Native authorities in Germany have been left red-faced after unknown fraudsters ‘offered’ them a nonexistent batch of face masks. The World Well being Group (WHO), in the meantime, says the garment is generally ineffective in opposition to Covid-19. ...

Fb’s efforts to crack down on “faux information” have really made the issue worse, as a latest research discovered. Who knew that asking customers to outsource their essential capabilities to the platform would make them extra credulous?! ...

German pharmaceutical big Bayer is contemplating stopping gross sales of its weedkiller containing glyphosate to particular person customers. The agency is dealing with tens of 1000's of lawsuits that declare the product causes most cancers. ...

Twitter’s doubtful enforcement of its personal guidelines is again within the highlight after Trump threatened to strike Iran and destroy Iranian cultural treasures. Trump’s tweet stays, however many wonder if it’s prohibited speech. ...

If a Hollywood star can’t discover a date what hope do the remainder of us have? Social media customers have been haunted by this existential query after Sharon Stone revealed that she had made an account on a courting app – however was blocked. ...

Twitter has skilled a serious outage affecting giant swaths of Europe and North America, amongst different locations, leaving hundreds of annoyed netizens unable to vent their anger. ...

As Venice reels from the town’s second-highest floods in 50 years, some on-line have chosen to make gentle of the state of affairs, sharing a meme of Greta Thunberg with the caption: “I instructed you.” For sure, this irked many on-line. ...

Google has acquired the health monitoring machine producer Fitbit, unnerving customers who hoped to maintain their well being information out of Huge Tech’s clutches. It guarantees to not use the info for advertisements, however does anybody actually consider that? ...

A YouTube outage has taken out the feedback sections and proposals on movies, leaving many customers with no alternative however to make their very own choices on what to look at subsequent. ...

When supporters of Catalan leaders jailed for organizing a democratic vote advance on Barcelona airport, media make a fuss over ‘separatists’ inflicting chaos. When the identical tactic’s utilized in Hong Kong, it’s a ‘pro-democracy’ protest. ...