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Turkey moves against Instagram-owner Meta


March 18, 2024

Turkey’s competition authority imposed on Monday an interim measure on Meta Platforms meant to hinder data sharing between the Instagram and Threads platforms as it investigates possible abuse of the company’s dominant market position. In December, the authority launched an investigation into Facebook parent Meta over a possible violation of competition law by linking its social media platforms Instagram and …

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Apple in talks to let Google’s Gemini power iPhone AI features


March 18, 2024

Apple is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. The negotiations are about licensing Gemini for some new features coming to the iPhone software this year, the report said, adding that the terms or branding of an AI agreement or how it would be …

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Will AI save humanity? US tech fest offers reality check


March 17, 2024

AUSTIN: Artificial intelligence aficionados are betting that the technology will help solve humanity’s biggest problems, from wars to global warming, but in practice, these may be unrealistic ambitions for now. “It’s not about asking AI ‘Hey, this is a sticky problem. What would you do?’ and AI is like, ‘well, you need to completely restructure this part of the economy’,” …

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Amnesty International urges govt to restore X


March 17, 2024

KARACHI: Amnesty Inter­n­a­tional has called for the im­mediate restoration of soc­ial media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) 29 days after the government blocked access to it. In a post on X, the human rights group said it has signed a joint statement with 28 civil society organisations for the restoration of X and urged “Pakistani authorities to uphold the rights …

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US ambassador says Beijing stance on TikTok ban ‘supremely ironic’


March 16, 2024

The US ambassador to China said on Friday that Beijing’s position on a potential TikTok ban in the United States was “supremely ironic” given the ruling Communist Party’s censorship of online platforms within its borders. The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Wednesday that would force the wildly popular short-video app to break with its Chinese parent company or …

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‘Big chunk’ of bitcoin to be transferred to physical vault


March 15, 2024

El Salvador will transfer “a big chunk” of its bitcoin assets to an offline device that will be stored in a physical vault within the Central American country’s territory, President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday. “We’ve decided to transfer a big chunk of our Bitcoin to a cold wallet, and store that cold wallet in a physical vault within our …

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Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile official trailer launched


March 15, 2024

Activision has just dropped a new official trailer of ‘Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile’ as the countdown began worldwide for next week on March 21. The mobile battle royale is bringing the iconic Verdansk and Rebirth Island maps from Warzone to iOS and Android. Up to 120 players can squad up for massive battles on Verdansk, while Rebirth caps out …

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US House passes bill to ban TikTok


March 14, 2024

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States. The lawmakers voted 352 in favour of the proposed law and 65 against, in a rare moment of bipartisan unity in politically divided Washington. The fate of the bill is uncertain …

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PM Shehbaz seeks detailed roadmap to boost IT exports


March 13, 2024

ISLAMABAD: Appreciating the increase in the export volume of Information Technology (IT) services to more than $3 billion, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday sought a comprehensive roadmap to further boost IT exports. He issued these instructions while chairing a meeting to review the performance of the IT and telecom sectors. Meanwhile, newly appointed federal cabinet member, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, was given …

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Astronauts return after vital experiments in space


March 13, 2024

WASHINGTON: Four astronauts splashed down off Florida in the Gulf of Mexico on their return to Earth early Tuesday, following a more than six-month mission on the International Space Station. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft landed in the waters off Pensacola at 5:47am, with a Nasa thermal camera showing all four of its drogue parachutes had deployed for the night-time landing after …

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