Day: November 4, 2021

Categories Asia & Pacific

Philippines’ Duterte vows to punish local officials unless Covid-19 vaccine rollout improves

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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to punish government officials if they fail to meet targets for the country’s Covid vaccine rollout. Only a little over a third of the population is fully inoculated at present. … Read More >Philippines’ Duterte vows to punish local officials unless Covid-19 vaccine rollout improves

Categories Middle East

Syria claims Israel targeted area outside Damascus in missile strike resulting in ‘material losses’ – state media

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The Damascus countryside has come under a missile attack, Syria’s state media reported, blaming Tel Aviv for carrying out “aggression” with a number of missiles. The strike reportedly inflicted material damage outside the capital. … Read More >Syria claims Israel targeted area outside Damascus in missile strike resulting in ‘material losses’ – state media

Categories World

Facebook SHUTTING DOWN controversial face recognition program, vows to delete over a BILLION templates

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Citing “growing concerns” about privacy and ethics, Facebook has announced it will stop using face recognition technology and delete more than a billion individual templates harvested so far from users who opted into the program. … Read More >Facebook SHUTTING DOWN controversial face recognition program, vows to delete over a BILLION templates