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What Is “Chroming”, Latest Social Media Trend That Killed 11-Year-Old Boy

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What Is “Chroming”, Latest Social Media Trend That Killed 11-Year-Old Boy

The boy’s grandmother said he died instantly after a sleepover at a friend’s house. An 11-year-old UK boy, Tommie-Lee Gracie Billington, died attempting the “chroming” challenge at a friend’s house.  The boy’s grandmother said, “He died instantly after a sleepover at a friend’s house. The boys had tried the TikTok craze of ‘chroming.’ Tommie-Lee went into cardiac…

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Europe’s Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here’s what that will look like

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Europe’s Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here’s what that will look like

Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used. They’re a part of changes required under the Digital Markets Act, a set of European Union regulations that six tech companies classed as “gatekeepers”…

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TikTok is hit with $368 million fine under Europe’s strict data privacy rules

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TikTok is hit with 8 million fine under Europe’s strict data privacy rules

European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, the lead privacy regulator for Big Tech companies whose European headquarters are largely in Dublin,…

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Scientists abandon Twitter as the platform’s landscape changes

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Scientists abandon Twitter as the platform’s landscape changes

An illustrative photograph showing the new Twitter logo rebranded as X (L) and the previous bird logo reflected in smartphone screens, July 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP A survey conducted recently by the journal Nature found that researchers are leaving the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), a place they used frequently…

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