A social media account for popular Chinese e-commerce site Xiaohongshu, or “Little Red Book,” was unavailable on Sunday, after it issued a post on Friday, the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen Square, a highly sensitive date in China.The Friday post on its account on China’s Twitter-like Weibo said, “Tell me loud: what’s the date today?”, according to a screenshot seen by Reuters. That post was quickly deleted by Xiaohongshu, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to be named given its sensitivity.A Weibo search for Xiaohongshu’s official account yielded no results on…
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(Photo : Getty Image) YouTube is moving some of its parts into Google Cloud Service from the tech company’s internal data center infrastructure, announced by Google Cloud Head. Google is an extremely popular tech company. It owns several franchises, one being the infamous video-sharing platform, YouTube. Recent reports mentioned that there might be a massive shift in placement for the app. YouTube is a regular part of average individuals’ daily routines, and it shows how important it is for people. With Google’s decision to incorporate some of its features into their Google Cloud Service, other companies will have a better…
A minivan carrying civilian passengers in northwest Afghanistan was hit by a roadside bomb, leaving at least 11 passengers dead, including three children, an Afghan official said Sunday.The minivan fell into a valley with the shock of the explosion Saturday, said Badghis provincial Gov. Hesamuddin Shams, adding that rescuers were still searching for bodies in the valley.No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the provincial government accuses the Taliban of placing the bomb to target security forces. There was no immediate response from the Taliban.Large swathes of war-ravaged Afghanistan are littered with bombs and land mines. Many were…
Seagate is developing a new disk technology that could perhaps be the solution to the increasing prices of hard disk drives (HDD). Let us also dive into its performance if it performs similar to its more expensive counterparts. (Photo : Photo by Nothing Ahead from Pexels)Seagate’s new disk technology could likely be the answer to the high prices of HDDs. However, how does it perform? The new-generation HDD, called Mach.2, has two actuators, compared to the older tech with only one. With that, the read/write speeds are significantly better. Thus, a better performing and cheaper HDD. Cheaper and Faster to…
The TikTok app accidentally determined that a 23-year old user has ADHD, and nobody else figured it out before the app has. Tiktok is an app where users share and create short clips, ranging from 15 to 60 seconds time limit. Videos on the social media platform range from various topics, from singing, dancing, DIYs — you name it, and TikTok has it. At first, people did not think much of TikTok, but more and more users started enjoying the app, and the rest of the world experienced a vast FoMo — fear of missing out. As a result, TikTok…
Jack Dorsey’s Square invested $5 Million in a solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility in partnership with Blockstream. It is part of the company’s endeavor of pairing power-hogging cryptocurrency mining with clean energy. (Photo : by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)MIAMI, FLORIDA – JUNE 04: Jack Dorsey creator, co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter and co-founder & CEO of Square speaks on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. The crypto conference is expected to draw 50,000 people and runs from Friday, June 4 through June 6th. Blockstream…
Sirius XM, a digital radio satellite, recently aced a nighttime landing at sea after SpaceX launched Falcon 9 rocket into space on Sunday, June 6. SpaceX decided to launch a veteran rocket named Falcon 9 for its third trip to space this Sunday. When it returned, it successfully brought back Sirius XM, a vast radio satellite located in the Earth’s orbit. Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket, and it blasted off at exactly 12:26 AM EDT, traveling from Space Launch Complex 40 towards Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to mark the company’s 18th launch for 2021. Falcon 9 contained SXM-8…
The Apple WWDC, which is coming in a few more hours, is likely to unveil that the watchOS 8 will be carrying a “Mind” app to bring mental health features, a leak suggested. (Photo : by Michael Short/Getty Images)CUPERTINO, CA – MARCH 25: Attendees gather before an Apple product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on March 25, 2019 in Cupertino, California. Apple Inc. announced the launch of it’s new video streaming service, and unveiled a premium subscription tier to its News app. WWDC will start unveiling what is coming to the iOS 15, iPadOS 15,…
It turns out that the cyberattack that shut down Colonial Pipeline for a couple of days is rooted in a single compromised password of the company’s virtual private network account. (Photo : by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)WOODBINE, MD – MAY 13: In an aerial view, fuel holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline’s Dorsey Junction Station on May 13, 2021 in Woodbine, Maryland. The Colonial Pipeline has returned to operations following a cyberattack that disrupted gas supply for the eastern U.S. for days. It enabled the ransomware group to infiltrate the system of the largest fuel pipeline in the United States…
(Photo : Getty Image) Anonymous, an international hacking organization, released a video made explicitly for Tesla’s Elon Musk. Over the last few weeks, Musk has constantly been tweeting or –trolling about bitcoin’s value. The infamous hacking group plans to target the billionaire because his rowdy tweets negatively affect the price of cryptocurrencies. Musk is a famous personality known for previously promoting cryptocurrencies. However, he recently turned critical of the entire Bitcoin franchise ever since he suspended Tesla’s plan on taking cryptocurrencies as payment for their cars. The suspensions stem from a concern about Bitcoin machines’ energy use. ‘Anonymous’ on Exposing…