HARARE – With Zimbabwe’s internet shutdown still partly in place, the information minister says that the government has crafted a new law to curb abuse of the internet. Zimbabweans were left without internet for nearly 30 hours this week and the authorities have kept a block on social networking sites in an apparent bid to curb support for anti-government strikes. Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa says a new cyber bill has been approved by cabinet and will soon be tabled in parliament for adoption. Mutsvangwa said the proposed new law will ensure that the internet isn’t used to violate national security. Her remarks, broadcast…
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Snap Inc. Chief Financial Officer Tim Stone is resigning after eight months in the job, another sign of volatility at the social-media company that sent shares tumbling in extended trading. His sudden departure, following several years of frequent executive turnover, adds to uncertainty surrounding the young company’s future, as it struggles to expand the user base for its Snapchat mobile photo-sharing app. Snap shares, which have fallen more than 50 % in the past year, dropped 7 % after the close of regular trading in New York following the announcement. Stone, who came to Snap from Amazon.com Inc., was seen as an…
George is a zebrafish. Along with Tom and 98 other mates, George swims freely in a laboratory tank at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Lisbon, Portugal. A camera records from above a video of all the animals’ comings and goings. Is it possible to distinguish individual fish from the video images at every moment? Yes, says Gonzalo de Polavieja, principal investigator of the Collective Behavior Lab, who, with his team, has developed a program called idtracker.ai that can do the job quickly and with extreme accuracy. Their results were published in the journal Nature Methods. “The ultimate goal…
Kolkata, January 14: In an appalling case of inhumanity, 16 puppies on Sunday were beaten to death in premises of state-run city hospital in Kolkata. The incident has triggered shock and outrage among the people and has prompted authorities of NRS Medical College and Hospital to launch a probe. The incident came to light when animal carcasses were found in a deserted spot, where, waste from the gynaecological department is dumped, reported Hindustan Times. Telangana: 100 Stray Dogs Poisoned in Hyderabad, Case Registered. In the video clip which is going viral on the internet, shows two women thrashing the puppies within the hospital…
BHUBANESWAR: The Fifteenth Finance Commission on Wednesday praised Odishafor making significant progress and hailed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s non-waiver agriculture scheme. “The Kalia (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme, we believe, is a much better scheme that helps the small and marginal farmers, who carry the burden of the debt more steeply, than a loan waiver, which is more advantageous to better-off agriculturists,” Chairman NK Singh said. The members of the panel are on a threeday visit to the state. “Odisha, though, needed to do much more on crop diversification and improving yield.” While states looked for the fiscal space available for farm…
Odisha government is all set to extend annual financial assistance to the tune of ₹. 20,000 each After announcing cash assistance for farmers, the Odisha government is all set to extend annual financial assistance to the tune of ₹. 20,000 each for students belonging to the underprivileged section of society in graduation and post-graduation programmes. The scheme is in addition to the existing scholarships being availed by students. Assistance is limited to the duration of the course and will be given each year till the completion of the course. Access to higher studies “The financial assistance scheme has been approved…
Valve’s commitment to keeping illegitimate games off Steam has led to increased vigilance over the last six months. A series of restrictions put in place to ward off these so-called “fake games,” however, has caught at least one totally real game in the crossfire. The delightful musical adventure game Wandersong launched to cult acclaim in September and last week received several nods from the Independent Games Festival Awards. (It was also one of my personal favorites of 2018.) Yet Valve has marked it as under review, leaving players unable to access regular Steam features for it, like trading cards and achievements. It’s the victim of a…
\ I love social media, I really do. I relish any opportunity to interact with people I may never meet in person, strangers with similar interests. Sadly, I am usually boring, sharing articles, posting about social issues, art, occasionally music and, increasingly, ornithology. I have relatively few followers and do not actively seek more by being self-consciously “witty”. I follow only those I know or find interesting. If I consider someone to be a septic pustule (Donald Trump, for example) why would I follow them when I would walk away if they joined my mates in a pub? I’ve made…
Berlin’s Schwules Museum has opened a brand new exhibition named “Rainbow Arcade” to celebrate the history of LGBTQ culture and stories in video gaming. The exhibition was co-curated by curator and PR for the museum, Jan Schnorrenberg; German game journalist Sarah Rudolph; and Dr Adrienne Shaw. Dr Shaw is a professor and author with a specialism in queer studies, sexuality and gender in gamer culture, and LGBTQ game history. She is also the founder of the LGBTQ Game Archive. The exhibition, designed by German art director Nicolas Simoneau, is themed around the rainbow—a symbol of the LGBTQ community—and directs visitors through the…
The Labor government wants to restrict teaching degrees if Universities don’t lift the standards of our future teachers and the Education Union backs the proposed policy. “We actually support this call for a much higher entry assignment into teaching degrees,” Correna Haythorpe, Australian Education Union Federal President, told 6PR Breakfast. [“source=6pr”]