Tuesday, 19th, 2024 | 4:55AM Updated

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Lawmakers: FTC must ensure tech companies uphold youth online privacy

Three U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Friday urged the Federal Trade Commision to ensure technology companies like Facebook , Alphabet's YouTube and TikTok comply with policy changes aimed protecting young people online.

People test drive Dream Edition P and Dream Edition R electric vehicles at the Lucid Motors plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S
Factbox-EV and battery makers target $24 billion for southern U.S. plants

The center of gravity for U.S. auto manufacturing is moving south, with electric vehicle and battery makers planning to spend nearly $24 billion in new factories from Arizona to Georgia.

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Motor, speaks at the South by Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas,
Analysis-Tesla speeds the EV industry's South by Southwest drive

Tesla Inc's decision to move its headquarters to Austin, Texas, from Palo Alto, California, accelerates the shift of electric vehicle industry jobs to Southern and Western U.S. states that offer lower taxes, lighter regulation and less unionization than the coastal Blue states where most electric vehicles are sold.

Workers seal off the entrance to Newport Beach harbor as a major oil spill off the coast of California travels south in ocean currents, towards Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Explainer-Why is it so hard to clean up an offshore oil spill?

Oil spills into ocean waters, subject to winds and tides and spreading swiftly over wide areas, are difficult to clean up.

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The sunlight illuminates a coral reef in the Red Sea near the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
Climate change is killing the world's coral reefs as oceans warm -study

The world's coral reefs are under attack by climate change and more will disappear if oceans keep warming, according to a report released Tuesday.

German Klaus Hasselmann looks on as he attends the media after winning the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg, Germany,
Trio win physics Nobel for work deciphering chaotic climate

Japanese-born American Syukuro Manabe, German Klaus Hasselmann and Italian Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for work that helps understand complex physical systems such as Earth's changing climate.

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EU lawmaker says U.S. tech giants should be regulated where they are based

U.S. tech giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon should be regulated by the EU country where they are based under proposed EU rules, a top lawmaker said on Tuesday, knocking back efforts by some countries to broaden the planned act's scope.

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Telegram founder says over 70 million new users joined during Facebook outage

Messaging app Telegram gained over 70 million new users during Monday's Facebook outage, its founder Pavel Durov said on Tuesday, as people worldwide were left without key messaging services for nearly six hours.

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Facebook says maintenance error caused Monday's 6-hour outage

Facebook said on Tuesday that routine maintenance on the company's network stitching together its data centers triggered the collapse of its global system for more than six hours on Monday, blocking access for billions of users.

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Facebook again asks judge to dismiss U.S. lawsuit to force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp

Facebook Inc asked a judge on Monday to dismiss the U.S. government's revised antitrust case that seeks to force the social media giant to sell Instagram and WhatsApp.

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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social media giant said on Monday, as hours later it scrambled to restore the services after being hit by one of its longest outages.

A SpaceX SN15 starship prototype is seen as it sits on a transporter after Wednesday's successful launch and first landing from the company's starship facility, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S.
U.S. extends environmental review for SpaceX program in Texas

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Thursday it would extend the public comment period for the draft environmental review of the proposed SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy program in Boca Chica, Texas, to Nov. 1.

The Netflix logo is seen on their office in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S
Netflix buys first video game studio, rolls out mobile games

Netflix has bought video game creator Night School Studio and rolled out five mobile gaming titles in select European markets, the company said on Tuesday, as it looks to diversify revenue sources amid intensifying competition in the streaming space.

A sign is seen at the entrance to the Google retail store in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, U.S.,
Google adds visual search features in shopping, video push

Google users can soon combine images and text in search queries, a feature unveiled on Wednesday that could help the Alphabet Inc unit expand its role in e-commerce and dominance in online video.

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Google's browser cookies plan anti-competitive, advertisers tell EU

Google's plan to block a popular web tracking tool called "cookies" is anti-competitive, a group of advertisers, publishers and tech companies said in a complaint to EU antitrust regulators.

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