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55 Days Into Hunger Strike, Activist’s Mother Says She ‘Won’t Back Down’
Laila Soueif, the British-born mother of the Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah, is demanding the U.K. do more to secure his release.World - The New York Times - 22 hours ago -
Self-learning AI generates NFL against the spread, over-under, money-line picks for each Week 9, 2024 game
SportsLine AI evaluated the Week 9 NFL odds and revealed its NFL predictions, NFL score predictions, and NFL betting picks for every gameSports - CBS Sports - November 3 -
Microsoft introduces PC that has one job: connect users to their computers in the cloud
Microsoft's latest stripped-down device is designed for corporate use and includes a new operating system.Business - CNBC - 4 days ago -
Amazon steps up effort to build AI chips that can rival Nvidia
Big Tech group’s Annapurna Labs is spending big to build custom chips that lessen its reliance on market leaderBusiness - Financial Times - November 12 -
Reddit is down for many users, reports say. Here's what to know.
Reddit says it's investigating after users on Wednesday reported problems connecting to the online forum.Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users
South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Meta 21.6 billion won for illegally collecting Facebook users’ sensitive personal information, including data about their political views and sexual ...Tech - ABC News - November 5 -
A criticized Airbnb deal will let users play gladiator in Rome's Colosseum
The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with AirbnbWorld - ABC News - November 14 -
Why a Key Biden Effort to Boost Affordable Housing Has Faced Hurdles
The Biden administration rolled out a plan last year to create more housing by unlocking more than $35 billion in lending capacity. It has yet to close on any loans that would support ...Business - The New York Times - October 28 -
Google Executive Picked to Supercharge News Efforts Has Resigned
Shailesh Prakash departs after two years at the tech giant. Relationships between Google News and publishers remain strained.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 11 -
Reddit's explosive user growth and AI tools help it soar to its first profit as a public company
Reddit has turned a profit for the first time as a public companyTech - ABC News - October 30 -
Reddit’s Sees First-Ever Profit as Explosive User Growth and AI Tools Help it Soar
The social discussion platform beat Wall Street analyst forecasts, with quarterly sales results better than 10 percent above estimates.Business - Inc. - October 30 -
Apple is trying to sell loyal iPhone users on AI tools. Here's what Apple Intelligence can do
Apple customers starting on Wednesday can go to Apple stores for sessions on Apple Intelligence — the company's suite of AI tools.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 30 -
Google Maps adds AI features to help users explore and navigate the world around them
Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligenceTech - ABC News - October 31 -
Microsoft’s new Magentic-One system directs multiple AI agents to complete user tasks
Magnetic-One, Microsoft's AI agent orchestration framework, deploys multiple agents to solve daily tasks autonomously.Tech - VentureBeat - November 5 -
Offshore wind industry says 'misinformation' from foes is a strong headwind it must fight
The offshore wind energy industry says it needs to fight back against disinformation being spread by opponents of wind farmsTech - ABC News - October 29 -
Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation
X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platformTech - ABC News - October 30 -
Judge rejects request to block Elon Musk $1 million voter giveaway
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his America PAC are backing Donald Trump in the presidential election against Vice President Kamala Harris.Business - CNBC - November 4 -
Church of England must do more to combat abuse, bishop says after Archbishop of Canterbury resigns
The only Church of England bishop to publicly demand the resignation of former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says his departure wasn't enough to solve the church’s “profound failure" in ...World - ABC News - November 13 -
Saoirse Ronan ‘absolutely right’ about women’s safety fears, says Gladiator combat trainer
Paul Biddiss, who trained Paul Mescal and Day of the Jackal star Eddie Redmayne, says streetwise women are more aware of surveillance and harder to follow. He has trained would-be assassins and ...World - The Guardian - November 16 -
Jake Paul-Mike Tyson was highest-grossing combat event in Texas at $18.1M, organizers say
Jake Paul’s promotions company says the fighter's unanimous decision over Mike Tyson was the highest-grossing combat sports event in Texas at $18.1 millionSports - ABC News - 4 days ago -
The $50 Million Movie 'Here' De-Aged Tom Hanks With Generative AI
As Hollywood studios, actors, and writers wrangle over the use of AI in films, a major new release has fully embraced it.Tech - Wired - November 6 -
Wordware raises $30 million to make AI development as easy as writing a document
Wordware, a San Francisco startup, raised $30 million to simplify AI development with a natural language platform, enabling non-coders to build AI agents without traditional programming.Tech - VentureBeat - 2 days ago -
American activists were behind efforts to spread conspiracies with bot networks, study finds
American political activists on the left and the right are using networks of social media followers that behave like bots to rapidly spread conspiracy theories.Top stories - NBC News - November 1 -
Effort to tackle climate change wildly off track, says UN
The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than everTop stories - BBC News - October 28 -
Johnson says ‘little secret’ with Trump is get-out-the-vote effort, not ‘diabolical’
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said the “little secret” that former President Trump teased at his Madison Square Garden rally is a get-out-the-vote effort, not a ...Politics - The Hill - October 29 -
Americans helping Ukraine's war efforts say the US hasn't done enough
For U.S. philanthropist Amed Khan, America's has mismanaged the war in UkraineWorld - ABC News - November 1 -
Qatar decides to suspend mediation efforts in Gaza, officials say
Israel's new offensive has focused on Jabaliya, a densely populated refugee camp where Israel says Hamas had regrouped.World - CBS News - November 9 -
Salesforce CEO Benioff rips Microsoft's AI efforts. Here's why we're not picking sides
Deutsche Bank raised Salesforce's price target to $365 apiece from $325 Friday.Business - CNBC - Yesterday -
BBC Verify on claims of Pennsylvania voter fraud
Claims have been spreading on social media alleging voter fraud in Pennsylvania - BBC Verify examines them.Top stories - BBC News - November 1 -
Robert Shrimsley: can you BBC Verify that for me?
Is the Beeb being self righteous again? Or offering us a model for reinforcing our own cred when others doubt it?Business - Financial Times - November 8
