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Allegations of Content Scraping: ByteDance's Dubious Practices

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Allegations of Content Scraping: ByteDance’s Dubious Practices

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A recent report has surfaced accusing ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, of creating fake accounts to scrape content from Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media platforms. According to BuzzFeed…

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TikTok's 'Blackout Challenge': A Dangerous Trend Sparks Outrage

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TikTok’s ‘Blackout Challenge’: A Dangerous Trend Sparks Outrage

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Recent reports have shed light on a disturbing trend sweeping across TikTok, known as the ‘blackout challenge’, which has allegedly claimed the lives of at least seven children under the…

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TikTok's Internal Data Breach: ByteDance Confirms Employee Misconduct

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TikTok’s Internal Data Breach: ByteDance Confirms Employee Misconduct

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ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, acknowledged on Thursday that an internal investigation revealed employees had improperly accessed the data of US TikTok users, including that of two American…

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Threads Update: Separate Account Deletion Option Introduced

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Threads Update: Separate Account Deletion Option Introduced

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Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has unveiled a new feature for Instagram Threads, allowing users to delete their profiles independently of their Instagram accounts. Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, revealed…

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Android Malware Warning: TeaBot Steals Credentials and SMS

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Android Malware Warning: TeaBot Steals Credentials and SMS

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Security researchers have issued a cautionary alert regarding a perilous Android banking malware, known as ‘TeaBot,’ capable of pilfering users’ credentials and SMS messages. The malware has been disseminated through…

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Immigration Driving US Economic Growth

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Goldman Sachs predicts a surge in immigration will fuel economic expansion in the United States, prompting the bank to revise its GDP forecast for 2024. Boosting Labor Force Growth In…

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Improvements to Student Loan Repayment Process

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Student-loan borrowers are set to experience enhancements to the repayment process, with changes aimed at improving data security and scam detection starting this month. Email Notifications The Education Department, under…

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Biden’s Budget Proposal: A Boost for Student Loan Borrowers

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President Joe Biden’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year includes provisions aimed at easing the repayment process for student loan borrowers while tackling the broader issue of college affordability.…

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Progress on Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness: What’s Next?

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President Joe Biden’s administration is moving forward with its second attempt at student loan forgiveness, bringing federal borrowers one step closer to potential relief. Here’s a closer look at the…

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Tech Startup Leveraging Mobile Games to Combat Human Trafficking

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Tech Startup Leveraging Mobile Games to Combat Human Trafficking

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Human trafficking, ranked as the second largest organized crime globally, is confronting a novel adversary: mobile games. Mobile Premier League (MPL), a tech startup headquartered in Bengaluru, has joined forces…

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