Myanmar Coup: World's Longest Internet Shutdown Ends in Parts of Country, Over a Million People Affected

The world's longest Internet shutdown – affecting more than a million people for 19 months in one of Myanmar's ethnic conflict zones – has come to an end, according to a mobile operator based in the region.

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TikTok Agrees to Block Under-13 Users in Italy Following Death of 10-Year-Old Girl

TikTok said it had agreed with Italian authorities to block all users who gave their age as under 13, among other measures, after the death of a 10-year-old girl was blamed on a breath-holding social media challenge.

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Two Google Engineers Resign Over Firing of AI Ethics Researcher Timnit Gebru

An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics.

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Poco M3 First Impressions

Poco's M3 is the latest smartphone to enter the sub Rs. 15,000 market in India. We got to spend some time with this new model, and here are our first impressions.

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Parler CEO John Matze Says He Was Fired by Board

The board of Parler, a social media platform backed by Republican Party donor Rebekah Mercer and favoured by US conservatives, has fired its CEO John Matze.

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Ant Group reaches deal with China regulators on restructuring

An agreement on the restructuring of Ant, an affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, would ease investor concerns about a regulatory crackdown on billionaire Ma's business empire.

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ETtech Morning Dispatch on Feb. 4, 2021: Twitter's legal jeopardy, Amazon India after Jeff Bezos

India warns Twitter over 'Farmer Genocide' hashtag. Jeff Bezos' exit won't mar Amazon's India plans. Clubhouse is gaining traction among Indian startup leaders.

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