateful content. …
Read More »Google Pixel 3a possibly suspended before Pixel 4a launch
Google is discontinuing the $ 400 Pixel 3a, the cheapest version of its Pixel 3 phone that it released last spring. The company said it had “completed sales” of the phone in a statement to Android Police. The phone was widely acclaimed by critics for offering some of the Pixel …
Read More »McDonald’s stops at reopening dining rooms as coronavirus cases rise
“Continuing our thoughtful approach to reopening, effective today, we are pausing all reopening plans for dinner for 21 days,” Joe Erlinger, President of McDonald’s (DCM) The US, and Mark Salebra, president of the National Franchisee Leadership Alliance, which represents some McDonald’s franchise operators, wrote in a letter Wednesday to US …
Read More »Jobs’ June report throws rocks at 4.8 million jobs, but it won’t last; Dow Jones Futures Surge
The return of the US job market coronavirus continued in June when the economy gained a record 4.8 million jobs, exceeding Wall Street expectations. The unemployment rate fell to 11.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose in the first shares of the stock market after the report, but earnings faded …
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