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US disrupts North Korean IT worker fraud network used to infiltrate 136 US firms
The US Department of Justice has announced that five people have pleaded guilty to helping North Korean actors obtain remote IT employment with US companies to commit fraud.
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Disney and YouTube TV strike a deal to end weeks-long blackout
The Walt Disney Company and YouTube TV have reached a deal ending a two-week-long blackout that removed Disney networks and stations from the YouTube TV streaming platform.
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Trump confirms plans to sue BBC for up to $5bn over Panorama speech edit
US President Donald Trump is planning to push ahead with the lawsuit against the BBC over the editing of his January 2021 speech on the Panorama program, despite the public apology and resignation of the BBC's boss and its head of news.
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Apple ordered to pay Masimo $634m in patent infringement case
The longstanding legal battle between tech giant Apple and medical-monitoring technology company Masimo just saw a new turn: a federal jury awarded Masimo $634 million in compensation for infringing a patent covering blood-oxygen reading technology.
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WhatsApp is bringing third-party chats to Europe
Meta is planning to address the EU’s Digital Markets Act’s (DMA’s) requirement to allow European users the option to chat directly using third-party messaging services with a new feature called “third-party chats”.
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Billie Eilish calls Musk “pathetic p***y b***h coward” as he inches closer to becoming a trillionaire
Elon Musk is as close as ever to holding the world’s first title of a trillionaire – and the backlash has already started.
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FBI: Scammers threaten Chinese-speaking victims with extradition to pocket their money
The FBI is warning about a new financial fraud scheme, where cybercriminals impersonate US health insurance providers and Chinese law enforcement to scam victims out of money.
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Pranksters bypass Louvre’s security and sneak painting in
The Louvre’s security is again under scrutiny after pranksters outsmarted the museum's security and placed a painting in the same room as the famous Mona Lisa.
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EU probes Google's news publisher treatment
On Thursday, the European Commission launched a formal investigation into potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) by demoting media publishers’ content in Google Search.
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Ireland investigates X moderation practices
Coimisiún na Meán’s, Ireland’s media supervisor, has initiated an inquiry into X to see whether the online messaging platform complies with the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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Verizon confirms 13,000 layoffs, as year-end tech layoffs continue
Verizon will cut 13,000 jobs in a year-end push to restructure the company and reduce spending, the telecommunications giant announced, sealing the fate of workers just days before the holiday season kicks off.
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This Black Friday could be the last one when Shein and Temu orders enter Europe tax-free
Brussels wants to accelerate the imposition of customs duties on low-value parcels entering the European Union in a bid to crack down on cheap Chinese e-commerce imports, Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic has said, as concern grows over Chinese goods being dumped in Europe.
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Influencer mental health crisis is on the rise
While online content creation has changed the way people work forever, it’s having an increasingly negative impact on creators' mental health, a new study has found.
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The 900km fried rice – how one father’s love went viral on Chinese TikTok
A father’s act of love has captured the hearts of people across China. After moving 900km to cook fried rice and noodles for his daughter, his story went viral on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.
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Warner Bros behind “Piracy. It’s a Crime” PSA
Two French journalists have uncovered the creators behind the “Piracy. It’s a Crime” public service announcement that’s haunted the memories of '90s kids across the globe.
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Chinese astronauts still stuck in orbit after space junk hits their ride home
Chinese authorities have said they are working to bring back the three astronauts whose return from the Tiangong space station was delayed after debris struck their return spacecraft.
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Doctored BBC documentary becomes ammunition for anti-woke voices as Trump threatens legal action
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is in hot water over editing US President Donald Trump’s speech to make it look as if he was inciting the January 6th riot.
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Big tech pressure does the trick: EU moves to placate industry, privacy be damned
The European Commission insists it only wants to trim back its tech regulations through its “digital omnibus” package, but draft documents show that, in fact, the EU is about to sacrifice the bloc’s famous GDPR for the sake of AI. Activists aren’t happy.
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Denmark investigates security issue in Chinese electric buses
Danish authorities are investigating a security issue in Chinese electric buses that allows them to be remotely disabled by their manufacturer.
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CBP rolls out facial recognition app for local police to spot illegal immigrants
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has rolled out a new app that can be used by local police officers to scan one’s face as part of immigration enforcement.
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