Technology

A plan to prohibit federal employees from using the Chinese app TikTok on government devices was likely to become law, threatening to damage the company’s brand and frighten away advertisers despite the fact that it would not effect a large number of users, according to analysts. As originally reported by Reuters, early on Tuesday, December 20, US legislators put the …

Cebu Pacific commended the decision by the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to remove the initial security screening at the gates of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminals on Wednesday, December 21. Cebu Pacific stated in a statement that it “completely supports” MIAA’s goal of reducing passenger lines at the Philippines’ primary airport. MIAA demonstrated this week that it …

Epic Games will pay $520 million to resolve charges that it improperly gathered the personal information of children and deceived consumers into completing purchases, the Federal Trade Commission and the business said on Monday, December 19. It will pay a record $275 million fine for breaking a children’s privacy legislation, and it will implement strict default privacy settings for youngsters. …

Twitter announced on Sunday that it will deactivate accounts that were created exclusively for the aim of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames. This action will take place in the coming days. According to a tweet from Twitter support, the change would have an effect on the content of social media platforms such as Mastodon, …

On Friday, December 16, Twitter’s unprecedented suspension of at least five journalists on allegations that they disclosed Elon Musk’s real-time location attracted quick outrage from government officials, advocacy groups, and press organizations throughout the world. Officials from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the European Union criticized the suspensions, with some claiming that the platform threatened journalistic freedom. Critics saw …

Twitter banned the accounts of numerous notable journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk on Thursday, December 15, with Musk stating that regulations against the publication of personal information apply to everyone, including journalists. In response to a Tweet on the account suspensions, Musk replied, “The same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’ as to everyone else,” referencing …

On Wednesday, December 14, prosecutors announced that a former Twitter manager who had been convicted of espionage for Saudi Arabia had been sentenced to 3-and-a-half years in a jail in the United States. In August, following a trial that took place in the federal court in San Francisco, Ahmad Abouammo was given a verdict of guilty by a jury. On …

A new complaint accuses Meta Platforms of facilitating the proliferation of violent and abusive remarks from Ethiopia on Facebook, thereby inflaming the country’s deadly civil conflict. The complaint was launched in Kenya on Tuesday, December 13, by two Ethiopian scholars and the Katiba Institute, a Kenyan rights organization. It is claimed that Facebook’s recommendation systems amplified violent posts in Ethiopia, …

After many setbacks, on December 11 a new space firm in Japan successfully launched a spacecraft toward the moon. This is an important step toward achieving a first for both the country as a whole and for a private enterprise. After two delays brought on by inspections of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the HAKUTO-R mission that was being carried …

Tesla has begun sales in Thailand, selling its popular Model 3 and Model Y at pricing competitive with Chinese rival BYD. The business presented a spectacular presentation of their ambitions on Wednesday at the Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok. Beginning with the first quarter of next year, purchasers will get their automobiles purchased online. The market of more than 600 …