To Use, or Not to Use, a Chatbot?
It's starting to seem like everywhere you look, people are integrating chatbots into their lives — ordering a taco? Meet tacobot. Booking a vacation? Work with automated SnapTravel. These consumer use cases exemplify the potential of chatbot technology and how it can streamline processes — showing … Read More
Instagram, Snapchat disable Giphy feature due to racist content
Snapchat and Instagram have temporarily disabled their GIF sticker features, which were powered by Giphy, after racist content was discovered on the social media platforms. Giphy is an online database and search engine that allows users to search and share small animations files. A racially charged … Read More
Instagram, Snapchat take down GIF feature
Instagram and Snapchat have removed the ability to add GIFs to content via Giphy after a racist sticker was discovered. The app makers added the service earlier this year for their respective Stories features through an integration with GIF provider Giphy. However, the pair deactivated the system, at least … Read …
Forget GIFs on Instagram as social networks drop Giphy over racist sticker
Enjoy using GIFs on Instagram Stories? Not any more since social networks dropped the use of Giphy after a racist GIF made it onto the suggested stickers. Facebook-owned Instagram, as well as Snapchat, have both temporarily removed their Giphy GIF sticker features over this weekend. This followed … Read More
Manchester Clubs Ready to Battle it Out for Dutch Rising Star & SC Heerenveen Defender Kik Pierie
Both Manchester United and Manchester City are reportedly eyeing a move for 17-year-old Dutch rising star Kik Pierie. The Daily Star are reporting that Manchester United are monitoring the young defender's progress, but could face competition from their local rivals for the Dutchman's signature. Read More
Global Food Colorants Market 2018 – KIK Danville, Natural Food Color, IFC Solutions, Sensient …
Global Food Colorants Industry 2018 to 2025 presents an in-depth analysis of the Food Colorants including enabling technologies, key trends, standardization, deployment models, challenges, market drivers, future road maps, value chain, ecosystem player profiles and strategies. The report also … Read More
Torbay farmer harvesting new bounty — seaweed
He cited an article he read in The Telegram just recently that denoted the benefits of seaweed in breast cancer patients. Fresh is best “I just want to caution people who want to try this not to pick the stuff up off the beach that has been there for a …
The Latest: Syrian Kurdish official: Thousands fleeing Afrin
A Syrian Kurdish official says thousands of people are fleeing the northern town of Afrin as Turkish troops and Turkey-backed opposition fighters get closer to the besieged Syrian town. Ebrahim Ebrahim, a Europe-based spokesman for the largest Kurdish group in Syria, the Democratic Union Party, … Read More
Our 5th District neighbors react to our embarrassment
Long Beach's 5th District has emerged virtually unscathed by the Land Use Element of the city's General Plan. By Tim Grobaty | tgrobaty@scng.com | Press-Telegram. March 12, 2018 at 6:00 am. “The beauty is, no one is forced to live in the 5th District,” writes Margaret Kennedy, presumably after … Read …
You may soon need to prove your age to visit YouTube and Facebook under plans from the UK …
He outlined that age-verification could be handled similarly to film classifications, with sites like YouTube being restricted to those over 18, for example, but handled completely by parents. The worrying thing, however, is his plans to create mandatory screen time cutoffs for all children. Referencing the … Read More