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Silicon Valley companies are terrified of California’s privacy law and this is good news for us
You must have seen that data breaches and hacks have become very common in recent times. This is where tech companies get away with a lot as they get away by saying that there was a backdoor in their system which allowed this. However, the privacy of users who have been compromised is stolen as a result which can never be claimed back. For this reason, we have seen that people need to change their identity and even their bank accounts as well as cards in many cases. Now, someone has finally taken action against this which is in the form of California’s Consumer Privacy Act.
Basically, California will now have a new Consumer Privacy Act which will take effect from January 1 where there will be a huge lot of privacy benefits for the users living in California. However, you might be aware that most of the tech giants are headquartered in Silicon Valley which is also in California. Therefore, this new privacy law from California has left Silicon Valley absolutely terrified about its impact.
It is known that California’s new privacy law “allows state consumers a right to know what information companies have on them, a right to have that information deleted and the right to opt-out of the sale of that information”. You might recall that this is very similar to Europe’s GDPR which took effect earlier this year.
As a result of the law coming into effect, Silicon Valley companies have already started to lobby the US government and they have also signed an open letter which includes the likes of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, IBM’s Ginni Rometty and SAP’s Bill McDermott. In this letter, they say that the consumers are not clever enough to “understand rules that may change depending upon the state in which they reside.” which is why the government should come up with a federal privacy bill.
NEW K.ID, the No.1 TV channel for all K-Pop entertainment and source (https://cutt.ly/NEWKID), announced its weekly chart for the 3rd week of August.
BLACKPINK retains its #1 spot in the NEW K.ID’s weekly chart for three consecutive weeks as they tie with WINNER’s previous record. BLACKPINK has announced a new single dropping on August 28th which will be a collaboration with American pop star, Selena Gomez. Selena Gomez also recently teased her collaboration with BLACKPINK on her Instagram post captioned, “SELPINK pulling up soon. 8/28”.
Following their release of the single, BLACKPINK will be releasing their first debut album on October 2nd.
PENTAGON, SHINee, GWSN, and N.Flying all retained their spots in TOP5. The 6th place, WINNER, celebrated their 6th year debut anniversary. MINO posted a photo of WINNER on his Instagram, celebrating the time and unforgettable memories that they have spent together for the last 6 years.
Ranked at #9, SF9’s Rowoon has been named as ‘The North Face white label’s F/W’ model and its brand ambassador. With a height over 6’3’’, Rowoon not only has a youthful personality but also has various talents as he can both sing and act in various entertainment fields. The North Face saw that Rowoon’s versatility perfectly matched its brand image and decided to partner with Rowoon.
Coming in at #10, DAY6’s sub-unit, Even of Day, is releasing a new album, ‘The Book of Us: Gluon – Nothing can tear us apart’ on August 31st. All 7 songs in the album are written and produced by the Even of Day members. Young K is expected to play guitar in place of Sungjin and Jae. JYP’s representative commented, “Young K showed his expertise on the bass guitar and will continue to play more instruments.” It was also mentioned that Wonpil’s synthesizer and Dowoon’s electronic drum will be key in this album.
Additionally, in last week’s ‘2020 SORIBADA BEST K-MUSIC AWARDS’, GWSN and LOONA won New Wave New Artist Awards while GFRIEND took the main prize (bonsang) home.
NEW K.ID, the only TV channel that allows viewers to enjoy K-POP Idol-related content programming 24/7 and exclusive episodes curated from 10K+ videos, is available at CH 511 for free on LG Smart TVs and XUMO apps on all Internet-connected devices.
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Death after unmasked arrest – Mexico Floyd
The official reason for the arrest revealed by the police is not known, but the video footage posted on social media at the time of the arrest suggests that the reason is “not wearing a mask.”
Amid a stir across the U.S. over the “George Floyd” incident that killed white police abuses, similar cases of abuse of public power have been revealed in Mexico, sparking public outrage.
The daily El Universal has been protesting against the incident since it was belatedly revealed that construction worker Giovanni Lopez died the next day after being arrested by police in Guadalajara, western Mexico, on April 4.
The official reason for the arrest revealed by the police is not known, but the video footage posted on social media at the time of the arrest suggests that the reason is “not wearing a mask.”
Death of George Floyd
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street