Now Snapchat has a TikTok copycat, too

For years, social media platforms have blatantly copied some of Snapchat’s most creative features. Instagram and parent company Facebook ripped off Stories — posts that disappear after 24 hours — which Snapchat created in 2013. Others followed suit with their own versions, including YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn and just last week, Twitter. Facebook and Instagram also followed Snapchat in introducing augmented reality […]

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Pentagon innovates new weapons to ‘fight through’ next-gen cyberattacks

The flight trajectory of ICBMs, targeting accuracy of an Abrams tank 120mm cannon, sharing of enemy location intelligence in real-time or the decreasing of critical sensor-to-shooter times for small arms, missile attacks, bomber strikes and other weapons systems … increasingly rely … on computer systems. Therefore, the scope of impacts potentially delivered through cyberattacks continues to multiply […]

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Country singer Hal Ketchum, 17-time Billboard chart topper, dead at 67

Hal Ketchum died from complications stemming from dementia. He was 67. News of the country music star’s death was shared with Ketchum’s fans in a post via an official Facebook account on Tuesday. The 17-time Billboard chart-topper died Monday night, according to the statement. “With great sadness and grief we announce that Hal passed away peacefully last night at home due […]

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AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine early results ‘good news’ but ‘more analysis needed,’ experts say

Following Monday’s news of AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s announcement that their coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective in late-stage trials, top experts say the preliminary findings are good news but await further analysis. “The interim analysis supports vaccine safety with no severe reactions to the vaccine and that is good news,” Dr. Andrea Cox, immunologist and professor of medicine at […]

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Coronavirus face masks can be reused with ‘dry heat,’ FDA says

While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says health care workers should ideally use new personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic, strained supplies have caused the agency to weigh safe alternatives for reuse, such as dry heat. “While [health care personnel] should continue to use a properly fitting, new, FDA-cleared or authorized respirator when available according to […]

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