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Major potato packer hit with ransomware, hackers claim
Nokota Packers, a North Dakota-based potato processing company, has been on the radar of hackers in the hunt for ransom payers.
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Study: AI agents don’t give a hoot about your eye-catching ads
AI agents are slowly but surely becoming a reality, so the digital marketing industry needs to rethink its assumptions about what constitutes attractive website design and advertising. That’s because emotional appeals won’t work on the models.
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FOMO hits hard – but influencers help young consumers cope
Influencer connection offsets FOMO’s negative impact on young consumers’ social, psychological, and financial well-being, a study has revealed.
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EU to unveil age-verification app in July to protect kids online
Aiming to strengthen the protection of underage web users, the European Union is launching a new age-verification app in July.
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Meta shareholders reject Bitcoin treasury plan
Meta shareholders have voted against the plan to add Bitcoin to its treasury.
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James Webb telescope spots earliest known galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just broken its own record by spotting the earliest known galaxy to date.
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Kudos: top X Community Notes contributor is an antivirus startup
The single most active Community Notes user on X is a cybersecurity startup, cleaning the platform’s mess for free, a misinformation expert has found.
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Trump drops NASA nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, a close ally of Elon Musk, to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Meta expands “below expectations” reviews as a new form of downsizing
According to an internal memo leaked to Business Insider, Meta is directing its managers to rate between 15 and 20 percent of employees in the "below expectations" category during midyear reviews starting June 16th. That's up from last year's 12 to 15 percent range.
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Electric air-taxi creators want LA Olympics debut: but what will FAA say?
A bunch of California startups are hoping to save Los Angeles (LA) from the city’s infamous traffic jams during the Summer Olympics in 2028. But the Federal Aviation Administration might have something to say about it.
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Google to appeal online search antitrust decision
Google is set to challenge an antitrust ruling over alleged anti-competitive practices in online search.
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Microsoft’s Russian subsidiary to file for bankruptcy
One of Microsoft’s subsidiaries in Russia is planning to file for bankruptcy, according to a note posted on the official Fedresurs registry.
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What digital overload? Tech makes your brain sharper, study finds
Digital overload? What digital overload? Let’s take this with a grain of salt, but a new study has just found that seniors who extensively use technology in their daily lives experience fewer signs of cognitive decline.
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China’s tech giants switch to domestic chips amid US trade pressure
Chinese technological companies have been forced to shift their development of artificial intelligence (AI) to homegrown chips amid worsening US-China trade tensions.
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Chrome sale on the table: Google and DOJ to make final push
In the landmark US search antitrust case, Google and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) are presenting final arguments on whether Google should sell Chrome and change business practices to restore competition.
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Tinder testing height filter, short kings worried
Tinder is testing a feature that would allow paid subscribers filter other users according to their height preferences.
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AI at play? White House health report cited non-existent studies
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has boasted that his Make America Healthy Again Commission report is almost flawless and based on “gold-standard” science. But the document is actually rife with errors and seems to have been at least partly generated by AI.
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WSJ: US investigates attempt to pose as White House Chief of Staff
US federal authorities are investigating an effort to impersonate White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Kaiser Permanente claims system-wide outage was not a cyberattack
Kaiser Permanente healthcare network on Thursday said a system-wide outage that impacted patient e-health records across hundreds of locations – and even had medical staff resort to paper and pen – appears to have been caused by technical issues, as opposed to a full-on cyberattack.
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“First buddy” Musk announces exit from Trump administration: DOGE no more?
Elon Musk has announced on X, the social network he owns, that he’s leaving the Donald Trump administration. Officially, his mandate as a special government employee is about to expire – but was the President annoyed with the billionaire anyway?
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