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Warnings over AI, toxic beauty myths dog TikTok filter
AFP, Published on 10/03/2023
» WASHINGTON: TikTok's latest sensation is a real-time filter called Bold Glamour that sashays right past debates over toxic beauty standards on social media, going all in on giving users a new face.
'Transmitting violence': Livestream video's dark side
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: A gunman's livestream of a mass killing in New York state was taken down in a matter of minutes -- but even that was not fast enough to prevent those images from becoming effectively impossible to erase from the internet.
New York targets ticketers after Springsteen prices soar
AFP, Published on 10/12/2015
» NEW YORK - New York has started a crackdown on speculators who charge exorbitant sums for concerts after Bruce Springsteen tickets were touted for thousands of dollars before they even went on sale.
Nepalese pioneer inducted into 'Internet Hall of Fame'
AFP, Published on 08/04/2014
» A Nepalese educator who transformed the way of life in more than 150 remote Himalayan villages by connecting them to the Internet was Tuesday inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.
Facebook urges court to boot ownership suit
AFP, Published on 27/03/2012
» Facebook on Monday called on a judge to toss out a New York man's claim to partial ownership of the world's leading social network on the basis that the suit is bogus.
Facebook ownership claimant told to return to US
AFP, Published on 04/11/2011
» A US judge on Thursday ordered a New York man who claims partial ownership of Facebook to return to the United States to conduct a search for evidence in the case.
Facebook produces 'smoking gun' in ownership case
AFP, Published on 16/08/2011
» Facebook has produced what it says is "smoking gun" evidence that a New York man's claim to partial ownership of the hugely successful social network is a fraud.
Facebook wants contract, emails in ownership case
AFP, Published on 03/06/2011
» Facebook on Thursday demanded that a New York man who claims he is entitled to 50 percent of the social network immediately produce the purported contract and emails on which he is basing his case.
Google's Street View starts mapping India
AFP, Published on 26/05/2011
» Internet giant Google on Thursday launched its ambitious "Street View" project in India to provide detailed panoramic images of life in a country of 1.2 billion people.