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やらなきゃいけないことがあるのに…！ついスマホをいじってしまうあるあるイラストに「まさに今の自分」「わかり過ぎる」と共感の嵐
うおおお…「やらなきゃいけないこと」が山積みの状態だが…私には「やりたいこと」があるんだ…うおおお…...
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Twitter shifts US presidential accounts to Biden team
San Francisco (AFP) - As US President Joe Biden took office on Wednesday, Twitter handed him the reins of an official @POTUS account as part of the transfer of power. The one-to-many messaging service gave Biden's team control of all the official White House accounts, and activated a new @SecondGentleman handle for the husband of the country's first female vice president Kamala Harris. Accounts for the White House, President, Vice President, First Lady and White House Press Secretary "have now inherited their new institutional usernames," according to Twitter. Tweets posted at the accounts pri...
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菅政権の看板政策「デジタル庁」の課題点は？古賀茂明氏が外国人登用などの「DX省」案を提言
デジタル庁より「DX省」を！菅義偉首相が18日に行った施政方針演説では新型コロナウイルス対策以外の施...
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Social media faces reckoning as Trump ban forces reset
Washington (AFP) - Social media giants crossed a threshold in banning US President Donald Trump and an array of his supporters -- and now face a quandary on defining their efforts to remain politically neutral while promoting democracy and free speech. After the unprecedented violence in the seat of Congress, Trump was banned for inciting the rioters -- on platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Google-owned YouTube and Snapchat. The alternative network Parler, which drew many Trump backers, was forced offline by Amazon's web services unit. The bans broke new ground for internet firms but also ...
AFP
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Netflix keeps growing in pandemic, tops 200 mn subscribers
San Francisco (AFP) - Netflix on Tuesday topped subscriber growth expectations in the past quarter, keeping ahead of new streaming rivals competing for viewers stuck in their homes during the coronavirus pandemic. The streaming television leader added some 8.5 million paid subscribers in the quarter to reach 203 million, topping 200 million despite recent price hikes, its quarterly earning update showed. "Covid-19 has accelerated that big shift from linear to streaming entertainment," Netflix chief financial officer Spencer Neumann said on an earnings call. "So, the underlying long-term looks ...
AFP
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Electric vehicle maker Rivian valued at $27.6 bn in funding round
San Francisco (AFP) - Electric vehicle maker Rivian on Tuesday said it raised $2.65 billion in a new funding round valuing the Amazon-backed US company at $26.7 billion. Investors included Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund and Fidelity Management and Research, according to Rivian. "This is a critical year for us as we are launching the R1T, the R1S and the Amazon commercial delivery vehicles," Rivian founder and chief executive RJ Scaringe said in a release. "The support and confidence of our investors enables us to remain focused on these launches while simultaneously scaling our business for our ...
AFP
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Ransomware took heavy toll on US in 2020: researchers
Washington (AFP) - Ransomware attacks took a heavy toll on the United States last year with more than 2,000 victims in government, education and health care, security researchers say in a new report. The study released Monday by the security firm Emsisoft said ransomware attacks -- which encrypt and disable computer systems while demanding a ransom -- affected 113 federal, state and municipal governments, 560 health facilities and 1,681 schools, colleges and universities last year. "The attacks caused significant, and sometimes life-threatening, disruption: ambulances carrying emergency patien...
AFP
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「ばばばばばばえおうぃおい～べべべ」 国交省北海道開発局Twitterが突如暴走→祭り状態に
国土交通省北海道開発局道路情報のTwitterアカウントが19日午後、突如“暴走”した。 「通行止の...
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子猫にいきなり"登頂"されて「想定外にゃん」…固まった茶トラ猫に大反響！ 動画の再生回数400万超
「おや、クッション？」…子猫ちゃんにいきなり乗っかられた茶トラの猫ちゃんが「想定外の出来事」に固まっ...
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Indian agritechs grab investor attention, drive agriculture modernization
By Atul Ranjan and Celine Chen NEW DELHI, NNA - Agritech, one of the hottest investment segments in recent years, is expected to see further growth and adoption in India, where agriculture has remained remarkably resilient during the pandemic. Indian agritech startups which are bringing innovation to the farming sector by leveraging various technologies have caught the attention of investors betting on emerging opportunities amid agriculture modernization push across the world, including India. According to research firm Venture Intelligence that tracks private equity and venture capital inves...
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