Social media platform has become a ‘refuge’ from the far-right activism on X, experts say, after Elon Musk teamed up with Donald Trump Social media platform Bluesky has picked up more than 700,000 new users in the week since the US election, as users seek to escape misinformation and offensive posts on X. The influx, …
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Collapsed cryptocurrency company says $1.8bn was ‘fraudulently transferred’ to Binance and its executives The collapsed cryptocurrency company FTX is suing Binance and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao, alleging that $1.8bn was “fraudulently transferred” by FTX management to Binance and its executives. The lawsuit relates to Binance’s sale of its stake in Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, which …
Four years after the PS5’s release, Sony has now put out a more powerful version. But the asking price is steep The PlayStation 5 Pro was announced in September, and immediately people reacted with disbelief to the price: £699/$699, without a disc drive. Adjusted for inflation, it is the second-most expensive games console ever released …
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Traders hope president-elect will favour cryptocurrencies when he returns to the White House Business live – latest updates The price of bitcoin has risen above $81,000 for the first time as it benefited from traders’ hopes that Donald Trump will favour cryptocurrencies when he returns to the White House. Bitcoin touched a record high of …
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A Dutch publisher has announced that it will use AI to translate some of its books – but those in the industry are worried about the consequences if this becomes the norm As anyone who has tried pointing their phone’s camera at a menu in a foreign country lately will know, machine translation has improved …
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Experts say new government could blunt regulation and appoint officials sympathetic to Musk’s brood of companies Donald Trump owes his decisive 2024 presidential victory in no small part to the enthusiastic support of the world’s richest man. In the months leading up to the election, Elon Musk put his full weight behind the Maga movement, …
The rapid growth of ‘AI slop’ – content created by artificial tools – is starting to warp our perception of what is, or could be, real My eye was caught by a striking photograph in the most recent edition of Charles Arthur’s Substack newsletter Social Warming. It shows a narrow street in the aftermath of …
The world’s richest man has risen to become the second most powerful man in US politics. None of it was accidental As Donald Trump watched election results roll in from a party at his Mar-a-Lago compound, Elon Musk sat arm’s length away, basking in the impending victory he had helped secure. In less than five …
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Edwards taped message that became catchphrase and served as title of 1998 film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan Elwood Edwards, who voiced AOL’s “You’ve got mail” greeting, has died, aged 74. Edwards died on Tuesday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina, his daughter Heather said. The cause was complications from a stroke …
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If Trump’s re-election is getting you down, these innovations in medicine and technology should cheer you up Ian Sample Continue reading… If Trump’s re-election is getting you down, these innovations in medicine and technology should cheer you up Ian Sample Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian
