TV titans are inching their new screens toward being digital assistants capable of chatting with users and other devices in homes
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Meta abruptly ends US fact-checks ahead of Trump term
Meta’s surprise announcement echoed long-standing complaints made by Trump’s Republican Party, which many conservatives see as censorship
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Ottawa’s efforts to create digital ID for citizens stalled: report
A recent auditor general’s report says Ottawa has made little progress implementing a digital ID for citizens, despite years trying to do so
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Secret lab developing UK’s first quantum clock: defence ministry
Clock is so precise it will enable ‘scientists to measure time at an unprecedented scale’, boosting British military capabilities
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EU universal charger rules come into force
The EU’s single charger rule will simplify the life of Europeans and slash costs for consumers.
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Greece announces campaign against ‘website addiction’
Government plans to introduce national strategy to inform parents and children and encourage social media firms to be responsible
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How Finnish youth learn to spot disinformation
The Nordic country was among the first in Europe to outline a national policy for media literacy in 2013
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Secretive Saskatchewan game developer behind award-winning game ‘Balatro’
The game has gone on to sell more than 3.5 million copies, and was named in several rankings as one of the best games of the year
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TikTok’s rise from fun app to US security concern
President-elect Donald Trump has signaled he might intervene on TikTok’s behalf. Trump recently spoke of having a ‘soft spot’ for TikTok
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‘Angry gamblers’ behind half of abusive tennis social media posts: report
‘Angry gamblers’ who vent their frustration on online when their bets fail, represented 48 per cent of abusive messages detected in 2024