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There has been justified excitement around the idea of rewilding over the past few years, with projects popping up all over the UK that aim to restore wildlife and encourage regenerative farming practices. It is now generally accepted that monoculture – largely brought on by the expansion of farmland – is bad for our countryside. But what about our cities?Like natural ecosystems, cities also used to be complex and diverse places that hosted a whole range of different activities. Our streets were public spaces, used for…

A court in Colombia has ordered a ban on 5G iPhone and iPad models in the country as part of a patent dispute between Apple and Ericsson. Foss Patents' Florian Mueller reports: Less than six months after the current wave of Ericsson v. Apple patent infringement actions started, the first sales and import ban is already being enforced: Apple is currently unable to sell 5G iPhones and iPads in Colombia, or import them into the South American country A court in Bogotá this week found Apple's best iPhones, the iPhone 12…

Drake lookalike Izzy Drake, also known as Fake Drake has been banned from Instagram for impersonating the Toronto rapper.DJ Akademiks took to Instagram on Saturday to break the news, posting a picture of Izzy Drake and Drizzy alongside a caption that read, “Naaa… don’t tell me even Instagram was sick of it.”The news arrives just a few days after Izzy Drake challenged the Honestly, Nevermind artist to a $1 million celebrity boxing match.Per TMZ, Izzy directly asked the real Drake to duke it out, saying in a video that …

WhatsApp bans 19.10 lakh Indian accounts between May 1 and May 31, 2022. Check details here. Lakhs of Indian WhatsApp accounts banned! Yet again WhatsApp has slapped a ban on Indian accounts and this time too the numbers are in lakhs. WhatsApp every month bans many accounts on the platform if it finds them to be uploading certain objectionable or controversial posts. As per the latest information mentioned in the monthly report published by the messaging…

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned over 19 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of May in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.The platform had banned over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in April.The company also received 528 grievance reports in May within the country, and the accounts "actioned" were 24.In April, WhatsApp received 844 grievance reports within the country, and the accounts "actioned" were 123."Over the years, we have consistently invested in Artificial Intelligence and other state of…

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has blocked dozens of malicious domains and websites used by hack-for-hire groups in attacks targeting users worldwide. The company has published a blog post aimed to warn users about the threat. These domain links appear as fake login pages for websites or apps and inject spying tools into users PCs/laptops. As a result, when you type in your password, the login credentials are secretly sent to the hacker, allowing them to break into your system and take complete control. These…

Source: Stephen Warwick / iMore An International Trade Commission has agreed that Apple may have infringed on AliveCor's patented technology relating to the ECG feature in Apple Watch, a ruling that may lead to the device being banned in the U.S. AliveCor announced in a press release on Monday: AliveCor, the global leader in FDA-cleared personal electrocardiogram (ECG) technology, today announced that Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Cameron Elliot of the International Trade Commission (ITC) issued an Initial Determination…

If your WhatsApp account has been banned or suspended, you can ask the messaging platform to revoke it. Here is all you need to know. Did some controversial or objectionable post by you get your WhatsApp account banned? Well, then there are a few things you can do that may get the ban revoked. WhatsApp in the month of April banned over 16 lakh accounts of Indian users, as per the information provided by the company's monthly disclosure report. The messaging…

Alphabet's Google may face a fine of 5-10 percent of its turnover in Russia for what the state communications regulator said on Wednesday was a repeated failure to delete banned content, including "misleading information" on YouTube about events in Ukraine.This is the second fine based on a percentage of turnover that Google could face in Russia. In May, Russian bailiffs seized more than 7.7 billion roubles ($143 million or nearly Rs. 1,100 crore) from Google that it had been ordered to pay late last year, marking the…

The Food and Drug Administration could be set to bring the hammer down on vape pen maker Juul. The agency is preparing to order it to stop selling e-cigarettes in the US and the decision could come as soon as today, according to The Wall Street Journal. Along with other e-cigarette makers, Juul was required to submit its products to the FDA for review in 2020. The agency has been looking into the possible benefits of vaping as an alternative to cigarettes, but the popularity of the products among young people has caused…