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Last week, many high-profile accounts on Twitter were hacked. After this happened, thousands of verified accounts were put on lockdown so Twitter officials could figure out their next move. Hackers targeted 130 verified accounts and reset passwords for 45 of those. They managed to download information from eight unverified accounts. Twitter officials realized accounts were being hacked when the hackers posted the exact same message and link on each account. The tweet said "I have decided to give...
TikTok is a video platform where users can create videos ranging between 15 and 60 seconds. Videos are uploaded to the platform where they can be viewed by anyone. Originally, the app was called Musical.ly. It was a video-sharing platform with only 15-second videos. The app managed to gain popularity and created young influencers through lip-sync videos. Around the same time, China released a similar app called Douyin that became very popular. Douyin spread to other Asian countries and changed...
Recently, TikTok has come under fire by the United States government. The owner of TikTok is ByteDance, a Chinese company based in Beijing. Many officials are raising concern about how China is using information collected from the app. Just last month, India banned the app, along with several other Chinese apps. Some of the reasoning has to do with political and military tension between the two countries. The Australian government is also considering a ban as its own tensions with China...
After the pandemic started, I was sent home from college. With no classes to attend or any of my school friends to see, I had to find something to fill up all of this new amount of time. I, like many people my age, turned to TikTok. For the longest time, I put off using and even downloading the app for no real reason. Out of complete boredom, I downloaded it just to see what was so amazing about the app. I quickly understood what it was. I realized that TikTok is very similar to when Vine was...
After months of planning and rescheduling, Ewing Public School students will have a prom. The event will take place Friday, July 17 at St. Dominic's Hall. The theme is Las Vegas Nights and members of the junior class will decorate Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The traditional grand march will still take place at 6:30 p.m., Friday, after sponsor Jan Miller takes pictures at 6. Audience members are asked to remain in their vehicles while students walk along the sidewalk, showing their outfits. Before...
According to the New York Public Library directors, “The Snowy Day” is the most checked out book from their collection. Using data retrieved from their circulatory system, they were able to compile this information. Both the Orchard Public Library and the Clearwater Public Library use computer systems to keep track of all their information. The systems keep track of all books in a library’s circulation, when a book is checked out or renewed and the number of times a book is checked out. Conco...
The Orchard public swimming pool will finally open after the Orchard Village Board of Trustees made the decision during its June 2 meeting. If all goes according to plan, pool manager Anita Tabbert will open the pool June 22. At the end of May, previous restrictions placed on swimming pools were lifted and looser rules were put into effect, starting June 1. The Orchard pool will follow the latest directed health measures. "The biggest change is limiting the number of people in the doors and...
The Clearwater Public Library's summer reading program for kids began at the end of May. The program is meant to help children continue to read and work on skills for when school begins in August. Library Director Kathy Feusse also created activities to keep the 45 participating kids entertained as well. "Normally, the program offers a fun social time with their friends and allows them to explore a theme and do activities based on that theme," Feusse said. "This year is going to offer them some...
In mid March, churches were forced to close their doors due to the coronavirus epidemic. Two months later, services were allowed to be held again with restrictions still in place. In March, when the coronavirus was growing rapidly in case numbers, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services made a statement that places of worship were not going to be able to meet with more than 10 people. Many churches like Full Gospel Church in Ewing, decided to offer a live-streamed service instead....
One cow on a dairy farm creates a $5,000 economic impact on a local community. Imagine a dairy farm with 500 cows. That's a $2.5 million local economic impact, creating revenue and opportunity. A key component to dairy business success includes Automated Dairy Specialists, LLC, located in Clearwater, Nebraska. ADS has worked to provide high quality technology and equipment to customers in the dairy industry and pride themselves on providing tools to help customers continue being successful in...
The Antelope County Food Pantry located in Neligh has recently been awarded a refrigerator that can store multiple dairy items like milk, cheese, butter and more. The grant comes from Midwest Dairy, one of 50 given to those in need of storage for dairy-based foods. The grant process was relatively quick and easy according to Heath Snodgrass, owner of Snodgrass Dairy. The one-page application asked the number of clients served in Antelope County. "It's meant for dairy, produce and perishible...
