1 hour ago Ro CEO Zachariah Reitano says the benefits of being a private company are growing

Ro co-founder and CEO Zachariah Reitano said while he’d “never say never” about potentially taking the seven-year-old telehealth company public, he thinks the benefits of being a private company are growing. Reitano dodged multiple questions from Axios reporter Dan Primack about whether or not the company has plans to IPO in the near term — […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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1 hour ago Kurt Olsen Helped Trump Fight His 2020 Defeat. Trump Is Talking to Him Again.

Mr. Olsen, a lawyer, has spoken to the former president multiple times in recent weeks. He’s insisted it’s important to make legal demands concerning voting-machine data before Election Day.

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2 hours ago AI video generation expert discusses the technology's rapid advances—and its current limitations

This presidential cycle has already seen several high-profile examples of people using deepfakes to try to influence voters. Deepfakes are images, audio recordings, or videos generated or modified using artificial intelligence (AI) models to depict real or fictional people. Recent deepfake examples include manipulated audio of Joe Biden urging voters to stay home during primaries and fabricated images of Taylor Swift endorsing Donald Trump.

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3 hours ago Zach Bryan leaves Brianna ‘Chickenfry’ LaPaglia ‘blindsided’ by breakup

Country star Zach Bryan has ended his relationship with Boston native and Barstool Sports personality Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia, who shared on Instagram that she was "blindsided" by the musician. The post Zach Bryan leaves Brianna ‘Chickenfry’ LaPaglia ‘blindsided’ by breakup appeared first on Boston.com.

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3 hours ago Feds clear way for EVTOL startups to bring flying vehicles to U.S. airspace

Federal regulators have cleared the path for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to share U.S. airspace with planes and helicopters — a win for the burgeoning industry and a timely decision for startups like Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation that are expected to launch air taxi networks commercially in 2025.  The Federal Aviation Administration […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 hours ago Bizarre New York laws include restrictions, penalties for taking a selfie with a tiger

New York is full of odd laws that you may be surprised are still technically on the books. Those laws include excessive horn honking, photos with tigers and more.

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4 hours ago New group of digital criminals are exploiting the United States' financial systems

Cryptocurrency fraud in Nigeria is exclusively committed by young men, with 100% of convicted fraudsters being male and nearly two-thirds under the age of 30, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. The United States is firmly in the sights of these criminals, with 55% of all cases involving American targets.

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4 hours ago AI could transform film visual effects, but first, the technology must address copyright debate

While many people in the creative industries are worrying that AI is about to steal their jobs, Oscar-winning film director James Cameron is embracing the technology. Cameron is famous for making the "Avatar" and "Terminator" movies, as well as "Titanic". Now he has joined the board of Stability.AI, a leading player in the world of Generative AI.

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4 hours ago LinkedIn confirms the ‘follower purge’ was just a bug that’s now resolved

LinkedIn users on Tuesday began noticing a problem with their follower counts on the platform: They were dropping rapidly, and sometimes by many hundreds of users at once. With no official word at the time from LinkedIn, many began speculating that the situation was the result of LinkedIn purging fake accounts from the platform. Some […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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