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Tech news website CNET has deleted thousands of old articles over the past few months in a bid to improve its performance in Google Search results, Gizmodo has learned.

Google says deleting old pages to bamboozle Search is "not a thing!" as CNET erases its history.

Media outlets are giving positive coverage to tech giant Meta's new text-based app Threads, which has been described as a "copycat" to Elon Musk-owned Twitter.