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'Sulli Deals': How photos of Muslim women were misused on a GitHub app

Posted by hnyk on Friday July 09, 2021 @02:07AM
from the dawn.com dept.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1633549

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Big Tech Governing Big Tech – An Open Letter to United Nations Security General [pdf]

Posted by hnyk on Friday March 05, 2021 @12:16PM
from the justnetcoalition.org dept.

https://justnetcoalition.org/big-tech-governing-big-tech.pdf

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Government orders Wikipedia to remove link showing incorrect map of India

Posted by hnyk on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @02:24PM
from the in.news.yahoo.com dept.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/govt-orders-wikipedia-remove-showing-171726280.html

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‘Roe vs. Wade’ Plaintiff Was Paid to Switch Sides in Abortion Fight, Doc Reveals

Posted by hnyk on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:19AM
from the forbes.com dept.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/05/19/roe-vs-wade-plaintiff-was-paid-to-switch-sides-in-abortion-fight-documentary-reveals/#1b4e67ae7c08

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Access to Covid-19 Tools (act) Accelerator

Posted by hnyk on Friday April 24, 2020 @11:18AM
from the who.int dept.

https://www.who.int/who-documents-detail/access-to-covid-19-tools-(act)-accelerator

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The Pandemic Is a Portal

Posted by hnyk on Saturday April 04, 2020 @02:51AM
from the ft.com dept.

https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca

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People who own businesses should not act like assholes

Posted by hnyk on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @06:04AM
from the blog.kamens.us dept.

https://blog.kamens.us/2019/01/26/people-who-own-businesses-should-not-act-like-assholes/

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A bot has been finding bugs and submitting patches for them

Posted by hnyk on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:25AM
from the boingboing.net dept.

https://boingboing.net/2018/10/19/repairnator-is-everywhere.html

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Re:ICANN seeking input on ceding control of WHOIS privacy to governmen... on Thursday March 01, 2018 @09:57AM (#16492470)

Changed it. I guess now it's better!

Re:ICANN seeking input on ceding control of WHOIS privacy to governmen... on Thursday March 01, 2018 @09:50AM (#16492412)

Well, time will tell what happens after the review but we all know what ICANN has done in the past!

ICANN seeking input on ceding control of WHOIS privacy to governments [pdf]

Posted by hnyk on Thursday March 01, 2018 @08:00AM
from the icann.org dept.

https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-interim-model-gdpr-compliance-summary-description-28feb18-en.pdf

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Check-in queues at Amazon physical stores in Seattle

Posted by hnyk on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:23AM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/955522688268746752

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How to Locate Unique ID(Aadhaar) Centres in 10 Steps

Posted by hnyk on Thursday December 07, 2017 @08:13AM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/UIDAI/status/938661414813671424

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Aristotle’s Timeless Advice on What Real Friendship Is and Why It Matters

Posted by hnyk on Thursday December 07, 2017 @01:49AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/personal-growth/aristotles-timeless-advice-on-what-real-friendship-is-and-why-it-matters-c0878418343f

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The State of UX for 2018

Posted by hnyk on Thursday December 07, 2017 @12:26AM
from the uxplanet.org dept.

https://uxplanet.org/the-state-of-ux-for-2018-4b2ea908c837

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Why religion is becoming more powerful in India

Posted by hnyk on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @09:51AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@alfredgeorge8055/why-religion-is-becoming-more-powerful-in-india-39997107ddbd

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Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:16AM (#15797451)

But someone else again submitted the same link you posted with different title - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15796503

Re:Bitcoin hits $10,000 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:24AM (#15796192)

Many markets are still very much under 10k - https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/#markets

Neural network gives your phone 'DSLR-quality' photos

Posted by hnyk on Monday October 30, 2017 @08:18AM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/29/neural-network-fixes-phone-photo-quality/

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Indian Income Tax tribunal asks Google India to pay taxes on $220M remittance

Posted by hnyk on Saturday October 28, 2017 @07:18AM
from the medianama.com dept.

https://www.medianama.com/2017/10/223-itat-google-india-tax-evasion/

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Copyright Professor: Don't Pay Those File-Sharing 'Fines' – TorrentFreak

Posted by hnyk on Friday October 27, 2017 @05:41AM
from the torrentfreak.com dept.

https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-professor-dont-pay-those-file-sharing-fines-171027/

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How many URLs/Websites are blocked in India? Government gives different answers

Posted by hnyk on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:07AM
from the factly.in dept.

https://factly.in/many-urlswebsites-blocked-india-government-two-different-answers/

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Jr developer with the experience of a Sr developer for the salary of an Intern

Posted by hnyk on Thursday October 19, 2017 @03:27AM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/iamdevloper/status/920683431935213569

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Re:SoftBank leads $164M Series C Funding – MapBox on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @08:40AM (#15449239)

looks like I missed it! will check properly next time. :)

SoftBank leads $164M Series C Funding – MapBox

Posted by hnyk on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @07:31AM
from the blog.mapbox.com dept.

https://blog.mapbox.com/softbank-mapbox-series-c-be207b866b27

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Mozilla India Is Dead – Long Live Mozilla India

Posted by hnyk on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @08:44AM
from the asd.learnlearn.in dept.

https://asd.learnlearn.in/mozilla-india-is-dead/

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Re:Ask HN: Written a book for devs, now what? on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @08:44AM (#15441276)

Put it on the web under a CC license!

Re:Facebook Lies on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @10:28AM (#15392624)

Facebook mostly collects data from non-users from the webpages they visit through its embedded 'like' buttons on those sites.