X releases its first transparency report since Elon Musk’s takeover from ABC
Social media platform X published its first transparency report on WednesdayRead More
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X blocks links to hacked JD Vance dossier from the Verge Elizabeth Lopatto
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images X is preventing users from posting links to a newsletter containing a hacked document that’s alleged to be the Trump campaign’s research into vice presidential candidate JD Vance. The journalist who wrote the newsletter, Ken Klippenstein, has been suspended from the platform. Searches for posts containing…
Hong Kong jails two journalists for sedition from the BBC
Editors at a now-defunct news site published articles about the city’s national security crackdown.Read More
World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan from the BBC
After almost half a century on death row Iwao Hakamada, 88, has been acquitted of murder.Read More
Google complains about Microsoft cloud tactics to European Union antitrust watchdog from ABC
Google is escalating a feud with Microsoft over cloud computing by filing a European Union antitrust complaint accusing its tech rival of anticompetitive practicesRead More
Putin proposes new rules for using nuclear weapons from the BBC
Russia’s leader says strikes by a non-nuclear state aided by a nuclear power can be considered a joint attackRead More
Google’s NotebookLM can help you dive deeper into YouTube videos from the Verge Emma Roth
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge NotebookLM, Google’s AI note-taking app, can now summarize and help you dig deeper into YouTube videos. The new capability works by analyzing the text in a YouTube video’s transcript, including autogenerated ones. Once you add a YouTube link to NotebookLM, it will use AI to provide a brief…
Nearly 40 children in India drown during Hindu festival from the BBC
They are among 46 victims in the northern Bihar state during a festival for children’s wellbeing.Read More
Sony’s Horizon Zero Dawn remaster may cost $20 more than we thought from the Verge Sean Hollister
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. | Image: Sony If you thought you’d buy a new copy of Horizon Zero Dawn on Sony’s digital storefront for a smooth $20 and just pay an extra $10 for the new remastered version when it arrives on October 31st, think again. Sony has quietly doubled the price of Horizon Zero…
Meta unveils cheaper VR headset, AI updates and shows off prototype for holographic AR glasses from ABC
Meta has unveiled updates to the company’s virtual reality headset and Ray Ban smart glasses along as it tries to demonstrate its artificial intelligence prowess and the next generation of computing platforms beyond smartphones and computersRead More