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The conflict in Sudan’s West Kordofan State has intensified sharply, with renewed clashes and airstrikes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), raising new concerns over the humanitarian situation in the...
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Washington (United States) (AFP) – TikTok boasts over a billion users worldwide, including more than 170 million in the United States, it says -- nearly...

Microsoft faces complaint in EU over Israeli surveillance data

London (AFP) – Microsoft is facing a complaint in the European Union filed by a non-profit organisation alleging it illegally stored data on Palestinians used...

EU could hit X with fine before 2025 ends

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – The European Union could fine Elon Musk's X platform for breaking its digital rules by the end of 2025 -- two...

More than 60 UN members sign cybercrime treaty opposed by rights groups

Hanoi (AFP) – Countries signed their first UN treaty targeting cybercrime in Hanoi on Saturday, despite opposition from an unlikely band of tech companies and...

UN members to sign cybercrime treaty opposed by rights groups

Hanoi (AFP) – Countries sign their first UN treaty targeting cybercrime in Hanoi on Saturday, despite opposition from an unlikely band of tech companies and...

UK opens door to tougher regulation of Google search

London (AFP) – Britain's competition watchdog on Friday paved the way for tougher regulation to tackle Google's dominance in online search, under new targeted measures...

Sunset for Windows 10 updates leaves users in a bind

Paris (AFP) – Microsoft's plan to halt updates for its Windows 10 operating system in mid-October has raised hackles among campaign groups and left some...

YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) – YouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults on...

Passwords under threat as tech giants seek tougher security

Paris (AFP) – Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method -- but also...

France probes X over claims algorithm enabled ‘foreign interference’

Paris (AFP) – French police are investigating claims that social media network X, formerly known as Twitter, skewed its algorithm to allow "foreign interference", the...

‘Stuck in limbo’: Over 90% of X’s Community Notes unpublished, study says

Washington (AFP) – More than 90 percent of X's Community Notes -- a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk's platform -- are never published,...

Rise in ‘harmful content’ since Meta policy rollbacks: survey

Washington (AFP) – Harmful content including hate speech has surged across Meta's platforms since the company ended third-party fact-checking in the United States and eased...

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