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Google rivals on Thursday unveiled a project to make freely available datasets for map features to be built into online offerings.

An Australian regulator, after using new powers to make the tech giants share information about their methods, accused Apple Inc AAPL.O and Microsoft Corp MSFT.O not doing enough to stop child exploitation content on their platforms.

Satire, parody and jokes packed with absurdity typically draw laughter, but around the world they are too often mistaken as real, prompting fact-checkers to debunk what they call a leading source of misinformation despite pushback from their publishers.

An Ethiopian man whose father was murdered has joined a lawsuit against Meta that is seeking $1.6 billion from Facebook's parent company for allegedly fanning hate speech in Africa.

Elon Musk's latest attempt to get Twitter users to pay for perks began rolling out on Monday, seeking to avoid an impersonation debacle that scuttled the platform's verification system last month.

A Japanese startup's spacecraft was launched to the Moon on Sunday in the country's first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company.

After several false starts, Twitter announced on Saturday it would relaunch its subscription service, including a system for authenticating accounts on the platform.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Friday revealed that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon next year, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets.

Apple said on Wednesday it was beefing up security for data that users stored in the cloud, a move that could thwart authorities as well as hackers.

TikTok was hit on Wednesday in the United States with a pair of lawsuits from the state of Indiana, which accused it of making false claims about the Chinese-owned app’s safety for children.

Twitter said it has stopped enforcing a policy intended to prevent the spread of Covid misinformation, as new owner Elon Musk continues to remake its content moderation policies.

Twitter owner Elon Musk opened fire against Apple over its tight control of what is allowed on the App Store, saying the iPhone maker has threatened to oust Twitter.

Twitter billionaire owner Elon Musk announced last Friday that the platform would be launching differently colored badges to distinguish between accounts.

Twitter Inc is planning to roll out its verified service next Friday with different colored checks for individuals, companies and governments, after a botched initial launch led to a surge in users impersonating celebrities and brands on the platform.

As former Twitter employees speak up about the possibility of the social platform's collapse, its users talk about the prospect of moving out.

"The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week," Twitter's new owner said, responding to his own post asking, "Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?"

After another chaotic week of mass staff departures and policy reversals, Twitter's future seems highly uncertain, with users—and everybody else—increasingly asking one question: What would a world without the so-called bird app even look like?

Spain's high-speed rail market is heating up with a new operator starting passenger services on Friday, making the country the first in Europe with three players in the sector.

Donald Trump has seemingly rejected returning to Twitter, but as he embarks on a new presidential campaign, will he be able to resist? All eyes were on his account on Sunday for any activity, after it was reinstated by the platform's new owner Elon Musk.

Musk, also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has come under fire for radical changes at the California-based firm, which he bought less than a month ago for $44 billion.

After years of trying to expand into other sectors, the CEO of holiday home-giant Airbnb wants to get back to the basics: Helping people make money.

The World Health Organization-led study called on young people to be more careful about their listening habits, and urged governments and manufacturers to do more to protect future hearing.

Early human ancestors living 780,000 years ago liked their fish well-done, Israeli researchers revealed on Monday, in what they said was the earliest evidence of fire being used to cook.

Elizabeth Holmes urged a United States judge not to send her to prison, as the founder of Theranos Inc. prepares to be sentenced this week for defrauding investors in the blood-testing start-up.

Kneeling on the edge of a deep crater, astronaut Alexander Gerst uses a chisel to collect a sample of volcanic rock which he carefully puts inside a white plastic bag.

The rollout of Twitter's subscription service has prompted a string of accounts impersonating public figures, sparking concerns about the potential for scams and disinformation.

The social media platform unveiled its long-awaited Twitter Blue subscription service, which allows users to pay $7.99 per month for a coveted blue tick, as well as a separate gray "official" badge for some high-profile accounts.

Researchers have taken a closer look at the relationship between bass frequencies and dancing, thanks to an experiment conducted during a real-life electronic music concert.

Apple said COVID-19 restrictions have "temporarily impacted" production at the world's largest iPhone factory in central China, warning that customers will now face longer wait times ahead of the holiday season.