https://www.scmp.com/rss/523499/feed The latest news and top stories on Discord. A leading entity in the technology sector, San Francisco, California-based Discord operates an online communication platform. It specialises in voice video and text interaction enabling users to create customised spaces for community building. Initially popular with gamers, its target market has expanded to include younger demographics Gen Z and millennials across diverse communities like education creative arts and professional networking. With over... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Snapchat has begun asking teenage Australians to verify their ages, the company said on Monday, just weeks before Canberra enforces sweeping laws banning under-16s from social media. From December 10, Australia will force social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, to remove users under the age of 16 or face hefty fines. “Starting this week, many users will be asked to verify their age to continue accessing Snapchat,” the company said. Users will be able to do so using an... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3333875/snapchat-makes-australian-teens-verify-age-social-media-ban-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3333875/snapchat-makes-australian-teens-verify-age-social-media-ban-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:37:43 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Cloudflare has fully restored its services after an outage on Tuesday at the web-infrastructure company prevented thousands from accessing major internet platforms, including X and ChatGPT. The company said the outage that began around 6.30am was caused by an automatically generated configuration file, designed to manage potential security threats. The file grew too large and crashed the software system handling traffic for several Cloudflare services, the company, whose network handles around a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333299/chatgpt-x-among-sites-disrupted-worldwide-cloudflare-outage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333299/chatgpt-x-among-sites-disrupted-worldwide-cloudflare-outage?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:52:41 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Sunday expanded her interim cabinet which was formed in the wake of a youth-led uprising last month, inducting two ministers seen as popular among young people. The unrest on September 8-9 was triggered by a brief ban on social media but fuelled by long-standing frustration over economic hardship and corruption. Violence during the protests, which led to the collapse of the previous government, killed at least 73 people and left parliament, courts and... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3330392/nepals-karki-adds-popular-volunteer-organiser-doctor-cabinet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3330392/nepals-karki-adds-popular-volunteer-organiser-doctor-cabinet?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:22:41 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Nepal’s new leader vowed on Sunday to follow protesters’ demands to “end corruption” as she began work as interim prime minister after “Gen Z” youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor. Sushila Karki, the 73-year-old former chief justice, has been tasked with restoring order and addressing protesters’ demands for a corruption-free future ahead of elections in six months. Protests began on Monday, sparked by a ban on social media, which quickly escalated, with parliament and key government... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3325499/nepals-new-pm-karki-vows-end-corruption-follow-protesters-demands?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3325499/nepals-new-pm-karki-vows-end-corruption-follow-protesters-demands?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Sep 2025 11:43:57 +0000 Reuters Reuters The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s shooting, Tyler Robinson, is a 22-year-old native of Utah who authorities say had allegedly criticised the conservative influencer in a recent conversation and was living with his family at the time of the shooting. Robinson was arrested late on Thursday after a family friend called authorities, officials said on Friday. Investigators have not publicly identified a motive. Utah Governor Spencer Cox told reporters that a family member interviewed by law enforcement... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325399/who-tyler-robinson-suspect-charlie-kirks-murder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325399/who-tyler-robinson-suspect-charlie-kirks-murder?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:21:04 +0000 Bibek Bhandari Bibek Bhandari Nepal has appointed former chief justice Sushila Karki as the country’s interim prime minister, creating history as the first woman to hold the position, after days of tumultuous protests. The historic move comes as Nepal’s Gen Z protesters endorsed Karki to lead following violent anti-corruption demonstrations that toppled prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli and left at least 51 people dead. “It’s a very emotional moment for us,” said Aneekarma, a Gen Z who protested on Monday. “We have a woman of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3325265/nepals-gen-z-protesters-back-ex-chief-justice-sushila-karki-interim-leadership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3325265/nepals-gen-z-protesters-back-ex-chief-justice-sushila-karki-interim-leadership?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2025 01:43:01 +0000