88 minutes ago Elon Musk’s X boosts DSA info for EU users as bloc’s probe of its complaint handling continues

An incoming privacy policy update to Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) will see the company making it clearer to users in the European Union that they have the right to appeal decisions under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), such as account bans, content takedowns and shadowbanning. The online governance regulation, which applies on scores […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 hours ago Instagram rolls out new safety features to protect teens from sextortion

Instagram is introducing a series of new safety features to protect users from sextortion scammers, the company announced on Thursday. Most notably, the company is no longer going to allow people to screenshot or screen record ephemeral images or videos sent in private messages. Up until now, you have been able to screenshot ephemeral content […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 hours ago Cyera acquires Trail Security for $162M; Cyera is now raising at a $3B valuation

Cyera, the Israel-founded, U.S.-based cybersecurity unicorn that uses artificial intelligence to build what’s known as data security posture management — a full assessment and picture of where a customers’ data has been created, where it is stored, and how it is used — has been on a growth tear in the last year, picking up […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 hours ago ‘Horrifying’ mistake to harvest organs from a living person averted, witnesses say

At a hospital in Kentucky, witnesses say, a man who had been declared dead after a drug overdose was moving and visibly crying as he was prepped for surgery to donate his vital organs. The surgery was stopped and the man is alive three years later.

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4 hours ago ‘Horrifying’ mistake to take organs from a living person averted, witnesses say

At a hospital in Kentucky, witnesses say, a man who had been declared dead after a drug overdose was moving and visibly crying as he was prepped for surgery to donate his vital organs. The surgery was stopped and the man is alive three years later.

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7 hours ago D.C.’s new pandas eating, sleeping and showing glimpses of personality

D.C.’s new pandas eating, sleeping and showing glimpses of personality  The Washington Post

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9 hours ago GREG GUTFELD: You'd think the person labeled 'border czar' would've had this endorsement all sewn up

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld and guests discuss how border patrol agents are saying they will leave the country if Kamala Harris wins the presidency.

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11 hours ago Officer involved in shooting at Arizona port of entry, US Customs and Border Protection says

A person was injured in an officer-involved shooting on Wednesday at the Deconcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona.

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13 hours ago ODD taps $27M for diamond chips to clear radioactive debris at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Back in 2011, the world held its breath after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan suffered a failure of its cooling systems, in the wake of the country getting hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami. The worry was not unfounded: the resulting meltdown — which spread highly radioactive material in multiple directions […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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