#Dating app Bumble expects higher demand amid COVID-19

#Dating app Bumble expects higher demand amid COVID-19

“#Dating app Bumble expects higher demand amid COVID-19” The owner of the dating app Bumble said Wednesday it expects a higher demand from people who avoided dating in person because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and an increase in revenue in the fourth quarter, according to a report. The Texas-based Bumble Inc. predicts the quarter revenue…

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#Russia sues Google, Facebook, Twitter

#Russia sues Google, Facebook, Twitter

“#Russia sues Google, Facebook, Twitter” MOSCOW – Russian authorities are suing five social media platforms for allegedly failing to delete posts urging children to take part in illegal protests, the Interfax news agency cited a Moscow court as saying on Tuesday. Twitter, Google, Facebook each have three cases against them, with each violation punishable by…

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#A Primer On Etiquette Towards Japanese Seiyuu On Social Media Makes The Rounds On Twitter

#A Primer On Etiquette Towards Japanese Seiyuu On Social Media Makes The Rounds On Twitter

“#A Primer On Etiquette Towards Japanese Seiyuu On Social Media Makes The Rounds On Twitter” Image via HiDive   With the growth of Japanese seiyuu as celebrities in their own right over the past decade thanks to the growth of international simulcasts, many popular voice actors have taken to establishing an official presence on social media platforms,…

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#Merrick Garland’s Big Tech non-answers grounds to think twice on him

#Merrick Garland’s Big Tech non-answers grounds to think twice on him

“#Merrick Garland’s Big Tech non-answers grounds to think twice on him” On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to confirm President Biden’s attorney general nominee, Merrick Garland. The full Senate should think twice before doing the same. Throughout his two-day confirmation hearing, Democrats and Republicans questioned Judge Garland extensively on his plans to tame and…

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#Twitter explores ‘undo send’ feature for paying users

#Twitter explores ‘undo send’ feature for paying users

“#Twitter explores ‘undo send’ feature for paying users” Twitter is testing an “undo send” function that would give users a short time to withdraw a tweet before it is posted, the company confirmed Friday. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who discovers unannounced social media features by looking at the sites’ code, tweeted an animation showing…

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#Parler sues Amazon again over decision to cut off servers

#Parler sues Amazon again over decision to cut off servers

“#Parler sues Amazon again over decision to cut off servers” Parler filed a new lawsuit against Amazon over the tech titan’s decision to boot the social network from its servers following January’s Capitol riots. The controversial startup filed the complaint in Washington state court on Tuesday, the same day it dropped the federal antitrust suit…

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#Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters

#Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters

“#Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters” SINGAPORE – Armed Myanmar soldiers and police are using TikTok to deliver death threats to protesters against last month’s coup, researchers said, leading the Chinese video-sharing app to announce it was removing content that incites violence. Digital rights group Myanmar ICT for Development (MIDO) said it had found…

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#UK doorbell cameras, dashcams capture meteor on video

#UK doorbell cameras, dashcams capture meteor on video

“#UK doorbell cameras, dashcams capture meteor on video” Residents of the UK were surprised over the weekend when a slow-moving meteor blazed across the night sky. Videos posted to social media taken from doorbells and dashcams across Britain show the fireball just before 10 pm on Sunday. A video from UK Meteor Network now has more than 100,000 views on YouTube. “Was so clear,” Twitter user @JillHemingway…

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