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We may never fully understand how TikTok's "For You" algorithm works or why it sends users down the sometimes very specific rabbit holes it does. But the company is making it a bit easier to control what topics are likely (or not) to appear in recommendations.
The company is rolling out a setting to "manage topics" within the app to all users in an attempt to add more personalization to users' feeds. The setting, which the company began offering in the United States last year, is a set of sliders that allow
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Owners of Rivian vehicles are being treated to what could be a pretty major upgrade this week. In an announcement with Google, Rivian is introducing a new navigation experience that is powered by Google Maps. Rivian Navigation with Google Maps: Specifically, Rivian is switching to the Google Maps Auto SDK, which lets an automaker design … Continued Read the original post: Rivian Switches to Navigation System Powered by Google Maps Read more ›
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'Severance' led all nominees, and 'The Last of Us' and 'The Penguin' did well—plus Harrison Ford. Read more ›
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xAI has offered a couple more fixes for “issues” with its Grok AI chatbot, promising it will no longer name itself “Hitler” or base its responses on searches for what xAI head Elon Musk has said. According to an X post earlier today, the chatbot’s latest update sets new instructions that its responses “must stem […] Read more ›
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Elon Musk is integrating AI across his companies and blurring the lines between them. Read more ›
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Wall Street banks are reporting earnings that challenge assumptions about consumer and business weakness amid inflation and recession fears. Read more ›
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Samit Sarkar, Google's head of Android ecosystems, recently confirmed that Android and ChromeOS will be merged into a single platform, reigniting a slew of questions about the future of the operating systems. Combining them makes sense. It made sense way back in 2013, and it was first supposed to happen back in 2015, but until […] Read more ›
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After nearly a decade, Sony has announced a new version of its fixed-lens compact RX1R camera that was last updated in 2015. The new third generation RX1R III arrives with the same 35mm full-frame Exmor R sensor as its predecessor, but with a bump from 42.4 to 61 megapixels. It also benefits from Sony’s latest […] Read more ›
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On July 12th, the political world experienced an unprecedented phenomenon: President Donald Trump got ratioed on his own social media platform, and it was on a post about Jeffrey Epstein - someone who, according to Trump, "nobody cares about." Clearly, his followers on Truth Social disagreed. As of today, this post has 43.2k likes, 13.7k […] Read more ›
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Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6 updates to public beta testers, with the betas coming just a day after Apple provided the betas to developers. Apple has also released a third beta of macOS Sequoia 15.6 and a new beta of watchOS 11.6. Testers who have signed up for beta updates through Apple's beta site can download iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6 from... Read more ›
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I compared McDonald's new Snack Wraps with Popeyes' chicken wraps. The fan-favorite was more flavorful. Read more ›
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"I'm not impressed," former President Barack Obama said at a private fundraiser. Read more ›
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In 2024, births in Russia fell to 1.22 million — the lowest level since 1999 — while deaths increased by 3.3% annually, to 1.82 million. Read more ›
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Skyler Gisondo plays the Daily Planet reporter in a way we've never seen him before. Read more ›
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Microsoft’s extensive gaming portfolio was hit hard by sweeping layoffs earlier this month. The situation appears to have been particularly galling for staff at Candy Crush developer King who are reportedly set to be replaced by AI tools they worked on. Multiple anonymous sources have told MobileGamer.biz that a number of narrative, UX, level design and user research staffers at King have spent several years helping to build and train... Read more ›
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Many trains in the U.S. are vulnerable to a hack that can remotely lock a train's brakes, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the researcher who discovered the vulnerability. From a report:The railroad industry has known about the vulnerability for more than a decade but only recently began to fix it. Independent researcher Neil Smith first discovered the vulnerability, which can be exploited over radio... Read more ›
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BBC Studios remains 'really committed' to 'Doctor Who' as fans await news of when the show might return. Read more ›
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xAI announces Grok for Government, tells Grok to stop calling itself MechaHitler. Read more ›
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The US Navy is plagued by shipbuilding and maintenance issues, and faces a rising China that is rapidly modernizing its naval force. Read more ›
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First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech. Read more ›
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Grok 4 aligns its answers with Elon Musk's when it comes to controversial issues, users have discovered shortly after the company launched the new model. Some users posted screenshots on X asking Grok 4 who it supports in the Israel vs. Palestine conflict. In its chain-of-thought, which is a series of comments that shows the step-by-step process on how a reasoning AI model comes to its answer, Grok 4 said... Read more ›
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In 2024, the FTC was set to implement the "click to cancel" rule, which would have placed requirements on companies to be forthright about the terms and conditions and exit options for their subscriptions. Since that time, the agency has become a less independent part of the executive branch and in May, it delayed enforcing some parts of this rule to July 14. Today, the entire plan appears to be... Read more ›
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold line has been treading water for a couple generations. But that’s changing in a big way at today's Unpacked event with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 boasting a dramatically thinner design, new cameras and an even larger flexible display. For 2025, Samsung has significantly decreased its latest flagship foldable’s weight and thickness. Compared to the previous model, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is 26 percent... Read more ›
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NASA is set to lose at least 2,145 senior staff members as part of the Trump administration's push for budget cuts, Politico reports. The brain drain could severely impact future research and missions, and is happening not long before the organization plans to send a new crew of astronauts to the Moon in 2026. Of the over 2,000 departing staff members, nearly all of them are in senior positions, requiring... Read more ›
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One of the most popular sites for Nintendo Switch piracy has been taken down as part of an ongoing FBI investigation. As reported by Kotaku, Nsw2u was known for hosting Switch ROMs, which users could download to play on a hacked Switch or PC emulator capable of running them. At the time of writing, when you enter the site’s URL you’ll see a notice confirming the seizure, which the FBI... Read more ›
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T-Mobile has abandoned all of its programs for diversity, equity and inclusion. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, the telecom said that it "is ending its DEI-related policies [...] not just in name, but in substance." T-Mobile conveniently waited to dismantle its DEI efforts until it was awaiting FCC approval for two major deals. The company needs regulatory backing to purchase extensive assets from United States Cellular in... Read more ›
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You might have to be extra careful who you buy your used Nintendo Switch game cards from if you don't want to get mistakenly banned. A Nintendo Switch 2 owner posted on Reddit that they got banned after downloading patches for a few Switch game cards that were bought off Facebook Marketplace. Reddit user dmanthey said they inserted each game into their Switch 2 to patch, but found out that... Read more ›
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MyPillow CEO and election conspiracy enthusiast Mike Lindell's legal team is in some hot water after submitting an AI-generated court filing, as reported by The New York Times. The legal brief was filled with errors, including misquotes of cited cases, misrepresentations of legal principles and references to cases that don't actually exist. All told, the court identified around 30 major errors in the document. Colorado judge Nina Wang issued fines... Read more ›
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One day after Grok posted a series of antisemitic and pro-Nazi rants on X, Elon Musk is seemingly trying to blame rogue users for the chatbot's unhinged posts. "Grok was too compliant to user prompts," Musk said in a post. "Too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially. That is being addressed." Grok posted a slew of antisemitic and pro-Nazi comments on Tuesday, including a post that said "Heil Hitler."... Read more ›
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Just a day after the xAI team issued a comprehensive apology and explanation about why its chatbot was spreading antisemitic rhetoric, Tesla updated its software for its cars to include the supposedly fixed Grok. According to Tesla, all new vehicles delivered on or after July 12 will have Grok available in-car. There's no additional subscription cost, but Tesla is limiting Grok's availability to models in the U.S. for now. For... Read more ›
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