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Beards are man's face armour to right to transport a rhino - Ig Nobel prizes announce winners of strange scientific discoveries
While the ceremony was conducted online for the second time this year, it retained many in-person traditions like real Nobel laureates announcing the prizes and premiere of a mini-opera called “A Bridge Between People.”

Sony LIV's Kadakh, ZEE5's Lalbazaar, Netflix, Eurovision Song Contest, Amazon's Hanna 2: Trailers This Week
Will Ferrel and Rachel McAdams form a singing duo ‘Fire Saga’ and take on world class bands in an international singing competition, Eurovision

Headache, back pain, sleep deprivation: Prolonged screen use during Coronavirus lockdown can have detrimental effects
Long term issues that could crop up with increased screen time is obesity, heart disease, sleep disorders, behavioural and educational issues.

Two men playing PUBG near a railway track in Maharashtra get hit by train
The incident happened yesterday evening at a bypass in Hingoli, Maharashtra.

YouTube terminates more than 400 channels over child exploitation controversy
This comes as a response to the concerns that have been raised by creators, users and advertisers.

AT&T pulls ads from YouTube over row involving content showing child exploitation
AT&T Inc pulled all its advertising from Alphabet Inc’s YouTube for the second time in two years.

Self-regulatory online content code may not serve interests of Indian consumers, creators
Signatories of this self-regulatory code include major players like Netflix, Hotstar and Jio.

EU leaders impose sanctions to curb cyber attacks fearing 2019 election hacking
EU officials are equally concerned about the misuse of voter data by domestic actors to sway elections.

Apple plans to provide a free digital video service to its iPhone, iPad users
The service will also carry subscription channels to allow customers to sign up for online-only services.

SAP, Microsoft and Adobe announce data alliance for their Open Data Initiative
The partners announced the Open Data Initiative at a Microsoft conference in Orlando, Florida.

China tightens controls over internet content to make it 'clean and righteous'
China maintains a strict censorship regime, banning social media including Google and Facebook.

Chinese police arrest 56 suspects in connection to a $1.1 bn gambling ring
The investigation into the gambling website was launched in January 2016 after a tip-off.

Sex-toy innovators can now sleep peacefully as teledildonics patent finally climaxes
The patent was then transferred to Hassex Inc and then to Tzu Technologies in 2015.

Japan govt to introduce English-speaking AI to improve students' language skills
Japan has proposed improving English skills ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Tencent's quarterly profits fall for the first time in 13 years, gaming revenue to blame
Tencent Holdings Ltd has “no clarity” on when it may get regulatory approval to start charging for PUBG.

Google to increase transparency on political ads ahead of mid-term elections in US
Under the new mechanism, political advertisers now have to provide a government-issued ID and other key information.

EU's top court supports protection of copyrighted works in landmark case
Judges said posting a work online was different from hyperlinks which lead users to another website.

TRAI chief RS Sharma cannot be prosecuted for disclosing his Aadhaar card details: Here's a look at reasons why
Aadhaar challenge has now been followed by a UIDAI warning against the disclosure of Aadhaar numbers.

Facebook removes hundreds of offensive posts under Germany's hate-speech law
The social network received 1,704 complaints under the law, known in Germany as NetzDG, removing 362 posts.

Sony reports 23.7% increase in first quarter operating profit, exceeds estimates
Sony maintained its profit forecast for the year ending March at 670 billion yen.