Austria is moving to block children under the age of 14 from using social media, as the government steps up efforts to protect young people online. The ruling coalition said a draft law will be ready by the end of June, though the timeline for enforcement remains unclear pending parliamentary approval. Alexander Pröll, a digitalisation […]
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China has restricted two co-founders of the artificial intelligence startup Manus from leaving the country as authorities review Meta’s US$2 billion acquisition of the firm, the Financial Times reported. Manus’s chief executive Xiao Hong and chief scientist Ji Yichao were summoned to a meeting with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in Beijing earlier
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OpenAI will shut down its AI video-generation app, Sora, the company announced Tuesday. “We’re saying goodbye to Sora,” OpenAI wrote on X. “We’ll share more soon, including timelines for the app and API and details on preserving your work.” The move comes as OpenAI focuses on more profitable AI areas, like coding, text generation, and
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Toyota Motor Corporation is recalling 550,007 Highlander SUVs in the U.S. due to a seat-back defect that could raise the risk of injury in a crash, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Wednesday. The recall covers certain 2021-2024 Toyota Highlander and Highlander Hybrid models. NHTSA said, “The recliner assemblies in the second-row
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A short video celebrating Nokia’s standout phones from the 2000s has taken social media by storm, sparking nostalgia and conversations about the brand’s legacy. The 33-second clip, posted on March 10, highlights models like the swivel 7373, the gaming N-Gage, and the sturdy E71 with physical keys — devices that once helped Nokia control 40%
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Social media platform X on Tuesday announced it would suspend creators from its revenue-sharing programme for 90 days if they post AI-generated videos of armed conflicts without clearly stating that the clips were artificial. The policy shift, unveiled by a company executive, is aimed at curbing the spread of undisclosed AI war videos, which the
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Amazon AWS data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have been damaged by drone strikes, forcing parts of the company’s cloud services offline. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud arm of Amazon, said two of its facilities in the United Arab Emirates were directly hit. A third site in Bahrain was damaged by
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Friday announced designated pick-up points for its Go-Cashless cards as part of efforts to implement a cashless payment system at airports ahead of the March 1 deadline. In a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Henry Agbebire, in Lagos, the authority said
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Jack Dorsey has laid off about 40% of employees at Block Inc. as the company moves to rely more on artificial intelligence. The payments firm will cut its workforce from over 10,000 to just under 6,000 workers. In a message shared on X, Dorsey described the decision as one of the hardest in the company’s
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The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced the introduction of electronic billing (e-billing) for its customers, effective from March 1, 2026. According to the company, customers will begin to receive their electricity bills electronically instead of in paper form as part of efforts to improve service delivery and enhance communication. ALSO READ:EKEDC says Ikoyi
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