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Airbnb adds direct messaging, new social features after app overhaul
Airbnb is adding new social features to its platform that allow guests attending experiences to communicate and keep in touch. The new updates add a direct messaging feature for attendees to connect with other guests and a pre-event dashboard that shows profiles of other participants attending the experience. Business chief Dave Stephenson said the updated […]
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OpenAI cracks down on Sora 2 deepfakes after pressure from Bryan Cranston, SAG-AFTRA
OpenAI announced on Monday in a joint statement that it will be working with Bryan Cranston, SAG-AFTRA, and other actor unions to protect against deepfakes on its artificial intelligence video creation app Sora. The actor expressed concern after unauthorized AI-generated clips using his voice and likeness appeared on the app following the Sora 2 launch […]
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The 2 things parents need to do before giving kids a smartphone or social media, from a psychologist
The longer you wait to give your child a smartphone or allow them to join social media, the happier and more successful they’re likely to be as adults, says psychologist Jean Twenge. To help parents facilitate that technological delay, Twenge recommends starting to teach kids how to use those technologies in safe and healthy ways […]
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OpenAI stops Sora videos of Martin Luther King Jr. after users made ‘disrespectful’ deepfakes
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressing crowd of demonstrators outside the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Francis Miller/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images OpenAI halted artificial intelligence-generated videos of Martin Luther King Jr. after users utilized its short-form video tool Sora to create “disrespectful depictions” of the civil […]
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Meta announces new AI parental controls following FTC inquiry
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta on Friday announced new safety features that will allow parents to see and manage how their teenagers are interacting with artificial intelligence […]
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Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica says Meta smart glasses are boosting growth
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2 AI glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images EssilorLuxottica said a healthy amount of its revenue growth in the third quarter was due to its partnership with Meta, primarily from its Ray-Ban brand, to […]
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HPE stock sinks 10% on weak guidance for fiscal 2026
Antonio Neri, President and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares sank 7% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company issued disappointing guidance for its fiscal 2026. At a meeting with analysts, HPE said its adjusted earnings per share for the year would be in the range of […]
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The Abu Dhabi investor that’s funding AI while trying to save TikTok — with help from Trump
UAE National Security Advisor, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on March 18, 2025. Courtesy: Donald J. Trump | Via Truth Social As artificial intelligence startups raise increasingly large sums of cash to fund their swelling infrastructure needs, they’re turning to strategic partners like Nvidia […]
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A guide to the $1 trillion-worth of AI deals between OpenAI, Nvidia and others
Many predict that the artificial intelligence boom will dramatically change how people live and work, and the scale and pace of recent AI deals seems to reflect this. At the center are a handful of companies that are increasingly turning to each other to finance and build out the necessary infrastructure. ChatGPT-maker OpenAI alone has […]
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Meta removes Facebook page allegedly used to target ICE agents after pressure from DOJ
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a roundtable on “Antifa,” an anti-fascist movement he designated a domestic “terrorist organization” via executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Meta removed a Facebook group page on Tuesday that was allegedly used to “dox and […]
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