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  • Are virtual concerts here to stay?

    The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the music industry to experiment seriously with virtual concerts.Historically, musicians and their managers have been careful about challenging the traditional concert model that became their main source of income as revenue from album sales disappeared.Is the current surge of virtual concerts here to stay or will More

    Are virtual concerts here to stay?
  • Facebook makes education push in India

    Facebook, which reaches more users than any other international firm in India, has identified a new area of opportunity to further spread its tentacles in the world’s second largest internet market.On Sunday, the social juggernaut announced it had partnered with the Central Board of Secondary Education, a government body More

    Facebook makes education push in India
  • Decrypted: Police hack criminal phone network; Randori raises $20M Series

    Last week was, for most Americans, a four-day work week. But a lot still happened in the security world.The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agencies warned of two critical vulnerabilities — one in Palo Alto’s networking tech and the other in F5’s gear — that foreign, nation state-backed hackers will “likely” exploit More

    Decrypted: Police hack criminal phone network; Randori raises $20M Series A
  • Facebook expands Instagram Reels to India

    As scores of startups look to cash in on the content void that ban on TikTok and other Chinese apps has created in India, a big challenger is ready to try its own hand.Instagram said on Wednesday it is rolling out Reels — a feature that allows users More

    Facebook expands Instagram Reels to India
  • YouTube bans David Duke, Richard Spencer and other white nationalist

    YouTube just took action against a collection of controversial figures synonymous with race-based hate, kicking the cluster of major channels off its platform on Monday.The company deleted six channels: Richard Spencer‘s own channel and the affiliated channel for the National Policy Institute/Radix Journal, far right racist pseudo-science purveyor Stefan More

    YouTube bans David Duke, Richard Spencer and other white nationalist accounts