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What Is Vreels, New Social Media Platform Made By India And The US
In a world where people juggle multiple apps to create content, chat, and shop, Vreels brings everything together in one space.
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Australia Expands Teen Social Media Ban, Includes Reddit, Video Platform Kick
Australia's internet watchdog on Wednesday widened its world-first teen social media ban to include Reddit and video live streaming platform Kick, and said more sites could be added if their main role was to enable online social interaction.
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WhatsApp Announces Passkey-Encrypted Chat Backups With Biometric Authentication for Extra Security
Meta Platforms on Friday announced a new security measure for keeping WhatsApp chat backups safe by encrypting them with passkeys. With passkey-encrypted chat backups, users will not be required to memorise a password or a 64-digit encryption key anymore. Instead, they can utilise the handset's buil-in security methods, such as fingerprints or faci...
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Finance Influencer And TikTok Star Ben Bader Dies At 25: "Extremely Sudden"
The Miami-based creator, known for his lifestyle videos and realistic personal finance guidance, had amassed a following of over 200,000 across platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X.
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Chinese Women Use Concerning 'AI Homeless Man Prank' To Test Their Partners, Internet Says "Crisis Of Trust"
Many users of local social media platforms criticised the viral prank, with one saying that AI has generated a "crisis of trust".
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Reddit Alleges User Data Theft, Sues Perplexity AI And 'Scraping' Partners
Social media platform Reddit sued the artificial intelligence company Perplexity AI and three other entities on Wednesday, alleging their involvement in an "industrial-scale, unlawful" economy to "scrape" the comments of millions of Reddit users.
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Amazon Outage: Computer Scientist Explains Why 'Cloud' Needs To Change
The worlds largest cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has experienced a major outage that has impacted thousands of organisations, including banks, financial software platforms such as Xero, and social media platforms like Snapchat
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Parents Can Now Block Meta's Flirty Bots From Talking To Teens
Meta said on Friday it will let parents disable their teens' private chats with AI characters, adding another measure to make its social media platforms safe for minorsafterfiercecriticismoverthe the behaviour of its flirty chatbots.
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Railway Employees Or WWE Wrestlers? No-Holds Barred Brawl At Train Station
In a scene that has stunned commuters and gone viral across social media, a group of Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) employees were caught on camera engaging in a violent brawl on the platform of Delhi's Nizamuddin Station.
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OnePlus 15 Colour Options, Design Teased Ahead of October 27 Launch
OnePlus teased the colour options and design of the OnePlus 15 through the Chinese social media platform Weibo. It will be available in three shades. The upcoming phone is confirmed to run on Qualcomm's new flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. It will have an OLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate.
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Explained: How Australia's Social Media Ban For Kids Under 16 Will Work
From December 10, young teenagers in Australia will be banned, under new legislation, from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok - one of the toughest online crackdowns in the democratic world.
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Reddit Co-Founder Says "Much Of The Internet Is Dead", Blames Bots And 'Quasi-AI'
Ohanian argues that current social media platforms are flooded with artificial engagement.
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Man Prays for Premanand Maharaj's Health In Medina, Video Viral
The Muslim man can be seen praying in Medina, one of the holiest sites in Islam, for the speedy recovery of the Vrindavan-based saint.
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Google Pixel 10 Series App Crash Bug Reportedly Resolved via Server-Side Fix
Google Pixel 10 Pro XL debuted globally on August 20, alongside the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10. All three phones in the latest Google lineup are powered by the proprietary Tensor G5 chip. However, over the weekend, several users of the recently launched phones started sharing their ordeal on social media platforms regarding an issue that has reporte...
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Approvals For Ads, Sharing Social Media Info Must: Poll Body To Candidates
The Election Commission of India has ordered all political parties and candidates to get pre-certification for political ads on electronic and social media platforms before they are published
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What Is Vreels, New Social Media Platform Made By India And The US
In a world where people juggle multiple apps to create content, chat, and shop, Vreels brings everything together in one space.
-
Australia Expands Teen Social Media Ban, Includes Reddit, Video Platform Kick
Australia's internet watchdog on Wednesday widened its world-first teen social media ban to include Reddit and video live streaming platform Kick, and said more sites could be added if their main role was to enable online social interaction.
-
WhatsApp Announces Passkey-Encrypted Chat Backups With Biometric Authentication for Extra Security
Meta Platforms on Friday announced a new security measure for keeping WhatsApp chat backups safe by encrypting them with passkeys. With passkey-encrypted chat backups, users will not be required to memorise a password or a 64-digit encryption key anymore. Instead, they can utilise the handset's buil-in security methods, such as fingerprints or faci...
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Finance Influencer And TikTok Star Ben Bader Dies At 25: "Extremely Sudden"
The Miami-based creator, known for his lifestyle videos and realistic personal finance guidance, had amassed a following of over 200,000 across platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X.
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Chinese Women Use Concerning 'AI Homeless Man Prank' To Test Their Partners, Internet Says "Crisis Of Trust"
Many users of local social media platforms criticised the viral prank, with one saying that AI has generated a "crisis of trust".
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Reddit Alleges User Data Theft, Sues Perplexity AI And 'Scraping' Partners
Social media platform Reddit sued the artificial intelligence company Perplexity AI and three other entities on Wednesday, alleging their involvement in an "industrial-scale, unlawful" economy to "scrape" the comments of millions of Reddit users.
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Amazon Outage: Computer Scientist Explains Why 'Cloud' Needs To Change
The worlds largest cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has experienced a major outage that has impacted thousands of organisations, including banks, financial software platforms such as Xero, and social media platforms like Snapchat
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Parents Can Now Block Meta's Flirty Bots From Talking To Teens
Meta said on Friday it will let parents disable their teens' private chats with AI characters, adding another measure to make its social media platforms safe for minorsafterfiercecriticismoverthe the behaviour of its flirty chatbots.
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Railway Employees Or WWE Wrestlers? No-Holds Barred Brawl At Train Station
In a scene that has stunned commuters and gone viral across social media, a group of Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) employees were caught on camera engaging in a violent brawl on the platform of Delhi's Nizamuddin Station.
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OnePlus 15 Colour Options, Design Teased Ahead of October 27 Launch
OnePlus teased the colour options and design of the OnePlus 15 through the Chinese social media platform Weibo. It will be available in three shades. The upcoming phone is confirmed to run on Qualcomm's new flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. It will have an OLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate.
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Explained: How Australia's Social Media Ban For Kids Under 16 Will Work
From December 10, young teenagers in Australia will be banned, under new legislation, from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok - one of the toughest online crackdowns in the democratic world.
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Reddit Co-Founder Says "Much Of The Internet Is Dead", Blames Bots And 'Quasi-AI'
Ohanian argues that current social media platforms are flooded with artificial engagement.
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Man Prays for Premanand Maharaj's Health In Medina, Video Viral
The Muslim man can be seen praying in Medina, one of the holiest sites in Islam, for the speedy recovery of the Vrindavan-based saint.
-
Google Pixel 10 Series App Crash Bug Reportedly Resolved via Server-Side Fix
Google Pixel 10 Pro XL debuted globally on August 20, alongside the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10. All three phones in the latest Google lineup are powered by the proprietary Tensor G5 chip. However, over the weekend, several users of the recently launched phones started sharing their ordeal on social media platforms regarding an issue that has reporte...
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Approvals For Ads, Sharing Social Media Info Must: Poll Body To Candidates
The Election Commission of India has ordered all political parties and candidates to get pre-certification for political ads on electronic and social media platforms before they are published
