Turkey unblocks Instagram after talks to address its concerns about crime and censorship

Turkey has restored access to Instagram after the social media site agreed to meet the country’s demands around censorship and crime-related content, Bloomberg reports. Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu announced the agreement in a post on X. Instagram was blocked for a little over a week; users in the country abruptly lost access on August 2, … Read more

What to read this weekend: Near-future dystopian fiction and a new approach to explaining life’s origin

What to read this weekend: Near-future dystopian fiction and a new approach to explaining life’s origin

New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. Hum by Helen Phillips Robots have become a regular fixture of the workforce, and humans are losing their jobs to AI. Climate change is wreaking havoc on the planet. It’s getting harder and harder for the average person to make ends meet. Facial recognition … Read more

X appears to be suppressing Trump-related searches

X appears to be suppressing Trump-related searches

If you want to find a specific tweet by Donald Trump, you may have to go through his timeline and look for it yourself. According to Mediaite, X has switched off the ability to search for Trump’s tweets. As the publication explains, you can do a search for specific posts by typing “from:[username without the … Read more

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died

Susan Wojcicki, who served as YouTube’s CEO for almost a decade until she stepped down last year, has died. She was 56 years old. Her husband Dennis Troper has shared the news on Facebook, revealing that Wojcicki lived two years with non-small cell lung cancer. “Susan was not just my best friend and partner in … Read more

FlipSystem Review: A Personalized Approach to Real Estate Investing

FlipSystem offers a comprehensive platform that integrates theoretical knowledge with practical application, specifically tailored to the realm of property flipping. By emphasizing continuous learning and hands-on experience, the system ensures that investors are well-prepared to navigate the complexities of the market. Support from seasoned professionals and a collaborative community environment play crucial roles in fostering… … Read more

Russia and Venezuela have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal

Both Russia and Venezuela have blocked access to the encrypted messaging app Signal, The Verge reports. The Russian news service Interfax broke the news about the block on the Signal app in Russia. Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor restricted the app due to “violations of the requirements of the Russian legislation whose fulfillment is necessary to … Read more

Oxford scientists’ new light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels

Oxford University scientists may have solved one of the greatest hindrances of expanding access to solar energy. Scientists from the university’s physics department have created an ultra-thin layer of material that can be applied to the exterior of objects with sunlight access in place of bulky silicon-based solar panels. The ultra-thin and flexible film is … Read more

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