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1 day agoCurrent Event cone
Netflix says new password sharing rules were posted by accident
Following widespread disappointment on social media, with many threatening to cancel their memberships, the streaming giant claimed some new account rules being trialled in other countries had accidentally been added to its help pages elsewhere. While subscribers have been expecting the company to introduce anti-password sharing regulations since last year, when the platform started talking tough during a lull in memberships, the extent of the crackdown revealed earlier this week caught some by ...
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1 day agoCurrent Event cone
It’s time we admit it: Dave Bautista is our best wrestler turned actor
The squared circle-to-silver screen pipeline has never been particularly clean. While there’s always a guest spot for jacked-up wrestlers on Young Rock, rising to the level of a movie star is another question entirely. Despite weekly TV time, a feverish cult of fans willing to wear a performer’s face on a T-shirt, and a required charisma that engages live audiences and TV viewers alike through pure physicality, successful pro wrestlers’ abilities don’t always translate to the movies.
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1 day agoCurrent Event cone
3 bodies found near Detroit identified as missing rappers
Armani Kelly, Montoya Givens and Dante Wicker went missing after a canceled show in Detroit on Jan. 21, police said.
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4 days agoCurrent Event cone
Robot Lawyer Stunt Cancelled After Human Lawyers Objected
DoNotPay has cancelled plans to have its AI-powered “robot lawyer” represent a defendant in a U.S. court after several human lawyer organizations objected to the experiment, according to company founder and CEO Joshua Browder. Browder hoped to make history by becoming the first lawyer to use artificial intelligence (AI) to argue a case in a court of law.
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7 days agoCurrent Event cone
Three seconds of audio could end up costing Fox $504,000
Despite being a well-known illegal sound that many film and television productions have been fined over, US media titan Fox stands accused of playing the Emergency Alert System attention tone to promote an NFL show on dozens of TV channels. The Federal Communications Commission, which polices use of the sound to protect its integrity, now wants to fine the organization $504,000 – just as it did for Hollywood action film Olympus Has Fallen ($1.9 million, 2014) right down to Jimmy Kimmel Live ($...
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7 days agoCurrent Event cone
Rogue AI ‘could kill everyone,’ scientists warn as ChatGPT craze runs rampant
Researchers are calling rogue AI an “existential threat to humanity” that we need to regulate like nuclear weapons.
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9 days agoCurrent Event cone
The first AI-written speech delivered by congressman is as flavorless as you’d expect
We’ve reached the political stunt stage of AI-generated text, it seems. As reported by WBZ NewsRadio, CBS Boston, and others, the Democratic Representative for Massachusetts, Jake Auchincloss, has become the first member of congress to deliver an AI-written speech on the floor of the House of Representatives. Appropriately enough, the speech was in support of a bill that would establish a joint AI research center run by the US and Israel.
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11 days agoCurrent Event cone
A faulty patch has kept Destiny 2 offline for more than 17 hours
Destiny 2 was forced offline for 20 hours, after Bungie issued a faulty patch that caused issues for players. Bungie issued a regular game patch to tweak Destiny 2’s sandbox on Tuesday, but many players quickly realized the game had deleted soome triumphs, seals, and catalysts. Bungie has now issued a fix that involve rolling back its servers.
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13 days agoAnalysis cone
The Earth's ozone layer is slowly recovering, UN report finds
The upper atmosphere ozone layer protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation, which is linked to skin cancer, eye cataracts and agricultural damage.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event cone
CNN Wants Jon Stewart or Bill Maher to Be Its ‘Gutfeld!’
Oh man, Greg Gutfeld is absolutely going to feast on the report that CNN is looking to launch a late-night comedy show. If he didn’t consider himself the king of late night before, the Fox News comedy commentator surely will now.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event cone
Fall Out Boy Signs With Fueled by Ramen-Elektra, Announces New Album ‘So Much (for) Stardust’
Fall Out Boy has signed with Fueled by Ramen/ Elektra Records and announced its first studio album in four years, titled “So Much (for) Stardust,” coming March 24. The announcement comes with the release of single “Love From the Other Side,” which Fall Out Boy will perform on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday night. The band also released a music video for the song, directed by David Braun and Open the Portal.
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1 month agoCurrent Event cone
A mass exodus from Christianity is underway in America
While the number of Americans who celebrate Christmas as a cultural holiday is going strong, there has been a shocking rise in the number of people ditching Christianity — what sociologists call “nonverts.” Pew Research Center estimates that Christians will be a minority of Americans by 2070 if current trends continue.
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1 month agoCurrent Event cone
This app transforms your phone's hole punch into a button
We’ve stumbled upon a rather interesting app. This app is called NotiGuy, and it essentially turns your phone’s hole punch into a button. That’s not its only functionality, but it is its most interesting aspect.
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1 month agoExpression cone
The year’s worst video game writing
Oh my god, stop talking.
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1 month agoExpression cone
El Niño Is Coming—and the World Isn’t Prepared
Global heating will set the stage for extreme weather everywhere in 2023. The consequences are likely to be cataclysmic.
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1 month agoCurrent Event cone
Explainer: How did Bankman-Fried secure $250 mln bail?
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried clinched a bail deal on Thursday that would see him released on a $250 million bond secured against his parents' property with restrictions on his movement.
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1 month agoCurrent Event cone
Oppo’s foldable phones take on Samsung with a flip phone and a tablet
Oppo has a new set of foldables with some interesting designs: Meet the Oppo Find N2 and the Oppo Find N2 Flip. Just like Samsung's lineup, these are big and small foldable phones, but both offer something unique. First up, the Oppo Find N2 is the company's flagship foldable. It's a phone that opens up into a tablet for 7,999 yuan (about $1,147). This one is a China-only release for now, but there's always a chance Oppo's sister company...
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1 month agoCurrent Event cone
AG: Monsanto to pay $698M for polluting Oregon's people and environment for 90 years
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has announced a historic $698 million dollar settlement with the Monsanto Company for what she calls their role in polluting Oregon for over 90 years. Monsanto was the only manufacturer, seller, and distributor of pollutant polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are toxic compounds formerly used in coolants, electrical equipment (such as fluorescent lighting fixtures), and devices, as well as hydraulic oils.
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1 month agoCurrent Event cone
Toxic spinach causes hallucinations and delirium in Australia
Authorities have urged anyone suffering from a range of severe symptoms after eating it to go to hospital.