Copyright of the image Getty Images The world’s largest site for software developers is abandoning 10-year programming terms to remove references to slavery, such as masters and slaves. GitHub CEO Nat Friedman said the company is working to change the term “master” – for the main version of the code – to a neutral term….
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Google: Missing Churchill photo mystery explained
Copyright of the image Google Caption of the image The original photo of the former British Prime Minister showed Winston Churchill looking too young Google explained why information on search results on Sir Winston Churchill had been missing a photograph for several weeks. His image has been replaced by a gray silhouette. He was worried…
Gatwick drone arrests: Sussex Police pays out £200,000
Caption of the image Paul and Elaine Gait said they felt “violated” by the Sussex police at the time A police force paid £ 200,000 for the arrest of a couple falsely accused of causing chaos at Gatwick airport with a drone. Armed agents raided Paul and Elaine Gait’s home in December 2018 and detained…
Cherry Wilson: Should I remove or reply to my racist Facebook friend?
Caption of the image Can I delete a friend or reply to their posts? We probably all have that friend on Facebook who recently turned out to be racist. Mine is someone I know where I grew up from. I normally scroll through their status, dragging their exes or results away from a Facebook quiz….
Coronavirus: Contact-tracing rumours debunked – BBC News
Copyright of the image Getty Images There have been false rumors circulating on social media about contact tracking apps that have been introduced by governments to stop the spread of the coronavirus. We have looked at some of them and other dubious claims about the coronavirus. The NHS app In the UK, the NHS contract…
Facebook’s Giphy deal investigated by competition authority
Copyright of the image Getty Images Caption of the image Giphy services enhance animations on different platforms Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy, a search engine for funny reaction images, is being investigated by the British competition authority. Giphy’s vast library of short video animations is extremely popular in Facebook apps. But it also provides animations to…
Firm defends algorithm that ‘spots women’s orgasms’
Copyright of the image Getty Images A company that claimed to have built an algorithm to identify women’s orgasms defended itself after ridicule on social media. Stu Nugent, brand manager of the sex toy label Lelo, had shared on Twitter some slides of the tone he had received, in which the company claimed to be…
Riot Games executive resigns after ‘abhorrent’ George Floyd post
Caption of the image George Floyd died on May 25th A game company executive resigned over a meme published on George Floyd, who died while arrested. Ron Johnson, who headed Riot Games’ consumer products, shared an image that described Mr Floyd’s criminal records. He wrote that “there is no reason to forgive his killing”, but…
Coronavirus: Twitter removes more than 170,000 pro-China accounts
Copyright of the image Getty Images Twitter has removed over 170,000 accounts which he said were linked to an operation to spread pro-China messages. Some of these posts related to the coronavirus epidemic, the social media platform announced. The company said that a “main network” of 23,750 highly active accounts has been eliminated, along with…