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Instagram profile grids are going to feature rectangles instead of squares
Instagram’s profile grids will display content as rectangles instead of squares as part of a change rolling out “over the weekend,” Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said in...
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Trump will ‘find a way’ to preserve TikTok, Waltz says
President-elect Trump will take action to preserve TikTok upon taking office, his incoming national security adviser said Wednesday, with a deadline looming for the app’s owner to sell or face a ban in the United States. Mike Waltz told Fox News that Trump intends to take action both to maintain...
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Android co-founder to Bill Gates: So, sorry Bill, you're more responsible for Microsoft losing the $400 billion than you realize
Android co-founder Rich Miner has responded to Bill Gates' admission about Microsoft's $400 billion mobile market failure, stating that Gates himself was largely responsible for losing the smartphone wars to Android.'I literally helped create Android to...
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Time’s nearly up for TikTok
One of the most interesting American sagas in recent years is nearing a conclusion. By January 19, the highly popular social media platform TikTok must either cease operations or be sold. TikTok’s Chinese owner is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn the law requiring this choice. Judging...
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Tech giants told UK online safety laws ‘not up for negotiation’
Senior cabinet minister promises not to dilute new measures despite Zuckerberg’s attacks on countries ‘censoring’ content...
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Biden reportedly weighs global limits on AI exports in 11th-hour trade war blitz
China faces outright ban while others vie...
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Apple says it will ‘clarify’ AI summaries after botching BBC headlines
The BBC reports Apple will change how iPhones and other devices display Apple Intelligence-summarized notifications to make it clearer to users when its AI tech has adjusted the words. Not long after the still-in-beta...
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The Blood In Our Phones
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is bringing criminal complaints in Europe against Apple, the tech giant, for allegedly sourcing materials for its electronics in ways that contribute to vicious violence in the war-torn eastern DRC. In part, the lawsuit accuses Apple of acquiring...
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Man Trapped in Circling Waymo on Way to Airport
It "felt like a Disneyland ride," reports CBS News. A man took a Waymo takes to the airport — only to discover the car "wouldn't stop driving around a parking lot in circles." And because the car was in motion, he also couldn't get out. Still stuck in the car, Michael Johns — a...
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Do Kwon will be extradited to the US to face charges over Terra’s $40 billion crypto crash
Do Kwon, the co-founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs, will be extradited to the US to face federal fraud charges, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The Montenegro Ministry of Justice...
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