German minister praises ‘dear’ Taiwan, China protests ‘despicable’ visit

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Germany’s education minister said on Tuesday she was honored to visit “esteemed partner” Taiwan, but that her trip was unrelated to her government’s China strategy, as Beijing said it had protested near Berlin about her “mean behavior” when going there. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up … Read more

Dozens arrested in French protests after government survives vote of no confidence

PARIS (Reuters) – Dozens of people have been arrested across France after sporadic protests broke out hours after President Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Monday over a deeply unpopular pension reform. The failure of the vote will be a relief to Macron. Had it succeeded, it would have scuttled … Read more

What to expect from Android 14

PARIS, March 21 — The developers overseeing the next Android update have begun sharing some of the expected progress in this new version of Google’s mobile operating system, due this fall. They mainly work on improving the security of the operating system, in addition to adding some very useful new features. A first glimpse of … Read more

Tuesday Morning News: March 21, 2023

MARY REICARD, HOST: Good morning! The war in Iraq began 20 years ago this week and Congress has taken steps to close the books. TIM KAINE: We will begin with the first procedural steps to formally end the war in Iraq. NICK EICHER, HOST: North Korea also continues to radiate strength, but defectors who have … Read more

Kai the Hitchhiker is suing Netflix, KMPH Fox 26 over film

“Kai the Hitchhiker,” whose real name is Caleb McGillvary, is getting his own true crime documentary, airing on Netflix January 10. Accompanying press photos Caleb McGillvary hasn’t had good things to say about Netflix since it announced the released of the true-crime documentary “The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker” back in December. [–> McGillvary, also known as … Read more

The war in Syria shattered their lives, the earthquake in Turkey shattered their hopes

GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) – After surviving a chemical attack in Syria, Douaa Idris, her husband and two children fled across the border to southern Turkey, where they painstakingly rebuilt their lives as refugees. “We were born again,” says 32-year-old Idris, who settled in the city of Gaziantep alongside 450,000 Syrians fleeing the conflict that has … Read more

Netflix verification hits the market; The Metaverse has already lost its luster

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news roundup… Want to receive it by email? To register here. A verified love triangle When Netflix started selling ads, it promised to include ad verification through both DoubleVerify and Integral Ad Science. And so it came. On Monday, DV and IAS both released their Netflix inventory verification solutions. Given the sky-high … Read more

The war in Syria shattered their lives, the earthquake in Turkey shattered their hopes

GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) – After surviving a chemical attack in Syria, Douaa Idris, her husband and two children fled across the border to southern Turkey, where they painstakingly rebuilt their lives as refugees. “We were born again,” says 32-year-old Idris, who settled in the city of Gaziantep alongside 450,000 Syrians fleeing the conflict that has … Read more

Images cropped by Google Pixel phones can be recovered • The Registry

If you’ve owned a Google Pixel smartphone since the 3 Series came out in 2018, there’s some bad news: any screenshot you’ve cropped or redacted on your Pixel can potentially be recovered without much fuss. Reverse engineers Simon Aarons and David Buchanan, who respectively found the bug and produced a proof-of-concept fix tool, called it … Read more