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The North Atlantic Fella Organization is trying to shut down Trump’s flailing social media platform before the 2024 election—by shitposting.

Elon Musk’s X sues media watchdog Media Matters over report on pro-Nazi content on the social media site::After a devastating advertiser exodus last week involving some of the world’s largest media companies, X owner Elon Musk is suing the progressive watchdog group Media Matters over its analysis highlighting antisemitic...

Microsoft stock hits all-time high after hiring former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman::Microsoft stock reached a record high on Monday after the company said that Sam Altman, former chief executive of OpenAI, will join the company to head its artificial intelligence innovation leg.

“the FCC is considering if AI analytics might better block unwanted calls and texts “and restore trust in our networks,” according to the agency. It would certainly be an improvement over reaching for the block button after receiving yet another call from someone purporting to be a Microsoft technician”

Apple privately asked Amazon to block rival ads. Insider found evidence of this special treatment, while others suffer from ‘junk ads’::An internal Amazon email shows that Apple asked the e-commerce giant for special treatment that most other brands don’t get.

Tensor Trust is an online game that allows players to exploit prompt injection vulnerabilities in ChatGPT against other player’s preset defense instructions of user input context and valuation, for research purposes

Impatient LockBit says it’s leaked 50GB of stolen Boeing files after ransom fails to land::Aerospace titan pores over data to see if dump is legit

Consumers are paying more than ever for streaming TV each month and analysts say there’s no reason for the companies to stop raising prices::Finding new subscribers in a saturated streaming video market isn’t easy. And with legacy media companies desperate to recoup revenue declines in their linear TV businesses, the cost of...

OpenAI says ChatGPT has 100 million weekly users::100 million people are using its ChatGPT chatbot on a weekly basis, OpenAI has said at its developer conference. Over 2M developers are also building on its API.

‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games is battling Google in court over app-store fees 2 years after largely losing a similar case against Apple::Epic Games is taking aim at the commissions that Google charges on digital purchases made within a mobile app.

The bosses of rival chip giants Nvidia and AMD are cousins, researcher says::Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su are first cousins once removed, according to a genealogist.

YouTube Wants to Stop Sending Kids Down the Rabbit Hole of Eating Disorder Videos.::YouTube announced a new effort to curb its own recommendation algorithms to protect teenagers from the rabbit hole of videos that could inspire eating disorders, body image problems, violence, and other problems. The new initiative comes amidst a...

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Telegram, the encrypted messaging app, has quietly restricted access to several channels affiliated with the Palestinian armed group Hamas....

Tech Billionaires’ Quest to Build a New City in California Is Already Mired in Trouble::A legal battle is already brewing over a quixotic attempt to build a new city on Bay Area farmland.