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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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"And So It Begins...": Trump Takes Note Of Mamdani's All-Out Attack
Trump was indeed watching, and has taken note. "...AND SO IT BEGINS!" he wrote on his platform Truth Social just as Mamdani wrapped up his 30-minute speech.
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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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Meta Rejects French Rights Watchdog's Ruling Against Algorithm
Meta Platforms on Tuesday rejected a ruling by the French rights watchdog against its algorithm after allegations of discriminatory job advertisements on its social network Facebook.
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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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Same Phone, Same Location, Same Product: Zepto's Different Prices Go Viral
A post showing different pricing for the same drink on a quick commerce app across two similar devices has sparked a fresh discussion on social media.
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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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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.
-
"And So It Begins...": Trump Takes Note Of Mamdani's All-Out Attack
Trump was indeed watching, and has taken note. "...AND SO IT BEGINS!" he wrote on his platform Truth Social just as Mamdani wrapped up his 30-minute speech.
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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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Meta Rejects French Rights Watchdog's Ruling Against Algorithm
Meta Platforms on Tuesday rejected a ruling by the French rights watchdog against its algorithm after allegations of discriminatory job advertisements on its social network Facebook.
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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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Same Phone, Same Location, Same Product: Zepto's Different Prices Go Viral
A post showing different pricing for the same drink on a quick commerce app across two similar devices has sparked a fresh discussion on social media.
-
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.
