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Tech CEOs face US Senate grilling over youth content
Tech CEOs face US Senate grilling over youth content
Technology
by  AFP

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the chief executives of X, TikTok, Discord and Snap face a grilling by US lawmakers on Wednesday over the dangers that social media platforms bring to children and teens. Another idea would require social media platforms to verify the age of account holders and completely bar children under the age of 13.

Waiting out Bukele's 'Bitcoin City' on a Salvadoran beach
Waiting out Bukele's 'Bitcoin City' on a Salvadoran beach
Economy
by  AFP

When President Nayib Bukele announced plans to create the world's first "Bitcoin City," a futuristic metropolis financed by cryptocurrency bonds, American Corbin Keegan packed up his life in Chicago and headed for El Salvador. - 'It cannot be stopped' - Bukele had promised the issuing of $1 billion in bitcoin bonds, partly to finance his city.