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ISPs are reportedly blocking Reddit in India

Mar14
by on March 14, 2019 at 2:23 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, India, Insider


Facebook and Instagram might be up for people around the world after a long outage, but for several people in India are not being able to access Reddit. However, that’s not because of a server outage. Several Reddit posts and reports suggest that telcos and ISPs (Internet Service Providers) are blocking the site. Today, MediaNama reported that telcos like Vodafone and Jio, and ISPs like YOU Broadband, Spectranet, and Jio Gigafiber have blocked Reddit in several Indian states. Plus, there are many threads in the last 24 hours on r/India subreddit indicating that Reddit has been inaccessible. TNW independently verified that…

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ISPs are reportedly blocking Reddit in India

Mar14
by on March 14, 2019 at 2:23 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, India, Insider


Facebook and Instagram might be up for people around the world after a long outage, but for several people in India are not being able to access Reddit. However, that’s not because of a server outage. Several Reddit posts and reports suggest that telcos and ISPs (Internet Service Providers) are blocking the site. Today, MediaNama reported that telcos like Vodafone and Jio, and ISPs like YOU Broadband, Spectranet, and Jio Gigafiber have blocked Reddit in several Indian states. Plus, there are many threads in the last 24 hours on r/India subreddit indicating that Reddit has been inaccessible. TNW independently verified that…

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Novel ways to find what book to read next, curated by a huge word nerd

Mar14
by on March 14, 2019 at 2:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics, Plugged


Hi, I’m a huge word nerd. And I’m sure you’ll agree: reading is great! It’s like a word-movie in your mind, but without the crushing self-doubt that comes from looking at people too attractive to be right. Thing is, how do you know what to read next? You can only read so many books in your lifetime, how do you know they’re gonna be good? Well, I’ve got some tips to help you find your next favorite word splurge. Here are the best ways to do just that. 1) Get on Goodreads Yup, this is the big daddy and probably the easiest…

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Novel ways to find what book to read next, curated by a huge word nerd

Mar14
by on March 14, 2019 at 2:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics, Plugged


Hi, I’m a huge word nerd. And I’m sure you’ll agree: reading is great! It’s like a word-movie in your mind, but without the crushing self-doubt that comes from looking at people too attractive to be right. Thing is, how do you know what to read next? You can only read so many books in your lifetime, how do you know they’re gonna be good? Well, I’ve got some tips to help you find your next favorite word splurge. Here are the best ways to do just that. 1) Get on Goodreads Yup, this is the big daddy and probably the easiest…

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Facebook’s new VR avatars are more lifelike than anything you’ve seen before

Mar14
by on March 14, 2019 at 1:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, virtual reality


Remember when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to show off his company’s clunky Spaces VR tech by taking a virtual tour of hurricane-hit Puerto Rico in 2017? This is nothing like that. The company has quietly been developing a revolutionary system to create virtual avatars of people that closely resemble them in their facial features and mannerisms. It’s not ready for prime time, but as Wired noted, it’s already surprisingly sophisticated. The company is calling them Codec Avatars, and works on the technology behind them at its Facebook Reality Labs (FRL, formerly Oculus Research) facility in Pittsburgh. Here’s an example…

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