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Gastronomy Tours: New App Links Tourists in Greece with Local Products

A new platform and mobile application has launched in Greece that facilitates tourists and Greeks to route their way through the country and get to know producers of local culinary products. Dubbed “Gastronomy Tours”, the new platform (www.gastronomytours.com) lists all of Greece’s producers that have facilities that are open to the public for visits. Through […]

Updated: Feb 27, 2023
China reveals plans to counter Musk’s Starlink

Beijing has expressed national-security concerns related to the SpaceX network Chinese researchers are preparing to launch close to 13,000 satellites into a low-earth orbit, in a move which would dwarf – and potentially monitor – Elon Musk’s SpaceX ‘Starlink’ network, which first launched in 2019 and provides satellite internet access to 50 countries. The project, […]

Updated: Feb 26, 2023
US antitrust regulator abandons challenge to Meta’s acquisition of virtual-reality startup: WSJ

Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has dropped its last remaining effort to block Meta Platforms’ acquisition of a virtual-reality startup, handing a final victory to the Facebook parent, The Wall Street Journal reported. The announcement that the agency was abandoning an administrative proceeding against the deal came less than a […]

Updated: Feb 25, 2023
How to avoid falling victim to an online scam — research says slow down

Keeping up with the latest digital cons is exhausting. Fraudsters always seem to be one step ahead. But our study found there is one simple thing you can do to drastically reduce your chances of losing money to web scams: slow down. In fact, among the various techniques used by scammers, creating a sense of […]

Updated: Feb 24, 2023
Ukraine demands Germany cross all weapons red lines

Berlin should supply fighter jets and warships to Kiev, a scandal-plagued diplomat has said Berlin should cross its “self-drawn red lines” and provide Kiev with “all available” arms, Andrey Melnik, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister and former envoy to Germany, said on Thursday. Speaking to the German DPA press agency, Melnik lauded Berlin for making the […]

Updated: Feb 23, 2023
UNESCO Conference Tackles Disinformation, Hate Speech

Paris – Participants at a global U.N. conference in France’s capital on Wednesday urged the international community to find better safeguards against online disinformation and hate speech. Hundreds of officials, tech firm representatives, academics and members of civil society were invited to the two-day meeting hosted by the United Nation’s cultural fund to brainstorm how […]

Updated: Feb 22, 2023
Jill Biden to Visit Africa for First Time as First Lady

The White House – Jill Biden is leaving Tuesday for her first visit to Africa as U.S. first lady, with plans to stop in Namibia and Kenya, the White House said. Biden will focus on women’s empowerment, children’s issues and food insecurity that has ravaged parts of the continent. She will be the first White […]

Updated: Feb 21, 2023
Meta to adopt paid subscription model

Mark Zuckerberg’s company laid off 13% of its workforce in November Instagram and Facebook users will soon be required to pay to have their accounts verified, after parent company Meta joined Twitter as the latest tech giant to adopt a subscription model amid cost-cutting measures across the industry. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the ‘Meta […]

Updated: Feb 20, 2023
China’s billionaire CEO Bao Fan disappears; share stock plunges

Beijing [China], February 20 (ANI): Chinese dealmaker and founder of the China Renaissance Holdings Bao Fan had gone missing sending shares plummeting on Friday, according to Al Jazeera. Chinese Renaissance Holdings Ltd, in a filing to Hong Kong Stock Exchange Market, said that the company was unable to reach Bao. “The board is not aware […]

Updated: Feb 19, 2023
US aviation safety watchdog seeks to fine SpaceX USD 175,000 over rocket launch data

Hawthorne (California) [US], February 18 (ANI): Aviation safety regulator proposed fining SpaceX USD 175,000 for allegedly failing to provide launch-related data before a satellite mission the company conducted last year, The Wall Street Journal reported. It is the first such penalty the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has sought from SpaceX, according to a spokesman for […]

Updated: Feb 18, 2023