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Disney Drops Gina Carano From The Mandalorian After Controversial Social Media Post Actress Gina Carano has been dropped from the Disney+ Star Wars show, The Mandalorian after she shared a post on social media comparing the treatment of Republicans in the U.S. to Jewish people during the Holocaust, Lucasfilm announced Wednesday night, after several users on social media had demanded her removal. A Lucasfilm spokesperson told the press Carano is “not currently employed” by the Disney-owned studio and there were “no plans for her to be in the future.”

The spokesperson then added Carano’s posts “denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”

On her Instagram story, Carano shared a post which talks about the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany and ends by asking, “How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”

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Facebook-owned WhatsApp launched a new 'disappearing messages' feature for users across markets in 2020. But unlike rival platform Telegram's self-destruct timer, that lets users choose the disappearing time ranging from a second to minutes to a week, messages on WhatsApp will stay on for a week before they disappear, if users activate the feature.

WhatsApp also launched 'carts' for businesses and users on the platform. WhatsApp said Catalogs have allowed people to see what’s available and helped businesses organize their chats around particular items and with more shopping happening through chats, it wants to make buying and selling easier.

The company said with carts, which are going live around the world, people can browse a catalog, select multiple products and send the order as one message to the business accounts.

early November, Facebook-owned WhatsApp and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced that WhatsApp will start operating UPI payments service.

According to a blog post by WhatsApp, "WhatsApp designed our payments feature in partnership with NPCI using the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), an India-first, real-time payment system that enables transactions with over 160 supported banks."

Hyundai is getting serious about building a ‘walking car’Based on a modular platform architecture, its features include a sophisticated leg and wheel locomotion system, 360-degree directional control, and a range of sensors for remote observation. It is also intended to connect to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which can fully charge and deliver TIGER to inaccessible locations...

With its legs retracted, TIGER drives like an all-wheel drive vehicle and is in its most efficient mode because it moves by rolling traction. But when the vehicle gets stuck or needs to travel over terrain that is difficult or impassable for wheels alone, it uses its walking ability to get unstuck or more easily travel over that terrain.

If you’re getting a strong Mars Rover vibe off this thing, that’s on purpose: Hyundai thinks the technology underpinning this vehicle could make it ripe for an interplanetary mission. The walking car can traverse uneven terrain, climb a wall, step over a gap, and spread its legs to a 15-foot-wide track width — all while keeping its main cabin (and cargo) level. When not in the field, the vehicle’s legs are stowed underneath and can be driven like a normal off-roading vehicle. Based on a modular platform architecture, its features include a sophisticated leg and wheel locomotion system, 360-degree directional control, and a range of sensors for remote observation. It is also intended to connect to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which can fully charge and deliver TIGER to inaccessible locations...

With its legs retracted, TIGER drives like an all-wheel drive vehicle and is in its most efficient mode because it moves by rolling traction. But when the vehicle gets stuck or needs to travel over terrain that is difficult or impassable for wheels alone, it uses its walking ability to get unstuck or more easily travel over that terrain.

If you’re getting a strong Mars Rover vibe off this thing, that’s on purpose: Hyundai thinks the technology underpinning this vehicle could make it ripe for an interplanetary mission. The walking car can traverse uneven terrain, climb a wall, step over a gap, and spread its legs to a 15-foot-wide track width — all while keeping its main cabin (and cargo) level. When not in the field, the vehicle’s legs are stowed underneath and can be driven like a normal off-roading vehicle.

The US and China are already fighting the war on who will bring 6G first.

The 6G-driven world has existed in sci-fi movies and on papers.

US thinks it can outshine China but China is not backing down.

If you live in India and have a smartphone, you are most likely to have never experienced 5G. That is because it is not available for the masses yet. Much like India, there are several scores of nations where 5G is either not available or under development for the general public. But away from this disparity, there is a war brewing between two powerful countries over 6G. The futuristic, next-generation telecommunications technology lives on papers right now but that has not stopped the United States and China from engaging in the geopolitical battle that will give the world its winner for 6G deployment.

Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment Tesla announced in an SEC filing Monday that it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin.

The company also said it would start accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its products.

CEO Elon Musk has been credited for raising the prices of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, through his messages on Twitter.

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Cardi B says someone "dropped the ball" on getting "Up"When Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” dropped, everyone knew. It was all anyone talked about last summer. Ben Shapiro reciting the lyrics will unfortunately be forever etched in our memories of a very cursed year. Cardi has a new single now called “Up” and while it’s gotten attention on social media, the attention’s nowhere near the level of “WAP.”Part of the issue lies in the public’s difficulty to locate both the song and its video on iTunes. So Cardi took to Instagram Live to say that something’s at play here and she’s trying her best to solve it. I’m really grateful for the music video, it’s turning out amazing. I’m really upset right now. The devil has been working really fucking hard, let me tell you, because I know people are having troubles finding the song on iTunes. I don’t even think the music video’s up on iTunes yet. I don’t even know who dropped the ball and gave in or didn’t gave in or whatever to iTunes, but I’ve been working. I’ve been calling people on the label all night. I don’t know. Make sure you check it out on all streaming services. I think the song was turned in late to avoid leaks and stuff.”

JoJo Siwa posts 1st photos of girlfriend Kylie on Instagram JoJo Siwa posts 1st photos of girlfriend Kylie on Instagram

The actor and YouTube star shared her first photos with her girlfriend, days after revealing she was dating someone after coming out last month.

Feb. 9, 2021, 12:28 AM IST / Source: TODAY

By Scott Stump

JoJo Siwa has shared her first photos of her girlfriend after revealing last week that she is dating someone.

The 17-year-old reality star and YouTube personality posted photos and a video of the couple having fun together on Instagram Monday with a heartfelt message for her girlfriend, whom she has been dating for a month.

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In Japan, more people died from suicide last month Japan has long struggled with one of the highest suicide rates in the world, according to the World Health Organization. In 2016, Japan had a suicide mortality rate of 18.5 per 100,000 people, second only to South Korea in the Western Pacific region and almost double the annual global average of 10.6 per 100,000 people. While the reasons for Japan's high suicide rate are complex, long working hours, school pressure, social isolation and a cultural stigma around mental health issues have all been cited as contributing factors.

But for the 10 years leading up to 2019, the number of suicides had been decreasing in Japan, falling to about 20,000 last year, according to the health ministry -- the lowest number since the country's health authorities started keeping records in 1978.

The pandemic appears to have reversed that trend, and the rise in suicides has disproportionately affected women. Although they represent a smaller proportion of total suicides than men, the number of women taking their own lives is increasing. In October, suicides among women in Japan increased almost 83% compared to the same month the previous year. For comparison, male suicides rose almost 22% over the same time period.