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Google is making it easier for advertisers to disclose whether political ads contain AI-generated content. In an update spotted by Search Engine Land, Google says it will automatically generate disclosures whenever advertisers label election ads as containing “synthetic or digitally altered content.”
Last year, Google started requiring political advertisers to insert their own “clear and conspicuous” disclosures on ads containing AI content. But now, Google is simplifying the
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It comes just days after Biden's debate with former US president Donald Trump, which was marked by verbal gaffes and confusing statements. Read more ›
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A single line of dialogue in the trailer sparked a frenzy of memes, and paved the way for how the superhero movie was received. Read more ›
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In a questionable new trend, supermarkets in the South now seem to be selling bullets right out of a dispenser. Read more ›
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"May he continue to have fun on his yachts. I prefer to work," Musk said of the hydrofoiling video that Zuckerberg posted to social media. Read more ›
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Biden suggested he would be OK losing to Trump in November as long as he gave it his all — undercutting the heart of his 2024 presidential platform. Read more ›
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Nintendo has responded to concern over the inappropriate use of its characters online and said it would take "appropriate action" against anything that would make some players "feel uncomfortable". Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was recently questioned by a shareholder who said they had "come across cases on social media where Nintendo IP and games are used inappropriately". This "inappropriate" use of Nintendo's characters "poses the risk of damaging" the company's... Read more ›
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Amid the ongoing debate over the impact of artificial intelligence on the job market, the Labour Ministry has reportedly constituted… Read more ›
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Sheeran made the comments in an episode of "This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von." Read more ›
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The Galaxy S24 Ultra is one cool phone, but Samsung is asking ₹130,000 for it. The Galaxy S23 Ultra from last year is still quite competitive – check out our versus article for details – and is going for ₹90,000 on Amazon. That’s ₹20,000 less than on Samsung.com. The S24 Ultra is scheduled for three more OS updates (Android 15 is next) and will receive security patches until 2028, so... Read more ›
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Cats will scratch up your furniture for a number of reasons but one of the most noteworthy is if there's a kid in the home, according to a new study. Read more ›
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As AI companies increase their investments in infrastructure, their revenues are not growing that fast, financial analysts note, implying that AI could become a bubble. Read more ›
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The memification of Mark Zuckerberg continues — but lately, the CEO seems to be just as in on the jokes. Read more ›
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President Joe Biden flashed his trademarked stubbornness when asked just who could get him to reconsider dropping out of the 2024 race. Read more ›
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Business Insider is compiling its fifth annual list of the most influential talent managers and agents that help TikTok creators jump-start their careers. Read more ›
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ICYMI here are the biggest tech news stories from Samsung, Nothing, Meta, DJI, and more for July 6, 2024 Read more ›
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump have both sought to claim the mantle of veterans champion as each vies for a second term in office. Read more ›
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Professional mountaineers say climbing Mt. Everest is a walk in the park compared to smaller, more difficult mountains like the Seven Second Summits. Read more ›
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Leslye Headland has seen your speculation about the unknown world Star Wars' latest villain calls home. Read more ›
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Trevon Gripper never thought he'd get rejected from almost 500 job. He's now relocating to Seattle to maximize his chances of securing work. Read more ›
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Gina Gershon looks back at becoming a queer icon with her roles in "Bound" and "Showgirls," what it was like working with Nicolas Cage on "Face/Off," and more. Read more ›
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An Uber and Lyft vehicle in New York. | Photo: Lindsey Nicholson / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rideshare drivers in Massachusetts will soon get company-provided benefits, as well as a minimum pay of $32.50 per hour, starting on August 15th. That’s thanks to a new settlement between the state and rideshare companies Uber and Lyft, four years after Attorney General Andrea Campbell sued the companies, asserting... Read more ›
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Illustration: The Verge A widespread Xbox outage is preventing players from connecting to Xbox Live and playing online games, downloading games, or using other services, with many seeing the message “Error 0x87DD0033.” In a post at around 3PM ET, Xbox says it’s “aware that some users have been disconnected from Xbox Live” and that the company is “investigating.” Bethesda, which is now owned by Microsoft, published a similar message, saying... Read more ›
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Buzz buzz. | Image: Bananbin I don’t think I’m going out on a limb when I say that not everyone agrees on the best way to handle their computer’s trash directory. Some folks like to let it go until their computer yells at them about storage, while others empty it every single day. I’m somewhere in the middle, but I do try not to let it go too far. And... Read more ›
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A Redbox machine from 2015. Redbox’s owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy protection overnight. This comes at the tail end of a month in which the DVD rental company defaulted on loans, saw an order for its cars to be repossessed, and missed payroll for employees. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment informed employees of the filing late Friday, writing in an email seen by The... Read more ›
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Photo by Sheena Vasani / The Verge An ongoing outage is preventing Amazon Kindle users from downloading both new and previously purchased books to their e-readers. According to moderators responding to users reporting the issue on Amazon’s support forums, the company is aware of the issue and is “currently working to resolve it.” Attempting other troubleshooting steps, like resetting the device, has not fixed the problems, so users may need... Read more ›
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Photo: Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled that presidents are “absolutely” immune from criminal prosecution when their actions involve allegedly official acts while they were in office. Former presidents also have a “presumption of immunity” for their official acts while in office — but, the court ruled, there is no immunity for “unofficial acts.” The decision in Trump v. United States means that the special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution against... Read more ›
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Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In March, Microsoft notified the US Department of Veterans Affairs that it was impacted by the security breach that enabled the Russian hacking group known as “Midnight Blizzard” to steal some of the company’s source code, reports Bloomberg. Already assigned blame for the earlier SolarWinds attack, the group has been accused of spying on email accounts of Microsoft’s senior leadership team and... Read more ›
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Image: The Verge Until Friday, OpenAI’s recently launched ChatGPT macOS app had a potentially worrying security issue: it wasn’t hard to find your chats stored on your computer and read them in plain text. That meant that if a bad actor or malicious app had access to your machine, they could easily read your conversations with ChatGPT and the data contained within them. As demonstrated by Pedro José Pereira Vieito... Read more ›
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Twilio says someone has obtained phone numbers associated with its two-factor authentication service (2FA), Authy, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. In a security alert on Monday, Twilio warns that the “threat actors” may try to use the stolen phone numbers to carry out phishing attacks and other scams. The incident follows a 2022 data breach that occurred after a phishing campaign tricked... Read more ›
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Image: Marvel Studios The premise of Disney Plus’ What If…? made it seem like the animated Marvel series might run indefinitely as the studio keeps putting out live-action projects, but it looks like this chapter of the big multiverse story is just about over. Though What If…? season 3 doesn’t have a premiere date, Entertainment Weekly reports that it will be the final installment in the series that gave us... Read more ›
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