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Musk pulls plug on paying for X factchecks
Elon Musk has said that corrections to posts on X would no longer be eligible for payment as the social network comes under mounting criticism as becoming a conduit for misinformation.…
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Solaris, Knownow, Specxs win NCC’s talent hunt
THREE companies, out of 81 companies that contested at the Nigerian Communication Commission’s inspired technology innovation talent hunt competition, shared the N30 million prize money…
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42 US states sue Meta for teens mental health crisis
Dozens of States in the United States have filed a suit against tech giant, Meta for the alleged harm the company has done to teenagers in the country.
The company, which is parent…
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Nokia to cut up to 14,000 jobs after profits drop
FINNISH telecom giant Nokia stated today that it could cut its workforce by as many as 14,000 people after it reported lower-than-expected third-quarter profits.
“In the third…
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Australia fines Musk’s X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps
An Australian regulator has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X A$610,500 ($386,000) for failing to cooperate with a probe into anti-child abuse practices, a blow to a company…
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EU warns TikTok over ‘illegal content and disinformation’
THE EU’s top tech enforcer, Commissioner Thierry Breton, warned TikTok on Thursday over “illegal content and disinformation” on its platform, following the bloody attack by Hamas in…
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PlayStation unveils controller for disabled gamers
With large buttons arranged in a circle and a joystick on one side, Sony is launching a PlayStation controller from December, designed to make gaming easier for people with…
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Musk Strips headlines from news links on X
ELON Musk’s social media platform X has stripped headlines from news articles shared by users, in a move likely to further worsen relations with media groups.
The tycoon has long…
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Nigeria sets $5b target for startups
Nigeria has set a plan to help startups raise their total yearly funding rounds to $5bn by 2027.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy,…
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Tech firms roll back misinformation curbs ahead of 2024 polls
As a global election season widely expected to be mired in misinformation and falsehoods fast approaches, the big US-based tech platforms are walking back policies meant to curb them,…
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