Are messaging apps entering an age of flux, where privacy becomes the primary feature?
Signal plans a system of user IDs which will not need you to reveal the mobile phone number
Signal continues to be the top downloaded app on Apple s App Store and on Google s Play Store. It has managed to clock a five-fold rise in downloads, so much so that it now intends to hire more staff to support services and infra. The app s servers were unavailable soon after a surge in downloads that overwhelmed the system. Signal issued a statement emphasising that chat privacy has not been compromised due to the outage - the chief premise of its allure. It added, Like an underdog going through a training montage, we’ve learnt a lot. And this evolution of the challenger has prompted the Goliath of messaging world to take immidiate measures. WhatsApp spent crores on front page ads, assuring users that their privacy is sacrosanct.
Greek President Praises Olympic Medalist for Revealing Abuse
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou meets Sophia Bekatorou on Monday. Credit: www.presidency.gr
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou praised on Monday the courage of Olympian Sophia Bekatorou for speaking out against sexual abuse in sport.
Sakellaropoulou said that her meeting with Bekatorou at the Presidential mansion in Athens was “a minimal recognition of the bravery and dignity with which she shared her traumatic experience.”
Last week, the veteran sailing champion opened the Pandora’s Box by detailing the assault she suffered, when she was at the peak of her career, at the hands of an important figure involved with the Hellenic Sailing Federation.
Superpower of the sea: Satellite photos reveal sophisticated aircraft carrier under construction in China
19 Jan, 2021 07:03 PM
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Political risk assessment expert Ross Feingold speculates on the challenges faced by the Biden administration in managing the US relationship with Taiwan, a hot-button issue in US-China relations.
Video / CNBC
Political risk assessment expert Ross Feingold speculates on the challenges faced by the Biden administration in managing the US relationship with Taiwan, a hot-button issue in US-China relations.
Video / CNBC
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By: Jamie Seidel
Beijing s accelerated aircraft-carrier building programme is bearing fruit – with new satellite photos revealing its first fully combat-capable vessel racing towards completion.