Google stops with the ‘FLoC’ technology after criticism. However, the company also has an alternative ready to replace cookies, a new system called ‘Topics’. Those Topics should also allow advertisers to target specific users based on their interests. The updated system would be in the Chrome browser by the […]
Large parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan – three countries in Central Asia – will be without power on Tuesday. Much of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, is without power. The same goes for Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, and Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. According to the Kyrgyz Ministry […]
UNICEF seizes 24 January, International Day of Education, to sound the alarm about the major learning disadvantages caused by corona measures. Nearly two years after the pandemic outbreak, more than 635 million students are still affected by full or partial school closures, the children’s rights organisation said. The closure […]
The European Parliament has supported a battery of rules with a large majority to end the so-called ‘Far West’ on the internet. The MPs want, among other things, clear procedures for the removal of illegal content, greater insight into algorithms and a strict framework for personalized advertising, including a ban […]
Former Pope Benedict XVI failed to intervene in four child abuse cases within the German Roman Catholic Church. An investigation by law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl into abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising brought this to light. Pope Emeritus was Archbishop of the diocese from 1977 to […]
Edward Leung, the 30-year-old activist and supporter of Hong Kong’s independence, has been released after four years in prison. The authorities announced this on Wednesday morning. Leung was a rising star within the Hong Kong protest movement. In 2018, however, he ended up in jail for assaulting the police […]
China’s postal service has ordered its employees to disinfect packages and letters from abroad after authorities claimed the mail might be the source of recent corona outbreaks in the country. In addition, the authorities have asked residents to order fewer items from abroad. The postal service released a statement […]
Australia and New Zealand have sent reconnaissance flights to the Pacific island nation of Tonga to assess damage from the volcanic eruption. In Tonga, communication has largely failed. As a result, the exact damage on the islands is still unclear. New Zealand media report that in Tonga, most damage […]
Microsoft has completely switched to the production of Xbox Series X and S. The company has not been building new Xbox One consoles since the end of 2020. Early 2021 was also when the newer versions, the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S, came on the market. […]
While we are shivering, record temperatures are being recorded in Australia. For example, it was 50.7 degrees in Onslow – in the west of the country – around 2.30 pm on Thursday. The 50-degree cape has only been rounded three times since the measurements began in the 1960s. It […]
