Barrier-breaking wins at this year’s Oscars
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The Oscars evening was a good night for women and people of colour. Chinese-born filmmaker Chloé Zhao became the second woman and the first non-white woman to get the prize
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UK’s Football Leagues and Women’s Super League boycott social media
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Premier League, English Football League and Women’s Super League clubs will join in a four-day boycott of social media platforms in an effort to combat abuse and discrimination, BBC reports.
Which giant will be the podcast lead?
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Barely a week passes without one of the big players launching a new audio service. After years with all going for the video – audio is now the focus! Big
YouTube blocked three Ukrainian channels linked to Putin ally
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Google’s YouTube blocked from broadcasting three Ukrainian television channels linked to an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to an announcement by the Ukrainian government, who were the ones
In Europe, 2.2 million women lost their jobs in 2020
Women’s work situation has been hardest hit during the pandemic according to a number of studies. When vaccinations now slowly start having an effect so that we hopefully will move
A global project to get gender balance in the news
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BBC’s 50:50 project, aiming to achieve gender balance in programs, has led to other companies using the same measurement. 41 companies took up the challenge and 50% of them say
Controversial EU proposal on AI remote biometric identification
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The European Data Protection Supervisor does not agree with the EU Commission concerning the use of remote biometric identification in public spaces. The Supervisor says such identification should be banned.
HBO Max beating Netflix in the US
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The fierce competition between home entertainment streaming services means markets and investors pay a lot of attention to first quarter reports to see how users behave during the pandemic and
Snap reporting strong growth outside the US
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Snap Inc, the owner of messaging service Snapchat, reported strong user growth. Daily active users was up 22% year-on-year to 280 million during the first quarter which exceeded analysts’ expectations.
Facebook testing new advertising alternatives
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Facebook announced tests of new advertising alternatives meant to benefit from the interest in short-form video and marketers interest in sticker ads. The company will test having advertising on Facebook-owned