Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Spooked by Netflix series 'Bad Boy Billionaires', Mehul Choksi moves Delhi HC
Post hate speech controversy, Facebook conducts townhall with Indian employees
Realme C15 to Go on Its First Sale in India Today via Flipkart, Realme.com
Redmi Note 9 to Go on Sale in India Today at 12 Noon
Messaging app LINE launches a blockchain platform where developers can tokenize digital assets and run dapps; also a wallet for users to manage digital assets (David Pan/CoinDesk)
Messaging app LINE launches a blockchain platform where developers can tokenize digital assets and run dapps; also a wallet for users to manage digital assets — Messaging giant LINE has launched a wallet for users to manage digital assets and a blockchain platform where developers can issue …
Alibaba puts India investment plan on hold amid China tensions: Sources
Facebook removes ‘Kenosha Guard’ militia account after shooter kills two at protest
Facebook has removed a local self-declared militia’s page and a related event following the events that unfolded last night in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Two people were killed and another was wounded when a man believed to be 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly began firing on a group protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man shot in the back while walking away from officers and approaching his car. Rittenhouse was arrested Wednesday in Antioch, Illinois and charged with first-degree intentional homicide.
A series of videos from the night depict law enforcement officers at the protest having friendly conversations with a group of men carrying guns, even offering them bottled water and expressing appreciation for their presence. Rittenhouse appears to have been among the armed group at the protest who said they were attending to protect property. How the armed counter-demonstrators organized their presence and what groups they are affiliated with has not yet been reported.
Prior to the night’s events, a Facebook account called Kenosha Guard published an event to gather “armed citizens to protect our lives and property.” According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a post by the now-removed account attempted to rally “patriots willing to take up arms and defend [our] City tonight from the evil thugs.”
Two different Facebook users reported the Kenosha Guard account last night before the shooting took place, but in both cases Facebook determined the event and account were not in violation of its policies, the Verge reported.
In a statement to TechCrunch, Facebook said that it removed the group, the event page and the suspected shooter’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram. The company did not find a connection between Rittenhouse’s own account and the Kenosha Guard page.
“At this time, we have not found evidence on Facebook that suggests the shooter followed the Kenosha Guard Page or that he was invited on the Event Page they organized,” a Facebook spokesperson said.
“However, the Kenosha Guard Page and their Event Page violated our new policy addressing militia organizations and have been removed on that basis.”
Facebook is currently monitoring its platform for content praising the shooting and plans to remove anything that meets its threshold for inciting serious violence.
Substack to support paid subscriptions for writers based in India; the feature is in beta and Substack will waive its 10% fee during the beta period (Substack Blog)
Substack to support paid subscriptions for writers based in India; the feature is in beta and Substack will waive its 10% fee during the beta period — If you're a writer based in India who'd like to offer paid subscriptions, we've got good news for you: Substack now supports paid subscriptions in India.
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
SSC Selection Post Result 2020 – Phase VII Revised Result Released
KPSC Result 2020 – Jr Training Officer DV List Released
ECIL Recruitment 2020 – Apply Online for 635 Technical Officer & ITI Trade Apprentice Vacancy
Socure, a cloud-based identity verification and fraud prevention startup, raises $35M led by Sorenson Ventures, bringing its total raised to $96M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)
Socure, a cloud-based identity verification and fraud prevention startup, raises $35M led by Sorenson Ventures, bringing its total raised to $96M — Cloud-based identity verification and fraud prevention startup Socure today closed a $35 million round. CEO Tom Thimot told VentureBeat …
PlayStation is hiring people to play video games, but you may need to be fluent in a specific language
If you are someone who wants to play video games all day long and get paid for it, then you are not alone. But if you are looking to get a stable job with a gaming company that requires you to play games all day long, then you are in luck, if you live in Liverpool that is. PlayStation is looking for a localization tester for Portuguese, the language spoken in Brazil. This means that in addition to being good at playing games, you also need to speak Portuguese fluently. The description of the job is as follows
Localization testing:
Test software to ensure all localized assets are correct from linguistic, consistency and display points of view.Localized assets review:
Proof-read and correct translations before they are implemented into the games, ensuring that quality, accuracy and consistency is maintained.Translation work:
Occasionally provide translations for games, the packaging text for console and peripherals.Other duties:
Assist other teams with general testing duties when required Assist with project and process related tasksSkills, knowledge and experience:
Fluency in English and one or more languages Passionate games player Good knowledge of computer games across multiple platforms Working knowledge of MS Office package Basic understanding of the development cycle and constraintGame testing and localization isn’t a new job in the world of gaming. Since games are played worldwide and people may prefer to play the game in their native language, localization is key to the appeal of a game in some markets. We haven’t seen too many games localized for Indian languages yet, which is a bummer.
If you are one that’s looking to make gaming into a profession then competitive gaming is the place to be. If you don't think your skills match up to the rest online, then you can always turn to game streaming as there are a lot in India who have made a career out of game streaming.
In other PlayStation news, Sony is looking to launch the PS5 towards the end of 2020 and you can read more about the console here.
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Boeing, NASA to Launch Starliner's First Crewed Mission in 2021
Bill Gates Invests $78 Million in Satellite Antenna Firm Kymeta
Anthropic cuts its list of unauthorized secondary market sellers from eight to four after the initial notice caused panic and pushback from investors (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)
Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg : Anthropic cuts its list of unauthorized secondary market sellers from eight to four after the initial notice cau...
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg : South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang that exposed ~33.7M accounts; ...
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