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Australia is set to enforce a nationwide prohibition on social media use for children under 16, compelling major platforms to block existing underage accounts and prevent new sign-ups from December 10. The rollout, monitored closely by governments worldwide, introduces sweeping age-verification requirements, appeal systems, and new safeguarding duties for some of the world’s biggest digital platforms
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Paramount has been none too pleased about Netflix striking an $82.7 billion deal to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Now, Paramount is making a hostile takeover bid for WBD. It's making its pitch directly to WBD shareholders with an all-cash offer of $30 per share that expires on January 8.Late last week, the WBD board unanimously accepted Netflix's offer of $27.75 per share. That breaks down to $23.25... Read more ›
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The Boys' fifth and final season is headed to Amazon Prime Video on April 8th, 2026. In addition to a release date, Prime Video revealed the trailer for season five during CCXP in Brazil, offering a look at the reunion between Supernatural co-stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, as reported earlier by Variety. The Boys […] Read more ›
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Elon Musk spent the weekend bashing the EU after regulators fined X over its "deceptive" blue checkmarks. Read more ›
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Paramount has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling Netflix’s $83 billion arrangement to purchase the entertainment giant’s studios and streaming service “inferior.” The Paramount proposal, unlike Netflix’s, would also include the linear networks owned by WBD. Paramount says its deal offers a “superior alternative to the Netflix transaction,” citing […] Read more ›
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Katsuhiro Harada, has announced his departure from Bandai Namco having worked on the Tekken series for 30 years. Read more Read more ›
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For years now, falling birth rates have been a subject of alarm, with most of that discussion focused on women — the factors preventing them from having kids, whether mothers can balance work and family, if feminism has led women astray. But what about men and what they think? Demographers focused on fertility trends have […] Read more ›
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For years, I've lived in Canada's Victoria, British Columbia, where Hallmark Christmas movies are filmed. It's a great place to visit all year. Read more ›
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Facebook agrees changes to ‘pay or consent’ model after talks with European Commission Read more ›
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After a bidding war that reportedly also involved Paramount, Comcast, Amazon, and Apple, on December 5th, Netflix struck a deal to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion, buying the studio, HBO / HBO Max, Warner Games, and more, while leaving cable and sports assets, including CNN, TNT Sports, and the Discovery channels out. A few […] Read more ›
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After Netflix announced that it was acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery last week, observers immediatley wondered when or if the deal could obtain regulatory approval. Now, President Trump has made comments indicating that said approval is likely to take awhile if it happens at all, Bloomberg reported. "Well, that’s got to go through a process, and we’ll see what happens," Trump told reporters in a recent Q&A scrum. "But it is... Read more ›
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Today, I’m talking with Willem Avé, who’s head of product at Square. You know Square — it was started by billionaire Jack Dorsey, of Twitter fame, more than 15 years ago, and it got big on the back of that little magnetic reader that plugged into the headphone jack of the iPhone and let small […] Read more ›
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Amazon's budget Blink smart home brand is adding AI-generated video descriptions as a new benefit for subscribers. Blink Video Descriptions are text descriptions of the motion doorbells and cameras capture, and they’ll be available in beta starting today, November 17.Not unlike Ring Video Descriptions, a feature offered on Amazon's other smart home brand, Blink's AI-generated descriptions are supposed to be a concise way to check out what's happening in and... Read more ›
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Colombia’s emergence as one of Latin America’s most dynamic tourism markets stems from a deliberate, long-term strategy grounded in connectivity, confidence, and community. With new air routes expanding global access and a growing focus on sustainability and inclusion, the country is reshaping the future of modern tourism. Read more ›
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AI advances made through group’s custom processor hits Nvidia’s stock and prompts ChatGPT maker to declare ‘code red’ Read more ›
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Paramount just launched at $30 offer for all of WBD, after Netflix won the bidding war. Read more ›
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Tech giants including Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon have all extended the estimated useful lives of their servers and AI equipment over the past five years, sparking a debate among investors about whether these accounting changes are artificially inflating profits. Meta this year increased its depreciation timeline for most servers and network assets to 5.5 years, up from four to five years previously and as little as three years in... Read more ›
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In a move to boost India’s cybersecurity, the telecom ministry has told smartphone companies to pre-install a government-developed 'Sanchar Saathi' app on every new device and also roll out a software update to add the app on existing devices. The mandate has triggered strong pushback from Opposition leaders, who say the move could open the door to state surveillance Read more ›
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Apple is expected to reject India’s directive to preload the Sanchar Saathi app on all smartphones, fuelling a nationwide row over privacy and digital surveillance Read more ›
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The company described the model as super thin, capable of unfolding into a 10-inch display to expand options for work and creative use. Read more ›
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Sam Altman has declared a code red to prioritise improvements to ChatGPT, delaying projects including OpenAI’s early advertising plans Read more ›
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AI is transforming work by speeding up tasks, boosting efficiency and rewarding those who can use it well, yet it’s also slowing wage growth for traditional roles. As companies prioritise AI skills, salary gaps widen and it reduces the opportunities. Read more ›
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Apple is expected to reject India’s directive to preload the Sanchar Saathi app on all smartphones, fuelling a nationwide row over privacy and digital surveillance Read more ›
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Meta announced last month that it had already sent a notification to Australian users aged 13 to 15 that their accounts would be shut down on December 4. The ban on social media for teens will commence next week Read more ›
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A Cloudflare error has caused several websites and apps like Groww, Zerodha, Claude, and Canva go down. Read more ›
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The European Union on Friday imposed a 120-million-euro ($140 million) fine on Elon Musk’s social media platform X for violating the bloc’s digital regulations, setting the stage for what could become a new flashpoint with President Trump administration Read more ›
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