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TikTok to tighten child safety by restricting direct messaging to those over 16
TikTok, the social media platform best known for short, user-made, funny videos, is to restrict direct messaging to those over 16 years of age.
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Boiling point: 5G conspiracies turn violent as communications network faces growing threat
Irish mobile operators say they are increasingly concerned at the risk of attacks on equipment as misinformation about 5G continues to circulate. While Facebook and YouTube say they will remove posts and videos that lead to damage or danger, conspiracy theorists are operating in plain sight on the platforms.
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Irish payments firm Stripe raises €552m in new funding, valuing it at almost €33bn
Stripe, the online payments firm created by Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison, has raised an additional $600m (€552m) which now values the company at almost $36bn (€33bn) on a ‘post-money& basis.
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Samsung Galaxy A71: A remedy for those sick of €1,000 phone price tags
Sick of phones creeping up toward the €1,000 price mark? While we're in lockdown, it's not as easy to buy a subsidised bill-pay handset that has a modest initial upfront payment. Even if it were, there are a substantial number of people for whom the cost of the top phones is just getting too high.
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Facebook to clamp down on coronavirus rumours by identifying those who ‘like& or comment on misleading posts
People who ‘like& or comment on bogus Covid-19 information on Facebook will now be identified by Facebook and shown links to World Health Organisation content on debunked myths.
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Vela Games level up with €2.8m fund
A Dublin-based gaming firm backed by Dermot Desmond has raised a further €2.8m from one of the gaming industry's most successful investors.
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