Justin Trudeau blasts Facebook for blocking news in fire-ravaged Canada

Justin Trudeau blasts Facebook for blocking news in fire-ravaged Canada

[ad_1] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau excoriated Mark Zuckerberg-run Meta as “bad for democracy” on Monday after it began blocking access to news stories on Facebook while wildfires destroy wide swaths of his country. “It is so inconceivable that a company like Facebook is choosing to put corporate profits ahead of ensuring that local news organizations can get up-to-date information …

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MMA champs offer to train Elon Musk for cage match with Zuckerberg

MMA champs offer to train Elon Musk for cage match with Zuckerberg

[ad_1] A who’s-who of MMA fighters have a beef with Mark Zuckerberg — so they’re throwing their weight behind Elon Musk ahead of a possible cage match between the tech titans.  At least eight UFC fighters, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champions, and more, led by former MMA champ Chad Robichaux are offering to train Musk for the proposed cage fight with Meta …

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Inflammation can lead to an increase in social media use: study

Inflammation can lead to an increase in social media use: study

[ad_1] People who suffer from inflammation often spend more time scrolling through social media in hopes of interacting with friends and family, a new study revealed this week. When the body slows down to heal inflammation and other illnesses, people tend to spend more time looking at their phone, according to Dr. David S. Lee, an assistant professor of communication …

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Elon Musk says X users will no longer be able to block unwanted followers

Elon Musk says X users will no longer be able to block unwanted followers

[ad_1] Elon Musk says he plans to do away with the “block” feature on the X social media platform. The app formerly known as Twitter will instead offer users the option of muting someone they don’t care for, though the “block” feature will still be available for those who no longer wish to receive direct messages from an unwanted users, …

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ChatGPT has a ‘significant’ liberal bias, researchers say

ChatGPT has a 'significant' liberal bias, researchers say

[ad_1] OpenAI’s wildly popular ChatGPT artificial-intelligence service has showed a clear bias toward the Democratic Party and other liberal viewpoints, according to a recent study conducted by UK-based researchers. Academics from the University of East Anglia tested ChatGPT by asking the chatbot to answer a series of political questions as if it were a Republican, a Democrat, or without a …

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X is finally hiring again — and you can thank 2024 election fears

X is finally hiring again -- and you can thank 2024 election fears

[ad_1] The social network formerly known as Twitter is hiring again – and you can partly thank fears about the 2024 presidential election. X – which axed 80% of its staff under its previous moniker after Elon Musk took it private – has already hired a handful of new employees and is interviewing dozens more to improve policing of bogus …

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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic flies its first tourists to the edge of space

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic flies its first tourists to the edge of space

[ad_1] Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic rocketed a handful of tourists, including a former British Olympian and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean, to the edge of space on Thursday. The feat marks Branson’s first customer flight — after years of delays– and it means Virgin Galactic can now start offering monthly rides, joining Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s …

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Sam Bankman-Fried tossed in jail over ex-girlfriend’s leaked love letters

Sam Bankman-Fried tossed in jail over ex-girlfriend's leaked love letters

[ad_1] Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was hauled off to jail Friday after a federal judge revoked the fallen crypto king’s bail for allegedly leaking his ex-girlfriend’s love letters. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan sided with federal prosecutors who argued that Bankman-Fried had jeopardized his upcoming trial by leaking the personal writings of his former lover and business associate Caroline Ellison …

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