3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1283+ words) Huawei launched a new version of its flagship foldable smartphone on Monday as it seeks to defend its lead in the Chinese market for premium handsets against Apple and Xiaomi, both of which are also unveiling new products. The new…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1402+ words) Australia on Tuesday ‌proposed giving social media users the option to select the content they see on their feeds, marking the next step in the government's push to improve online safety, following its world-first social media ban for children. Under…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1682+ words) When new CEO John Ternus unveils Apple's latest products on Wednesday, Wall Street expects him to show that the company can still deliver breakthrough hardware and a Siri virtual assistant capable of competing in the AI race. Analysts expect Apple…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1702+ words) ChatGPT will have to comply with tougher safety rules after the EU added it Monday to a list of digital services subject to greater legal scrutiny, a first for an AI chatbot. Brussels also designated Reddit and Roblox as "very…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1627+ words) India has directed Google to shut down hundreds of accounts on its Firebase web development platform after finding a pattern of criminals misusing the service to impersonate major banks and defraud people, according to government notices and a source familiar…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1690+ words) Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said on Thursday it had taken down more than 750,000 accounts it suspected were held by Australians aged under 16 since a world-first ban on teen accounts, and promised more action in the face of possible regulatory…...

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (436+ words) Taiwan slowed the mobile internet in a large swathe of the central part of the island on Monday for the first time during annual war games, simulating communication disruption in the event of a Chinese attack or natural disaster. Democratically…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1196+ words) Finland on Tuesday pulled the plug on analogue landline phone calls after almost 150 years, the latest country to push forward in a global transition towards digital infrastructure. Estonia, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain have already made the jump, as countries…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (958+ words) WhatsApp users will soon get the option of going by usernames instead of phone numbers, the company said Monday, announcing plans to address a privacy blind spot. The app said it has started allowing users to reserve unique usernames, which…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1655+ words) Saudi Arabia’s vast digital base is positioning messaging apps to move beyond communication and become full-service channels. Internet penetration in the kingdom has reached 99%, while nine in 10 Saudi adults use WhatsApp daily, according to data cited in a report prepared…...