Sky News Australia, one of the world’s leading media networks, has announced that it would discontinue publishing to the popular Chinese app TikTok in an effort to protect its reporters and audiences from security risks. Sky called TikTok a “spy network masquerading as a social media platform,” saying the risks of being on TikTok are…
One of the World’s Fastest Growing Media Group’s Removes Itself From TikTok, Calls the App A ‘Spy Network’
April 9, 2023
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‘Spy Network’: One of the World’s Fastest Growing Media Group’s Removes Itself From TikTok
April 9, 2023
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Right-leaning news channel Sky News Australia has announced that it would discontinue publishing to the popular Chinese app TikTok in an effort to protect its reporters and audiences from security risks. Sky called TikTok a “spy network masquerading as a social media platform,” saying the risks of being on TikTok are “far too great for any…
Baidu Sues Apple, App Developers Over Fake Ernie Bot Apps
April 9, 2023
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SHANGHAI—Chinese search engine giant Baidu has filed lawsuits against “relevant” app developers and Apple Inc. over fake copies of its Ernie bot app available on Apple’s app store. The company’s artificial intelligence powered Ernie bot, launched last month, has been touted as China’s closest answer to the U.S.-developed chatbot ChatGPT. Baidu said it had lodged…
‘Twitter Files’ Reporter Matt Taibbi Leaves Twitter in Protest Over Throttling of Substack Links
Journalist Matt Taibbi, who broke the sensational “Twitter Files” story that exposed the inner workings of the social media giant’s censorship machine, has announced he’s leaving Twitter in protest of apparent changes that have made the platform unusable for him. Taibbi, who posts his articles on Substack and is one of the most popular contributors…
How AI Can Track, Manipulate Voters
April 8, 2023
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How well do artificial intelligence (AI) programs know us humans? In most cases, it turns out quite well and, in some ways better than we know ourselves. A study by AI experts at Brigham Young University, titled “Out of One, Many: Using Language Models to Simulate Human Samples,” found that predictive AI programs exhibited a…
Twitter Vows to Crackdown on Users ‘Weaponizing’ Abuse Reporting System by Making Fake Complaints
Twitter has changed its abuse and harassment policy in a crackdown on the weaponization of the user reporting system by fake complaints. The social media platform announced on April 7 that it had updated its abuse and harassment policy to clarify how it defined “targeted harassment.” There have been increasing complaints from individuals about being…
Amazon Plans to Trim Employee Stock Awards Amid Tough Economy
Amazon.com Inc. said it would reduce employee stock awards, a part of its compensation plan, as the e-commerce giant navigates an uncertain economy. “We made the decision to reduce RSU [restricted stock units] awards in the final outlook year by a small amount [other years are not impacted],” an Amazon spokesperson said in an emailed…
Apple Says ‘Hello Mumbai’ at First India Store Launch
MUMBAI—Apple Inc. on Wednesday revealed the look of its first retail store in India, as several people tried to catch a glimpse outside the store’s black and yellow artwork patterned after Mumbai’s iconic taxis. India has become a big market for the Cupertino, California-based company, which launched an online retail store in the world’s second-largest…
Samsung Cuts Chip Production After Profit Plummets
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said on Friday it is implementing a “meaningful” cut in its chip production after profits plunged, and after smaller companies also announced cuts in chip production. According to a Samsung press release published Friday, the largest memory chipmaker had a profit of 600 billion Korean won ($455 million) for its first…
Applications for Jobless Aid Rising but Still at Low Levels
April 6, 2023
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The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid was higher over the past few months than the government had initially reported, reflecting a modest rise in layoffs as the economy has slowed in the face of higher interest rates. The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of applications has been above 200,000 since early February—above…
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