Congress has expressed concerns over Amazon’s e-commerce partnership with Chinese-owned TikTok. The deal allows TikTok users to link their Amazon account, and make purchases through the site without leaving the TikTok app. Read more at [@TechRadar]( ). #Amazon #TikTok #ByteDance #Congress #China #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology
The AI chatbot platform Character.AI issued a new "roadmap" yesterday promising a safer user experience β€” particularly for its younger users β€” following mounting revelations over troubling holes in the multibillion-dollar AI startup's safety guardrails and content moderation enforcement. Read more at [@Futurism]( ). #AI #CharacterAI #Cybersecurity #OnlineSafety #Tech #Technology
The AI chatbot platform Character.AI issued a new "roadmap" yesterday promising a safer user experience β€” particularly for its younger users β€” following mounting revelations over troubling holes in the multibillion-dollar AI startup's safety guardrails and content moderation enforcement. Read more at [@Futurism]( ). #AI #CharacterAI #Cybersecurity #OnlineSafety #Tech #Technology
Amazon One Medical is expanding its telehealth services with the launch of upfront and low-cost treatment plans and medication delivery for several beauty and lifestyle concerns, putting the tech giant in direct competition with Hims & Hers. Read more at [@Techcrunch]( ). #Amazon #AmazonOneMedical #Telehealth #HimsandHers #Tech #Technology
UK-based mobile operator Virgin Media O2 has created an AI-generated "scambaiter" tool called Daisy, who mimics the voice of an elderly woman and performs one simple task: talk to fraudsters and "waste as much of their time as possible." Read it at [@PCMag]( ). #AI #Scams #VirginMedia #Daisy #Tech #Technology
The CFPB made moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, which could subject the company to the same inspections the government imposes on major banks. Via [@Techcrunch]( ). #CFPB #Google #Tech #Technology
Some Silicon Valley bigwigs have been in talks to join the Donald Trump administration, but government ethics rules requiring divestitures of certain investments are getting in the way. Read it at [@Semafor]( ). #SiliconValley #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #Tech #Technology
Meta must face an antitrust lawsuit that accuses the company of dominating the social media industry through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, a district court ruled. Read more at [@theverge]( ). #Meta #FTC #Instagram #WhatsApp #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology
AI-driven datacenter energy demand could expand 160 percent over the next two years, leaving 40 percent of existing facilities operationally constrained by power availability by 2027. Via @The Register. #AI #Energy #Tech #Technology
The relationship between Elon Musk and Donald Trump could be enticing advertisers back to the social media app X, reports claim. More from readwrite.com. #Twitter #X #ElonMusk #Trump #Advertisers #Tech #Technoloogy