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TikTok ban in numbers: The rise and impending fall of the world’s most controversial app
4 days, 16 hours ago

TikTok ban in numbers: The rise and impending fall of the world’s most controversial app

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This has helped bring the total number of TikTok users around the world to above 2 billion, …

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Meta to pay landmark $50 million settlement over privacy scandal
6 days, 18 hours ago

Meta to pay landmark $50 million settlement over privacy scandal

ABC  

Facebook users in Australia could receive a payout after Meta agreed to a historic $50 million settlement with the nation's information commissioner. Australian Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd said the settlement was the "largest ever payment" dedicated to addressing the privacy concerns in Australia. "It represents a substantive resolution of privacy concerns raised by the Cambridge Analytica matter, gives potentially affected …

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Australia pushes for social media ban for kids under 16: Here are the rules
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Australia pushes for social media ban for kids under 16: Here are the rules

India Today  

Australia took a major step toward banning social media for children under 16 on Wednesday, with the lower house of Parliament passing a bill aimed at implementing some of the toughest online controls globally. The bill passed with bipartisan support, securing 102 votes to 13, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government pushes for swift enactment before the year’s end. Here …

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What is Bluesky? Social media platform gaining traction as millions flee Elon Musk’s X
1 month ago

What is Bluesky? Social media platform gaining traction as millions flee Elon Musk’s X

Live Mint  

Bluesky the social media rival to Elon Musk's X and Meta's Threads is finally having its moment with millions of users in bound to the platform while its biggest rival witnesses the record number of deactivations. The platform has provided an avenue to users who have been disenchanted with various changes brought in Elon Musk to X and his crystal …

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MercadoLibre Provisions Dent Profits as Credit Portfolio Expands
1 month, 2 weeks ago

MercadoLibre Provisions Dent Profits as Credit Portfolio Expands

Live Mint  

-- MercadoLibre Inc.’s aggressive push into credit across Latin America eroded profit in the third quarter. The company also increased investments in logistics in the quarter while inaugurating five new fulfillment centers in Brazil and another one in Mexico, Chief Financial Officer Martin de los Santos said Wednesday in an interview before the earnings release. “This was a quarter of …

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Moneycontrol Pro Surpasses 1 Million Subscriber Mark: Industry Leaders Laud Success
2 months ago

Moneycontrol Pro Surpasses 1 Million Subscriber Mark: Industry Leaders Laud Success

News 18  

Moneycontrol Pro, India's top digital financial platform, has achieved a significant milestone with 1 million paid subscribers. Industry leaders and fund managers have praised the platform's commitment to research, analysis, and user experience. The platform's extensive coverage and valuable content have contributed to its success.

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CrowdStrike outage impacts 8.5 million Microsoft devices worldwide, company confirms
5 months ago

CrowdStrike outage impacts 8.5 million Microsoft devices worldwide, company confirms

India TV News  

A global tech outage which was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft users, a blog post stated on Saturday. The blog further stated, "We currently estimate that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5 million Windows devices or less than one per cent of all Windows machines.” A software update by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, …

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Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says
7 months ago

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says

Associated Press  

For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the making as recreational pot use became more mainstream and legal in nearly half of U.S. states. In 1992, when daily pot use hit a low point, less than 1 million …

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India's Data Centre Capacity to Surge 2000 MW
7 months, 2 weeks ago

India's Data Centre Capacity to Surge 2000 MW

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Rapid expansion of internet usage will lead to increasing data centre capacity to 2000 MW and this requires an investment of Rs 50,000 crore in the next three years. While India generates about 20 per cent of the global data, its share in data centre capacity is just 3 per cent, implying significant under-penetration of data centre capacity and …

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Meta hits 3.24 billion users with 150 million monthly active users
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Meta hits 3.24 billion users with 150 million monthly active users

India TV News  

Meta now has 3.24 billion family daily active people on average across its family of apps, an increase of 7 per cent year-over-year. Instagram Threads has reached more than 150 million monthly active users up from 130 million in February. They're now more than 150 million monthly active users and it continues to generally be on the trajectory that I …

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每日一词|终身教育平台 lifelong education platform
8 months, 2 weeks ago

每日一词|终身教育平台 lifelong education platform

China Daily  

据教育部介绍，终身教育平台自2022年5月成立以来，共服务来自200个国家和地区的终身学习者近6000万人次，用户累计学习时长110万小时，注册用户680万人。 China's lifelong education platform has recorded 6.8 million registered users from 200 countries and regions since its establishment in May 2022, according to the Ministry of Education. These users have paid 60 million visits to the platform and accumulated 1.1 million hours of online learning, the ministry said. 吉林省社区老年大学学员讨论如何进行视频剪辑（2023年10月30日摄）。图片来源：新华社 【知识点】 党的二十大报告提出“推进教育数字化，建设全民终身学习的学习型社会、学习型大国”，标志着推进教育数字化已经成为全党全国普遍共识和重要目标。教育部2022年工作要点提出实施国家教育数字化战略行动，加快推进教育数字转型和智能升级。2022年5月20日，国家开放大学终身教育平台正式上线，面向社会大众开放共享，用数字化的钥匙打开终身学习的大门，满足不同年龄段人群从生活方式到职场技能等多元化、个性化的学习需求，为建设“人人皆学、处处能学、时时可学”的学习型社会贡献国开智慧、国开方案。 据介绍，国家开放大学下一步将通过终身教育平台和国家老年大学推出“双十计划”扩优提质行动，推动数字化赋能学习型建设取得更大进展。终身教育平台将持续推进AI赋能终身学习、服务教育出海、服务乡村振兴、服务创新创业、服务女性成长、推广终身学习档案、建设社会学习课堂、助力提升数字素养、推广全民阅读、推进社区终身学习等十大行动。国家老年大学将实施体制机制建设行动、办学体系建设行动、课程资源提质行动、平台建设推广行动、教师队伍建设行动、学分银行服务行动、科研学术提升行动、国际交流推进行动、示范基地建设行动、品牌活动赋能行动等十大行动。 【重要讲话】 要建设全民终身学习的学习型社会、学习型大国，促进人人皆学、处处能学、时时可学，不断提高国民受教育程度，全面提升人力资源开发水平，促进人的全面发展。 We must build a learning-oriented …

TikTok Fined $11 million: Italy regulator fines TikTok $11 mln over content checks
9 months, 1 week ago

TikTok Fined $11 million: Italy regulator fines TikTok $11 mln over content checks

The Hindu  

Italy's competition watchdog has fined three units of social media giant TikTok 10 million euros in total for inadequate checks on content potentially harmful to young or vulnerable users, it said on Thursday. TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, and other social media companies including Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms, are under pressure from regulators around the globe to …

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TikTok reenters Indonesia with GoTo deal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

TikTok reenters Indonesia with GoTo deal

China Daily  

Visitors participate in a promotional event held by Douyin, known as TikTok overseas, in Beijing. Short-video app TikTok, owned by Chinese tech company Byte-Dance, has completed its deal to take control of Tokopedia, an e-commerce unit of Indonesia's biggest internet and tech firm PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk. The move came after TikTok halted its online retail operations in Indonesia …

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WhatsApp blocks 7.1 million accounts for violating policies in India
11 months, 3 weeks ago

WhatsApp blocks 7.1 million accounts for violating policies in India

India TV News  

WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platform reportedly banned over 71 lakh bad accounts in India in November 2023. One of the widely used instant messaging platforms has over 500 million users in India and has received another record of 8,841 complaints. The company said, "This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by …

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Spotify to sack 1,500 employees during its third layoffs round this year
1 year ago

Spotify to sack 1,500 employees during its third layoffs round this year

Hindustan Times  

Music streaming giant Spotify said on Monday that it will lay off around 1,500 employees, or 17% of its headcount, to bring down costs, after letting 600 of its staff go in January, and 200 more in June. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo After a round of job cuts at the start of the year by tech companies, some have begun reducing …

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X paid over ₹166 crore to creators, enabling their economic success, says CEO Linda Yaccarino
1 year, 2 months ago

X paid over ₹166 crore to creators, enabling their economic success, says CEO Linda Yaccarino

Live Mint  

Social media platform X CEO Linda Yaccarino revealed on Sunday that the platform paid out almost $20 million to our creator community. And so far we've paid out almost $20 million to our creator community," CEO Linda Yaccarino said in a post on X. Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels. Since Elon Musk took over X almost a year ago, …

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Disney gambles on free cricket to turn the tables in streaming war
1 year, 3 months ago

Disney gambles on free cricket to turn the tables in streaming war

The Hindu  

Walt Disney is attempting to revive the fortunes of its streaming business in India by offering free cricket on smartphones, betting that the strategy will boost advertising revenue and offset the impact of a subscriber exodus. The India streaming operations, which were Disney's biggest last year globally by users, posted a loss of $41.5 million on revenue of $390 million …

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Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days

The Hindu  

The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine months, …

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Threads hits 100 million users in five-day record surge
1 year, 5 months ago

Threads hits 100 million users in five-day record surge

Al Jazeera  

Launched by Meta as a rival to Twitter, Threads has become the fastest-growing consumer app, data tracking sites say. The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has seen more than 100 million users sign up in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT for the …

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Snapchat reaches over 200 million monthly active users In India
1 year, 6 months ago

Snapchat reaches over 200 million monthly active users In India

Live Mint  

Visual messaging app Snapchat has crossed 200 million monthly active users mark in India and 120 million of them watch content on the platform, parent firm Snap Inc said on Tuesday. “Today we are thrilled to announce a milestone of over 200 million monthly active Snapchatters in India, one of our leading growth markets globally. In India, Snapchatters play with …

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Popular game BGMI to resume in India as Centre approves 3-month trial
1 year, 7 months ago

Popular game BGMI to resume in India as Centre approves 3-month trial

Hindustan Times  

Online gaming app Battleground Mobile India will resume operations in India after the government revoked the ban from it for a 3-month trial period. "We are highly grateful to the Indian authorities for allowing us to resume operations of Battlegrounds Mobile India," Krafton, Inc India CEO Sean Hyunil Sohn said in a statement. "We are committed to delivering exceptional products …

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Online fraud shop mastermind blew money on £230,000 Lamborghini, court told
1 year, 7 months ago

Online fraud shop mastermind blew money on £230,000 Lamborghini, court told

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This is a case which concerns the facilitation of …

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Facebook users can apply for their portion of a $725 million lawsuit settlement
1 year, 8 months ago

Facebook users can apply for their portion of a $725 million lawsuit settlement

NPR  

Facebook users can apply for their portion of a $725 million lawsuit settlement Enlarge this image toggle caption Tony Avelar/AP Tony Avelar/AP Facebook users can now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy lawsuit settlement if they had accounts from May 2007 to December 2022. Facebook's parent company, Meta, is doling out the payments to settle a lawsuit …

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TikTok CEO to tell legislators app ‘never shared’ data with China
1 year, 9 months ago

TikTok CEO to tell legislators app ‘never shared’ data with China

Al Jazeera  

Shou Zi Chew will testify that app is not an ‘agent of China or any other country’ amid national security risk claims. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will tell United States legislators that the Chinese-owned video app would never share users’ data with Beijing amid a growing push in the US to ban the platform outright. TikTok has said it …

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