META SETS DATE TO REMOVE AUSTRALIANS UNDER 16 FROM INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK

Sat 22 November 2025: ‘Soon, you’ll no longer be able to use Facebook’, Meta said in messages it sent to young people ahead of the social media ban5 Meta will prevent Australians younger than 16 from accessing Facebook and Instagram from December 4, as Canberra prepares to enforce a sweeping new social media law that […]

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AI CHATBOTS ARE BECOMING EVERYDAY TOOLS FOR MUNDANE TASKS, USE DATA SHOWS

Fri 21 November 2025: Artificial intelligence is fast becoming part of the furniture. A decade after IBM’s Watson triumphed on “Jeopardy!,” generative AI models are in kitchens and home offices. People often talk about AI in science fiction terms, yet the most consequential change in 2025 may be its banal ubiquity. To appreciate how ordinary AI use […]

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WITHOUT US SATELLITES, ‘WE GO DARK’, CLIMATE MONITOR TELLS AFP

Thu 20 November 2025: US budget cuts risk creating blind spots in Earth monitoring systems that would imperil weather forecasting and climate research for years to come, the deputy chair of a key UN-backed climate monitoring body warned in an AFP interview. Peter Thorne is the deputy chair of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), a little-known but crucial UN-backed […]

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META TRIUMPHS IN U.S. ANTITRUST BATTLE OVER INSTAGRAM AND WHATSAPP DEALS

Wed 19 November 2025: A US federal judge has ruled that tech giant Meta is not a monopoly in the social networking market, dismissing an antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the company’s acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram. Washington District Court Judge James Boasberg said the FTC failed to prove its […]

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CLOUDFLARE OUTAGE ONGOING AS WIDESPREAD INTERNET OUTAGES SPREAD

Tue 18 November 2025: A widespread Cloudflare outage on November 18, disrupted access to several major online platforms including OpenAI, Twitter (X), Spotify, Canva, Calude and other big platforms leaving millions of users unable to connect. The incident highlights the critical role Cloudflare plays in powering the backbone of internet via its content delivery and […]

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BITCOIN TUMBLES 5.2%+ TO LOWEST IN SEVEN MONTHS OVER MACROECONOMIC FEARS

Tue 18 November 2025: On Tuesday, Bitcoin dropped over 5.2%, hitting its lowest point in seven months amid macroeconomic concerns, especially those surrounding the US Federal Reserve’s future interest rate decisions. The largest cryptocurrency was trading at $90,100 at 0600GMT, around its weakest level since April. It also briefly sank below the $90,000 level. Data […]

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AFRICA’S DRONE WARS ARE GROWING – BUT THEY RARELY DELIVER VICTORY

Sat 15 November 2025: In the last decade, armed drones have become one of the most visible symbols of modern warfare. Once the preserve of advanced militaries, armed drones are now widely available on the global arms market. Countries such as Turkey, China and Iran are producing lower-cost models and exporting them. In Sudan’s ongoing war, which began in […]

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SURVEY: NEARLY ONE IN EIGHT GERMAN SHOPPERS DECEIVED BY ONLINE FAKE STORES

Sat 15 November 2025: Nearly one in eight online shoppers in Germany has fallen victim to fake stores on the internet over the past two years, according to a report released on Thursday by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV). The study, based on a survey conducted by polling institute Forsa between September 1 […]

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RUSSIA ANNOUNCES UNMANNED SYSTEMS FORCES AS NEW BRANCH OF MILITARY

Sat 15 November 2025: Russia on Wednesday announced the creation of an unmanned systems force specializing in drone warfare as a new branch in the military. “The Unmanned Systems Troops have been established in the Russian Armed Forces,” Sergey Ishtuganov, deputy head of the new force, said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. […]

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