The Verge

MARCH 14, 2021

The middle eastern country of Oman has blocked the Clubhouse voice chat app saying it lacked the proper permit to operate, as some activists raised concerns that it was an act of censorship, Reuters reported. According to WAF, Oman “prohibits the use of several encrypted VoIP applications without an official license.”.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 15, 2013

Maggie Oman Shannon As some of you know, I produce the Arts and Healing Network''s Arts and Healing Podcast where I get to talk with all kinds of people about the healing power of art. Maggie Oman Shannon about her wonderful book, Crafting Calm: Projects and Practices for Creativity and Contemplation.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 29, 2022

Aside from the few countries that have restricted or outright banned them (including Belarus, China, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Oman, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and the United Arab Emirates), VPNs are perfectly legal in most of the world. Hold up — are VPNs legal? That also underscores the importance of picking a no-logs VPN.)

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2022

Just this week, Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan reiterated that a series based on the books is in development for Disney Plus, and earlier this month, Disney said that Pixar’s Turning Red would be ditching theaters to premiere on the streaming service.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

1999 study led by Doug Oman, University of California, Berkeley : Research found elderly who volunteered for two or more organizations were 44% less likely to die over a five-year period than non-volunteers, even after controlling for their age, exercise habits, general health, and negative health habits like smoking.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

April 12, 2023 Researchers discover a way to make ChatGPT consistently toxic A study co-authored by scientists at the Allen Institute for AI shows that assigning ChatGPT a “persona” — for example, “a bad person,” “a horrible person” or “a nasty person” — through the ChatGPT API increases its toxicity sixfold.

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