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X website and app goes down | Science & Tech News
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The website and phone app for Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) appears to have gone down. Users can still open the service, but are faced with a message reading “welcome to your timeline”, instead of the usual feed of posts. Spaces functionality, where people can take part in voice chat debates, remains functional. Thousands of…
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Fortnite maker wins legal case against Google over app store barriers | Science & Tech News
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The firm behind popular shooting game Fortnite has won an antitrust trial against Google after accusing the tech giant of anticompetitive practices. Epic Games claimed Google has been abusing its power to shield its play store – from which users download apps – from competition to protect a system that makes billions of dollars each…
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Creepy catfish or useful co-pilot: Can AI help with dating app success? | Science & Tech News
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An eye-catching profile picture, music tastes that match your own and no opinion on whether pineapple should go on pizza. As far as dating app profiles go, it doesn’t get much better than that. You swipe right or send a like, and put your phone away, hoping the interest might be mutual. Lo and behold,…
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Grocery delivery app Getir races to finalise funding amid sector shakedown | Business News
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Getir, the grocery delivery app which is one of the biggest operators in Britain, is racing to finalise a major fundraising that it hopes will dispel intensifying rumours about its solvency. Sky News has learnt that Getir, which is based in Turkey, is working with investors to announce a funding round by the end of…
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Meta to launch Twitter-like app called Threads | Science & Tech News
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Meta Platforms Inc –Â the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram – is set to launch a Twitter-like app called Threads. Threads has been billed as Instagram‘s text-based conversation app and will allow users to keep the same username and follow the same accounts as they do on the photo-sharing platform. The app is available to…
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Cash App founder Bob Lee was killed in a secluded spot after row over suspect’s sister, prosecutors claim | US News
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The tech consultant charged with the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee planned the attack, prosecutors have claimed. Nima Momeni allegedly drove the 43-year-old victim to a secluded spot in San Francisco and stabbed him over a dispute apparently related to the suspect’s sister. The motion to detain the 38-year-old without bail is the…
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Tech consultant arrested over fatal stabbing of Cash App founder | US News
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A self-proclaimed tech consultant has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco. Nima Momeni, 38, was arrested on suspicion of murder, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said during a news conference. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said Momeni will be charged with murder…
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Bob Lee: Elon Musk condemns ‘horrific’ fatal stabbing of Cash App founder in San Francisco | Science & Tech News
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A “force of nature” tech entrepreneur who founded a multibillion-dollar payments service has been stabbed to death. Bob Lee, 43, was attacked in San Francisco on Tuesday morning local time and later died in hospital. His father, Richard, said he had “just lost my best friend” in a tribute on Facebook confirming the news. “Bobby…
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Star Wars star Mark Hamill lends voice to air raid alert app to warn Ukrainians of Russian strikes | World News
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Star Wars star Mark Hamill is lending his voice to an air raid alert app to warn Ukrainians of incoming Russian bombardments. “Attention. Air raid alert,” he says in the calming, wise manner of his famous character Luke Skywalker. “Proceed to the nearest shelter. “Don’t be careless. Your overconfidence is your weakness.” Losing city ‘could…
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TikTok ‘not an agent of China’: Chief executive Shou Zi Chew defends video app during tense US Congress hearing | World News
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TikTok’s chief executive has sought to reassure US Congress that the Chinese-owned video app is not “an agent” of Beijing and poses no risk to national security. Shou Zi Chew faced hours of tough questioning by deputies in the House of Representatives convinced that the popular app is a “tool” of the Chinese Communist Party.…