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EU Orders TikTok To Overhaul 'Addictive Design' Or Face Heavy Fines
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (212+ words) The European Union has warned the video-sharing platform TikTok that it must significantly change the design of its service or risk steep financial penalties. This comes after regulators concluded that the Chinese-owned platform breached the bloc's online safety rules. The…...
Google Signals Wider Android Rollout Of AirDrop-Style Sharing
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (229+ words) Google (GOOG) has indicated that its AirDrop-style file sharing feature will soon reach a broader range of Android devices, moving beyond its initial debut on the Pixel 10 lineup. The company said the expansion will follow successful early testing that confirmed…...
Internet Archive And WordPress Partnership Launches Preservation Tool
23+ hour, 33+ min ago (219+ words) In an effort to tackle one of the internet's most damaging issues, the nonprofit Internet Archive has teamed up with Automattic, the company behind WordPress, to introduce a new plugin called Link Fixer. The Internet Archive, renowned for preserving the…...
Instagram Rejects Hack Claims After Wave Of Password Reset Emails Alarms Users
3+ week, 3+ day ago (222+ words) Instagram (META) has insisted its systems were not breached after large numbers of users received unexpected emails asking them to reset their passwords. The company said it had fixed an issue that allowed an outside party to trigger genuine password…...
Threads Tests In-Chat Games As Meta Experiments With New Engagement Tools
4+ week, 2+ day ago (251+ words) Meta is looking into adding games to Threads chats, starting with a basketball-themed mini-game that's currently being tested internally. A spokesperson from Meta told TechCrunch that this feature is still in the early development phase and isn't available to the…...
Trump Mobile Pushes Back Launch Of The Gold T1 Smartphone
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (316+ words) Trump Mobile, the handset venture backed by the Trump Organization, has postponed plans to ship its gold-coloured T1 smartphone by the end of this year, marking another setback for a project that originally promised a $499, US-made device to rival Apple and…...