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Australia To Introduce ‘News Tax’ On Tech Companies

The Australian government plans to introduce a levy on social media companies and search engines to force them to pay for journalism after Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, walked away from an existing arrangement, Financial Times reported. In the proposed amendments to current regulations, any social media platform or search engine that derives more than $250mn in revenues

Elon Musk’s X Gains A New Image Generator, Aurora

X, the Elon Musk-owned social network previously known as Twitter, has added a new image generator to its Grok assistant. However, after going live for a few hours on Saturday, the product seemed to disappear for some users, TechCrunch reported.

Appeals Court Upholds Ban of TikTok

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that TikTok can be banned in the U.S. over national security concerns, upholding a federal law requiring the popular social media app to shed its Chinese ownership to keep operating, The Wall Street Journal reported. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said Congress has the

Waymo Robotaxies Are Coming To Miami

Fresh off of successfully becoming a fixture on the streets of San Francisco and Los Angeles despite the please of pedestrians, Alphabet-owned robotaxi service Waymo announced plans to set up a shop in Miami starting next year, according to an announcement made by the company Thursday, Gizmodo reported. Waymo has tested its vehicles in Florida in the past but said