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Tech breathes new life into endangered Native American languages
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» BLOOMINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Linguistics experts are turning to cutting-edge technologies to revitalize threatened Native American languages -- and rejuvenate generations of Indigenous tradition -- through new approaches such as children's books and smartphone apps.
Meta's Twitter rival Threads launches web version
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Threads, Meta's challenger to depose Twitter as the go-to platform for celebrities, companies and governments, is now available on the web as it seeks to revive its underwhelming launch.
US fines Microsoft $20m over child data violations
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft will pay US$20 million to settle government charges that it collected personal information from children without their parents' consent, officials said Monday.
The Big Sort: Twitter ticks check out
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk's long promised move to strip free blue ticks from Twitter users swung into action on Thursday, dividing the have-paids from the have-nots.
OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, casts spell on Microsoft
AFP, Published on 14/01/2023
» PARIS: The hottest start-up in Silicon Valley right now is OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped chatbot that can write a poem, college essay or even a line of software code.
TikTok stars boycott Amazon in activism push
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» PARIS: TikTok influencers boasting collectively more than 51 million followers say they won't work with Amazon until the e-commerce colossus delivers key concessions to workers and halts anti-union efforts.
Instagram now most popular news source among British teens
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» Instagram is now the most popular news source among teenagers in the United Kingdom, followed by TikTok and YouTube, according to a report published by media watchdog Ofcom on Thursday.
Notorious Vietnamese hacker turns government cyber agent
AFP, Published on 25/05/2022
» At the height of his career, Vietnamese hacker Ngo Minh Hieu made a fortune stealing the personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans.
Facebook: from Harvard dorm to global phenomenon
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» WASHINGTON: Key chapters in the history of Facebook, the world's biggest social media application, which marks the tenth anniversary Wednesday of its stock market debut.
NFT of first-ever tweet a dud in online auction
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: An NFT of the first tweet ever posted on Twitter was struggling to attract bidders on Thursday, with the highest offer so far just shy of $10,000 -- a year after it was bought for $2.9 million.