Istanbul – Turkey’s parliament on Wednesday passed controversial new legislation requiring platforms like Twitter and Facebook to comply with government requests to remove content and store data in the country. Critics say the move is an attempt to control social media and silence the opposition. Under the new law, social …
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Prime was available on Apple TV in 2017, and had been available on iOS since 2012.In a separate 2011 email, Cue suggested the company “should ask for 40% of the first year only, but we have to work on some deals to see what is right,” Bloomberg said. Because it …
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Particles of a coronavirus, seen under a transmission electron microscope.Credit: AMI Images / Science Photo Library Virologists are debating whether to establish a system for naming virus species later this year. Some researchers say that the current way viruses are named is disorganized and that there is an urgent need …
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The best place to see the night sky is the highest dome on the Antarctic plateau, the coldest known place on Earth, where the stars seem to “shine” the least. Dome A, or ‘Argus’, located in the center of East Antarctica at a height of 13,428 feet above sea level, …
Read More »Kids stream on Twitch: where potential predators find them
Similar spot checks from less popular Twitch competitors YouTube Gaming and Facebook Gaming yielded far fewer cases of apparent live streaming of children. To stream on YouTube via mobile devices, a user must have more than 1,000 followers. Facebook Live doesn’t have a comparable restriction, but its live channel discovery …
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