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Elon Musk’s X Worth 79% Less Than When He Bought It
The platform formerly known as Twitter is now valued at $9.4 billion, two years after Musk paid $44 billion
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Epic Games Sues Google, Samsung for Antitrust Violations
The Fortnite developer says Samsung has an “exceptionally onerous” 21-step process in place to block users from downloading third-party apps
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‘Spy on Me’: TikTok Users Aren’t Worried About China Getting Their Data
Support for banning TikTok continues to wane, with American users saying they have “nothing to hide” from the app’s Chinese owners
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Adele, Jack Harlow Music Videos Will Return to YouTube in SESAC Deal
A number of major videos, which were pulled down over the weekend, will be restored in the “next day or two”
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Hands On With Meta’s New Orion Augmented Reality Glasses | Commentary
Meta’s moonshot device arrives. Will this justify the billions of dollars that Meta has spent on its Reality Labs?
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Amazon Sees Over $1.8 Billion in Video Ad Sales During Upfronts
The commercials will run during Prime programs like Thursday Night Football as well as on Freevee and Twitch
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Worked for ‘Love’ – Now He’ll Make $10.5 Billion
Restructuring to a for-profit business would instantly make OpenAI’s CEO billions of dollars richer
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Runway to Give Filmmakers Up to $1 Million to Make AI Movies
The AI company recently struck a deal with Lionsgate
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Brad Pitt Condemns ‘Awful’ Impersonators Who Scammed $360K From Spanish Fans
“This is an important reminder to not respond to unsolicited online outreach, especially from actors who have no social media presence,” a spokesperson for the actor tells TheWrap
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X Under Musk: Suspensions Surge 307%, Driven by Action Against Child Abuse
The platform is censoring far less content, however
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Mark Zuckerberg’s 2024 Election Plan: Make Facebook, Instagram Less Political
Sports and celebrity news are now prioritized over election coverage on Meta’s social media platforms
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Warner Bros. Discovery Teams With Google Cloud for AI-Powered Captioning
The partnership, which will initially be applied to the studio’s unscripted programming, is designed to significantly reduce production time and costs
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Meta AI to Begin Speaking in Voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina and John Cena | Report
New celebrity AI voices like Kristen Bell and Keegan-Michael Key will roll out to Instagram and Facebook later this week, according to Reuters
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Blocked X Users Can Now See Posts From People Blocking Them, Regardless
Owner Elon Musk has long expressed open hostility to the feature and wrote that it is “high time this happened,” but some users worry this could enable harassment
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Bill Gates’ Daughter Tells Him She’s Lost Friends Due to Covid Vaccine Microchip Conspiracy Theory Falsely Tied to Him
Her dad acknowledges hearing about the widespread baseless accusations, saying some of the stories “started getting crazy”
