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Facebook alters fact-checking controls for US users

Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)

For years, Facebook's algorithm automatically moved posts lower in the feed if they were flagged by one of the platform's third-party fact-checking partners, in...

Twitter rival Threads crosses 10 mn users within hours of launch

Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)

The app went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries at 2300 GMT on Wednesday, and will run with no ads for now, but its release in Europe has bee...

Is Threads really a 'Twitter killer' as Musk calls his lawyer

Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)

- What is it? - Threads is a text-based sidekick of Instagram, the image-heavy social network that Facebook bought more than a decade ago and became the world's...

Pentagon concludes review after Discord leak, will tighten controls for classified info

Jul 05, 2023 (UPI)

Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, had the clearance through his job as an information technology technician at Otis Air National ...

Facebook owner Meta to launch Twitter-like 'Threads' app

Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)

Listed as "Threads, an Instagram app," the new program should be available in the coming days, and is described on Apple's app store as "Instagram's text-based ...

Apple, other firms say they meet EU 'gatekeeper' definition

Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)

The firms -- Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, TikTok owner ByteDance, Facebook umbrella Meta, Microsoft and Samsung -- said they had revenue and user figu...

Twitter chaos leaves door open for Meta's rival app

Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)

Zuckerberg's Meta group, which owns Facebook, has listed a new app in stores as "Threads, an Instagram app", available for pre-order in the United States, with ...

Twitter to limit TweetDeck to 'verified' users

Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)

The social media firm, bought by billionaire Elon Musk last year, has been thrashing around for ways to make a profit, cutting staff and ramping up its paid-for...

Sweden orders four companies to stop using Google tool

Jul 03, 2023 (AFP)

Sweden's privacy protection agency, the IMY, said it had examined the use of Google Analytics by the firms following a complaint by the Austrian data privacy gr...

In AI tussle, Twitter restricts number of posts users can read

Jul 02, 2023 (AFP)

The platform is limiting verified accounts to reading 10,000 tweets a day. Non-verified users -- the free accounts that make up the majority of users -- are lim...

Arctic set for high-speed broadband as polar mission completes key milestone

Jun 30, 2023 (SPX)

The mission, managed by Space Norway Heosat, will see two satellites deployed in a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) above the Earth. Operating in an oval-shaped or...

Amazon pulls the plug on Kindle store in China

Jun 30, 2023 (AFP)

The e-commerce pioneer has in recent years appeared to admit defeat to local Chinese rivals such as Alibaba and JD.com, ending its online retail operations for ...

China's first low-Earth-orbit broadband network tested at sea

Jun 27, 2023 (XNA)

The company said in a news release sent to China Daily on Friday that the tests took place in mid-June aboard the CETC 1 comprehensive testing ship in the South...

EU welcomes Meta plans for tough content rules

Jun 24, 2023 (AFP)

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg "was very involved and knew exactly where we stand," EU commissioner Thierry Breton told reporters after talks at the social media gian...

EU 'enforcer' visits Twitter, Meta as new rules loom

Jun 22, 2023 (AFP)

The two-day visit by Thierry Breton comes just weeks before the European Union's Digital Service Act (DSA) comes into full force for the world's biggest platfor...

US agency sues Amazon for tricking customers into subscription service

Jun 21, 2023 (AFP)

The Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Amazon includes four civil charges against the company over "manipulative, coercive or deceptive user-interface" ...

Chinese tech giant Alibaba names next CEO

Jun 20, 2023 (AFP)

Zhang said in a statement it was "the right time" for him to step down as the firm looks to implement a full spin-off of its advanced cloud computing unit. Hang...

Telstra and OneWeb seal deal on delivering new satellite solutions

Jun 20, 2023 (SPX)

The strategic agreement will see up to 25 Gbit/s of LEO capacity being delivered to Telstra's most remote mobile customers across Australia to help enhance thei...

Singapore tech giant Grab to lay off over 1,000 employees

Jun 20, 2023 (AFP)

Grab launched in 2012 as a taxi-booking app in Malaysia before becoming Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing firm and expanding into financial services like di...

China's Huawei slams EU over 'discriminatory' approach

Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)

The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, on Thursday named Huawei and another Chinese telecoms company, ZTE, as representing a greater risk to the bloc ...