Millions flock to Signal as Facebook, WhatsApp suffer outage
Signal, the private messaging app endorsed by Edward Snowden, saw user sign-ups soar during the extended downtime of Facebook Inc’s network of apps and services. Millions of new users joined the communications app on Monday, Signal said on Twitter. Facebook suffered a six-hour outage that spanned its WhatsApp messenger, the main social network and photo-sharing […]
MoH received over 220,000 calls seeking emotional support, counselling as of Sept, Senate told
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — A total of 223,990 calls to the Psychosocial Support Line were received as of Sept 19 with 80.8 per cent of the callers needed emotional support and counselling, the Dewan Negara was told today. Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said they included issues related to job loss, no source of income, […]
World leaders scramble to limit ‘Pandora Papers’ damage
NEW YORK: World leaders were on the defensive on Monday after the release of millions of documents detailing how heads of state use offshore tax havens to stash assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Thirty-five current and former leaders are featured in roughly 11.9 million documents leaked from financial services companies that include reports […]
Zuckerberg loses RM29bil in hours as Facebook plunges
Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly US$7bil (RM29bil) in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc’s flagship products offline. A selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock plummeting around 5% on Monday, adding to a […]
Covid-19: Another 8,817 cases, number stays at four figures for third day
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded 8,817 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (Oct 5), making it the third day infections have remained in four figures. In a Twitter post on Tuesday (Oct 5), Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country’s cumulative number of cases is now 2,294,457. Three states have more than 1,000 cases […]
