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Will another social media platform be able to replicate TikTok’s ‘special sauce?’
Where will TikTok refugees go if the social media platform is banned?This post was originally published on this site
Year: 2025
Consumer & Gadgets
Apple loses top spot in China smartphone sales to local rivals
Apple lost its status as the best selling smartphone brand in the crucial Chinese market last year, new data showed Thursday, with a pair of local rivals surpassing it with surging shipments.This post was originally […]
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French researchers aim to ease X refugees’ path with ‘HelloQuitX’
French researchers have developed an application to help users migrate their whole online community from Elon Musk’s X to rival social platforms such as Bluesky or Mastodon.This post was originally published on this site
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Nintendo hopes to reprise blockbuster Switch with 2025 successor
Nintendo is betting on the 2025 release of a bigger, better version of its blockbuster Switch console to keep up the success of the third best-selling games machine of all time.This post was originally published […]
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Meta’s fact-checking and diversity rollbacks represent ‘dangerous retreat’ from corporate responsibility
Meta, the corporation that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced that it not only plans to replace its professional fact-checking system with user-contribution, but also cut down on many of its diversity schemes in […]
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US Supreme Court weighs Texas age-check for porn sites
The US Supreme Court grappled with a challenge on Wednesday to a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify visitors’ ages, part of a growing effort to limit access by minors to online sexual content.This […]
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Meta shift from fact-checking to crowdsourcing: Competing approaches in fight against misinformation
Meta’s decision to change its content moderation policies by replacing centralized fact-checking teams with user-generated community labeling has stirred up a storm of reactions. But taken at face value, the changes raise the question of […]
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Cat-like robot mimics bunting behavior to alleviate human tension
The behavior of a cat rubbing its head against a person, known as bunting, is an expression of affection and is believed to have a healing effect on humans.This post was originally published on this […]
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A possible TikTok ban is just days away. A list of similar apps available
With a possible TikTok ban just days away, many U.S. users are looking for alternative social media platforms to help them keep up with pop culture or provide the type of entertaining videos that popularized […]
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Coevolution of AI and society: Study explores opportunities and risks
A recent study involving Central European University (CEU) is paving the way for a new field of research that merges artificial intelligence and complexity science to understand how ongoing interaction between humans and algorithms can […]