HEADS UP: Is Your Smartphone Listening to Your Conversations? (June 22)

Here's a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, June 22:

TECH EXPLAINED

• Does your phone listen to your conversations? It doesn’t have to, when it comes to apps serving you targeted ads.

WEATHER EXPLAINED

• Here’s what you need to know about the Summer Solstice. Why it results in the longest day and why it happens when the Philippines is officially in the rainy or wet season.

SUMMIT SANDWICH SESSIONS

• Those viral photos of long lines for bus ride on a rainy Friday night are a “never-ending discussion,” said DOTr Sec. Arthur Tugade, adding authorities were taking steps to prevent it from happening again.
• Is Sec. Tugade running for public office? Like a “good soldier,” he said he would defer to the advice of President Duterte.

ELECTION NEWS

• Facebook knows what to do. For the sake of the elections, shut down those troll farms, said Senate President Tito Sotto.
• Former Senator JV Ejercito said he has “unfinished business,” that’s why he’s considering running for the Senate in 2022.
• If President Rodrigo Duterte runs for vice president, Senate President Tito Sotto said he was willing to run against the chief executive for the second highest post in the country.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said face shields are no longer mandatory in outdoor spaces. According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, President Rodrigo Duterte will issue a memo within the week on the wearing of face coverings indoors.
• Here’s the fare matrix for the LRT-2 that includes the Marikina and Antipolo stations. However, the opening was pushed back to a later date from tomorrow to give way to finishing works on the signaling system/
• Download this app from Phivolcs to get real-time status on the country’s most active volcanoes.

VACCINE NEWS

• The Philippines is seeking Israel’s help in speeding up its vaccine rollout. Israel is one of the world’s mass immunization success stories that enabled it to drop the mask-wearing mandate for the general public.
• Manila resumed accepting walk-ins at its vaccination sites after a one-day prohibition caused a low turnout yesterday.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Global aviation could recover as early as next year because of gradually easing restrictions, said AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes.
• Oscar winner and humanitarian Angelina Jolie visited Burkina Faso to bring world attention to the plight of refugees.
• South Korea is easing social distancing rules from July 1.
• Meet the first transgender olympian Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand.
• The mayor of Tokyo has cancelled public viewing sites for the Olympics, some of which will be turned into vaccination centers.