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Meta oversight board wants deepfake rules for AI Age
Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)
The independent board, which is referred to as a top court for Meta content moderation decisions, said it came up with the recommendation after reviewing two ca...
Spain's antitrust watchdog opens probe into Apple App Store
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
"Apple may be engaging in anti-competitive practices consisting of imposing unfair commercial terms on developers who use Apple's application shops (Apple App S...
CrowdStrike says 'bug' caused worldwide outage
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
In an incident report, the company said the glitch was pushed out to millions of Windows computers and that the company will change the way it handles such upda...
UK fines TikTok over safety data reporting
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
Ofcom criticised the platform, which is owned by Chinese group ByteDance, saying it communicated inaccurate information last year and failed swiftly to address ...
US lawmakers urge Meta to delay shutting down transparency tool
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
The Palo Alto company has said CrowdTangle will be unavailable after August 14 -- less than three months before the US election. Meta plans to replace it with a...
US Senate to vote on kids online safety bills
Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he had gathered enough votes to pass the bills that had been drawn up in consultation with parents of ...
In U-turn, Google sticks with tracking '
Jul 22, 2024 (AFP)
Cookies are snippets of code that allow third-party companies to track Chrome users' movements across the web. Information gleaned from them is used by third pa...
US streaming rivals team up to catch Netflix
Jul 19, 2024 (AFP)
Be it Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max, or ESPN, Warner Brothers Discovery and Fox -- the streaming world is reshaping into unlikely alliances. The sudden team spirit...
Massive global IT crash hits airlines, banks, media
Jul 19, 2024 (AFP)
Air passengers crowded into airports to wait for news as dozens of flights were cancelled and operators struggled to keep services on track, after an update to ...
CrowdStrike crash raises questions about tech dependency
Jul 19, 2024 (AFP)
A flawed update sent out by the little-known security firm CrowdStrike brought airlines, TV stations, and myriad other aspects of daily life to a standstill. Th...
Netflix wins subscribers as ad strategy pays off
Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)
The world's leading streaming video service said it ended the April-to-June period with a total of 277.7 million subscribers, as net profit dipped to $2.1 billi...
Tech firms slam job quota proposal in India's Silicon Valley
Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)
Known as India's Silicon Valley, Bengaluru is home to Google's national headquarters and those of local tech behemoths Tata Consulting Services and Infosys. Its...
EU court rejects TikTok challenge against new EU digital rules
Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)
A landmark European Union law known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) entered into force in March, and regulators believe it will create a fairer market. The Eur...
Rich Chinese exile guilty of fraud in New York
Jul 16, 2024 (AFP)
Guo presented himself as a fierce critic of the Chinese Communist Party and a fervent defender of democracy, while keeping links with US right-wing figure Steve...
Musk's X misleads users with blue checks, EU charges
Jul 12, 2024 (AFP)
EU regulators are unhappy with changes Musk made to the blue badge system since anyone can now obtain it via a premium subscription, whereas previously it was r...
EU accepts Apple plan to open iPhone tap-to-pay to rivals
Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)
The case dates back to 2022 when Brussels first accused Apple of blocking rivals from its popular iPhone tap payment system in a breach of EU competition law. "...
Samsung showcases AI despite strike woes
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
At a presentation in Paris on Wednesday, company executives declined to discuss the failed negotiations that saw workers extend a three-day strike indefinitely....
EU seeks to know how Amazon complies with digital rules
Jul 05, 2024 (AFP)
The query was made under the EU's law known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) that forces platforms to do more to protect consumers and increase transparency. T...
Threads hits 175 mn users on first anniversary
Jul 03, 2024 (AFP)
"What a year," Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday on Threads in announcing the platform had reached the threshold. Threads, which hit ...
'Google is broken': How an algorithm tweak cost livelihoods
Jul 02, 2024 (AFP)
Online businesses have been left considering layoffs and even site closures after Google's massive upgrade in March and April caused catastrophic drops in traff...
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