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Social media
TikTok risks fines as EU issues ultimatum over app launch
The European Union opened a new probe Monday into whether ByteDance Ltd violated the bloc’s new content law when it launched its TikTok Lite app in France and Spain without providing a full risk assessment.
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Social media
TikTok’s crackdown on Ozempic influencers threatens weight-loss drug hype machine
TikTok is trying to rein in the Ozempic hype.
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World
Russia's Belgorod region says 120 civilians killed by Ukraine strikes since 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Belgorod region which borders Ukraine said that 120 civilians had been killed there in Ukrainian strikes and 651 people injured since the start of the war over two years ago.
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World
At least five migrants die in attempt to cross English Channel
PARIS (Reuters) -Five people, including a child, died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain on an overcrowded boat on Tuesday, the local prefecture said.
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Technology
Tesla layoffs draw suit claiming not enough warning for workers
Tesla Inc was sued by a former employee who claims the company’s decision to lay off about 10% of its workforce in a global retrenchment violated the law by failing to provide required advance notice.
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World
Truce crumbles in Sudanese army's last Darfur holdout
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - Attacks around the Sudanese city of al-Fashir have shattered a truce that protected it from a year-old war, leading to warnings of a new wave of inter-communal violence and humanitarian risks for 1.6 million residents crammed into the North Darfur capital.
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Internet
Report urges fixes to online child exploitation CyberTipline before AI makes it worse
A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation has not lived up to its potential and needs technological and other improvements to help law enforcement go after abusers and rescue victims, a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory has found.
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World
Indonesia's biggest party confirms President Jokowi no longer a member after backing Prabowo
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia President Joko Widodo and his son, incoming vice president Gibran Rakabuming Raka, are no longer members of the country's largest party after they backed rival candidate and election winner Prabowo Subianto, a party official said on Tuesday.
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World
South Korea, Romania pledge defence cooperation amid reports of contract in works
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean and Romanian leaders pledged on Tuesday to boost defence industry cooperation as Seoul pushes to establish itself as the world's fourth-largest arms exporter amid reports of huge additional contracts in the works.
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World
Ukraine launches military charm offensive as conscription flags
DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) - Far from the trenches, at orderly new centres across Ukraine, civilian recruiters armed with laptops and info packs offer patriotic volunteers opportunities to join the war.
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Gadgets
Your brain waves are up for sale. A new law wants to change that.
With the advent of consumer neurotechnologies, the data being collected from consumers is becoming ever more intimate.
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World
Russian drone attack injures nine in Ukraine's Odesa, officials say
(Reuters) -Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine that injured nine people in the Black Sea port of Odesa, four of them children, and also targeted Kyiv, the capital, Ukraine's military officials said early on Tuesday.
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AI
In Brazil, hopes to use AI to save wildlife from roadkill fate
In Brazil, where about 16 wild animals become roadkill every second, a computer scientist has come up with a futuristic solution to this everyday problem: using AI to alert drivers to their presence.
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Internet
As consumers lose millions to gift card scams, US lawmakers pressure businesses
Gift cards, which are easy to find at almost any big box retailer, are a popular gift for holidays, birthdays and graduations. Scammers love gift cards because they’re money that can be easily moved, often irreversibly, with few protections for consumers, according to fraud specialists.
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Social media
Elon Musk loses Australia court hearing on Sydney knife attack posts
Elon Musk’s social network X has been hit with an interim injunction by an Australian court to remove footage of a stabbing attack, prompting a furious response from the owner who accused the government of censorship.
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Robotics
This updated version of the Atlas robot is ready to start work
Boston Dynamics has unveiled an updated version of its famous Atlas bipedal robot, in a much more dexterous, agile, fully electric and autonomous form.
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World
Moderate earthquake strikes Taiwan
TAIPEI: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Taiwan at 8.04am on Tuesday (April 23).
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Smartphones
Study: Quarter of UK five- to seven-year-olds have smartphone
Around a quarter of British children aged between five and seven-years-old now have a smartphone, a study by the UK communications regulator said on April 19.
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World
Taiwan rattled by more than 200 quakes, but no major damage
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by more than 200 aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but only minor damage was reported and no casualties and major chipmaker TSMC said it saw no impact on operations.
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World
Musk decries Australian court 'censorship' of X terror posts
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Elon Musk lashed out at Australia's prime minister on Tuesday after a court ordered his social media company X take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, and said the ruling meant any country could control "the entire internet".