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Telegram launches $50K content creator contest to embarrass a 'desperate' WhatsApp
Telegram throws down the gauntlet with its first-ever content creator contest, and all that’s required to claim the $50,000 grand prize is to slam WhatsApp in the process.
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Why a transparent "phone" on TikTok has millions rethinking their screen addiction
A see-through acrylic phone-shaped object called the "methaphone" is going viral - here’s why it’s got TikTok fooled.
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Gen Z wants off the grid – half say ditch the internet
Internet regret is rising. Nearly 50% of Gen Z would choose a world without it, as social media use increasingly harms mental health and fosters unsafe online behavior.
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Fortnite maker hit with unfair labor charge over AI Darth Vader
SAG-AFTRA has filed a charge against Fortnite subsidiary Llama Productions over unfair labor practices after the company replicated this iconic actor’s voice using artificial intelligence.
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New Orleans police secretly used live facial recognition to nab people right on the street
Dodgy, sketchy, illegal – you name it. It turns out that New Orleans police spent years scanning live feeds of city streets and secretly using facial recognition technology to identify suspects in real time. A scandal is brewing.
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AI is better at persuasion in debates, study finds
Researchers have put artificial intelligence (AI) head-to-head with humans and say that the chatbots are actually more persuasive than us in debates.
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M&S hackers used employee logins from third-party consulting firm TCS, sources say
New information reveals Scattered Spider allegedly gained access to Marks & Spencer systems by using the login credentials of two employees from third-party business partner TCS – which also touts Co-op as one of its clients.
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Serviceaide leak impacts over 480K Catholic Health patients
Serviceaide has inadvertently leaked the sensitive information of over 480,000 Catholic Health patients
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Terrorists still able to pay for check marks and boost visibility on X
Just like before, terrorist organizations and their members sanctioned by the US can still pay for perks within the monthly subscription of X, a social network owned by American businessman Elon Musk.
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France asked the Telegram founder to ban conservative Romanian voices, he says
The founder of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, said he refused a request by the head of France's intelligence service to ban Romanian conservative voices ahead of the country's elections.
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French court orders top VPN providers to block pirate sports streaming sites
That’s never happened before, but a French court has confirmed that the virtual private network (VPN) providers will be required to block illegal sports streaming sites. Rights holders already hail this as a “turning point” in the fight against online piracy.
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TikTok users experience “weird issues” after outage
The popular social media platform TikTok was down for tens of thousands of users.
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Microsoft finds no evidence Israel used its tech to harm Gaza civilians
Microsoft says it found no evidence its technologies were used by the Israeli military to harm civilians in Gaza. Both internal and external reviews were conducted into allegations. There’s a catch, however.
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Ollama engine now supports multimodal models capable of image recognition
Ollama, one of the most popular open-source tools for running artificial intelligence (AI) models on local machines, has updated its free platform to support multimodal large language models (LLMs). Now it is capable of analyzing images alongside text-based LLMs, and content generation is next.
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TikToker shot dead on live-stream
23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was shot and killed while live-streaming on TikTok.
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‘Dexit’-ing is now a thing as Dropbox, Roblox, Trump Media, follow Musk’s Tesla and ditch Delaware
As if he hasn’t done enough, it seems Elon Musk, by moving his Tesla corporation headquarters from Delaware to Texas last year after being denied a $56 billion pay package by a state judge, has created a new trend worth following – and its called the “Dexit.”
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“Parasitic” AI-powered news piracy site finally blocked in France
It took years, but a coalition of 40 media outlets in France finally managed to obtain a blocking order and slam the brakes on the operations of an automated AI-powered news platform.
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Waymo recalls over 1,200 cars after crashes with road barriers
Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle division Waymo is recalling 1,212 self-driving cars – its largest recall to date – after some collided with roadway barriers.
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