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Experts worry about the unintended consequences of Australia's controversial but popular social media ban on under-16s; Meta, TikTok, and X expressed concerns — - Children under 16 barred from popular social media sites — Politicians under pressure to stem online bullying, grooming
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| Victoria Kim / New York Times: |
Details of Australia's social media ban for kids remain unclear, such as how to enforce it and what platforms it covers; kids and parents won't face punishment — The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.
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| Ismail Shakil / Reuters: |
Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, seeking Google to sell two of its ad tech tools and more — Canada's Competition Bureau is suing Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, the antitrust watchdog said on Thursday.
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| Akila Quinio / Financial Times: |
Sources: European regulators rebuked Wise in 2022 after finding it lacked proof of address for hundreds of thousands of customers, forcing it into remediation — Regulatory review in 2022 found fintech lacked proof of address for hundreds of thousands of customers| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Meta plans to build a 40K+ km-long fiber optic subsea cable extending around the world, a project that could cost more than $10B — Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is the second-biggest driver of internet usage globally. Its properties — and their billions of users …
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| Shannon Connellan / Mashable: |
Bluesky replies now default to appear by “hotness”, which weights more recent liked replies more heavily; some say this rewards clout farming like X — Not everyone is happy about it being the default. — Bluesky replies will now default to appear by “hotness” in a contentious update to the social media platform.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE review: reasonable price, telephoto camera, and a big screen, but the screen isn't that sharp and other ~$500 phones offer more value — The S24 FE feels less like a ‘Fan Edition’ and more like an exercise in retail positioning. … There's something bugging me about Samsung's “Fan Edition” phone line.
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| Bloomberg: |
Japan allocates another $9.9B to boost its chip, quantum computing, and AI endeavors, with an undisclosed amount going to chip startup Rapidus — - Ishiba promised more than ¥10 trillion in outlays on chips, AI — Some of the funds are seen going to foundry startup Rapidus
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| Financial Times: |
Sequoia's former China unit HongShan is pushing for deals in Europe and North Asia, as it struggles to deploy $9B due to a weak domestic market and US controls — Neil Shen's HongShan has struggled to invest its $9bn cash pile in a weak domestic market and tough US controls
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| The Information: |
Sources: ByteDance execs fear that launching its own AI models, or apps powered by the models, in the US could give lawmakers another excuse to attack TikTok — TikTok owner ByteDance, whose artificial intelligence chatbot is a major hit in China, wants to compete worldwide in generative AI.
More: IG, Livemint, Tech in Asia, and NPR
| Claire Che / Bloomberg: |
Didi reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $7.44B and a net income of $128M, its second straight quarterly profit, as the company prepares for a Hong Kong IPO — - China's ride-hailing leader is recovering from a crackdown — The company is now angling to return to capital markets
More: Reuters, DiDi Global, KrASIA, and Tech in Asia
| Casey Hall / Reuters: |
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan reports Q3 revenue up 22.4% YoY to $12.9B, net profit up 3x YoY to $1.78B, and core delivery business up 20.2% YoY to $9.57B — China's largest food delivery firm Meituan (3690.HK) posted a bigger-than-expected 22.4% rise in third-quarter revenue on Friday, defying sluggish Chinese consumption.
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