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Meta previews new parental controls for its AI experiences

Meta on Friday previewed its upcoming parental control features for teens’ conversations with AI characters on its platforms. The features, which will be rolled out next year, include the ability to block certain characters and monitor conversation topics. Starting in … Continue reading

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Reddit expands its AI-powered search to five new languages

Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. With this expansion, the feature is now available in countries like Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, and Italy. Users … Continue reading

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OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr.

OpenAI is pausing AI video generations of Martin Luther King at the request of the late civil rights activists’ estate.

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Defunct electric aircraft startup Lilium’s tech lives on over at Archer

Archer prevailed in a competitive bidding process that included Ambitious Air Mobility Group and U.S. based Joby Aviation.

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VC legend Ron Conway quits Salesforce Foundation after Benioff’s National Guard comments

Ron Conway has been on the board of the Salesforce’s philanthropic organization for 10 years.

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Waymo dips its wheels back into delivery, this time with DoorDash

Waymo has spent the past several years scaling up its robotaxi business. The partnership with DoorDash could mark a return to delivery.

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EFF, unions sue Trump admin. over alleged mass social media surveillance of legal residents

The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.

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Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with “evidence collection and investigative work.”

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Meta to shut down Messenger desktop apps for Mac and Windows

Starting December 15, users will no longer be able to log into the apps and will be automatically redirected to the Facebook website to access Messenger.

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Rent a Cyber Friend will pay you to talk to strangers online and will show off its platform at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

“Loneliness is the biggest disease in the world right now,” founder Francesco Vitali said. “So we built a platform where human time has value again, and a place where being human is important.”

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