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2021-10-11 10:00:06 Researchers have found that COVID-related misinformation reached eight of the study's nine child participants within the first 35 minutes on Tiktok, with two-thirds of the participants saw incorrect information specific to the COVID vaccines.

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2021-10-09 09:10:06 TIME magazine has featured Mark Zuckerberg on its cover in its latest issue amid claims Facebook fuels division, harms children and puts profits over safety.

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2021-10-07 11:30:06 Apple to face EU antitrust charge over NFC chip

Concern: Apple's NFC chip enables tap-and-go payments on iPhones, however it doesn’t allow rivals to access this payment system but only uses Apple Pay.

The EU competition enforcer is preparing a statement of objections, which could be sent to Apple next year.

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2021-10-05 18:30:06 • Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, has declared October 29 as a day that honours coders and programmers

• The programme – in co-operation with companies including Google and Amazon – will attract and train 100,000 programmers and create 1,000 large digital companies within 5 years

• It will also grant golden visas to 100,000 of the world’s best coders

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2021-10-05 01:20:10 Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram down

• The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure

• Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours

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2021-10-04 06:00:08 Carmaker Opel (part of the Stellantis group) to close one of its plants in Germany until at least the end of the year due to chip shortages.

Stellantis has halted production at other plants, including in Europe and Canada, forecasting that it would make 1.4 million fewer vehicles this year.

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2021-10-03 16:03:06 “If Clubhouse can’t entice brands to put their cash behind its hand-selected, premium content, how will it keep creators on the platform?”

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2021-10-03 14:14:06 • South Korean Internet service provider SK Broadband sued Netflix to pay for costs from increased network traffic and maintenance work because of a surge of viewers to Netflix's content.

• The Seoul Central District Court ruled against Netflix, saying that SK is seen as providing "a service provided at a cost" and it is "reasonable" for Netflix to be "obligated to provide something in return for the service".

• In the US, Netflix has been paying a fee to broadband provider - Comcast, for over 7 years for faster streaming speeds.

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2021-10-03 13:03:06 Honda prepping AI robots, inter-city electric air travel and lunar technology for 2030

Honda announced a range of efforts for the coming decade, including travel to the Moon and AI-powered robots.

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2021-10-03 05:38:06 Google is developing its own central processors for its notebook and tablet computers.

The new CPUs that Google is developing are based on the chip blueprints of ARM, whose intellectual property is used in more than 90% of the world's mobile devices.

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