
From Snake Oil to Wellness Influencers: The Rise and Rise of Health Misinformation
Has a wellness influencer ever told you something that's too good to be true? According to research and experts, this is becoming increasingly common....
Has a wellness influencer ever told you something that's too good to be true? According to research and experts, this is becoming increasingly common....
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Sam Altman said the company plans to treat "adult users like adults" while maintaining precautions for teenagers....
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PFAS, often referred to as "forever chemicals," will still be allowed in cookware sold and purchased in California....
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African startups are raising more money than ever, but few are seeing real returns....
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Veo 3 quickly gained popularity as the first AI video generator to include audio. Veo 3.1 has upgrades to help it compete with other AIs....
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There’s a massive gap in African research, both in studies about Africa and in those led by Africans themselves....
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Firefox is inviting users to test out the free VPN feature, which would be similar to the built-in VPNs from Opera, Microsoft Edge and others....
The developer said the new Haiku outperforms its Sonnet 4 model at a third of the cost....
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At Moonshot by TechCabal, Sabi's Olumide Okubadejo said African startups must shift from hustle-driven operations to building resilient infrastructure....
Ray Youssef, CEO of Panama-based Noones, says stablecoins will widen access to cross-border trade in the Global South....
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I still want to scream at Windows, but less than the last time I reviewed one of these....
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The outsourcing giant accepted liability, after the data watchdog said they failed to protect client data....
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The UK has also frozen assets linked to the alleged scammers, including a £100m London office building....
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Oct. 15....
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Apple is finding itself squarely in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump's new tariffs, even after a years-long effort to insulate the iPhone maker from trade wars and supply chain disruptions....
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Afrimat's CEO says online scams have become so sophisticated that a good friend of his was duped into thinking he was chatting with him on social media – in Afrikaans....
In the dusty alleys of Nima, a shanty town in the heart of Ghana's capital, a 17-year-old called Ghost reclines on a faded plastic chair inside a dimly lit internet cafe....
Meta on Saturday vowed to fight Nigerian fines for various consumer data violations as the US tech giant reportedly threatened to cut off Facebook and Instagram in Africa's most populous country....
The EU on Wednesday slapped Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines for breaking digital competition rules, risking the wrath of US President Donald Trump....
Alphabet's Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a federal judge said on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech titan in an antitrust case brought by the US....
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