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A United States federal appeals court has upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest itself of its popular short video app TikTok in the US by early next year or face a ban. The decision is a complete win for the Department of Justice and opponents of the app and a devastating blow to ByteDance. The ruling now increases the possibility of an unprecedented ban in just six weeks on a social media app used by 170 million Americans Free speech advocates immediately criticised the decision. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said it sets a “flawed and dangerous precedent”. The ruling is likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court. “Banning TikTok blatantly violates the First Amendment rights of millions of Americans who use this app to express themselves and comm...

The Facebook and Instagram owner says its defences were able to prevent AI-driven misinformation operations from gaining an online foothold Despite fears that artificial intelligence (AI) could influence the outcome of elections around the world, the United States technology giant Meta said it detected little impact across its platforms this year. That was in part due to defensive measures designed to prevent coordinated networks of accounts, or bots, from grabbing attention on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, Meta president of global affairs Nick Clegg told reporters on Tuesday “I don’t think the use of generative AI was a particularly effective tool for them to evade our trip wires,” Clegg said of actors behind coordinated disinformation campaigns. In 2024, Meta say...

Instagram ayaa tijaabinaysa barnaamij cusub kaas oo dadka u oggolaanaya in ay gabi ahaanba meesha ka saaraan dhammaan waxyaabaha iyaga oo aan rabin uga soo horbaxa marka ay galaan app ka. Barnaamijkaan oo lagu magacaabo "reset" micnaheeduna yahay dib u hagaajin - ayay sheegtay shirkaddu in dunida oo dhan u furnaan doon "dhawaan" - waxay si wax ku ool ah u nadiifin doontaa dhamaan waxyaabaha aadan rabin ee uu ku horkeenayo algorithm ka marka aad dhexgasho barta. Waxay ku soo beegantay arrintani iyadoo Instagram ay ku dhawaaqday barnaamijyo dhowr ah oo cusub oo looga golleeyahay in lagu kor loogu qaado caafimaad qabka barta, sidoo kale barnaamijyo badqabka dadka ah ayaa la keeni doonaa bisha October oo loogu talo galay ciyaalka aan qaangaarka ahayn eek u soo biiraya barta bulsho. Ha...

At its developer conference in June, Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence, its take on generative AI that can conjure text, images and other content on command. Apple has unveiled its artificial intelligence-boosted iPhone 16, showing off the long-awaited phone hours after Chinese rival Huawei’s tri-fold phone began racking up orders. “The next generation of iPhone has been designed for Apple Intelligence from the ground up. It marks the beginning of an exciting new era,” Chief Executive Tim Cook said at a product launch on Monday. The iPhone 16 will use the new A18 chip and have an aluminium back, as well as a new customizable button that can be used for camera controls. Huawei’s website showed on Monday that it had garnered more than three million preorders for its Z-shaped tri-...