Twitter-medeoprichter Jack Dorsey steunt de lancering van Divine, een reboot van Vine, waarbij content door mensen gemaakt moet worden.
theguardian.com• Premier noemde de repost ‘schandalig’ nadat de leider van de Groenen zijn excuses aanbood en zei dat hij de tweet ‘overhaast’ had gedeeld • Keir Starmer heeft Zack Polanski bestempeld als “schandalig” en ongeschikt om een politieke partij te leiden, nadat de leider van de Groenen een bericht op sociale media deelde dat kritisch was over de manier waarop de politie de verdachte bij de steekincidenten in Golders Green aanpakte. • De premier stelde dat elke kritiek op de politie die betrokken was bij de arrestatie onfair was tegenover agenten die in een moment van potentieel groot gevaar beslissingen in een fractie van een seconde moeten nemen.
theguardian.comExcuses volgen nadat het hoofd van de Met police verklaarde dat de leider van de Green party het risico liep het publieke vertrouwen in zijn agenten te ondermijnen
theguardian.comWashington reportedly limits satellite data after minister spoke publicly about suspected facility in North KoreaThe US has partly restricted intelligence sharing with South Korea after the country’s unification minister publicly identified a suspected North Korean nuclear site, according to reports in South Korean media.Chung Dong-young told lawmakers in March that North Korea was operating uranium enrichment facilities in Kusong, a north-western area that had not previously been officially confirmed as a nuclear site alongside the known facilities at Yongbyon and Kangson. Continue reading...
theguardian.comFeuding parties and crumbling public services damaging public’s faith in Stormont, 28 years on from Good Friday agreementThe Good Friday agreement appeared over Northern Ireland like a sunburst – a miracle of political leadership that consigned the Troubles to history.Signed on 10 April 1998, it ushered in an era of peace that endures and is held up as a model for resolving conflicts around the world. Yet Northern Ireland will mark the agreement’s 28th anniversary on Friday with gloom. Continue reading...
theguardian.comInformation on drones and other threats being shared but defence chief confirms crew taking ‘active steps’ to only contribute to defensive actionsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian personnel operating a state-of-the-art surveillance plane are filtering information gleaned from the Middle East war to ensure intelligence is not shared with the United States for offensive purposes, the defence force chief says.As the federal government extended the deployment of the E-7 Wedgetail aircraft on Thursday, the chief of Defence, Admiral David Johnston, said the crew were taking active steps to only contribute to defensive operations. Continue reading...
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Afbeelding: New ScientistStatistics that quantify a person’s predisposition to diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be reverse-engineered to reveal the underlying genetic data, prompting privacy concerns
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