Month: September 2021
Facebook’s 2Africa to become the longest subsea cable in the world
2Africa, a subsea cable project funded by Facebook and several telcos, will become the longest subsea cable system ever deployed by the time it's finished. The social network has announced that the consortium of companies behind the initiative has decided to add a new segment to the structure called 2Africa…
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Amazon launches its computer science education program in India – One more step in edu sector Amazon Logo
A couple of years ago in the US, Amazon had launched the “Amazon Future Engineer” program, which is basically a broad community-based push into schools through computer science education. And today, Amazon announced that it is launching the program in India to equip children and young adults from underserved and…
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Nintendo confirms Donkey Kong area for Super Nintendo World
Nintendo has confirmed plans to expand Super Nintendo World, its recently opened theme park at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, with a new Donkey Kong area. The news doesn’t exactly come as a surprise — construction already appears to have been underway for some time. Imagery released by Nintendo confirms…
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Facebook ‘pauses’ Instagram for Kids plan – But it may be gone forever Instagram dark mode
Faced with protests and outrage from lawmakers and child specialists, Facebook has announced that it is pausing its plan to develop an Instagram for kids. “While we stand by the need to develop this experience, we’ve decided to pause this project. This will give us time to work with parents,…
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WhatsApp to support iPad and at least another iPhone in new update
It’s been a while since the news regarding multi-device support on WhatsApp broke out, but now, a new report shows evidence that this feature is going to look more like what Telegram already does. According to WABetainfo, while WhatsApp already offers the ability to link its account with WhatsApp Web,…
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Trump pushing Microsoft to buy TikTok was ‘strangest thing I’ve ever worked on,’ says Satya Nadella
It’s difficult to remember now, but in August 2020 there was a deeply surreal episode wherein Microsoft proposed acquiring some portion of TikTok in a complicated deal as the Trump administration was threatening to come down hard on the platform. Ultimately, TikTok turned Microsoft down just a day before Oracle…
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