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According to a tweet sent by the French Minister of the Public Service, Stanislas Guerini, the use of the video-sharing app TikTok, which is controlled by the Chinese government, would be prohibited on the work phones of French civil officials. “In order to guarantee the cybersecurity of our administrations and civil servants, the government has decided to ban recreational applications …

Mark Zuckerberg has always been intrigued by Ancient Rome. He now has his own triumvirate. Friday, the Facebook co-founder announced the birth of his third child, Aurelia, and revealed that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, had chosen the name. Zuckerberg posted the first image of his daughter to Instagram, describing her as “such a tiny blessing.” The name Aurelia …

The CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, has ended his first public hearing before the United States Congress, where he sought to allay worries over the app’s links to the Chinese government and its purported inability to prevent “harmful” content. Thursday’s meeting, which lasted longer than five hours, was held before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Both Democrats and …

Wednesday, Valve revealed Counter-Strike 2, the sequel to one of the most legendary first-person games. According to the game’s official website, CS2 is a significant update to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the genre’s crown jewel for decades. New tools and features were used to reconstruct maps from scratch. This summer, the new game will be accessible on Windows as a free …

In light of growing global skepticism of TikTok, which may result in a US ban on the Chinese app, the emphasis has now shifted to the app’s enigmatic CEO, Shou Zi Chew. Thursday, the 40-year-old Singaporean will testify in front of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding the app’s data security and privacy standards, as well as its …

A rights group announced on Monday, March 20 that Facebook content moderators in Kenya are suing Facebook’s parent corporation Meta and two outsourcing businesses for wrongful redundancy. The 43 petitioners claim that Sama, a Kenyan company contracted to regulate Facebook content, fired them for creating a union. They also claim that once Facebook moved contractors, they were barred from applying …

The fourth version of the popular dungeon crawler series, Diablo 4, will be released in June, but players will have the opportunity to test out a portion of the game in beta before it is made available in its entirety. On Friday, both the open beta and the early access beta for Diablo 4 were made available. The game’s developer, …

Friday, March 17, police in Vietnam arrested a Facebook user who was accused of “attempting to destroy the state” by uploading content that defamed leaders of the ruling Communist Party, according to the country’s security ministry. The police-run Ministry of Public Security stated in a statement that Phan Thi Thanh Nha, 39, was accused of uploading and sharing 25 articles …

According to the status page maintained by the firm and the reports of users who have attempted to load the platform, the social media network Reddit is now undergoing an outage that is impacting both its website and its mobile application. At the very least, Reddit has been inaccessible since 12:18 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The firm has found a …

Adobo is the first Filipino dish to be featured on the Google Doodle platform. “Adobo is an integral component of Filipino history. It is a growing, well-liked comfort food or culinary style that transcends all economic barriers. For adobo, the original Filipino food, to be featured as a Google Doodle is a Pinoy Pride moment,” said Mervin Wenke, Head of …