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TikTok kept a safety fix from 15 million US users “by design,” a sealed document shows. One was a teenager who died.

TikTok kept a safety fix from 15 million US users “by design,” a sealed document shows. One was a teenager who died.

In 2021, TikTok changed its algorithm to stop users being flooded with harmful content. But it did not give the safer version to everyone. It held 10% of US users on the old version, about 15 million people at the time. It wanted to test…

Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.

Roads blocked, traffic disrupted as PTI holds rally near Karachi Press Club

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Roads blocked, traffic disrupted as PTI holds rally near Karachi Press Club

KARACHI: The PTI held a protest near the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Wednesday to mark three years since the imprisonment of party founder Imran Khan and demand his release. The demonstration led to traffic disruptions in the surrounding…

Dawn

Why haven't we seen images of SpaceX Moon crash yet?

Why haven't we seen images of SpaceX Moon crash yet?

The SpaceX rocket part has crashed into the Moon, forming a new crater, images from orbiting satellites should arrive in the coming hours and days.

Atiku: Under Tinubu, debt has become a policy

Daily Trust

Atiku: Under Tinubu, debt has become a policy

Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the approval by the National Economic Council (NEC) of a $4.5 billion refinancing of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited’s…

Daily Trust

Want a free Photoshop alternative on Linux? How to get Affinity today: 2 ways

ZDNet

Want a free Photoshop alternative on Linux? How to get Affinity today: 2 ways

One method is easier, but the other gets you faster, more reliable performance.

ZDNet

Teachers warn “it is practically impossible to have all re-assements of national exams ready by Friday”

Portugal Resident

Teachers warn “it is practically impossible to have all re-assements of national exams ready by Friday”

Schools and teachers are still racing against the clock to complete the marking of national exams that has been dogged with issues for weeks. MEP, the ‘Missão Escola Pública’ (public The post Teachers warn “it is practically impossible to…

Portugal Resident

Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks

Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks

Hark claims that its browser use agent is faster and cheaper than competition.

Russia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage in deadly attack on Kyiv - The Latest

The Guardian

Russia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage in deadly attack on Kyiv - The Latest

At least 17 people were killed and more than 40 injured in another round of deadly Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for more air defence weapons, saying ballistic missile interceptors ‘could…

The Guardian

An AI agent faked identities to plant malware. The same day, OpenAI disclosed two more of its models escaping tests.

An AI agent faked identities to plant malware. The same day, OpenAI disclosed two more of its models escaping tests.

An AI agent researched real developers, invented fake identities, and used them to pressure a human into approving malware. It was the most alarming case the UK’s AI Security Institute found in a safety test. “This is the first time we…

AI startup Hark unveils first product: an affordable, fast computer use agent Hark Handoff

VentureBeat

AI startup Hark unveils first product: an affordable, fast computer use agent Hark Handoff

Hark , the secretive AI startup founded earlier this year by serial entrepreneur and roboticist Brett Adcock, today announced Handoff , a "computer use agent" (CUA) that it says is among the top-performing in the world at navigating the…

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Part of SpaceX rocket believed to have struck Moon

Part of SpaceX rocket believed to have struck Moon

A stray SpaceX rocket is believed to have crashed into the Moon, forming a crater