International coalition joins the call to ban ‘surveillance advertising’
www.techcrunch.com An international coalition of consumer protection, digital and civil rights organizations and data protection experts has added its voice to growing calls for a ban on what’s been billed as “surveillance-based advertising”. … Read More
Indigenous community outreach jumpstarted COVID vaccinations. Can it get past a slowdown?
www.mashable.com Thanks to effective social distancing policies, testing, and contact tracing early in the pandemic, the Cherokee Nation has fared in the wake of the virus than other tribes and even the tribe’s surrounding areas in Oklahoma. But the Cherokee community was still hit hard. … Read More
Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily to close as Beijing tightens its grip
www.cnn.com One year was all it took for a Beijing-imposed National Security Law to take down Hong Kong’s largest and loudest pro-democracy newspaper.… Read More
The History of Computer Storage
www.techquickie.youtube.com How did computer storage evolve from super-old-school punch cards to the multi-terabyte SSDs of today? Thanks to Braintree for supporting our channel.… Read More
Stephen Colbert Points Out The Most Hurtful Part Of New Trump Bombshell Report
www.huffpost.com “Late Show” host calls out the former president over a report that he wanted to investigate comedians who mocked him. … Read More
Seth Rogen and Conan O’Brien smoked a blunt on TV because sure, why not
www.mashable.com Pondering what to do with his upcoming free time, O’Brien turned to guest Seth Rogen for ideas during Tuesday’s episode. The actor is popularly known for starring in stoner comedies, and he recently launched a cannabis company in March, so his answer should have surprised nobody. … Read More
Aircall raises $120 million for its cloud-based phone system
www.techcrunch.com Aircall has raised a $120 million Series D round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Following today’s funding round, the company has reached unicorn status, which means it has a valuation above $1 billion — this is the 16th French unicorn. … Read More
FIGHT Coronavirus From Home! – Folding@Home
www.techquickie.youtube.com How does the Folding@Home project make ordinary home computers part of one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to tackle disease research?… Read More
Japan’s Olympics superfans who want Tokyo 2020 to go ahead despite Covid-19
www.cnn.com Kyoko Ishikawa is not your average Olympics enthusiast.… Read More
Micromobility software provider Joyride raises $3.7 million seed round
www.techcrunch.com Joyride, a Toronto-based company that provides white label apps, back-end analytics and multi-modal fleet management for shared micromobility startups, has raised $3.7 million — seed money that it says will help it reach a greater number of small, local operators. … Read More
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Hello ! I am Richard Y. Lim
Upon migration to Medina, the direction of the Qibla continued to be Jerusalem, although it was then physically impossible for one to also face the Ka’ba, as Medina is north of Makkah.
