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ICEBlock Creator Compares Tracking US Immigration Agents To Fighting Hitler's Rise
Joshua Aaron, the creator of ICEBlock, the app that allows users to track the real time location of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers across the US, has compared the actions of the agency with "Hitler's rise to power" in Nazi Germany.
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Elon Musk's X To Deploy AI To Write Community Notes, Speed Up Fact-Checking
Elon Musk's X will start to publish Community Notes written by artificial intelligence agents, a move to increase the speed of the social network's fact-checking product and expand it to reach more people.
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'If Boss Of AT&T': Trump Grumbles Online After Glitch Delays Conference Call
Donald Trump wrote in a pair of posts on Truth Social that he was trying to hold a conference call with faith leaders from all over the country but was unable to start the call because of technical difficulties.
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SRH Co-Owner Kavya Maran Breaks Silence On Her Social Media Memes During IPL
Kavya Maran often becomes meme-fodder on social media because of her passionate support for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL.
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BSNL Announces Q-5G Service in India, Launches SIM-Less Quantum 5G FWA for Enterprises in Select Circles
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced the name of its 5G service via its social media handle on Wednesday. It is dubbed Q-5G, short for Quantum 5G. This move comes nearly a week after the state-owned telecommunications provider invited public input for naming its 5G services before it commences trial. Further, BSNL has also launched the Q-5...
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Video: Israel Claims To Have Found Hamas Tunnel Under Key Gaza Hospital
The IDF released footage on Saturday on the social media platform X, showing a complex underground infrastructure with multiple rooms that housed weapons.
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How 'Madam N' Lured Indian Social Media Influencers To Spy For Pakistan
A businesswoman who runs a 'travel agency' in Pakistan's Lahore has been identified as the person who helped Indian social media influencers travel to her country and set the groundwork for using them as spies, sources have said.
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Faces You Hear? Dolphin 'Signature Whistles' Might Be What Facial Expressions Are To Us
Bottlenose dolphins live in complex societies where each animal has a small number of closely connected individuals and a larger number of looser associates (not dissimilar to our own social networks).
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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WhatsApp Had No Plans To Compete With Facebook: Co-Founder Brian Acton
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that his messaging company had no plans to build social networking features to compete with Facebook before he sold the company to Mark Zuckerberg.
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Meta Asks Judge to Rule that FTC Failed to Prove its Monopoly Case
Meta Platforms asked a federal judge on Thursday to throw out the US Federal Trade Commission's case that accuses it of illegal social media monopoly. Meta is now presenting its own evidence at the trial, which may run into June.
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Airtel Down: Airtel Services Restored After Suffering Brief Outage in Several Parts of India
Airtel services suffered a brief outage on the evening of Tuesday in various parts of India. Many Airtel users took to social media to complain about the interruption of service and highlighted the issues they were facing. According to a downtime tracking website, the outage was first reported after 7:00pm on May 13, and it continued till 11:35pm.
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Meta Opens Threads to Advertisers Globally
Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it is expanding advertising on its social network Threads to all eligible advertisers globally. A growing user base on Threads—exceeding 320 million monthly users—and uncertainty surrounding a potential TikTok ban in the US could bolster Meta's ability to attract advertisers.
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OpenAI Working On X-Like Social Media Network: Report
OpenAI is working on its own X-like social media network, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter.
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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Disputes US Antitrust Case in Trial Testimony
Mark Zuckerberg testified in a US antitrust trial this week. The FTC is seeking to force Meta to restructure Instagram and WhatsApp, challenging its reliance on ad revenue and its dominance in the social networking space. Meta has argued that its purchases of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 have benefited users.
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ICEBlock Creator Compares Tracking US Immigration Agents To Fighting Hitler's Rise
Joshua Aaron, the creator of ICEBlock, the app that allows users to track the real time location of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers across the US, has compared the actions of the agency with "Hitler's rise to power" in Nazi Germany.
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Elon Musk's X To Deploy AI To Write Community Notes, Speed Up Fact-Checking
Elon Musk's X will start to publish Community Notes written by artificial intelligence agents, a move to increase the speed of the social network's fact-checking product and expand it to reach more people.
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'If Boss Of AT&T': Trump Grumbles Online After Glitch Delays Conference Call
Donald Trump wrote in a pair of posts on Truth Social that he was trying to hold a conference call with faith leaders from all over the country but was unable to start the call because of technical difficulties.
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SRH Co-Owner Kavya Maran Breaks Silence On Her Social Media Memes During IPL
Kavya Maran often becomes meme-fodder on social media because of her passionate support for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL.
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BSNL Announces Q-5G Service in India, Launches SIM-Less Quantum 5G FWA for Enterprises in Select Circles
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced the name of its 5G service via its social media handle on Wednesday. It is dubbed Q-5G, short for Quantum 5G. This move comes nearly a week after the state-owned telecommunications provider invited public input for naming its 5G services before it commences trial. Further, BSNL has also launched the Q-5...
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Video: Israel Claims To Have Found Hamas Tunnel Under Key Gaza Hospital
The IDF released footage on Saturday on the social media platform X, showing a complex underground infrastructure with multiple rooms that housed weapons.
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How 'Madam N' Lured Indian Social Media Influencers To Spy For Pakistan
A businesswoman who runs a 'travel agency' in Pakistan's Lahore has been identified as the person who helped Indian social media influencers travel to her country and set the groundwork for using them as spies, sources have said.
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Faces You Hear? Dolphin 'Signature Whistles' Might Be What Facial Expressions Are To Us
Bottlenose dolphins live in complex societies where each animal has a small number of closely connected individuals and a larger number of looser associates (not dissimilar to our own social networks).
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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WhatsApp Had No Plans To Compete With Facebook: Co-Founder Brian Acton
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that his messaging company had no plans to build social networking features to compete with Facebook before he sold the company to Mark Zuckerberg.
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Meta Asks Judge to Rule that FTC Failed to Prove its Monopoly Case
Meta Platforms asked a federal judge on Thursday to throw out the US Federal Trade Commission's case that accuses it of illegal social media monopoly. Meta is now presenting its own evidence at the trial, which may run into June.
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Airtel Down: Airtel Services Restored After Suffering Brief Outage in Several Parts of India
Airtel services suffered a brief outage on the evening of Tuesday in various parts of India. Many Airtel users took to social media to complain about the interruption of service and highlighted the issues they were facing. According to a downtime tracking website, the outage was first reported after 7:00pm on May 13, and it continued till 11:35pm.
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Meta Opens Threads to Advertisers Globally
Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it is expanding advertising on its social network Threads to all eligible advertisers globally. A growing user base on Threads—exceeding 320 million monthly users—and uncertainty surrounding a potential TikTok ban in the US could bolster Meta's ability to attract advertisers.
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OpenAI Working On X-Like Social Media Network: Report
OpenAI is working on its own X-like social media network, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter.
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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Disputes US Antitrust Case in Trial Testimony
Mark Zuckerberg testified in a US antitrust trial this week. The FTC is seeking to force Meta to restructure Instagram and WhatsApp, challenging its reliance on ad revenue and its dominance in the social networking space. Meta has argued that its purchases of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 have benefited users.
