Meta launches a Gen Z-focused redesign of Facebook, including a Local tab in 10 US cities, an Explore tab, and a full-screen video player in the Video tab
get ready for more content from strangers Paul Hill / Neowin : Meta rolls out new Facebook features including Local and Explore tabs Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Faceboo...
Meta launches a Gen Z-focused redesign of Facebook, including a Local tab in 10 US cities, an Explore tab, and a full-screen video player in the Video tab
get ready for more content from strangers Paul Hill / Neowin : Meta rolls out new Facebook features including Local and Explore tabs Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Faceboo...
The Atlantic and Vox Media sign multiyear licensing and product deals with OpenAI; The Atlantic plans an experimental Atlantic Labs with OpenAI's and other tech
- The Atlantic has been publishing content since 1857. … - Both agreements also allow OpenAI to tap into the respective …
TikTok is testing 60-minute videos, which would let media companies post full TV show episodes and put TikTok in even more direct competition with YouTube
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
How Trump is courting crypto traders, as GOP becomes increasingly friendly toward crypto while key Democrats remain at odds and SEC cracks down on the industry
It's the first time crypto has become an issue in the general election of a presidential race.
A look at the MGM hack, carried out by Star Fraud group, part of the Com online community of teenagers from English-speaking countries that also spawned Lapsus$
Sources: Microsoft and OpenAI are planning a $100B data center project with a US-based supercomputer dubbed “Stargate” to power OpenAI's products
Executives at Microsoft and OpenAI have been drawing up plans for a data center project that would contain a supercomputer …
Google's charitable wing Google.org debuts an accelerator for generative AI, to be funded by $20M in grants and starting with 21 nonprofits, including Quill.org
Very excited about what we'll be bringing to the world in the next few months through … Michael Ellison : As we continue to leverage AI to transform higher education, CodePath is p...
Reddit priced its IPO at $34 per share, the top of its expected $31-$34 range, raising $519M and valuing the company at nearly $6.5B, ahead of its market debut
In this photo illustration a Reddit logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. — Reddit, the 19-year-old website that hosts millions …
The TikTok divestment bill's progress slows down in the Senate, as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not decided whether to bring the bill to the floor
Legislation to force TikTok's Chinese owner to sell the app or have it banned in the United States sailed through the House, but the Senate has no plans to move hastily.
Some Democrats warn that a ban of TikTok, used by nearly two-thirds of Americans under 30, could imperil Biden's reelection by depressing young voter turnout
but their treatment of him is vastly different Nate Cohn / New York Times : Share of Democratic Registrations Is Declining, but What Does It Mean? Kathleen Parker / Washington Post...
Graphika: the viral pornographic Taylor Swift deepfakes originated from a 4chan challenge to bypass anti-porn filters in Microsoft Designer and OpenAI's DALL-E
you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy [embedded post] Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Taylor Swift Deepfakes Originated From AI Challenge, Report Says
23andMe says hackers stole the ancestry data of 6.9M of its 14M customers, via a breach first disclosed in October 2023, by leveraging access to ~14K accounts
https://arstechnica.com/... John / @obeto@mas.to : That's the problem with biometric PIIs: they cannot be changed if a breach occurs. — If, some of the victims work in sensitive ...
Elon Musk scoffs at advertisers leaving X because of his controversial posts: “If somebody's going to try to blackmail me with advertising ... go fuck yourself”
- In recent weeks, Musk has promoted and sometimes verbally endorsed what the White House called “antisemitic and racist hate” …
MGM was likely hacked by Scattered Spider, an English-speaking group that previously used help desk calls to get passwords and planned to hack the slot machines
Person claiming to represent cybercriminals explains techniques used to evade detection by casino resort company
Filing: Caesars confirms the casino operator was hacked via a social engineering attack on an outsourced IT support vendor; sources: Caesars paid a ~$15M ransom
CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act … Thomas Barrabi / New York Post : Caesars Entertainment paid about $15M to hackers who stole customer...
An investigation finds that Barstool Sports apparently controls 40+ “burner” X accounts to launder viral copyright-protected videos for its legitimate accounts
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast :