--- 'Iranian hackers' breach US govt agency website in retaliation for airstrike --- A website run by a US government agency was breached and defaced by hackers claiming to be Iranian. The hack appeared to be a retaliation for the airstrike conducted by the US which killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani. A message on the website read "in the name of God" and depicted US President Donald Trump being punched by Revolutionary Guard.
--- Rich should pay more taxes than they currently do, including me: Bill Gates ---
Bill Gates, Microsoft Co-founder and the world's second-richest person with a net worth of $113 billion as per Bloomberg, has said that the rich should pay more taxes than they do, and that includes his wife Melinda and himself. "The wealth gap is growing," he wrote in his blog. "I've been disproportionately rewarded for the work I've done," he added.
--- CES awards cannabis startup, bans it from saying 'cannabis' at exhibit ---
Keep Labs, named an Innovation Award Honoree by the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for its discreet cannabis storage device, is banned from using the word "cannabis" while exhibiting at CES 2020. Deciding not to attend CES, the co-founders said it shouldn't be lumped in with "home storage solutions". This is the first time a marijuana-centred company was awarded at CES.
--- How will WhatsApp advertisements set to be released this year work? ---
WhatsApp is introducing advertisements through Status this year, a revelation that was made by the company at Facebook Marketing Summit in the Netherlands in 2019. The company had said that in the ads, users will be able to see the name of the advertiser along with their associated advert. However, users won't able to see the advertiser's contact profile picture.
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