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Instagram Changes Another Feature & Users Are NOT Happy About It
Responding to the criticisms on Twitter , Facebook's head of Instagram , Adam Mosseri , said the roll-out was an accident and was only meant to be a small test. "Tap through posts , just like you tap through stories". And while we're at it, let's go ahead and bring back a chronological feed. It only lasted a few minutes but those that were affected made a decision to speak out on social medi... [Full Article...]
CenturyLink customers get belated coal in their stockings with nationwide outage
CenturyLink customers in Utah and around the nation are reporting services are not working Thursday. Several businesses in eastern Idaho have reported internet services being restored, but many still do not have service. "No updates yet. We're still investigating", company spokeswoman Linda Johnson responded. According to NewsWeek , Centurylink services have been down most of the day, and... [Full Article...]
Alertés pour une grenade, les gendarmes découvrent… une pomme de pin — Insolite
La présence d'une grenade leur avait été signalée par une habitante sur une plage de Saint-Cast-le-Guildo et avait été prise très au sérieux, ont raconté les gendarmes. [Full Article...]
L'ancien chef de l'Etat Rajoelina remporte la présidentielle — Madagascar
La participation a été de 48%. De son côté, commentant sa victoire devant la presse, M. Rajoelina a estimé que "le peuple malgache a pu s'exprimer en toute liberté" et a appelé de ses voeux "une alternance démocratique". D'après l'Union européenne, le second tour était "aussi calme que le premier". L'élection présidentielle a été marquée par des accusations mutuelles de fraude de la part d... [Full Article...]
"Les Etats-Unis ne peuvent plus être le gendarme du monde" — Trump
Il faut dire que c'est la première fois, depuis son élection à la tête du pays, que Donald Trump se déplace en zone de conflit. Les critiques ont vu le jour notamment après l'annulation pour cause de pluie de sa visite dans un cimetière militaire de la Première Guerre mondiale en France à l'occasion du 11-Novembre. [Full Article...]
Putin oversees test of new hypersonic super rocket
The development of the drone was announced by Putin in his state-of-the-nation speech in March, in which he boasted of an array of new nuclear weapons "invulnerable to enemy interception". "We are going to need a different set of sensors in order to see the hypersonic threats", Hyten told CNN at the time. "He says the Trump administration's plan to scrap a treaty on medium-range missiles could lea... [Full Article...]
Huawei's annual smartphone shipments exceed 200 million units
The forecast for 2019, Huawei's smartphone business head He Gang said at an event last week, was that the company will sell 250 million units. Compared to 2017, Huawei sold around 50 million more smartphones this year. The chipset features highly sophisticated 7nm processing and a more powerful A76-based+G76 architecture. According to market research firm IDC, in 2010, Huawei's smartph... [Full Article...]
Christmas ‘miracle’ as boy survives French Alps avalanche
The child was skiing in the French Alps when he got trapped yesterday. He was dragged at least 100 metres by the force of the avalanche. "It's a miracle because he was not wearing an avalanche detector (DVA)", a representative from the high mountain rescue team (PGHM) said . [Full Article...]
Trump accidentally reveals location and identities of US Navy Seals in Iraq
She said that she'd never consider the U.S.as "suckers", and that Trump's comments were disrespectful to servicemen and women. Trump's visit would be a "great moral boost to the political parties, armed factions, and others who oppose the American presence in Iraq", Iraqi political analyst Ziad al-Arar said. [Full Article...]
LG's new 2019 sound bars include Dolby Atmos and Google Assistant
Three new immersive audio sound bar models have been revealed. With these two acclaimed technologies, users can enjoy breathtakingly realistic surround sound that seems to come from multiple directions and depths. The company says the SL9 and SL10 are CES Innovation Awards recipients, while the SL9 won the Best of Innovation title. "LG's 2019 soundbars deliver unbelievable performance ... [Full Article...]
Christmas celebrated in Kashmir amid biting cold
Nnewi - Diocese on the Niger Anglican Communion and it counterpart Catholic Diocese of Nnewi yesterday called on Christians all of the world to embrace peace, as it is the greatest thing Christmas , which is the birth of Christ cab bring. [Full Article...]
Google Home still the best by far, but Apple’s HomePod makes progress
Apple's Siri finished in second, understanding 99.6 percent of questions asked and getting 74.6 percent of them correct. Google Home answered 86 percent of the questions correctly and understood every single one. Loup asked each speaker the same 800 questions and graded responses on two metrics. The questions were divided into five categories (Local, Commerce, Navigation, Information and Co... [Full Article...]
Le Pape critique "la voracité consumériste" de l'humanité
Et ce, alors que Vladimir Poutine a vivement condamné la création en Ukraine d'une Église orthodoxe indépendante de la tutelle russe. " Cette année c'est beaucoup plus tranquille, bien mieux que l'an dernier ", s'est réjouit Abeer Nassr, une Palestinienne chrétienne originaire de Beit Sahour, une localité proche de Bethléem . [Full Article...]
Russia expands economic sanctions on Ukraine - International
The decree allows for a freeze on any assets the targeted Ukrainians have in Russian Federation. The US State Department has reiterated its demand that Russian Federation unconditionally return three Ukrainian boats seized during a November maritime incident. [Full Article...]
Moscou accuse Israël — Frappes en Syrie
D'après l'Observatoire syrien des droits de l'homme (OSDH), proche des rebelles syriens, les frappes israéliennes de mardi visaient des dépôts d'armes du Hezbollah ou de son allié iranien . "Afin d'empêcher une tragédie ", des restrictions concernant le recours aux systèmes de défense antiaérienne ont alors été imposées aux forces gouvernementales syriennes, ce qui a permis aux aiguilleurs de ... [Full Article...]
Indonesia rescuers hampered by rain after tsunami
Saturday's Indonesia tsunami hit the island nation without warning following a volcanic eruption and underwater landslides miles offshore. Legendary Ghana worldwide Michael Essien has paid tributes to the victims of the Tsunami that hit Indonesia over the weekend. [Full Article...]
Deux hommes munis d'armes factices sèment la panique à l'aéroport de Roissy
Deux personnes manipulant des armes factices ont créé la panique mercredi matin à l'aéroport parisien de Roissy-Charles de Gaulle. Après avoir vu deux personnes qui ne parlaient pas français et qui manipulaient des armes, il a prévenu la police. [Full Article...]
Treize blessés, dont deux graves, dans un incendie en banlieue parisienne
Un incendie s'est déclaré aux alentours de 19h30 ce mardi 25 décembre dans un immeuble d'habitation dans le quartier de la plaine Saint-Denis, dans la banlieue de Paris. Selon Stéphane Peu, député PCF de Seine-Saint-Denis interrogé par France Info, l'immeuble faisait l'objet d'un arrêté de péril, sans ordre d'évacuation, en raison de son insalubrité. [Full Article...]
Trump asks 7-year-old, 'Are you still a believer in Santa?'
Trump asked Collman in a phone call. Trump listened for a moment before adding, "Because at 7, it's marginal , right?" The youngster told the Post and Courier that she and her sister, 10, and brother, 5, had left iced sugar cookies and chocolate milk for Santa. [Full Article...]
Les chrétiens d’Indonésie prient pour les victimes du tsunami — Noël
Ce volcan est particulièrement actif depuis le mois de juin , souvent "secoué", rappelle pour sa part Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff. Des centaines d'habitations, d'hôtels, de magasins ont été détruits ou endommagés par le passage du tsunami , survenu presque sans laisser le temps d'alerter les populations des rivages du détroit de la Sonde, et des milliers de personnes ont dû se réfugier sur des po... [Full Article...]