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Controversial chatbot’s safety measures ‘a sticking plaster’

Character.ai is facing legal action in the US over claims a bot on the site encouraged a teenager to kill his parents.

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How to Fix Network Jitter (for Good) in Under 10 Minutes

Don’t let network jitter ruin another call. Learn fast and effective ways to get a high jitter rate down to a manageable level.

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DOJ asks court to reject TikTok’s bid to temporarily block sell-or-ban law

The Department of Justice has asked a U.S. appeals court to reject ByteDance and TikTok’s emergency motion that aims to temporarily block the law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless the social network divests from Chinese ownership by … Continue reading

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Realize Music’s ‘Sing’ wants you to sing out loud by yourself in VR because it just feels good

Aimed at maintaining well-being, Sing is a VR app that you can sing out loud with when you’re home alone. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Harvard and Google to release 1 million public-domain books as AI training dataset

AI training data has a big price tag, one best-suited for deep-pocketed tech firms. This is why Harvard University plans to release a dataset that includes in the region of 1 million public-domain books, spanning genres, languages, and authors including … Continue reading

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta donates $1m to Trump fund

It appears to be the latest attempt by the Meta boss to build a closer relationship with the incoming president.

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Gigs, an ‘MVNO in a box,’ gets $73M to power mobile network services for any company

Gigs, a platform that makes it easier for any company to become a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), has raised $73 million in a Series B round of funding. The announcement comes as countless companies have added mobile networking services … Continue reading

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Microsoft quietly axes Skype credit and phone number sales to push subscriptions

Bad news for anyone out there who still uses Skype: the Microsoft-owned phone and messaging platform has quietly stopped letting users top-up accounts with credit and buy Skype phone numbers. Instead, Skype is locking into SaaS mode: it’s pushing users … Continue reading

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After Meta signals end to publisher payouts, Australia plots Big Tech news tax

A few years ago, Australia passed legislation requiring platform giants including Facebook-owner Meta and YouTube’s parent Google to negotiate with news publishers to pay for journalism reshares. The News Media Bargaining Code forced Big Tech to cut deals with local … Continue reading

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Researchers find security flaws in Skoda cars that may let hackers remotely track them

Security researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the infotainment units used in some Skoda cars that could allow malicious actors to remotely trigger certain controls and track the cars’ location in real time. PCAutomotive, a cybersecurity firm specializing in the … Continue reading

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