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SINGAPORE: A rash of members-only groups are sharing illicit, sexually explicit videos and images on the messaging platform Telegram to those willing to pay a one-time fee of less than S$100 (RM348). Unlike the notorious SG Nasi Lemak…

Olimpia Coral Melo got famous for all the wrong reasons – then used all the sexual attention she never sought to help other Latinas reclaim their bodies and dignity online. It was a decade ago – Coral Melo was just 18 – when a video of her…

Internet users are posting less on social networks. According to one study, almost three in ten Americans say they've been posting less on their favourite social network over the past year. And even young people are becoming more selective,…

Inside a noisy industrial plant on the outskirts of Yuma, Arizona, there’s a machine that smashes old solar panels into bits. It can handle 10 panels a minute, as many as 7,500 a day, extracting bits of copper and silver and aluminium, and…

TikTok has seemingly decided to persist with longer formats, with reports suggesting that the platform could be poised to extend the maximum length of videos uploaded to the site. From now on, certain users will be able to post videos of up…

SAN FRANCISCO: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 videogame was snapped up so fast that it set a record for PlayStation Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) said on Oct 23. The title, developed in collaboration with Insomniac Games, became the…

Amazon.com Inc’s Twitch and Alphabet Inc’s YouTube are phasing out big-money content deals with top livestreaming gamers after years of making seven- and eight-figure offers. Twitch chief executive officer Dan Clancy said in an interview…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said on Oct 23 it would organise an esports World Cup starting next year, the latest boost to a sector Riyadh hopes will create tens of thousands of local jobs. “The esports World Cup is the natural next step in Saudi…

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nidec shares tumbled nearly 9% early on Tuesday after the electric motor maker reported a rise in quarterly operating profit but kept its annual outlook unchanged the previous day. The company's shares were trading down…

Could Facebook be regaining popularity? Shunned by the younger generation since the advent of TikTok, favorability towards Facebook has reportedly recovered since the platform opted to reduce political content, according to a US report. The…