(Photo : Pixabay/deepanker70) Google Maps COVID-19 vaccines Over the past year, Google has used its massive platforms to display useful, pandemic-related information. The latest is a simple encouragement in Google Maps about finding the nearest COVID-19 vaccination site. Google Maps COVID-19 Vaccine Pin Google Maps replaced the usual generic “Search here” prompt, and joins other PSAs in the app. The “Explore” tab links to a “COVID-19 info & vaccine locations” page for your area, while a “COVID-19 info” map layer has existed for some time now, according to 9to5 Google. The other related features include Google adding COVID restrictions alerts,…
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A three-day cease-fire marked by violent attacks — most claimed by the Islamic State group — ended Sunday in Afghanistan amid calls for renewed peace talks between the government and Taliban.Also Read | 12 killed in Afghanistan mosque; ceasefire calm between Taliban, govt shatteredTaliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen said the negotiating teams of the government and the Islamic Emirate, as the Taliban refer to their ousted regime, met briefly Saturday in the Middle Eastern State of Qatar. They renewed their commitment to finding a peaceful end to the war and called for an early start to talks that have been…
Facebook is currently having some trouble stopping the current anti-vaccine profile frame trend. On Friday, May 14, the social media giant company said that it released a new policy banning anti-vaccine messaging on the giant platform. (Photo : Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. This is the second day of testimony before Congress by Zuckerberg, 33, after it was reported that 87 million Facebook users had their personal information harvested by Cambridge…
(Photo : Pixabay/geralt) Social media Clubhouse People who have spent time on social media knows that most social media platforms have a lot of trolls, reply-guys, and other people who are unpleasant to interact with. On massive platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, the option to block another user allows you to keep someone out of your news feed. Blocking is far from a bulletproof solution, but it gives users a way to continue to use the platforms and avoid nasty interactions. Clubhouse’s Weak Banning Measures Will Oremus, a writer for The Atlantic, reported that the year-old audio chat…
Canadian and American researchers have claimed to have developed an antiviral drug that they say is the “most potent” yet in countering the Covid-19 virus’s variants of concern (VOCs).The drug called N-0385 “blocks the Sars-CoV-2 virus from entering human cells through its favoured cell gateways”, according to a release from Vancouver-based University of British Columbia (UBC).A preprint version of the study on the new drug has been uploaded on website of the journal BioRXiv.François Jean, a project lead and professor at UBC’s department of microbiology and immunology, said the researchers reported “a novel and highly potent small-molecule drug called N-0385…
Various rumors and speculations believed that Twitter is working on a subscription service since last summer. And now, one of the most popular app feature leakers, Jane Manchun Wong, released some screenshots together with some explanations about the possible paid features it could offer. (Photo : Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)In this photo illustration, the logo for the Twitter social media network is projected onto a man on August 09, 2017 in London, England. With around 328 million users worldwide, Twitter has gone from a small start-up in for the public 2006 to a broadcast tool of politicians and corporations…
US President Joe Biden expressed his “grave concern” over violence in Israel and Gaza in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday while separately telling Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas that Hamas must “cease firing rockets.”Speaking on the sixth day of a paroxysm of Israeli-Palestinian violence that has left scores dead or wounded, Biden expressed his “strong support” for Israel’s right to defend itself against rocket attacks by “Hamas and other terrorist groups,” in his call with Netanyahu, while also emphasizing his clear concern over the deadly flare-up and casualties on both sides.”He condemned these indiscriminate attacks against…
The US and British embassies in Myanmar expressed concern about reports of fierce government attacks on a town in a western Chin state, where the ruling junta declared martial law because of armed resistance to military rule.The fighting began around 6 am Saturday when government troops reinforced by helicopters began shelling the western part of the town of Mindat, destroying several homes, said a spokesman of the Chinland Defence Force.It is a locally formed militia group opposed to the February coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.Helicopters also took part in the attack, according to the…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “dismayed” by civilian casualties in Gaza and “deeply disturbed” by Israel’s strike on a building containing international media outlets, a spokesman said Saturday in response to reporters’ questions.Also Read | Israel bombs Hamas Gaza chief’s home as fighting enters 7th dayThe comments came as Israel pummeled the Gaza Strip with air strikes, killing 10 members of an extended family and demolishing the 13-floor Gaza building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera and The Associated Press news agency, with Palestinian militants firing back barrages of rockets.”The Secretary-General is dismayed by the increasing number of civilian casualties, including the…
The Saudi-headquartered OIC includes countries Iran, Turkey, Indonesia and a range of Muslim majority nations. PTI | , Dubai UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2021 06:47 AM IST Saudi Arabia has called for foreign ministers of the world’s largest body of Muslim nations to hold a meeting Sunday. The gathering is to discuss Israeli acts of violence against Palestinians and the Israeli police’s use of force against protesters at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.The kingdom will host the virtual summit, gathering ministers of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation “to discuss the Israeli aggression in the Palestinian territory,” particularly acts of violence…