Beeper messaging app that irked Apple is acquired by WordPress.com owner
Automattic Inc, the Internet company behind popular online blogging service WordPress.com, acquired the messaging app at the heart of a…
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Meta under fire for ‘tone deaf’ minimum age change on WhatsApp
Social media giant Meta has been urged to reverse the lowering of the minimum age to use WhatsApp.
US college students are flocking to the Marriage Pact, mostly for fun, but some find lasting love
Nearly half a million students have participated since the pact first rolled out at Stanford University in 2017. Born of…
Amazon to stop paying developers to create apps for Alexa
Amazon.com Inc will no longer pay developers to create applications for Alexa, scrapping a key element of the company’s effort…
Premier League to use semi-automated offside technology from next season
The Premier League will use AI-based player tracking technology to make offside calls from next season in a move that…
The real battle for data privacy begins when you die
In a new book, Swedish academic Carl Öhman argues that tech companies have no incentive to be responsible caretakers of…
Two Nigerian brothers plead guilty to sexual extortion after death of US teen
Two brothers from Nigeria pleaded guilty April 10 to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men in Michigan and across…
Jack Ma cheers Alibaba’s latest overhaul plan in rare memo
Jack Ma took to an internal Alibaba forum to voice his support for a company undergoing a turbulent restructuring, emerging…
Survey: AI a ‘game changer’ but company execs not ready
A majority of corporate executives across leading economies believe artificial intelligence will be a “game changer” for their industry but…