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'Snip-snip! Hooray!': TikTok trend dispels vasectomy myths
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» WASHINGTON: Squeezing his eyes shut, a man breaks into song while filming himself getting a vasectomy -- a TikTok trend helping dispel misinformation about the procedure whose demand has soared following US upheaval over abortion rights.
Stressed cruise crew face quarantine nightmare
AFP, Published on 21/02/2020
» TOKYO: The nightmare of a 14-day quarantine is ending for most passengers on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship, but it is far from over for the more than 1,000 crew.
'Budapest Hotel,' 'Imitation Game' snag Writers Guild wins
AFP, Published on 15/02/2015
» LOS ANGELES - "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "The Imitation Game" won big one week ahead of Hollywood's award-season Oscars showdown, snagging top prizes at the annual Writers Guild of America awards ceremony Saturday.
HP pays to end bribery probes
AFP, Published on 10/04/2014
» NEW YORK - US computer giant Hewlett-Packard agreed to pay $108 million to settle investigations that it paid bribes to win public contracts in Russia, Poland and Mexico, officials said Wednesday.
Secure news tip system offered to media
AFP, Published on 16/10/2013
» A US press freedom group announced Tuesday it would be offering news organizations access to an open-source whistleblower submission system dubbed "SecureDrop."
New Yorker launches online anonymous tip system
AFP, Published on 16/05/2013
» The New Yorker magazine on Wednesday unveiled a new online system for anonymous whistleblower tips, based on technology developed by the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz and a former hacker.
Famous last tweets
AFP, Published on 16/02/2013
» Someone's famous last words are now likely to be famous last tweets.
Famous last tweets captured for posterity
AFP, Published on 16/02/2013
» Someone's famous last words are now likely to be famous last tweets.
Hacker group Anonymous downs US government site
AFP, Published on 27/01/2013
» Hacker group Anonymous said it disabled the US Sentencing Commission's website in revenge for the death of Internet freedom advocate Aaron Swartz, and vowed to release government data.
Web inventor says governments stifling net freedom
AFP, Published on 26/01/2013
» The inventor of the World Wide Web warned Friday that government control is limiting the possibilities of the Internet, as dozens of countries and businesses signed a cybersecurity deal at the Davos forum.