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Instagram now lets users reorder carousels after posting

Instagram announced a much-anticipated update for carousel posts, with users now able to rearrange their posts within a carousel after publishing. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 24, 2026 11:49 am

China launches 10 satellites aboard Smart Dragon 3 carrier rocket from Sea platform

China successfully launched 10 satellites into orbit late on Sunday, using the Jielong 3 (Smart Dragon 3) carrier rocket that lifted off from a mobile launch platform in the Yellow Sea off the coast of Haiyang in Shandong province, state media reported. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 23, 2026 3:27 pm

Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3,000 to post content

Facebook is offering larger influencers $3,000 (£2,260) a month to post on the platform, as part of its Content Fast Track programme. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 21, 2026 8:49 am

US says it disrupted botnets that infected over 3 million devices worldwide

The US Justice Department on Thursday said it took part in an operation with Germany and Canada to take down infrastructure used by four major botnets that infected more than 3 million devices worldwide, including hundreds of thousands in the US. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 20, 2026 2:03 pm

X outage: Elon Musk’s Twitter goes down, thousands affected

X, formerly Twitter, has suffered a major global outage. The massive downtime on Wednesday (18) has been knocked the social media offline, rendering thousands of users in India and the US unable to access posts, photos and videos. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 18, 2026 9:46 pm

Brazil starts to restrict minors’ access to social media

Brazil began implementing new measures on Tuesday (Mar 17) to restrict minors’ access to social media and prevent them from viewing violent or illegal content. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 18, 2026 10:05 am

Amazon launches 1-hour shipping in US cities to challenge Walmart

Amazon is ramping up its speedy delivery service by offering 1-hour and 3-hour shipping in markets across the U.S., including Los Angeles and Chicago, in its latest efforts to stave off e-commerce competition from its biggest rival Walmart. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 17, 2026 4:55 pm

Google Maps reinvents navigation with AI-powered ‘Ask Maps’

Google Maps just got a major upgrade that could make the world’s most popular navigation app even better. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 17, 2026 11:42 am

Russia fines Telegram app for failing to remove banned content

Russia has fined the Telegram messaging app 35 million roubles ($432,366) for failing to remove banned content, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported on ⁠Monday. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 16, 2026 5:59 pm

Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount

Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought about by AI-assisted workers. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 15, 2026 3:01 pm

Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe

Games which feature loot boxes will soon be given an age rating of 16 across Europe, including in the UK, under a host of changes by the European video game ratings organisation. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 14, 2026 8:54 am

One-fifth of Australian teens still use TikTok, SnapChat after social media ban

One-fifth of Australian teenagers under 16 were still using social media two months after the country banned platforms from allowing minors, industry data showed, raising questions about the effectiveness of age-gating methods they are using. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 13, 2026 8:35 am

China unveils world’s strongest ultra-high-strength carbon fiber

China on Wednesday unveiled an independently developed T1200-grade ultra-high-strength carbon fiber, the world’s strongest of its kind, designed for use in aerospace and other advanced industries. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 12, 2026 11:01 am

UK watchdogs press Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube to block children

Britain’s media and privacy regulators on Thursday demanded that major social media platforms do more to keep children off their services, warning that companies were failing to enforce their own minimum age rules. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 12, 2026 8:34 am

YouTube opens deepfake detection tool to politicians and journalists

YouTube on Tuesday started offering a free tool to government officials, journalists and political candidates to help them identify and remove AI-generated videos that resemble their appearance. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 11, 2026 3:40 pm

UK parliament votes to reject social media ban for under-16s

A ban on social media for under-16s has been rejected by members of parliament in the UK. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 10, 2026 11:25 am

Apple’s cheapest ever MacBook unveiled

Apple has unveiled the MacBook Neo, a new entry-level laptop designed to bring the Mac experience to a wider audience with a significantly lower starting price. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 8, 2026 1:43 pm

Indonesia to ban social media for children under 16

Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 6, 2026 4:01 pm

India’s tech state Karnataka bans social media for children under 16

The southern Indian state of Karnataka, home to the tech hub of Bengaluru, has banned the use of social media by those under ⁠the age of 16, state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Friday, becoming the first in India to do so. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 6, 2026 12:27 pm

TikTok won’t protect DMs with controversial privacy tech, saying it would put users at risk

TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 4, 2026 2:39 pm

Amazon cloud unit’s data centers in UAE, Bahrain damaged in drone strikes

Amazon said on Monday some of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were damaged by drone strikes in the Middle East conflict, disrupting cloud services and making a recovery “prolonged”. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 3, 2026 9:14 am

Iran internet blackout continues with no end in sight

For more than 36 hours, internet access has been largely blocked in Iran after US and Israeli strikes on the country, according to internet monitoring organisations. MORE..

(0) Comments | March 2, 2026 8:56 am

Poland plans social-media ban for children under 15 – reports

Poland plans to introduce new legislation to ban social media for children under 15 years of age and will hold platforms responsible for age verification, Education Minister Barbara Nowacka told Bloomberg News in an interview published on Friday. MORE..

(0) Comments | February 27, 2026 12:20 pm

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