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US targeting TikTok a “black box’ bid to illegally seize the assets of a foreign company

Last month, United States President Joe Biden signed into law the so-called 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, which prohibits entities in the US from distributing, updating or maintaining a website or application operated by ByteDance, effectively banning the popular short-video sharing platform TikTok in the US unless it is sold.

The TikTok legislation underscores the US’ attempt to maintain its hegemony in the digital realm. That the legislation was fast-tracked through Congress suggests it was a political campaign launched by the US to impede the development of other countries.

An act of robbery under the guise of law, the move…

Fascist fashion items can help promote and provide funds for extremist groups. In some instances, it appears, their sale relies upon key services provided by prominent businesses that have policies against promoting racist organisations and hateful content.

An investigation by Bellingcat has found that a number of far-right and neo-Nazi online stores are openly utilising the infrastructure provided by major payment processors, commercial content management systems and web domain registrars.

Bellingcat was also able to establish that some far-right web stores appeared to be purchasing garments from wholesale manufacturers, whose charters celebrate diversity and equality, before embossing their own hateful messaging onto the clothing and selling it at a profit.

Some of the…

For some enthusiasts, gaming is a past-time activity while for others this could be their revenue source. However, the key to enjoying any game is when you can plan it at a high speed and without any lag. However, at times having an old PC, gamers have to deal with challenges related to lags, slow loading, lost saved files, crashes, and dropped games. Also when multiplayer games are based on a client host, the issues multiply. On a client host, gamers play and host the game at the same time which leads to a bad gaming experience.

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To overcome such challenges, dedicated services can be an alternative option as this proves to be a stable and reliable gaming solution. However many gamers don’t understand how this works and if it helps players to customize…

GCCs have kept the lights on for their global enterprise during these unusual times by pioneering the shift to Remote Working, and subsequently, other sectors of the economy followed suit. And we all discovered – that Work From Home actually works!

However, your delivery center is no longer in a swanky office district, or an SEZ – but rather in the Employee’s Home. As a senior GCC leader remarked – if you earlier had 5000 Employees at your India Office – you now have 5000 Offices in India. During the pandemic the Home has been a bunker, a cocoon, and also the heart of your delivery engine. Perhaps we can even call this new delivery model HomeShoring.

Since WFH productivity has been good, with attendant cost benefits – CFOs are hinting at longer term WFH beyond the…

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff.

Ah, dark mode — the charcoal gray color palette associated with night time and eyeball-saving. It’s not without its detractors, not even among my own colleagues. But there are plenty of people, including me, who can’t get enough of the dusty-colored theme. Luckily dark mode is available on just about every device and app — so we’ll walk you through how to make your digital life just a little bit darker.

Note that we’re going to show you how to enable dark mode on several of the most essential apps and services — there isn’t enough time or space on our servers to show you how to…