Controversial Content Copyright Reforms Rejected by European Parliament

Controversial Content Copyright Reforms Rejected by European Parliament The European Parliament has voted against a highly controversial copyright reform proposal, which could have changed the concept of a free and open internet, and created a major rift between content creators and the platforms on which their content was shared. Copyright Directive, as the proposal was called, sought to force online platforms such as YouTube and Google to share revenues with creators and news publishers, and even directed them to add content filtering platforms to prevent any content from being shared without the copyright holder’s consent....

July 7, 2018 · 2 min · 394 words · Paul Henson

Elon Musk Sends Engineers To Help Thailand Cave Rescue Of Trapped Football Team

Elon Musk Sends Engineers To Help Thailand Cave Rescue Of Trapped Football Team While Elon Musk is busy working on his ambitious superfast underground transportationprojectand courtingcriticismover his views on AI, the Tesla chief has also offered to help rescue a team of young soccer players fighting for their life in a cave in Thailand. The plight of the trapped boys and their 25-year-old coach, who were first thought to have died, has received media coverage across the globe....

July 7, 2018 · 2 min · 426 words · Brittany Lamb

How to Right Click Using Keyboard on Mac

How to Right Click Using Keyboard on Mac Macs come with a ton of great keyboard shortcuts and bindings that make it really easy to perform a lot of tasks in the system. However, if there is one major keyboard shortcut that’s missing from macOS all these years, it’s that you can’t perform a right-click on a selected item using the keyboard. This particular feature has been present on Windows keyboards since time immemorial and it sucks that MacBooks don’t have it....

July 7, 2018 · 4 min · 760 words · Rebecca Mills

Mark Zuckerberg Is Now The Third Richest Person In The World

Mark Zuckerberg Is Now The Third Richest Person In The World As Facebook’s stock price continues to climb charts, its co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now overtaken Warren Buffet to become the third-richest person on planet Earth. First reported byBloomberg,Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth is now an astonishing $81.6 billion. He now only trails after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($142 billion) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($94.2 billion). So the three wealthiest people in the world all made their fortunes through tech companies they started in their youth....

July 7, 2018 · 2 min · 322 words · Tina Herring

Oppo Find X India Launch Confirmed for July 12

Oppo Find X India Launch Confirmed for July 12 Oppo recently launched the Oppo Find X in Paris last month. And while the device was launched in China immediately following that, there’s an official India launch date now too. We had previously covered news ofOppo sending out media invites for a press conference the company is hosting in New Delhi on July 12. Now, it has been confirmed that the Chinese company will belaunching the Oppo Find X in India on 12th of July, thanks to an official teaser posted on the company’s website....

July 7, 2018 · 2 min · 375 words · Timothy Marquez

Reliance Jio Monsoon Hungama: How the JioPhone Exchange Offer Works

Reliance Jio Monsoon Hungama: How the JioPhone Exchange Offer Works With theannouncementof theJioPhone 2, Reliance Industries also introduced theMonsoon Hungama offer, which offers a new first-gen JioPhone in exchange for an old feature phone at just Rs. 501. However, the announcement created a lot of confusion among people interested in availing the offer, like which feature phones can be exchanged, whether the sum to be paid is refundable or not, what JioPhone model they get in the exchange, etc....

July 7, 2018 · 2 min · 291 words · Jennifer Buck

Samsung’s WearOS-Powered ‘Galaxy Watch’ Could Feature Blood Pressure Monitor

Samsung’s WearOS-Powered ‘Galaxy Watch’ Could Feature Blood Pressure Monitor Samsung is expected to unveil the next generation of the Gear S series of smartwatches, dubbed theGear S4, on August 9 alongside theGalaxy Note 9. But according to new information from noted Samsung tipster,IceUniverse, Samsung’s smartwatch line-up is set to receive a major overhaul, right from their name to the operating system and some hardware upgrades. The tipster has revealed that the Gear S4 might well be christened theGalaxy Watch, which actually sounds much better and exudes a Samsung brand personality, much like the Apple Watch and Google’s rumoredPixel Watch....

July 7, 2018 · 2 min · 321 words · Jonathan Foster
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