The U.S. government is leaning hard on tech companies to make more commitments to building their businesses in the country, and Big Tech is falling in line. On Monday, Apple laid out its own plans in that area: it will spend $ 500 billion over the next four years in areas like high-end manufacturing, engineering, […]
TikTok Lite: EU closes addictive design case after TikTok commits to not bring back rewards mechanism
The European Commission has closed a Digital Services Act (DSA) investigation of a rewards feature in TikTok Lite by accepting commitments from the social media giant to permanently withdraw the feature from the EU. The TikTok Lite “task and reward” mechanism, launched in France and Spain earlier this year, lets users earn points for doing […]
Woman Commits Patricide Believing Her Father Wasn’t Real
A young woman has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after she killed her father, according to reports from July 17, KST. The Ulsan District Court found the defendant, a woman in her 20s, guilty of killing an ascendant, which warrants a harsher punishment than murder under the Criminal Act. She was also ordered […]