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Trump meeting TikTok CEO as ban deadline looms

The social media giant is currently seeking to delay a law that would see it banned or sold in early 2025.

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Social media given ‘last chance’ to tackle illegal posts

Platforms have three months to take action or they could be fined up to 10% of global turnover.

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Bitcoin hits new record high of more than $106,000

The world’s largest cryptocurrency has risen by more than 50% since Donald Trump’s election victory.

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BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline

Apple’s new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself.

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Game Awards 2024: Astro Bot Wins Game of the Year

Sony’s 3D platformer takes four prizes at the ceremony dubbed “the biggest night in gaming”.

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N Korea made millions from remote work scheme, US says

Fourteen North Koreans have been charged with fraud in the US over the long-running conspiracy

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Controversial chatbot’s safety measures ‘a sticking plaster’

Character.ai is facing legal action in the US over claims a bot on the site encouraged a teenager to kill his parents.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta donates $1m to Trump fund

It appears to be the latest attempt by the Meta boss to build a closer relationship with the incoming president.

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Australia to force tech giants to keep paying for news

The long-awaited decision follows a standoff with Meta, and succeeds a world-first law from 2021.

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Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp down in mass Meta outage

Over 22,000 people reported issues with Facebook this evening and over 18,000 struggled to use WhatsApp, according to Downdetector.

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