WASHINGTON: Twitter’s owner Elon Musk has pledged the platform will not become a “hellscape,” but experts fear a staff exodus following mass layoffs may have devastated its ability to combat misinformation, impersonation and data theft. Twitter devolved into what campaigners described as a cesspit of falsehoods and hate speech after […]
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BEIJING: China today rejected as an irresponsible smear a warning from the chief of NASA that China might “take over” the moon as part of a military programme, saying it has always called for the building of a community of nations in outer space. China has stepped up the pace […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Long-time Windows users will know that, if you begin seeing ads while using your computer, this typically means that you’ve accidentally downloaded some form of malware. However, some Windows 11 users have begun reporting that they’re seeing ads within the File Explorer programme itself on Windows 11. According […]
ANKARA, TURKEY – MAY 11: In this illustration photo logo of TikTok is displayed on a smartphone and a pc screen in Ankara, Turkey on May 11, 2021. “In light of Russia’s new ‘fake news’ law, we have no choice but to suspend livestreaming and new content to our […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Back during this year’s CES, Sony announced that they will be launching the PlayStation VR2 headset, but didn’t reveal much else about it. Sony has now revealed the new PS VR2 headset’s design, as well as tease some of the upcoming new features that will come with their […]
Facebook’s owner Meta Platforms saw its stock market value slump by more than $230bn (£169bn) on Thursday, in a record daily loss for a US firm. Its shares fell 26.4% after quarterly figures disappointed investors. Meta also said that Facebook’s daily active users (DAUs) had dropped for the first time […]
PARIS: When it comes to music, we’re not all equal. Some have a naturally beautiful voice while others can’t carry a tune in a bucket. Start-up The Choral Hub wants to encourage all music lovers to sing along, and have fun doing it, with its new app. The Tchzant app […]
Twitter said governments around the world made requests to remove content from a record number of user accounts between January and June last year, in data to be released by the social media company on Tuesday. The platform said governments made 43,387 legal demands for the removal of content from […]
ZURICH : Logitech International expects the global shortage of semiconductor chips to continue throughout 2022, Chief Executive Bracken Darrell told Reuters on Tuesday. “I think it is going to be around a while,” Darrell said. “I don’t think it (the shortage) will be as severe by the time we get […]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, designed to give the world an unprecedented glimpse into the earliest stages of the universe, neared its gravitational parking space on Monday (Jan 24) in orbit around the sun, almost 1 million miles from Earth. With a final course-correcting manoeuvre by on-board rocket thrusters set […]