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TikTok ban explained — everything you need to know

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill making it illegal for TikTok to operate unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells its interest. While President Biden has indicated he'd sign the bill, it still needs to pass through Congress. Here's everything you need to know.

Tom’s Guide

Pixel 'aCropalypse' exploit could pose a severe data risk

A severe security flaw affecting PNG cropped screenshots on Pixel devices is detailed.

Android Central

Everything new for Bing: Faster responses, increased limits, and sharing chats through Facebook, Twitter, and more

Each week Bing rolls out improvements and changes to Bing Chat. Last week, the search engine got faster responses, support for more chats per session, and a tool for sharing chats through social media.

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CEOs accuse tech workers of doing ‘fake’ work as layoffs roil industry

The CEO accused tech companies of predatory hiring and said laid-off employees were only attending meetings

The Independent UK

Facebook owner Meta to cut 10,000 jobs in second round of layoffs

Meta is slashing jobs in a bid to recover from losses and invest in the ‘metaverse’.

Al Jazeera

Plans for Instagram’s upcoming Twitter rival leak online

The service looks a lot like Elon Musk’s Twitter — but with one major difference

Evening Standard

Rise in Twitter outages since Musk takeover hints at more systemic problems

Sixth failure this year comes against backdrop of financial and regulatory pressures on the company

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Meta plans thousands more layoffs as soon as this week

Meta Platforms Inc., the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is planning a fresh round of layoffs and will cut thousands of employees as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

Tribune News Service

Twitter suffers major outage disabling external links

SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter on Monday suffered a major outage with users worldwide reporting they could no longer read links to articles from outside websites.

Bangkok Post

Is Twitter down in the UK? Users report issues loading website and app

There are many reports on DownDetector of Twitter not loading for many people

The National (Scotland)

Big tech in crisis: the cuts, lay-offs and worried workers at Twitter and Meta

After years of growth, the social media giants are slashing at budgets in post-Covid difficulties, leaving morale to slump...

Evening Standard

Is Twitter down? Twitter not loading as users report issues

Thousands of Twitter users are reporting issues with the social media site

The National (Scotland)

Why Big Tech will lose its Supreme Court case on section 230

I only count two votes to ratify Big Tech's sweeping immunity claims

Reason

Google adverts direct pregnant women to services run by UK anti-abortion groups

The tech giant is carrying adverts styled to look like real internet search results for women seeking pregnancy advice

The Guardian - UK

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Reason

Any of These Supreme Courts Cases Could Crush the Internet

The Court’s decisions in Gonzalez and subsequent cases could lead to impossible, incompatible consequences.

Tribune News Service

Stephen L. Carter: Google, Twitter Supreme Court cases won’t break the internet

Despite all the furor, the future of the internet does not hinge on a pair of cases argued this week at the U.S. Supreme Court. There’s no risk that the statutory immunity that Congress granted long ago to internet service providers will collapse. The justices are being asked to decide…

Bangkok Post

Facebook, Instagram roll out paid subscription

SYDNEY: Facebook and Instagram began a week-long rollout of their first paid verification service on Friday, testing users' willingness to pay for social media features that until now have been free.

Daily Mirror

Facebook users urged to check accounts for 'hidden danger' of apps downloaded years ago

If you downloaded a game to play through Facebook years ago, chances are the app is still connected to your account and still able to access some of your current data

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The Conversation

Supreme Court unlikely to 'break the internet' over Google, Twitter cases -- rather, it is approaching with caution

“These are not, like, the nine greatest experts on the internet,” noted Justice Elena Kagan – a reference to herself and fellow colleagues on the Supreme Court.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court sounds split on whether social media firms can be sued for aiding terrorists

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded split Wednesday over whether social media firms can be sued and potentially held liable for aiding international terrorists.

Tribune News Service

Pentagon and Microsoft are investigating leak of military emails

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department and Microsoft Corp. are investigating an error that exposed at least a terabyte of military emails including personal information and conversations between officials, people familiar with the matter said, an episode that highlighted the security risk of moving sensitive Pentagon data to the cloud.

Irish Mirror

Google set to cut 240 jobs in Ireland in another blow for tech sector

Alphabet, Google's parent company, is cutting 12,000 jobs globally - with around 240 expected at Google's HQ in Dublin

Reuters

U.S. Supreme Court raises doubts about suit against Twitter over Istanbul massacre

The U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism on Wednesday toward a lawsuit against Twitter Inc by the family of a Jordanian man killed in an Istanbul nightclub massacre as they weighed for a second straight day whether to hold internet companies accountable for contentious content posted by users.

The Independent UK

How a Supreme Court case against Google could upend the internet

The family of a 2015 terror attack victim will try to prove that YouTube’s algorithm aided Islamic State in spreading its propaganda, in a case that could transform the internet.

The Independent UK

What is Section 230, the rule that made the modern internet?

Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today

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