Facebook Inc ads chief Carolyn Everson is leaving the company, she said in a post on the social media platform on Wednesday.”We wish Carolyn the best as she moves into a new chapter. We are grateful for her contributions,” a Facebook spokesperson said in an emailed statement.Everson, who had been at Facebook more than a decade, was vice president of Facebook’s Global Business Group. She was a key spokesperson for the company when more than 1,000 advertisers joined a Facebook boycott last summer over concerns it was not doing enough to combat hate speech on the platform.The company said Nicola…
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Tiktok and WeChat can breathe a sigh of relief now, as they won’t lose their American market after all. Mashable reports that the Biden administration has rescinded the orders made by former U.S. President Donald Trump to ban TikTok and WeChat. Aside from this, the White House has also ordered the Commerce Department to perform their very own reviews of any social media/messaging apps that have ties to potential foreign adversaries. (Photo : Rasit Aydogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) President Joe Biden signed the executive order on June 9, which is also meant to consider any transaction made by similar apps…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Wednesday warned that if coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues to spread at the current rate, it will be years before the virus is controlled in the Americas. During a weekly press briefing, PAHO director Carissa Etienne said that almost 1.2 million new Covid-19 cases and about 34,000 related deaths were reported in the region last week, highlighting that four of the five countries with the highest death counts – The United States, Brazil, Mexico and Peru – are in the Americas.”If current trends continue, the health, social and economic disparities in our region will…
The leader of Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, according to a jihadi organization linked to the Islamic State group.An audio recording purportedly from Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province, or ISWAP, said Shekau detonated explosives killing himself after a battle between the two groups.The audio message follows media reports last month that Shekau, one of Africa’s most wanted men, blew himself up to evade capture by ISWAP fighters.Neither Nigerian authorities nor Boko Haram have confirmed Shekau’s death.There had been several false reports about Shekau’s death in the past, with…
France has suspended aid and military support to the Central African Republic, accusing its government of failing to stop a massive anti-French “disinformation campaign”. The armed forces ministry said that the French government is also freezing about 10 million euros in budgetary support for the landlocked African nation.”A number of commitments made by the Central African authorities vis-à-vis France have not been kept,” the ministry told news agency Reuters, which includes stopping the online campaigns meant to undermine French influence.France has a history of military interventions in the Central African Republic, a former French colony, and diplomatic wrangling over influence…
(Photo : GettlyImages/ Drew Angerer) Google pixel fold Google Pixel Fold phone will continue its production and release this year. Google may have stopped the production of Pixel Watch, but its foldable phone Pixel Fold will be on the way this year. The leak posted on August 2020 revealed that Google was planning to release its first-ever folding Pixel phone in late 2021. Google Pixel Fold Phone Release According to the site TheElec, Samsung will start production of folding OLED panels this October for Google, Xiaomi, and Vivo’s upcoming folding phones, all of which will be revealed in late 2021. Google has not exactly…
A South African woman has reportedly given birth to 10 babies, in what would be a world record earlier held by an American woman, according to a local media report. Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, gave birth to seven boys and three girls, reported Pretoria News, which could break the Guinness World Records for most children delivered at a single birth to survive.According to BBC, a South African has confirmed the birth of 10 children, while another official said that they are yet to see the babies. Meanwhile, Guinness World Records said that it was investigating the claim, reported the British…
People with smartphones and wearable devices regularly show up to the doctor’s office with readouts from apps detailing everything from their heart rate to sleep patterns. Now, with the new iOS 15 update this fall, some iPhone users will be able to send data directly from their Health app to their doctors’ electronic medical records systems. That type of integration could make it easier for patients to share information with their doctors, says Libo Wang, a cardiology fellow at the University of Utah School of Medicine who studies wearables. “The current workflow is mildly laborious, and requires the patient to…
(Photo : Health Hero & Engine Deliver NFT-Powered Wellness App) The gamification of fitness and health is reaching new heights via the recently unveiled partnership between Health Hero and Enjin. The project aims to introduce NFTs to the wellness industry by combining gaming mechanics with blockchain security. Non-Fungible Tokens Intersect Health & Wellness Health Hero and Enjin are joining forces to introduce a new health monitoring and engagement app that will integrate the concept of Well-being Non-Fungible Tokens or W-NFTs. The partnership is geared towards creating an innovative digital community by enabling users to create tokens unique to their health…
President Joe Biden on Wednesday withdrew a series of Trump-era executive orders that sought to ban new downloads of WeChat and TikTok, and ordered a Commerce Department review of security concerns posed by those apps and others.The administration of former President Donald Trump had attempted to block new users from downloading the apps and ban other technical transactions that Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat both said would effectively block the apps’ use in the United States.The courts blocked those orders, which never took effect.A separate U.S. national security review of TikTok launched in late 2019 remains active and ongoing, a White…