Every day for nearly five years, Juliet Shen’s 94-year-old grandmother in Shanghai has begun her day with a WeChat message to her 40 children and
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Explaining Trump’s Potential Ban on TikTok, WeChat: Q&A
The Trump administration is pushing forward with its plan to ban the Chinese social media apps TikTok and WeChat from American app stores. The Commerce
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Computing Pioneers Endorse Biden, Citing Immigration
Two dozen award-winning computer scientists, in a rebuke of President Trump’s immigration policies, said on Friday that they were endorsing Joseph R. Biden Jr. in
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Google and Facebook under pressure to ban children’s ads
image copyrightGetty Images Tech firms have been urged to stop advertising to under-18s in an open letter signed by MPs, academics and children’s-rights advocates. Behavioural
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Twitter beefs up security for US election candidates
image copyrightGetty Images Twitter has automatically activated extra account protection for politicians and key figures in the forthcoming US election. A select group of election-related
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TikTok and WeChat: US to ban app downloads in 48 hours
image copyrightAlamy/EPA/Alamy TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores from Sunday, unless President Donald Trump agrees to a last-minute deal. The Department
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Police launch homicide inquiry after German hospital hack
By Joe Tidy, Cyber reporter image copyright Getty Images German police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman died during a cyber-attack on a
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Canada Tesla driver charged over ‘napping while speeding’
A Canadian man has been charged with dangerous driving for allegedly taking a nap while his self-driving Tesla car clocked up more than 90mph (150km/h).
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Lockdown ‘sexting’ blackmail concerns for young people sharing images
“He’s threatened to share those pictures with my friends unless I send him more.” Mia, 13, was duped into sending sexual photographs to someone she
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TikTok Accepts Deal Revisions as Trump Prepares to Review Proposal
WASHINGTON — The Chinese company that owns TikTok has accepted the Trump administration’s changes to a deal designed to mitigate the White House’s concerns that
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