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Technology
Trump media shares gain as it alerts Nasdaq of 'potential market manipulation'
(Reuters) - Shares of Donald Trump's media and technology company were up more than 3% on Friday after it asked the Nasdaq exchange to help prevent "naked" short-selling in its shares.
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Technology
Apple's offer to open up tap-and-go tech to be approved by EU next month, sources say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Apple's offer to open its tap-and-go mobile payments system to rivals is set to be approved by EU antitrust regulators as soon as next month after it tweaked some of the terms, people familiar with the matter said.
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Technology
Dutch privacy watchdog recommends government organisations stop using Facebook
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it was recommending that government organizations should stop using Facebook as long as it is unclear what happens with personal data of users of the government's Facebook pages.
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Technology
Nigerian court adjourns Binance and executives' tax evasion trial to May 17
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Friday adjourned a tax evasion trial against cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its executives to May 17 after the matter was stalled because the exchange has not been formally served with the charges.
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Technology
Pornhub, XVideos, Stripchat face strict EU rules, Commission says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Adult content companies Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos will have to do risk assessment reports and take measures to address systemic risks linked to their services to comply with new EU online content rules, the European Commission said on Friday.
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Technology
India's Wipro scrapes past lowered revenue expectations, prioritises growth pick-up
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Internet
Japanese doctors demand damages from Google over ‘groundless’ reviews
A group of Japanese doctors has filed a civil lawsuit against US search giant Google, demanding damages for what they claim are unpoliced derogatory and often false comments.
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AI
Meta releases beefed-up AI models
Meta on Thursday introduced an improved AI assistant built on new versions of its open source Llama large language model for powering the technology.
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Technology
Explainer-Bitcoin's 'halving': what is it and does it matter?
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin's long-anticipated 'halving' is, depending on where you sit, a vital event that will burnish the cryptocurrency's value as an increasingly scarce commodity, or little more than a technical change talked up by speculators to inflate its price.
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Technology
Netflix slides as move to end sharing user count sparks growth worries
(Reuters) -Netflix shares fell on Friday, as its surprise move to stop sharing subscriber additions and average revenue per member from 2025 sowed doubts in investor minds about growth peaking in some markets for the streaming pioneer.
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AI
Japanese AI tool predicts when recruits will quit jobs
Bosses worried about turnover or wondering how long a new hire will stick around can now turn to AI for a heads-up on who might be next out the door.
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Internet
US ‘swatting’ pranks stoke alarm in election year
Startled by nighttime pounding on his door, American political strategist Rick Wilson walked out in his underwear to find policemen with guns drawn. They were responding to yet another hoax, increasingly seen as a tool of intimidation in a crucial election year.
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Smartphones
Tech neck is a pain in more than just the neck
The typical average adult head weighs approximately 10-12 pounds. But did you know that bending it forward at a 45-degree angle to look at a cellphone or tablet can dramatically increase your chances to have “tech neck”?
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Smartphones
Shopper put phone under woman’s skirt, US cops say. Then police checked store video
A Target shopper put his phone on the ground of a store aisle, right under a woman’s skirt, North Carolina officers said.
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Technology
Crypto fans count down to bitcoin's 'halving'
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin enthusiasts were eagerly waiting for bitcoin's 'halving' on Friday - a change to the cryptocurrency's underlying technology designed to cut the rate at which new bitcoins are created.
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Social media
Fakebook? Meta blamed as online shopping fraud doubles in Singapore
Online shopping scams are surging in Singapore, with Facebook the venue for more than half of them, the city-state's government has said.
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Internet
Japan doctors sue Google Maps over ‘punching bag’ reviews
Around 60 doctors in Japan have accused Google Maps of ignoring vitriolic reviews of their clinics in a class-action lawsuit touted as the first of its kind.
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Social media
US Congress to take on TikTok ban bill – again
The US House of Representatives will again vote Saturday on a bill that would force TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban.
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AI
Cisco’s plan for keeping AI systems safe from attack: Using AI
Cisco Systems Inc is embracing a new approach to protecting artificial intelligence computing systems: using AI itself to keep them safe from attack.
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AI
Meta's newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users
Facebook parent Meta Platforms unveiled a new set of artificial intelligence systems Thursday that are powering what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls "the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use.”