Monday, July 6, 2020

TikTok to Withdraw From Hong Kong as Tech Giants Halt Data Requests


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Google, Facebook and Twitter Stop Hong Kong Data Requests


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Palantir Technologies Files to Go Public


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Wikipedia article of the day for July 7, 2020

The Wikipedia article of the day for July 7, 2020 is Maya (M.I.A. album).
Maya is the third studio album by British recording artist M.I.A. (pictured), released on 7 July 2010 on her own label, N.E.E.T. Recordings, through XL Recordings and Interscope Records. Songwriting and production for the album were primarily handled by M.I.A., Blaqstarr and Rusko in Los Angeles. The album centres on the theme of information politics. Elements of industrial music were incorporated into M.I.A.'s sound for the first time. In the album's first week of release, it entered the UK Albums Chart at number 21, becoming M.I.A.'s highest-charting album in the UK. It also became her highest-charting album in the US, reaching number nine on the Billboard 200, and debuted in the top 10 in Finland, Norway, Greece and Canada. M.I.A. promoted the album by performing at music festivals in the US and Europe and by releasing a series of tracks online, including "XXXO", "It Takes a Muscle" and "Born Free". (This article is part of a featured topic: M.I.A. albums.)

YouTube’s Power of the Purse


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