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Meta job cuts: The social media giant is eliminating several hundred positions as part of a restructuring plan that will affect divisions including sales and Reality Labs hardware.

Age restrictions: Apple has introduced age verification measures in the UK that will restrict access to some features for those younger than 18 to conform with rules aimed at protecting minors from harmful content.

Disney's bad bets: New Chief Executive Officer Josh D'Amaro must pick up the pieces from two tech tie-ups that have fallen flat — an investment in Epic Games and a deal with OpenAI to license the studio's characters for the Sora video generator.

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TikTok is putting it into "fifth gear," executive said, as the popular social video app moves toward the future with the threat of a US ban lifted, Alexandra S. Levine reports in today's Tech In Depth. The app had a coming-out party of sorts, introducing product plans for marketers and advertisers at the NewFronts event in New York, she writes.

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