Telegram CEO makes first public comments since French authorities targeted him and his app

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is promising stepped-up efforts to fight criminality on the messaging app.

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New Mexico attorney general sues company behind Snapchat alleging child sexual extortion on the site

New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat. He says that the site's design and policies foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material and facilitate child sexual exploitation.

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Google searches are becoming a bigger target of cybercriminals with rise of ‘malvertising'

Google searches are now being routinely used to surface online ads with malicious purposes, in a hacking approach known as "malvertising."

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Olympic timekeeper Omega makes tweaks for the Paralympics

Omega has been an official partner of the Olympics since 1932, and with the Paralympics since Barcelona 1992.

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Social media platform Bluesky attracts millions in Brazil after judge bans Musk's X

Following Brazil's recent ban of Elon Musk's X platform, its users in the country appear to switching over to rival platforms.

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AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient

Artificial intelligence is beginning to allow many employers to automate functions long performed by human workers.

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Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge's decision to block X nationwide

A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block social media platform X nationwide.

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