Month: November 2024

Securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders accuses the social media platform of misleading them about misuse of user data The US supreme court grappled on Wednesday with a bid by Meta’s Facebook to scuttle a federal securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders who accused the social media platform of misleading them about the misuse of …

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AI has given us the pope in a puffer, but it is also predicted to wipe out 200,000 entertainment jobs. We report from a crucial event in Portugal, full of angry artists, digital miracles – and a surprising amount of optimism The first piece of AI-generated video I ever made moved me to tears – …

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There are already signs of a return on the Tesla chief’s political investment, and there could be more to come US elections 2024 – live updates US election results 2024: live map and tracker Hours before it became official that Donald Trump had returned to the White House, his biggest supporter was already inside the …

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Initial test run of GPT-4o technology can help with regulations but ‘cannot provide predictions or opinions’ It speaks a bit of Welsh, can recite the building regulations, refuses to say whether Rishi Sunak is better than Keir Starmer and won’t explain the UK corporation tax regime. The government is launching an artificial intelligence chatbot to …

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Republican candidate is seen as pro-crypto and price of bitcoin has followed his position in the polls Bitcoin has soared to a new record high as traders bet on victory for Donald Trump in the US presidential race, with the tycoon seen as the pro-crypto candidate. The digital currency hit as much as $75,005.08 on …

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Complaint alleges Musk’s America Pac deceived voters by falsely claiming prize winners would be chosen at random US election 2024 – live updates Elon Musk was sued in a proposed class action on Tuesday by registered voters who signed his petition to support the constitution for a chance to win his $1m-a-day giveaway, and now …

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There are so many deep questions to tackle about the crypto-currency, yet this programme launches into a wild goose chase after its founder. It’s impressively rigorous – but feels like a waste of time By the end of Money Electric’s 100 minutes I understand fractionally more about bitcoin and the blockchain. This is no mean …

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Company typically prohibits its use for ‘military, warfare, nuclear industries or applications, [and] espionage’ Meta announced Monday that it would allow US national security agencies and defense contractors to use its open-source artificial intelligence model, Llama. The announcement came days after Reuters reported an older version of Llama had been used by researchers to develop …

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If the competition watchdog does approve the tie-up, we should get huge investment in 5G and a promise to commit to existing prices The competition watchdog has said it could give the proposed £15bn merger between the telecoms companies Vodafone and Three the green light, provided they agree to certain conditions. The Competition and Markets …

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The evolution of Musk’s X network is complete; why Reddit is profitable; and niche Halloween costumes • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, technology news editor at Guardian US. Today in the newsletter: X’s final form, learnings from a packed week of earnings, …

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