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TikTok is branching into text-only posts, offering a new alternative to Twitter, which has been rebranded as X

TikTok Rivals Twitter With New Text Format

TikTok, the social platform known for its addictive video content, announced Monday that it will offer text-only posts, becoming the latest tech giant to offer an alternative to embattled Twitter.
Eurozone inflation eased to 5.5 percent in June as energy costs slid, but those of food and drinks remained elevated

Eurozone Economic Downturn Steepens In July

Eurozone economic activity shrank at its fastest rate in eight months in July, as a contraction gathered pace on the back of cuts in manufacturing, a key survey said Monday.
Twitter, whose name is a play on the sound of birds chattering, has used the avian branding since early in its 2006 launch

Twitter To Be Renamed X, Get New Logo

Late on Sunday night, Elon Musk changed his profile picture to the company's new interim logo -- a white X on a black background -- and changed his Twitter bio to "X.com". Musk said the company was "Going with (a) minimalist art deco" logo, and that "X.com now points to twitter.com."
The ECB is seen as raising interest rates in July and September to tamp down inflation in the eurozone

ECB Set To Hike Again With Inflation Stubbornly High

Another interest rate hike appears a near certainty when ECB policymakers meet Thursday as inflation remains high, but the central bank faces increasing discontent among countries scared high interest rates will hurt growth.
The proliferation of deepfake pornography underscores the threat of AI-enabled disinformation, which can damage reputations and lead to bullying or harassment.

In Age Of AI, Women Battle Rise Of Deepfake Porn

Photo apps digitally undressing women, sexualized text-to-image prompts creating "AI girls" and manipulated images fueling "sextortion" rackets -- a boom in deepfake porn is outpacing US and European efforts to regulate the technology.
Twitter, whose name is a play on the sound of birds chattering, has used the avian branding since early in its 2006 launch

Musk Hints Twitter's Bird Branding Could Be Replaced

Twitter owner Elon Musk hinted late Saturday night that he may ditch the social media network's blue cartoon bird branding -- and soon -- for an edgier logo based on an "everything app" he has long alluded to called only X. "Soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds," he tweeted around midnight, implying an end to the imagery from where the very word "tweet" stems.
Followers of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest on Tahrir Square near Baghdad's Green Zone

Iraqis Keep Up Koran Protests After Book Burnings

Iraqi security forces on Saturday dispersed about 1,000 supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr who tried to march to Baghdad's Green Zone housing foreign embassies, believing a Koran had been desecrated in Denmark.
Around 1,000 protesters tried to march to the high-security Green Zone

Iraqis Protest Again After Book Burning Incident

Iraqi security forces on Saturday dispersed roughly 1,000 supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr who tried to march to Baghdad's Green Zone housing foreign embassies, believing a Koran had been desecrated in Denmark.
Graphic showing the three different types of seabed zones being explored for potential mining

Nations Aim To Ink Deep Sea Mining Rules By 2025

The International Seabed Authority's member nations on Friday agreed on a two-year roadmap for the adoption of deep sea mining regulations, despite conservationists' calls for a moratorium on mineral extraction they say would avert marine threats.

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