Tech
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Meta explores decentralized social network app for text updates
Meta Platforms Inc is exploring a standalone decentralized social network for sharing text updates, a company spokesperson said on Friday, in what could be a direct competitor to billionaire Elon Mus…
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Discord to roll out AI-powered chatbot, messaging features
Chat app Discord said on Thursday it will introduce new artificial intelligence features that can summarize long conversations or add decorations to a user’s avatar, the latest move among tech compan…
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Regulator visits ByteDance’s Douyin to discuss revised pricing rules
Beijing’s market regulator recently visited ByteDance’s Douyin video hosting service to look into the company’s livestreaming e-commerce business and discuss how to prevent over-charging, a statement…
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Spotify listeners cross 500 million mark
Spotify Technology SA said on Wednesday it would roll out new features like smart shuffle and previews of podcasts and music playlists on its audio streaming platform, as it crossed 500 million in mo…
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Instagram restored after brief global outage
Meta Platform’s Instagram was back up for most users after a global outage, the photo-sharing platform said on Thursday, adding that an hours-long technical issue has been resolved. “Earlier tonight,…
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EU says Musk must hire more humans as Twitter fact-checkers
The European Union told Elon Musk to hire more human moderators and fact-checkers to review posts on Twitter, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing four people familiar with talks between M…
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Salesforce to add ChatGPT to Slack as part of OpenAI partnership
Salesforce Inc said on Tuesday it was working with ChatGPT creator OpenAI to add the chatbot sensation to its collaboration software Slack, as well as bring generative artificial intelligence to its …
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White House backs Senate bill to boost US ability to ban TikTok
The White House backed legislation introduced on Tuesday by a dozen senators to give the administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok and other foreign-based technologies if they p…
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Meta plans to cut thousands of jobs as soon as this week – Bloomberg News
Meta Platforms In will cut thousands of jobs as soon as this week in a fresh round of layoffs, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, only a few months after the Facebook-parent reduced more than 11,000 …
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Germany set to ban China’s Huawei, ZTE 5G services over security concerns
Germany plans to ban telecoms operators from using certain components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in 5G networks, a government source said, in a potentially significant move to address s…