Social Systems

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  Trump Orders CIA To Send Unclassified Employee List, Sparks Security Fears

  Information from driver's licenses and car registration systems, social media accounts, and university records, where the CIA frequently recruits, could be pieced together to form a more complete list.

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  Xiaomi Unveils WinPlay Engine With Support for Windows PC Games on Android

  Xiaomi may soon allow Windows games to run on its lineup of Android tablets, as per a recent teaser shared by the company on social media. It is said to be testing a new system dubbed WinPlay which brings support for Windows games to Xiaomi tablets. While still under development, Xiaomi says that its WinPlay Engine will result in only a marginal GP...

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  Meta Will Use Fact Checkers Outside the US ‘For Now’

  Meta, which said it will replace third-party fact checkers in the US with a community notes system, will see how the change plays out before deciding about a transition in other regions, Mendelsohn said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Monday.

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  Hisaab Barabar OTT Release Date: R. Madhavan's Satirical Drama on Financial Fraud to Stream on This Date

  Hisaab Barabar is an upcoming satirical social drama featuring R. Madhavan as a railway ticket inspector who discovers a massive financial scam. The movie focuses on systemic corruption and the bravery of an ordinary man standing against it. Directed by Ashwni Dhir, this gripping film also stars Neil Nitin Mukesh as the antagonist and Kirti Kulhari...

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  Chinese Woman With 2 Reproductive Systems Becomes 'Mother' And 'Father'

  Her remarkable story has sparked widespread fascination and discussion across Chinese social media platforms.

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  Samsung Galaxy S24 Series to Get Improved Fingerprint Recognition With One UI 7 Beta 3

  One UI 7 Beta 3 will improve the fingerprint recognition speeds on select Samsung Galaxy smartphones, according to claims on social media by a tipster. The Android 15-based update was released in beta last month, almost two months after its initial unveiling at the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) 2024 in October. While it is confirmed to come wi...

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  5,000-Year-Old Relics Discovered in Iraq Suggest a Mysterious Early Government Collapse

  A recent study on 5,000-year-old clay bowls discovered in Iraq provides evidence of early governance systems in Mesopotamia. Excavations at Shakhi Kora revealed artifacts and structures associated with centralised labour management, including beveled-rim bowls thought to be used for distributing meals in return for work. Researchers suggest the sit...

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  Can We Defend Earth from Asteroids? Here's What You Need to Know

  Efforts to protect Earth from asteroid impacts have made significant strides, notably with NASA’s DART mission, which successfully altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022. This achievement marked a key advancement in planetary defence, demonstrating that asteroid deflection is a viable strategy. However, the success of DART al...

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  Google, Meta Urge Australia to Delay Bill on Social Media Ban for Children

  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left government wants to pass the bill, which represents some of the toughest controls on children's social media use imposed by any country, into law by the end of the parliamentary year on Thursday.

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  Australia Moves Closer to Ban Social Media for Children

  Australia on Wednesday moved closer to banning social media for children under 16. Australia's House of Representatives passed the bill 102 votes to 13 after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor government secured bipartisan support for the ban.

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  New Chemical Models Might Reveal Whether Icy Moons of Saturn and Jupiter Contain Life

  Recent studies aim to determine the habitability of Saturn's moon Enceladus using improved chemical models. These tools simulate how organic compounds interact with icy environments under extreme conditions. The research, led by Charity Phillips-Lander and Florent Bocher, focuses on phenomena such as organic-doped ice pores, replicating conditions ...

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  Honor 300 Series Launch Set for December 2; Teased to Run on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Chipset

  Honor 300 series China launch date has been officially revealed. The Chinese smartphone vendor has announced the launch of its new lineup through its social media channel. The Honor 300, Honor 300 Pro, and Honor 300 Ultra will debut as the successor to the Honor 200 series that launched in India in July. The lineup is teased to run on MagicOS 9 out...

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  Elon Musk Slams Australia's Plan To Ban Social Media For Kids Under 16

  US billionaire Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, has criticised Australia's proposed law to ban social media for children under 16 and fine social media platforms of up to A$49.5 million ($32 million) for companies for systemic breaches.

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  Australia Proposes 'World-Leading' Ban on Social Media for Children Under 16

  Australia is trialing an age-verification system to assist in blocking children from accessing social media platforms, as part of a range of measures that include some of the toughest controls imposed by any country to date.

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  X Begins Rolling Out Updated Block Feature That Lets Blocked Users See Posts, Followers List

  X (formerly known as Twitter) announced the roll out of the new block function on Sunday. The social media platform first announced the decision to change the way block works last month. With the new system, the blocked users can see the profile, posts, as well as followers and following lists of the users who had blocked them.