Musk launches SpaceX Starship rocket with Trump at his side | Al Jazeera News

Musk launches SpaceX Starship rocket with Trump at his side | Al Jazeera News

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, launched the sixth test of his SpaceX rocket with United States President-elect Donald Trump joining him to watch. Trump and Musk travelled to Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday to attend the launch of the giant Starship rocket at SpaceX’s test site in nearby Boca Chica….

Trump picks Big Tech critic who wrote ‘Project 2025’ chapter to lead FCC | Technology

Trump picks Big Tech critic who wrote ‘Project 2025’ chapter to lead FCC | Technology

Republican Brendan Carr has accused major tech platforms of operating a ‘censorship cartel’. United States President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brendan Carr, a Republican known for his criticism of Big Tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Carr, who has served as an FCC commissioner since 2017, will end…

Trump led the charge to ban TikTok. Now he says he’ll save it | Technology

Trump led the charge to ban TikTok. Now he says he’ll save it | Technology

As United States President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, TikTok could be in line for a reprieve from the very leader who led the charge to ban the embattled video-sharing platform. Under a law signed by US President Joe Biden in April, ByteDance, the Chinese owner…

Meta fined 798 million euros (6m) for breaking EU antitrust rules | Technology News

Meta fined 798 million euros ($846m) for breaking EU antitrust rules | Technology News

EU says Meta automatically ties its ad service – Facebook Marketplace – to Facebook, creating an unfair advantage. The European Union has hit technology giant Meta with a fine just shy of 800 million euros for what it called “abusive practices” involving its Facebook Marketplace online classified ads business. The…

Fact check: Are late-term abortions ever ‘medically necessary’? | US Election 2024 News

Fact check: Are late-term abortions ever ‘medically necessary’? | US Election 2024 News

Healthcare is considered “medically necessary” when it is required to maintain or restore a patient’s health. And, despite posts on social media claiming otherwise, abortion can fall into that category in emergency situations – even in the third trimester. “Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never….

Australian PM Anthony Albanese wants ban on social media for under 16s | Social Media News

Australian PM Anthony Albanese wants ban on social media for under 16s | Social Media News

Legislation to prevent children accessing social media will be introduced by Australia’s parliament later this year and will take effect 12 months after ratification. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced plans to legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16 years of age, an initiative his…

Muscle Inc.: The New Frontier of Bodybuilding Drugs | Drugs

Muscle Inc.: The New Frontier of Bodybuilding Drugs | Drugs

Fitness influencers are marketing dangerous new classes of performance-enhancing drugs to their teenage followers. Performance-enhancing drugs were once a closely guarded secret in the bodybuilding world, but a new generation of fitness influencers is openly sharing their use on social media and marketing dangerous new substances known as research chemicals…

Ex-Trump strategist Steve Bannon hits airwaves after prison release | Donald Trump News

Ex-Trump strategist Steve Bannon hits airwaves after prison release | Donald Trump News

A former Trump strategist who was jailed for defying a Congressional subpoena to testify about the January 6, 2021, riot at the United States Capitol has been released from prison. Steve Bannon, 70, a right-wing media executive and ex-Trump strategist, completed his four-month prison term early Tuesday for contempt of…