The social medium Instagram, which is part of Facebook, forbids all photos in which offensive self-mutilation can be seen. “In recent months we have noticed that we are not at the level where we need to be when it comes to self-mutilation and suicide”, says Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, Thursday in a statement. All offensive images about self-mutilation are …
Car maker General Motors has been profitable last year. Sales were also slightly increased. Including the introduction of the pick-up trucks Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra helped the company. In addition, the sales of so-called crossovers increased. GM sold a total of 8.4 million cars worldwide. GM announced earlier this year to cut costs. The automaker closes, among other things, …
It is too expensive for many housing corporations to convert all their homes into zero-on-the-meter homes. That is what the consultancy firm Finance Ideas says based on research among about six hundred corporate directors. In average, respondents therefore focus on making housing more sustainable on energy label B. In any case, the sustainability of the housing stock is an expensive …
The Super Bowl has drawn the lowest number of viewers in ten years. 98.2 million people watched the final of American football between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams last weekend. That was 5% less than last year. The boring match between the Patriots and the Rams did not improve the ratings, experts say. This was the …
Gannett, a major newspaper publisher, known for the daily newspaper ‘USA Today’, has rejected hostile takeover bids from rival MNG. The owner of titles like ‘Denver Post’ and ‘Boston Herald’ had $ 1.4 billion in store for Gannett. According to Gannett, MNG is ‘not a credible buyer’. The amount offered would also be too low. “Given MNG’s refusal to give …
A teenage activist has told the global elite at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos that they are to blame for the climate crisis and that the “house is on fire”. The Swiss summit is characterised as a discussion of momentous issues like Brexit, world trade and global warming. Environmentalists have been complaining of alleged hypocrisy after reports that …
Employment is much stronger than expected. According to the Department of Labor last month added 304.000 new jobs (excluding agriculture). Economists expected the median 165,000 new jobs. Job growth in December was revised down to 222.000 from a previously reported of 312,000 new jobs. Growth in almost all sectors is observed. The construction had the most new jobs in nearly …
Facebook again clashes with controversy. To learn more about the behavior of young people, the company developed a special Facebook Research app that can view virtually all information on a smartphone. Young people aged 13 to 35 who installed the app were paid up to $ 20 per month, report the Techcrunch website. In theory, minors had to request permission …
The Daily Telegraph has apologised “unreservedly” to Melania Trump and agreed to pay her “substantial damages” for an article it published last week. The paper said its Saturday Magazine cover story “The Mystery of Melania” contained a number of false statements. These included claims the US first lady was struggling in her modelling career before she met her husband and …
Philips medical technology company has developed a new imaging technique together with UMC Utrecht. This enables surgeons to see medical devices such as catheters and the wires through which these veins are guided in heart operations better than with the existing method. The new technology uses light that is sent through glass fibers in the so-called guidewires. As a result, …
