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Telegram hugs WhatsApp users with chat import tool
Telegram wants to make it easier for disappointed WhatsApp users by allowing them to retrieve the chat archives on the messaging app, including videos and documents with just a few clicks. Some WhatsApp users, concerned about preserving the use of their data, are currently exiting the messaging app. One of its competitors, Telegram, wants to…
Many websites have been victims of an outage, including PayPal, Le Monde, the White House…
Access to several websites, those of the mainstream media, but also of the White House and the British government, is again possible. It was impossible to connect to it this Tuesday morning. The problem was caused by a computer problem with US cloud service provider fastly. Several websites around the world, in particular major media…
Sri Lanka: investigation continues
The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for suicide attacks on churches and luxury hotels on Tuesday that left more than 320 dead and 500 injured on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka, some of the deadliest attacks since September 11, 2001. On CCTV footage, we can see the path of one of the suspected…
Presidential election in Sri Lanka
After more than 35 years of civil war, the Sri Lankans elect their president in peace. Nearly 15 million voters are called to the polls. Two candidates present themselves to them. Former allies in the battle against the Tamil Tigers, President Mahinda Rajapakse and his former head of the Armies, ex General Sarath Fonseka. Mahinda…
YouTube is blocking Donald Trump’s channel for at least 7 days
YouTube has suspended President Donald Trump’s channel for at least a week after a recent video on his channel incited violence, according to CNN. YouTube declined to comment on the video, but said it would reconsider the decision after a week. YouTube has also removed content from the White House channel for violating company policy….
Whatsapp no longer works on old iPhones? “Fake news”
“WhatsApp is not abandoning support for older iPhones. It’s fake news.” The Wabetainfo blog, which always provides information on news related to WhatsApp, denies the rumors relating to a disengagement of the messaging app against the generically “older” iPhone models. On its website, WhatsApp specifies that the application “for iPhone requires iOS 9 or later….
Changes to the terms and conditions – Dispute over WhatsApp user data
The new WhatsApp terms and conditions will become binding on Saturday. And with it the further processing of data by Facebook. There is a bang from Hamburg. At the beginning of the year, the messenger service WhatsApp changed its general terms and conditions. After a lengthy discussion and the subsequent postponement of the date to…
What alternatives are there to Google?
Googling makes yourself transparent about the Internet Company. More and more people are therefore looking for a different search engine. There are many alternatives to Google. Search profile trading is really big business. If you want to prevent your data traces from being systematically collected and resold when searching for books, pictures, recipes or tips…
A site relaying a petition against Amazon target of a cyberattack
The servers from which the cyberattack started belong to a consultant from the e-commerce giant, according to deputies Matthieu Orphelin and François Ruffin. Launched Tuesday, November 17, the site “Christmas without Amazon”, relaying a petition against the use of the online sales giant for the holiday season, suffered an attack on the night of Tuesday…
North – The Food Bank’s Facebook page “mistakenly” deactivated for two months
The North Food Bank finally found its Facebook page on the night of Wednesday 5 to Thursday 6 May, while it had been deactivated since mid-March. The social network admitted that it was an error and that this page corresponded “to the standards of the community”. The 900 people subscribed to the Facebook page of…
Google increases the price of its ads, advertiser’s rebel
Advertisers who buy ads from Google are outraged after announcing a 2% price hike. The digital giant is recording record profits. In the background is playing a diplomatic standoff between Google and the state. In the large web woven by the Google spider, Internet users and advertisers rub shoulders. Everyone knows they are captive, because…
France’s competition guardian – Millions fine against Google
France’s competition authority accuses Google of having abused its dominant position in the ad server market. That’s why the company has to pay now. The French competition authority has fined Google 220 million euros for preferring its own services in online advertising. Google did not deny the allegations, the fine had now been ordered as…
Tamil Tigers announce truce rejected by Sri Lankan authorities
The rebels proclaimed a unilateral ceasefire but in Colombo the capital, the defense secretary immediately rejected this initiative, saying that the separatist guerrillas had the choice only to surrender or be annihilated. The Tigers are cornered with thousands of civilians in a perimeter of ten square kilometers on the northwest coast of Sri Lanka. An…
The legislative elections in Sri Lanka promised to the president’s party
Sri Lanka voted today in parliamentary elections that should unsurprisingly end with the victory of President Rajapakse’s party. The head of state called on voters to give his party, the UPFA , the two-thirds majority needed to amend the constitution. Faced with the UPFA , an exploded opposition. The main opponent, the former head of…
New explosion in the Sri Lankan capital
A new explosion occurred on Monday in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital.The explosion allegedly occurred during a demining operation in a van parked near a church hit the day before by a suicide bombing, police said. For the moment no victim is to be deplored. 87 detonators were also found by the police in a…
Deadly torrential rains in Sri Lanka
At least 42 people have already died in the center and east of the island and dozens more are missing. Floods and landslides were caused by heavy rains that devastated entire regions. 200,000 people are homeless.
Do you play tuk-tuk polo?
No horses but tuk-tuk to play polo. The game takes place in Galle, Sri Lanka, it is the second tuk-tuk polo championships, a three-wheeled motorcycle that has symbolized transportation in Asia for 50 years.
Pope calls on Sri Lankans to ‘make reparation’ after civil war
Francis also pleaded for the freedom to believe in a country wounded by interfaith tensions and called on leaders to repent. The pope went to the north-west of the island to the Marian shrine of Madhu, in the Tamil zone. This symbolic place which was on the front line is now a place of peace…
Sri Lanka: the Islamic State group claims the attacks
On CCTV footage, we can see the path of one of the suspected suicide bombers of the Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka. A man with a backpack enters Saint Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, during Easter Mass, and blows himself up. According to the preliminary elements of the investigation, these attacks…
The Federal Office of Justice has initiated two fine proceedings against Telegram. Complaints about criminal content should be easier with the messenger service, complains the authority.
Berlin – The Federal Ministry of Justice takes action against the messenger service Telegram. The reason is that opportunities to complain about criminal content are not easily recognizable and accessible, explained a spokeswoman in Berlin. However, this is what the Network Enforcement Act prescribes. In addition, it was not clear where Telegram courts could turn…