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The Meta Safety Advisory Council has written the company a letter about its concerns with its recent policy changes, including its decision to suspend its fact-checking program. In it, the council said that Meta's policy shift "risks prioritizing political ideologies over global safety imperatives." It highlights how Meta's position as one of the world's most influential companies gives it the power to influence not just online behavior, but also societal norms. The company risks "normalizing harmful behavi
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Clouds have become the norm of business operations in this digital age. As the clouds continue to rise, security becomes a non-negotiable necessity. Cloud application security protects mission-critical applications from ever-evolving cyber threats. Even one breach may cause devastating financial loss, reputation loss, breach of compliance, and legal issues; therefore, business resilience must have robust... Read more » Read more âș
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In both public and private, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg extols the future of AR even while staff worry about him getting in bed with Trump. Read more âș
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The rumors were true: Warner Bros.'s platform fighting game MultiVersus will shut down online services after Season 5 ends on May 30. The upcoming season, which begins February 4, promises two new characters: Aquaman and Lola Bunny. Real money can no longer be used for microtransactions as of today, but players with premium currency in-game can use it until the shutdown. The game had 20 million players less than a... Read more âș
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In a meeting held Thursday, Meta's chief allayed fears of changes to the company's hybrid work policy. Read more âș
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 isn't even out, but a movie adaptation is already in the works. Read more Read more âș
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With iOS 18.2, Apple introduced ChatGPT integration with Apple Intelligence to expand the range of AI capabilities accessible to users on supported iPhone models. One skill in particular that you may not be aware of is the ability to generate images in the Messages app, ready for sharing. ChatGPT leverages DALL·E to generate the images, and the results are almost invariably better than Apple's Image Playground. Keep reading to learn... Read more âș
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The U.S. government believes that DeepSeek illegally obtained Nvidia GPUs through Singapore, now accounting for 22% of its revenue. Nvidia denies any wrongdoing. Read more âș
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A street phone scam defrauded people in New York City of over $76,000 last year. Find out how it works and how to avoid it. Read more âș
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Apple wants to ensure it has a voice in the remedies trial for the Justice Departmentâs search monopolization case against Google, and filed an emergency motion to stay the proceedings while it appeals the district courtâs denial of its request to be more directly heard in the case. The remedies phase of the trial is [âŠ] Read more âș
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Episode 3 of Severance's sophomore season answered a question we've been thinking about season one... and then left us with even more questions. Read more âș
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My son is all-in on Xbox. On the TV he only plays Xbox. He prefers the Xbox UI and services (not that he'd use that term, he's not a robot), the Xbox controller, and the fact that he has Game Pass on there. He has multiple Xbox hoodies and bemoaned the lack of an Xbox birthday cake in the supermarket that was selling a PlayStation-branded one. When I ask him... Read more âș
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A study has found microplastic and nanoplastic pollution to be significantly higher in placentas from premature births than in those from full-term births. From a report: The levels were much higher than previously detected in blood, suggesting the tiny plastic particles were accumulating in the placenta. But the higher average levels found in the shorter pregnancies were a "big surprise" for the researchers, as longer terms could be expected to... Read more âș
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President Trump warned of new tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico as soon as February 1. Here's where his trade plans stand as the deadline nears. Read more âș
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The algorithmic trading firmâs founder opines on AIâs growing role, the differences between Asian and Western markets, and liquidity fragmentation. Read more âș
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In a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis, researchers have taken a deep dive into the effects of cold-water immersion on health and wellbeing. Analyzing data from 11 studies with 3177 participants, researchers found that cold-water immersion may lower stress, improve sleep quality, and boost quality of life. Read more âș
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TikTokâs traffic is almost back to normal despite its delayed return to US app stores, according to Cloudflare Radar data seen by CNBC. The âDNS traffic for TikTok-related domainsâ is around 10 percent lower than the levels before its abrupt shutdown, David Belson, Cloudflareâs head of data insight, told CNBC. To compare, TikTokâs traffic dipped [âŠ] Read more âș
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There were a lot of doozies as RFK Jr. tried to convince lawmakers he's pro-vaccine. Read more âș
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SoftBank's investment in OpenAI may position the company as the world's joint-second most valuable private tech firm after SpaceX. Read more âș
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Yes, Google Maps is renaming the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America," but you won't see it when you open the app just yet. In a series of tweets, the News from Google account has revealed that the Maps app will roll out an update with the name change after the US government updates the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which serves as the "federal and national standard... Read more âș
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OpenAI claims that Chinese startups are persistently trying to copy the technology of American AI companies. Aligned with that, OpenAI says it and partner Microsoft have been banning accounts suspected of âdistillingâ its models. The two are trying to identify those behind such efforts and, per The Wall Street Journal, buzzy upstart DeepSeek is among the entities OpenAI is looking into. Distillation refers to the process of bolstering smaller and... Read more âș
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Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit stemming from the social networkâs decision to suspend Trump's Facebook account following the riots at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. According to The Wall Street Journal, there had been âlittle activityâ surrounding the lawsuit until Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg flew to Mar-a-Lago following the election. âToward the end of the November dinner, Trump... Read more âș
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In November, Transport for London (TfL) announced new steps to regulate e-bikes, but a lack of legislation or power meant that most of the onus fell to e-bike services to do the right thing. Now, Lime CEO Wayne Ting has announced a ÂŁ20 million ($24.8 million) five-point London Action Plan to help with overcrowding and poor parking, multiple publications report, including UKTN. "The feedback weâve received from London residents, community... Read more âș
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Chinese AI assistant DeepSeek has become the top rated free app on Apple's App Store in the US and elsewhere, beating out ChatGPT and other rivals. It's powered by the open-source DeepSeek V3 model, which reportedly requires far less computing power than competitors and was developed for under $6 million, according to (disputed) claims by the company. At the same time, it offers performance that's on par with Claude-3.5, GPT-4o... Read more âș
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Pebble is back, baby. On Monday, Google (which owns Pebbleâs IP via its Fitbit purchase) open-sourced the OG modern smartwatchâs software. Although that paves the road for anyone to make new Pebble-esque wearables (or custom firmware for the old models), one high-profile figure has already raised his hand: Pebble creator Eric Migicovsky. Google says the open-source PebbleOS includes most of the softwareâs source code. The only exceptions are proprietary code... Read more âș
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Chinese AI assistant DeepSeek has become the top rated free app on Apple's App Store in the US and elsewhere, beating out ChatGPT and other rivals. It's powered by the open-source DeepSeek V3 model, which reportedly requires far less computing power than competitors and was developed for under $6 million, according to (disputed) claims by the company. At the same time, it offers performance that's on par with Claude-3.5, GPT-4o... Read more âș
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On the same day Apple launched iOS 18.3 to the public, its dedicated sports app got a few tweaks â including beefed-up soccer coverage. Apple Sports also now has a new way to navigate favorites and broadcast info for each gameâs page. Apple has invested heavily in soccer for Apple TV+, scooping up the exclusive global rights to Major League Soccer (MLS) until 2033. The streaming service also has several... Read more âș
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Meta is giving its AI assistant a better âmemoryâ in an effort to make the chatbot more useful. The companyâs latest AI update allows the assistant to âremember certain details that you share with it in 1:1 chatâ and uses your past activity on Facebook and Instagram to make more personalized recommendations. With the change, which will initially be available to the US and Canada, Meta AI will be able... Read more âș
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Yet another video game is being adapted into a different medium. Quantic Dream's Beyond: Two Souls is bound for TV screens. There's one interesting wrinkle this time around, as one of the game's stars is behind the adaptation. Elliot Page, who played protagonist Jodie Holmes in the 2013 action-adventure, will produce the series, which is in early development. His production company, Pageboy Productions, has scooped up the TV adaptation rights... Read more âș
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