Month: February 2021
Parler is back online after a month of downtime
The alternative social network Parler has reopened after a month offline. The company announced in a press release that the site is now accessible for users with existing accounts and will accept new signups starting next week. It’s also announced a new interim CEO: Mark Meckler, who previously cofounded the…
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The Grand Tour’s next episode is coming in 2021 – but you might have to wait The Grand Tour
The Grand Tour Presents’ next episode has had an update. The streaming service has confirmed that the next special in the Amazon Prime motoring series – filmed in Scotland in late 2020 – will release later in 2021. The Grand Tour Presents has managed one feature-length episode per year for…
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Chrome has a secret scrollable tabstrip option – here’s how to enable it Google Chrome
You’re running Chrome and you’ve got your number of open tabs nicely in check, right? No… we thought not! If you’re anything like us, you probably have downs, scores, or even hundreds of tabs open, and there are various extensions you can turn to to help make them a little…
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Notion’s hours-long outage was caused by phishing complaints
Last week’s hours-long outage at online workspace startup Notion was caused by phishing complaints, according to the startup’s domain registrar. Notion was offline for most of the morning on Friday, plunging its more than four million users into organization darkness because of what the company called a “very unusual DNS…
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Jaguar will be an all-electric car brand from 2025
UK automaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says its Jaguar luxury brand will be all-electric by 2025. Meanwhile, its Land Rover brand will release its first all-electric vehicle in 2024, the first of six fully electric models planned for release over the next five years. JLR’s transition will be funded by…
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India removes restrictions on geospatial surveys – here’s what it means india geospatial survey
India today announced a major policy change with reference to geospatial mapping of its territory, barely hours after one of its top scientific institutions announced that it had partnered with a private entity to create a rival to Google Maps. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that from now on local…
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