Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Tuesday services for some Gmail users facing errors on the emailing platform were restored, in a second incident of an outage a day after YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive were affected. Downdetector.com, a website that tracks outages, showed there were more than 13,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Gmail.… Read More Google’s Gmail services restored following outage
Twitter Inc on Tuesday said it would shut down live-streaming app Periscope, which it bought in 2015, due to declining usage over the past couple of years and high supporting costs. The mobile app has been in “an unsustainable maintenance-mode state” for a while, Twitter said in a blog post. Most of Periscope’s core capabilities… Read More Twitter to shut down live-streaming app Periscope by March 2021
Facebook Inc on Tuesday said it would lift a temporary post-election ban on political ads in Georgia beginning on Wednesday, as the state prepares for runoff elections next month that will determine which party controls the Senate. The ban on political ads in other states will remain, the social media giant said in a blog… Read More Facebook set to lift ban on post-election political ads in Georgia
MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon.com Inc billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, has donated over $4.1 billion in the last four months to food banks and emergency relief funds. In a Medium blogpost on Tuesday, Scott said the COVID-19 pandemic has been a wrecking ball in the lives of Americans already struggling and she wanted to provide… Read More MacKenzie Scott donates over $4billion to food banks and emergency relief funds
The Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was charged on Tuesday with sex trafficking, racketeering and other crimes targeting dozens of women and underage girls over a quarter century in three countries, U.S. authorities said. Canadian police arrested Nygard in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday at the U.S. government’s request under the countries’ extradition treaty. Acting U.S.… Read More U.S. indicts Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard on sex trafficking charges
The United States on Tuesday designated the Bahrain-based Saraya al-Mukhtar group as a terrorist organization, accusing it of being backed by Iran and of having plotted attacks against U.S. personnel in the Gulf Arab state. The move, which comes amid a slew of sanctions announced by Washington as President Donald Trump’s term nears a close,… Read More U.S. designates Bahrain-based group Saraya al-Mukhtar as terrorist organization
Things are about to change in the Lagos food scene as controversial Nigerian chef Tunde Wey returns home to celebrate The African Scramble, a special issue of Sandwich Magazine by New York-based condiment brand Sir Kensington’s. Wey, author of the cover story and Guest Editor of the magazine (alongside food writer Ruth Gebreyesus), uses his… Read More Rebel With A Cause: Nigerian controversial culinary expert, Tunde Wey shuts Lagos down on December 20
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, on Tuesday congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their November 3 election victories, ending his long silence on the outcome of the presidential race. In remarks on the Senate floor, McConnell acknowledged the Democrats’ win of the White House following Monday’s formal… Read More U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell acknowledges Joe Biden as winner of presidential election
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