June 12, 2023 /Technology/ — On June 12, 2023, thousands of subreddits on Reddit went private in protest of the company’s new API pricing policy. The new policy, which was announced in April, charges third-party developers for using Reddit’s API. This has led to concerns that it will make it more difficult and expensive to develop third-party apps for Reddit. Continue reading
Google I/O is the biggest tech event because it is a conference that showcases Google’s latest innovations and solutions for developers and users. The event is held every year and features keynotes, sessions, workshops, and community activities that cover a wide range of topics, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, and more. Google I/O is a great opportunity for developers to learn about the latest Google technologies and how to use them to build better apps and services. It is also a great opportunity for users to learn about the latest Google products and services and how they can use them to improve their lives. Continue reading
Mpelembe Secondary School in Kitwe, Zambia, is the first school in Zambia to adopt Google for Education. Google for Education is a suite of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, and educational applications developed by Google. The suite includes applications for productivity (e.g., Docs, Sheets, Slides), communication (e.g., Gmail, Hangouts), and collaboration (e.g., Drive, Classroom). read more
Mpelembe Secondary School adopted Google for Education in 2017. The school’s principal, Mr. Fidelis Hichibulo, said that the school adopted Google for Education because it wanted to provide its students with access to the latest technology and to prepare them for the 21st century workforce.
Google for Education has had a positive impact on Mpelembe Secondary School. Students have been able to use the suite of tools to collaborate on projects, to communicate with their teachers and classmates, and to access educational resources. The school has also seen an increase in student engagement and achievement.
Mpelembe Secondary School is an example of how Google for Education can be used to improve education in developing countries. The school’s adoption of Google for Education has helped to provide its students with access to the latest technology and to prepare them for the 21st century workforce.
Orange Comet, the industry’s leading Web3 game and entertainment company, today announced its partnership with 13-year-old artistic genius Joe Whale, better known as The Doodle Boy. The first phase of the digital collectibles project is set to mint exclusively on OpenSea on April 25, 2023. Continue reading
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*Note: Due to the continuing changes with the rail strike in and around London, we have made the decision to change the 2Gather: London event that will take place on March 16th to an all virtual event.* For this special financial services and fintech event, we’re excited to have Bruno Aziza, Head of Data & Analytics, Google Cloud over from sunny California to lead conversations with customers sharing their stories about Google Cloud and the value it brings to their businesses. Come to this virtual event to:
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Today, if you want to find a good moving company, you might ask your favourite search engine – Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo perhaps – for some advice.
After wading past half a page of adverts, you get a load of links to articles on moving companies. You click on one of the links and finally read about how to pick a good ’un. But not for much longer.
Taha Yasseri, University College Dublin
At the end of every year, I gather statistics on the most viewed Wikipedia articles of the year. This helps me, a computational social scientist, understand what topics captured the most attention and gives me a chance to reflect on the major public events of the year. I try to use data to determine how the public (and more specifically here, English-language Wikipedia readers) will collectively remember the past year.
By Kim Harrisberg and Nita Bhalla
JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI, Aug 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Social media used to be a source of light entertainment for Nora, a 47-year-old Zimbabwean domestic worker living in South Africa. But lately, it has become a source of fear.
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Deborah Brown and Jayshree Bajoria are senior researchers at Human Rights Watch
Last week, Meta, formerly Facebook, released its first human rights report, which included some snippets from the pending Human Rights Impact Assessment on India. But this was not a preview of the full assessment. Rather, Meta told Human Rights Watch that it does not “have plans to publish anything further on the India HRIA,” an abdication of its commitment to transparency and due diligence.
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