Science & Tech
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TikTok shuts down US access as Trump seeks app’s reinstatement
TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect, with President-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office.
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TikTok calls report of possible sale to Musk’s X ‘pure fiction’
Bloomberg News had earlier reported that Chinese officials were considering selling the company’s US operations to Musk’s social media platform X.
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Meta Announces Changes To Facebook And Instagram’s Fact-Checking Policy
The company is ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system similar to X’s Community Notes.
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Electric Car Sales Fall By 27.4% in Germany in 2024
Overall, some 2.8 million new vehicles were registered in Europe’s largest car market in 2024, one percent fewer than in the previous year, the KBA federal transport authority said.
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Albanian PM Dismisses TikTok’s ‘Urgent’ Query on Ban
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Sunday dismissed TikTok’s response to the country’s ban of the platform, insisting the government action was “not a rushed reaction to a single incident”.
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First Radioactive Rhino Horns to Curb Poaching in S.Africa
The radioactive material would “render the horn useless… essentially poisonous for human consumption” added Nithaya Chetty, professor and dean of science at the same university.
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Japanese Startup’s Space Rocket Launch Fails
Company director Mamoru Endo said a glitch 80 seconds after lift-off had affected the altitude of the solid-fuel Kairos rocket.
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I-TRACK Foundation Appoints EPRA The Official Local Issuer Of I-REC(E)
With the I-REC(E) certification, EPRA is well-positioned to attract favorable investor attention. This certification not only validates their commitment to renewable energy but also aligns with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals.
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Weight-loss Drugmaker Novo Nordisk Invests $1.2 BN in New Factory in Denmark
The 40,000-square-metre (430,000-square-feet) production facility and warehouse in Odense “marks the first time in this century that Novo Nordisk breaks ground in Denmark by establishing a new production site,” the company said in a statement.
