Chinese tech stocks experienced a decline as the country’s cyberspace regulator proposed limiting smartphone usage for children under 18. Shares of companies like Alibaba and Bilibili fell on consecutive days following the announcement. According to the proposed law, children would be allowed a maximum of two hours of phone usage per day. This initiative comes after the implementation of gaming restrictions for children in the world’s second-largest economy four years ago. The new regulations would also prohibit children from accessing the internet on mobile devices between 22:00 and 06:00 local time.
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Twitter’s parent company, now known as X Corp, is taking legal action against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), an anti-hate organization that criticized the platform in its research.
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The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has recently accused X Corp, the owners of Twitter, of trying to intimidate anti-hate campaigners into silence by sending them letters threatening legal action. According to CCDH, X Corp accused the organization of making “troubling and baseless claims” in its reports concerning the platform’s performance.
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Google’s Earthquake Warning System Failed to Reach Many Turkish Residents Before Deadly Tremor.
According to an investigation, Google’s earthquake warning system failed to reach numerous Turkish residents ahead of the deadly tremor that occurred in February. The system, which is designed to provide up to a minute’s notice on Android phones before an earthquake strikes, claims to have sent alerts to millions before the initial and largest quake.
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Mark Zuckerberg Surprised as Threads App Draws More Repeat Users Than Expected.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg expressed surprise at the success of his new social media app, Threads, which garnered over 100 million sign-ups within days of its recent launch, putting it in direct competition with Elon Musk’s platform, X (formerly Twitter). Despite initial enthusiasm, outside data firms reported a decline in sign-ups and time spent on the platform after its launch, leading analysts to question its ability to keep users engaged.
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A remarkable pair of Apple trainers, custom-made exclusively for employees in the 1990s and originally given away at a conference, are now up for auction by Sotheby’s at a price of $50,000 (£38,969).
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AI entrepreneur Sam Altman has launched a cryptocurrency project called “Worldcoin,” which has been described as “dystopian.” The project offers digital coins to people in exchange for a scan of their eyeballs. On the day of the full launch, people queued at scanning sites worldwide to participate.
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Elon Musk Proposes Replacing Twitter Bird Logo with “X” Symbol.
Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, has expressed his intention to replace the iconic Twitter bird logo with an “X,” as part of his plans to rebrand the platform as “X Corp.” While this move may seem ambitious, Mr. Musk’s history of making statements that do not materialize or are not entirely serious raises questions about the feasibility of this change.
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AI Predicted to Create More Jobs in the Video Game Industry, Says Game Developers’ Representative.
Dr. Richard Wilson, head of TIGA, a game developers’ organization, has asserted that artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to an increase in job opportunities within the video game industry. According to him, AI will streamline game development processes, resulting in cost reduction and faster production timelines.