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Google to relaunch tool for creating AI-generated images of people after pulling service due to inaccuracies
The Deepmind logo is being displayed on a smartphone with the Google Gemini logo in the background in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on February 8, 2024. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google said it will soon allow users to create images of people using its Gemini artificial intelligence tool, after pulling […]
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Mark Zuckerberg says White House ‘pressured’ Meta to ‘censor’ Covid-19 content
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis,” in Dirksen building on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Biden administration “pressured” Facebook parent Meta to “censor” content related to Covid-19, the social media […]
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Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov AOP.Press | Corbis | Getty Images Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly after landing on a private jet late on Saturday and placed in custody, a police source said. The arrest of the […]
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Meta says it found WhatsApp accounts linked to Iranian hackers targeting Biden and Trump
Meta said Friday that it blocked a “small cluster” of WhatsApp accounts linked to an Iranian hacking group that was targeting officials associated with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The company said in a blog post that the bogus WhatsApp accounts appeared to originate from the Iranian threat actor dubbed APT42, which […]
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Zoom stock has best day in almost two years on quarterly results, increased guidance
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan speaks at the Dropbox Work In Progress Conference in San Francisco on Sept. 25, 2019. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images for Dropbox Zoom shares soared the most since November 2022 on Thursday after the video chat company reported better-than-expected results for the second quarter and raised its full-year guidance. The stock rose […]
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Democrats grants special convention access to over 200 content creators
The content creator platform at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill. Democratic National Convention staff Over 200 digital content creators will attend the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week with dedicated “creator credentials” that will grant these hugely influential, nontraditional members of the media special access to the party’s convention. “Bringing creators […]
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Trump Media shares hit post-merger low as DJT slump continues
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of former President Donald Trump’s social media company on Monday touched their lowest price since they began public trading on the Nasdaq nearly five months ago after a merger. Trump Media, the company that owns the Republican presidential nominee’s preferred social messaging platform Truth Social, was trading […]
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How Trump’s intimidation tactics have reshaped the Republican Party
Republican Presidential nominee and former President Donald J. Trump holds campaign rally at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 20, 2024. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images News | Getty Images When U.S. congressman Tom Rice voted to impeach Donald Trump for inciting the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, […]
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TikTok ‘finfluencers’ accurately called the AI rally, but credibility concerns dog them
FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Investing in equities can be a complex exercise, warranting specialized guidance. From where can one get that advice? Some attempt to do their own research, poring over reams of financial indicators to identify potential winners, while others […]
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg receives letter from lawmakers concerned about illicit drug ads on Facebook and Instagram
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter on Thursday expressing concern that […]
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