August, 2018

• 22 August

  The race for 5G, and a promise to keep it cheap

  

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• 22 August

  Facebook rating your trustworthiness, Tinder’s college

  

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• 22 August

  Asian Games 2018: Rahi Sarnobat Bags Gold In Thrilling 25 Metre Pistol Final

  

  India shooter Rahi Sarnobat won gold in women’s 25 metre pistol event at the 2018 Asian Games. Rahi Sarnobat shot a total of 34 to claim the top honours. This is India’s fourth gold.  It is said to be one of the historic performance because she has now become the first Indian female shooter to win an individual Asian Games …

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• 22 August

  Maharashtra Sex Workers Have Come Together To Donate Rs 21,000 For Kerala Flood Victims

  

  People from across the world are sending relief aid and funds to help flood victims in Kerala. It is one of the worst environmental crisis in over a decade. India is known for its diversity, culture and love for each other. Well, this can be seen during the times of crisis. Not only people from the rich section of society …

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• 22 August

  While Thousands Are Denied Jobs, 29-Year-Old Creates Portal For Transgenders To Provide Them Work

  

  In April 2014, in a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of India allotted the ‘third gender’ status to transgenders. The judgement was aimed at providing employment opportunities to the socially backward community and also help them in getting admissions in educational institutes. However, even after SC’s order, there is little respite for members of the community. The Indian mentality still …

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• 22 August

  To Help Them Find Love, IIM Has Launched A Marriage Portal Exclusively For HIV-Positive People

  

  It’s Cupid for people with HIV. A website, launched at IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) by Surat-based organizations Sri Rama Krishna (SRK) Group and Gujarat Sate Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GSNP+), will connect persons with HIV/AIDS across the globe. An initiative of GSNP, the website has financial support from SRK Knowledge Foundation and technical support from IIM-A. IIM-A director Errol D’Souza …

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• 21 August

  Facebook is reportedly rating your trustworthiness

  

  Facebook is reportedly rating users’ trustworthiness on a scale from zero to one. The social network developed the ratings system in an effort to fight fake news on its platform, Tessa Lyons, the product manager in charge of fighting misinformation at Facebook, said in an interview published Tuesday in The Washington Post. Facebook relies on users flagging problematic content, but …

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• 21 August

  Ads are coming to your Fortnite, Overwatch streams on Twitch Prime

  

  Twitch is letting the ads flood in, even if you paid to keep them out. Twitch Prime, a service the streaming video site offers in partnership with its parent company Amazon, will no longer be ad-free for new members starting Sept. 14. Current monthly subscribers will get ad-free viewing until Oct. 15. This comes as Twitch — which lets gamers record …

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• 21 August

  Google wants you to start exercising more (The 3:59, Ep. 446)

  

  On this podcast, we talk about: Google Fit adds new features, called Move Minutes and Heart Points. Microsoft shuts down several fake websites, including two that mimicked American conservative groups. A look at the Oppo Find X phone, with its pop-up camera and nearly bezel-less display. Now playing: Watch this: Google wants you to start exercising more (The 3:59,… 4:59 The …

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• 21 August

  Elon Musk’s Instagram account has vanished

  

  What is happening in the mind of Elon Musk? It’s one of the great questions of our time, and now we have one less portal into the entrepreneur’s head space — his Instagram account appears to have gone up in a puff of smoke. It’s not clear when exactly Musk’s account was last active, but internet archive the Wayback Machine …

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