Elon Musk last week and today, in a now-deleted tweet, boosted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory that led a man to fire an AR-15 in a DC eatery in 2016 (Drew Harwell/Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/28/pizzagate-musk-twitter-x-controversy/
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In a now-deleted November 28 post and on November 20, Elon Musk boosted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy that led a man to fire an AR-15 in a DC eatery in 2016
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Larry Summers, now on OpenAI's interim board, believes AI is coming for white-collar jobs; Summers sits on Block's and Skillsoft's boards and advised a16z (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
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Larry Summers Jumps to Center of AI Stage With OpenAI Board Seat
Late on Tuesday night, OpenAI announced the return of Sam Altman, its ousted chief executive officer, along with a revamped board that included one...
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Larry Summers, now on OpenAI
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Asus apologizes for accidentally printing "Evangenlion", not "Evangelion", on new $700 ROG Maximus Z790 Hero EVA-02 Edition motherboards and offers replacements (VideoCardz.com) https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-apologizes-for-misprinted-rog-z790-maximus-hero-evange-n-lion-parts-offers-replacements
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Asus apologizes for accidentally printing “Evangenlion”, not “Evangelion”, on new $700 ROG Maximus Z790 Hero EVA-02 Edition motherboards and offers replacements
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Leica helped Xiaomi create a flagship phone that takes better photos than iPhone, and their partnership makes sense despite Xiaomi copying some elements of iOS (Sam Byford/Multicore)
On 'Chinese knockoffs' and why Leica works with Xiaomi
It's past time to start taking Chinese phones seriously, whether you've used one or not
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Opinion: Leica helped Xiaomi create a flagship that takes better photos than the iPhone, and their partnership makes sense despite Xiaomi copying iOS elements
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Amazon launches a generative AI tool for advertisers to create "lifestyle imagery" backgrounds or scenes for their products in beta (Chris Welch/The Verge)
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Amazon now lets advertisers use generative AI to pretty up their product shots
Because nothing’s worse than a boring white background.
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Amazon launches a generative AI tool in beta that lets advertisers create “lifestyle imagery” backgrounds or scenes around the products they are hoping to sell
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US v. Google: Judge Amit Mehta has repeatedly accepted Google's requests to redact documents and hold private testimony, alarming press advocates and reporters (Scott Nover/Slate)
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It’s the Most Important Tech Trial in Years. All the Juicy Stuff Is Happening in Secret.
A black-box search engine has a black-box court battle.
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US v. Google: Judge Amit Mehta has repeatedly accepted Google
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Elon Musk threatens filing a defamation suit against the ADL for "falsely accusing" X and him of being anti-Semitic, and blames the ADL for X's US ad sales drop (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
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Elon Musk to sue ADL for accusing him, X of antisemitism | TechCrunch
In the newest uproar you might have missed, Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League. ...
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Elon Musk threatens to file a defamation lawsuit against the ADL for “falsely accusing” X and him of antisemitism and blames the ADL for X
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Senior YouTube staff express concerns over Shorts drawing away audiences from long-form videos, which produce more revenue but may be "dying out" as a format (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) https://t.co/HhzRjWbHdE
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Senior YouTube staff express concerns that Shorts is drawing audiences away from longer-form videos, which produce more revenue but are “dying out” as a format
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Magic Leap tells customers the Magic Leap 1 AR headset, which launched in August 2018, and its apps will "cease to function" from December 31, 2024 (David Heaney/UploadVR)
Magic Leap 1 Headsets Will "Cease To Function" After 2024
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Magic Leap tells its customers that the Magic Leap 1, which launched in August 2018, and the AR headset
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A US district judge temporarily blocks an Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors to open social media accounts that was set to take effect on Sep. 1 (Andrew DeMillo/Associated Press)
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Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental OK for minors to create social media accounts
A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accou...
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A US judge temporarily blocks an Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors to create social media accounts, which was set to take effect on September 1
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