AI finds conservative women more attractive, happier in photos

AI finds conservative women more attractive, happier in photos

Conservative female politicians tend to appear happier and more attractive in pictures than liberal politicos, a new artificial intelligence study conducted in Denmark found. Published in the Nature-owned journal Scientific Reports in March, the research found AI can predict a person’s political ideology with 61% accuracy by analyzing just one headshot. The scientists inputted about 3,200 publicly submitted photos of …

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Elon Musk mocks Biden’s plan for billionaire tax

Elon Musk mocks Biden's plan for billionaire tax

Billionaire Elon Musk blasted President Biden’s latest call for more taxes on the richest Americans on Tuesday — arguing the Democratic leader wouldn’t risk upsetting deep-pocketed campaign backers. Biden drew Musk’s ire on Saturday, when the president’s official Twitter account wrote that it was “about time the super-wealthy start paying their fair share.” But the Twitter owner argued that lower-income …

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Gannett sues Google over ‘scheme’ to gain online ad monopoly

Gannett sues Google over 'scheme' to gain online ad monopoly

USA Today parent Gannett sued Google on Tuesday, alleging the tech giant has used anticompetitive business practices to gain an illegal monopoly over the digital advertising market. Gannett, the largest US newspaper publisher, argued in Manhattan federal court that Google and its parent company, Alphabet, have “carried out a sophisticated, anticompetitive and deceptive scheme for well over a decade.” “Google …

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Nets owner Joe Tsai named Alibaba’s new chairman

Nets owner Joe Tsai named Alibaba's new chairman

Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai, the billionaire owner of the Brooklyn Net, will take over as chairman of the Chinese e-commerce giant, the company said Tuesday. Tsai, a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire with a reported net worth of $7.7 billion, replaces Daniel Zhang, who stepped down to focus on Alibaba’s “crown jewel” cloud division. Tsai, a Yale graduate, helped launch the company in …

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You can ask AI Jesus about ‘the birds and the bees’ and other ‘wild questions’

You can ask AI Jesus about ‘the birds and the bees’ and other ‘wild questions’

A chatbot “version” of Jesus Christ called “Ask_Jesus” is streaming on the gaming platform Twitch — and it stands ready to answer questions from humans on anything from morality issues to the video game Fortnite to super-powered rodents. Shown with wavy, brown hair and a beatific expression, accompanied by a calm, well-modulated voice, “AI Jesus” calls users on the platform by name — and …

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New iPhone safety feature triggers mass mistake 911 calls at Bonnaroo

New iPhone safety feature triggers mass mistake 911 calls at Bonnaroo

Not quite a “panic at the disco” — but there was panic at Bonnaroo last weekend. A new iPhone feature caused chaos on the first day of the Tennessee festival on Thursday, June 15, placing multiple accidental calls to emergency services. Police in Manchester shared details on Twitter, explaining that the calls were due to a malfunction with the iPhone’s …

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Disney, Microsoft ads on Twitter show up next to neo-Nazi propaganda: report

Disney, Microsoft ads on Twitter show up next to neo-Nazi propaganda: report

Neo-Nazi propaganda continues to find a home on Twitter and is adjacent to ads from major companies as advertisers slowly slowly return to Elon Musk’s social media platform, according to a report. Civil rights attorney and Harvard Law School clinical instructor Alejandra Caraballo said she has witnessed an increase in ads since Musk tapped NBCUniversal’s advertising superstar Linda Yaccarino to …

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I’ve been overcharged because of my last name

I've been overcharged because of my last name

Elon Musk’s filmmaking baby sister said she has been overcharged by predators who “assumes my eldest brother pays for everything,” she told the Daily Mail. “But he does not,” added Tosca Musk, the 48-year-old sibling of the world’s richest person. Tosca, who works as a filmmaker and executive producer, said she recently got hit with a bill inflated by $20,000 …

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Judge to decide if US gov wrongly censored social media users

Judge to decide if US gov wrongly censored social media users

A federal judge will decide whether President Joe Biden’s administration violated the First Amendment by censoring users on social media over topics like COVID and election security — and if so, what to do about it. Republican attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana brought the lawsuit last year, alleging that the Biden administration fostered a sprawling “federal censorship enterprise” that …

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