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All set for first global medical tourism conference in Dubai

Dubai - Emirates Voice

The latest bizarre and dangerous trend to take over social media is the 'Tide Pod Challenge'. Youngsters are uploading videos of themselves eating laundry detergent and daring others to do the same. The act has already hospitalised students in the US, prompting social media channels - including YouTube and Facebook - to take down such videos. Several warnings have beenRead more

Young man, woman exchange nude photos on WhatsApp in UAE, land in court

Dubai - Emirates Voice

A young man and a woman have landed in the Ras Al Khaimah criminal court for exchanging their nude pictures, and having consensual sex out of wedlock. As per court records, the case came to the fore when the 19-year-old man, an Asian, threatened to defame the 20-year-old woman, also an Asian, to post her nude pictures on social mediaRead more

iGA launches Government Directory mobile app

Manama - Emirates Voice

The Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) has launched the Government Directory mobile app, on the eGovernment Apps Store at bahrain.bh/apps, which provides a comprehensive set of officials’ contact details, along with government entities locations and social media accounts. In this regard, Mr. Mohammed Abdulaziz Acting Director of eServices & Channel Enhancement at iGA stated that the app is part ofRead more

Spanish army called in as snow traps thousands on roads

Madrid - Emirates voice

Spain deployed 250 soldiers on Sunday to help rescue thousands of people trapped in their vehicles by heavy snow overnight on a highway near Madrid, officials said. The army's emergency unit UME said it sent two companies of specialist soldiers and 95 vehicles to free over 3,000 vehicles that became stranded on the AP6 highway linking Madrid and the northwestern cityRead more

Theresa May’s reshuffle leaves more questions than answers

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Theresa May’s New Year reshuffle was supposed to be a chance for the beleaguered British prime minister to stamp her authority on a mutinous party. However, during a sometimes farcical day when announcements of appointments on social media were reversed within minutes, at the end of Monday Mrs May continued to look weak and directionless. The prime minister had setRead more

Fake news spread by British website and social media bots

Dubai - Emirates Voice

A fake news operation has spread hundreds of fabricated reports after establishing a bogus website named Manchester Weekly that is backed by dozens of social media accounts set up to woo prominent politicians, researchers and journalists. An investigation by The National has found no trace of the Manchester Weekly publication in the city nor of a person who claims toRead more

Sweden's intelligence chief warns of fake news threat

Dubai - Emirates Voice

The head of Sweden’s security service has warned that his agency is increasingly dealing with the threat posed by fake news and disinformation aswell as the issue of terrorism. In an interview with the BBC, Anders Thornberg, the head of Sapo, and a 30-year veteran of Swedish security, claimed that fake news and disinformation were increasingly talked-about issues. Although itRead more

Apple to issue fix for iPhones, Macs at risk from 'Spectre' chip flaw

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Protecting users of the social network from abuse and hate and defending it from nation state interference are part of Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s 2018 personal challenge. Mr Zuckerberg visited every US state, ran 365 miles and learned Mandarin since he first started doing these annual challenges in 2009. Social media companies including Twitter have been pressured byRead more

Our reliance on technology is having an effect on us all

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Happy New Year! Or is it? A “new” year, I mean, not whether it’s a happy one. For that, we need only check the Bitcoin exchanges, Donald Trump’s Twitter account, or the balmy temperatures at the ice caps. Declaring it a “new” year, on the other hand, depends on which calendar you follow. Most important in this region is IslamicRead more

Actor Ayman Zidan blames rumors over death

Beirut - Michal Hadad

A state of shock dominated the fans of Syrian actor Ayman Zidan after the publishing of his mourning on social media networks, pushing a large number of his relatives and friends to deny what was published over his death. The actor said that such conspiracies are not new, as he faced similar ones since the beginning of his career asRead more