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Apple unveils Vision Pro, its $3,500 headset
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» CUPERTINO (UNITED STATES) - Apple on Monday unveiled its first-ever mixed reality headset, challenging Facebook-owner Meta in a market that has yet to tempt users beyond videogamers and tech geeks.
‘Punching Pooh’ patriotic badges a hit in Taiwan
AFP, Published on 11/04/2023
» TAIPEI: Patriotic badges showing Winnie the Pooh being punched in the face by a Taiwanese black bear — a humourous dig at Chinese leader Xi Jinping — have gone viral across the self-ruled island of Taiwan.
US tells ByteDance to sell TikTok or be banned: report
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - The US government has told China-based ByteDance to sell its shares in the blockbuster TikTok app or face a national ban, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
W.House gives federal agencies 30 days to enforce TikTok ban
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - The White House on Monday gave federal agencies 30 days to purge Chinese-owned video-snippet sharing app TikTok from all government-issued devices, setting a deadline to comply with a ban ordered by the US Congress.
Climate disinfo surges in denial, conspiracy comeback
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» PARIS - False information about climate change flourished online over the past year, researchers say, with denialist social media posts and conspiracy theories surging after US environmental reforms and Elon Musk's Twitter takeover.
Meta hit with 390 mn euro fine over EU data breaches
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» DUBLIN - US social media giant Meta was slapped Wednesday with fines totalling 390 million euros ($413 million) for breaching EU personal data laws on Facebook and Instagram, Ireland's data regulator said.
TikTok lets creators charge monthly subscriptions
AFP, Published on 24/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - TikTok on Monday said it will start letting some popular accounts at the video-snippet streaming star charge subscriptions for live streams.
Facebook changing with times a decade after stock debut
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg rang the opening bell remotely to cheers 10 years ago as the beloved social network made its stock market debut, culminating an all-night hackathon that included street hockey, costumes and music.
Hackers got user data from Meta with forged request
AFP, Published on 31/03/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook owner Meta gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials last year, a company source said Wednesday, highlighting the risks of a measure used in urgent cases.
Telegram thrives in Ukraine disinformation battle
AFP, Published on 09/03/2022
» Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on the Telegram messaging platform posing as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged his armed forces to surrender.