June, 2020

• 4 June

  Enraged Over Girlfriend Getting Married To Someone Else, Youth Kills Her Then Commits Suicide

  

  A man took his own life after allegedly killing his girlfriend in Naswadi taluka of Chhota Udepur district. The man’s name is Rahul Bhil. Bhil was found hanging from a peepal tree.  He was a casual labourer. The woman’s name was Rekha Tadvi. Bhil used a shovel to bludgeon her. The accused and Tadvi used …

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• 4 June

  US Imposes Restrictions On 33 Chinese Firms As US-China Relations Continue To Take A Hit

  

  United States-China relations are reaching a new low every passing day, as both countries continue to engage in war of words and the States major push for economic restrictions on many Chinese companies.   Reuters In a latest move that will not go down well with Beijing, the U.S Commerce Department said Wednesday that new restrictions on 33 Chinese firms and institutions …

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• 4 June

  Outrage Over Killing Of Pregnant Elephant Continues As Central Govt Takes Serious Note Of Crime

  

  The Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar has said that the Central government has taken a very serious note of the killing of a pregnant elephant in Kerala and an investigation will be undertaken to find out the culprits behind the incident.  Javadekar tweeted that the ‘central government has taken a very serious note of the killing …

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• 4 June

  Attacks On Sex Workers In Africa Rise Amid Lockdown Poverty, People Think They Spread Covid-19

  

  Peninah Wanjiru never really took risks.  Her friends said the 35-year-old Kenyan sex worker was always careful in her business at her home in Majengo, on the outskirts of Nairobi.  But on the night of May 7, a curfew imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus forced Wanjiru to allow a client to stay over. Some hours later, she …

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• 3 June

  Apple’s rumored mini

  

  Apple is rumored to have new iPad Pro models in the works, but we might not get a look at them till next year. A leak posted on Twitter, spotted earlier Wednesday by MacRumors, says new iPad Pro models with 5G and mini-LED displays will launch in the first or second quarter of 2021.  Previous rumors had suggested that Apple’s …

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• 3 June

  Former Facebook staffers criticize Zuckerberg for his stance on Trump posts

  

  Facebook’s former employees are reportedly calling on CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take action on President Donald Trump’s online posts after current staffers have criticized his stance on not fact-checking or labeling them. In a letter published online Wednesday by The New York Times, around three dozen of the social media company’s longest-serving employees said the chief executive’s position is a “betrayal” of Facebook’s community values.  …

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• 3 June

  Google faces $5 billion lawsuit for tracking people in incognito mode

  

  Google faces a proposed class action lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of invading people’s privacy and tracking internet use even when browsers are set to “private” mode. The suit, filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that Google violates wiretapping and privacy laws by continuing to “intercept, track, and collect communications” even when …

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• 3 June

  One week after launch, HBO Max still missing from Roku, Amazon Fire TV

  

  HBO Max made its long-awaited debut last week, but you still can’t watch The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo or reruns of Friends via your Roku or Fire TV. That’s because those popular devices remain without HBO Max apps. Despite being available on a host of platforms and devices — including iOS and Android, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Apple TV, …

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• 3 June

  Let Flexjobs help you find remote work all year long for $20

  

  There are pros and cons to working from home. Pro: No commute and a better work-life balance. Con: Finding remote work can be difficult, in part because traditional career services and job boards haven’t quite caught up yet with the flex-work lifestyle. Flexjobs is a little different. It specializes in the remote and flexible job search market. An annual subscription …

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• 3 June

  Google removes app that helped eliminate Chinese apps from phones

  

  Google has reportedly pulled an app from the Play Store designed to find and remove Chinese apps from people’s phones. India-based Remove Chinese Apps was suspended for violating Google’s Deceptive Behavior Policy, which, in part, bans apps that “mislead users into removing or disabling third-party apps.” Gadgets 360 earlier reported the news.  OneTouch AppLabs, the maker of Remove China Apps, tweeted …

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