Remember Vigilante? The controversial crime reporting app was kicked out of the App Store in November shortly after its release because Apple believed it encouraged private citizens to engage in, well…vigilantism. Now the app is back, under different branding. The new “Citizen” app, operating in New York City, will send you real-time …
Read More »Natural News was not banned from Google over fake news
Natural News, a controversial alternative medicine website, according to Wikipedia, has been delisted from Google. The news site confirmed being removed from Google and recently claimed Google banned them because the site was pro-Trump. Google has confirmed the site was not removed for its political views but rather because of …
Read More »New Apple MacBook Pro banned from bar exams in multiple states thanks to Touch Bar
Apple’s new Touch Bar is the updated MacBook Pro’s signature new feature. It offers an array of programmable buttons across the top of the laptop where the function keys typically sit. Unlike function keys, however, these virtual buttons can be adapted to display whatever commands or functions an application wants. …
Read More »Dog slaughter banned in South Korean market
Image copyright AFP Image caption “Dogs feel pain like humans”: Seongnam’s Moran market has been the target of animal rights protests Officials in South Korea have banned the slaughter and butchering of dogs in the country’s largest dog meat market. An agreement between the city of Seongnam and the vendors’ …
Read More »Major League Baseball: Rookie players banned from dressing up as women
New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard posted this picture in October of rookies dressed up as characters from the Hollywood film “A League of Their Own” New players are to be banned from dressing up as women, as part of Major League Baseball’s anti-bullying policy. Other prohibited costumes include those …
Read More »Far-right group National Action to be banned under terror laws
A British neo-Nazi movement is to become the first far-right group to be banned under terrorism laws in the UK. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said National Action was “a racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic organisation”. An order laid in Parliament to proscribe the group – making it a criminal offence to …
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