2 hours ago Apple pauses AI notification summaries for news after generating false alerts

Apple is pausing AI notification summaries for news and entertainment apps after facing backlash for generating inaccurate news alerts. In addition, the company is introducing changes to notification summaries as a whole to allow for greater transparency. With the latest round of developer previews for iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, Apple is disabling […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 hours ago Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations

Perdue Farms and JBS have settled with the Labor Department after relying on migrant children to do dangerous work in their slaughterhouses. Most of the money will be used to help the children.

Economics

34 hours ago Eagles fan seen in vile tirade against female Packers supporter loses job at DEI

A Philadelphia Eagles fan who was seen in a viral video berating a Green Bay Packers supporter with disgusting words lost his job at his DEI-focused consulting company.

Sport

2 hours ago Jessica Alba Breaks Silence On Cash Warren Breakup! Read Her Statement!

It has been officially confirmed: Jessica Alba and Cash Warren are done. On Thursday, Jessica took to Instagram to finally address the reports that their marriage is coming to an end after 17 years. And yes, it’s all true. The longtime couple are divorcing. The Honest Company founder wrote: “I’ve been on a journey of self-realization [...] Read More... The post Jessica Alba Breaks Silence On Cash Warren Breakup! Read Her Statement! appeared first on Perez Hilton.

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37 hours ago Southern Methodist University Wants to Sever Ties to Its Church. Can the Church Stop It?

The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, heads to the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Culture

47 minutes ago SpaceX catches Starship booster a second time, loses ship to an ‘anomaly’ in space

SpaceX caught the Starship rocket’s Super Heavy booster for a second time, after it launched the upper stage into space on Thursday during a seventh test flight of the system. Soon after the successful catch, SpaceX representatives reported the ship was lost after the company lost contact about eight and half minutes into the flight. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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37 hours ago How a Company Makes Millions Off a Hospital Program Meant to Help the Poor

A private business has helped supercharge a controversial federal drug program. Patients and insurers have been left with big bills.

Science

4 hours ago Exclusive: Populist Proposal to Auction Distressed Government Assets to Raise over $1.1 Trillion for Trump’s Working

A populist proposal to auction off distressed federal government assets, such as loans, to pay for infrastructure and other policy priorities for working-class Americans is gaining renewed interest ahead of former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House next week. The post Exclusive: Populist Proposal to Auction Distressed Government Assets to Raise over $1.1 Trillion for Trump’s Working-Class Agenda Gains Renewed Interest appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 hours ago ChatGPT Mystery: Mother of OpenAI Whistleblower Tells Tucker Carlson He Was Murdered

Poornima Ramarao, the mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji — who was found dead in his apartment in November, after being courted to testify against Sam Altman's AI powerhouse in copyright trials — says that while California authorities claim her son died from suicide, crime scene photos show it was a murder. The post ChatGPT Mystery: Mother of OpenAI Whistleblower Tells Tucker Carlson He Was Murdered appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 hours ago Bondi spars with Schiff at testy confirmation hearing: 'You were censured'

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., grilled Pam Bondi on how she would act in terms of President-elect Trump's political opponents, leading to a fiery response from Bondi.

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8 hours ago Service members who refused the COVID 'jab' would get their jobs back and back pay, too, under new GOP bill

A pair of Republicans are introducing legislation that would offer service members who were fired over the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate a chance to get their jobs back and receive backpay.

Economics

6 hours ago CNN defamation trial: Plaintiff testifies he lost security clearance in recent courtroom discovery

Zachary Young testified that he does not still have a security clearance, after CNN suggested holding the clearance would indicate he’s still able to find work.

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5 hours ago Zeldin grilled by Democrats on climate change, Trump’s stance on carbon emissions during EPA hearing

Trump's EPA administrator nominee took at times pointed questions from several liberal Democratic senators during his confirmation hearing Thursday.

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10 hours ago Billionaires And Celebrities Pledge Aid To Los Angeles Fire Victims—As Netflix, Wonderful Company Promise $10 Million

Billionaires And Celebrities Pledge Aid To Los Angeles Fire Victims—As Netflix, Wonderful Company Promise $10 Million  Forbes

Economics

8 hours ago Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Successfully Launches 'New Glenn' Rocket to Orbit

Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, successfully launched its massive New Glenn rocket on its first test flight, marking a significant milestone in the company's quest to provide reliable access to space. The post Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Successfully Launches ‘New Glenn’ Rocket to Orbit appeared first on Breitbart.

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7 hours ago Netradyne snags $90M at $1.25B valuation to expand smart dashcams for commercial fleets

Distracted driving is a leading cause of car crashes — and rising auto insurance premiums, which are expected to increase in 2025. For commercial fleets, that’s an expensive challenge to navigate. But for California-based startup Netradyne, it’s a tailwind.  Netradyne provides fleet owners, including big names like Amazon, with AI-enabled dashcams that collect vehicle data […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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9 hours ago Nolte: CNN's Defamation Lawyer Caught Lying, Tapper Claims He Doesn’t Follow Ratings

The judge hearing the defamation case against far-left CNN blasted the fake network’s lead attorney for lying. The post Nolte: CNN’s Defamation Lawyer Caught Lying, Tapper Claims He Doesn’t Follow Ratings appeared first on Breitbart.

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7 hours ago Woke Meltdown: Lawyer Drops Meta as a Client Because of Mark Zuckerberg's 'Descent into Toxic Masculinity'

Mark Lemley, a Stanford law professor who represented Meta in a 2023 AI copyright case, has dropped the company as a client due to what he calls CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness." The post Woke Meltdown: Lawyer Drops Meta as a Client Because of Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Descent into Toxic Masculinity’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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16 hours ago Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight

The rocket was supposed to launch Monday, but ice buildup caused a delay. It's built to haul spacecraft and eventually astronauts to orbit and also the moon.

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7 hours ago Can a bear hug thaw the 'Seattle Freeze'? Civic group tests theory in the wild around Amazon HQ

Can a bear hug thaw the 'Seattle Freeze'? Civic group tests theory in the wild around Amazon HQ  GeekWire

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24 hours ago Hindenburg Research, a short seller that targeted tech and EV companies, is closing up shop

When Hindenburg Research posts a blog on its website, it often means a company’s final days are near. Today, that company is Hindenburg Research. Nate Anderson announced Wednesday he has shut down short-selling firm Hindenburg Research, after a seven-year run issuing damning reports about high-profile companies, including many of the technology world’s giants and buzzy […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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8 hours ago Watch Live: Day 2 of Pam Bondi Confirmation Hearing for Attorney General

Witnesses testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about Pam Bondi in a confirmation hearing for her to become Attorney General of the United States on Thursday, January 16. The post Watch Live: Day 2 of Pam Bondi Confirmation Hearing for Attorney General appeared first on Breitbart.

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25 hours ago As TikTok faces a US shutdown, here are some alternative apps to check out

TikTok has warned of a looming shutdown in just six days, as the Supreme Court is currently weighing the law that would ban the app. So we thought it’s time to take a look at other platforms that may be able to fill the TikTok-shaped hole in our lives.  The law gives TikTok parent company […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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8 hours ago Watch Live: Doug Burgum Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of the Interior

Doug Burgum testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a confirmation hearing to become the Secretary of the Interior on Thursday, January 16. The post Watch Live: Doug Burgum Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of the Interior appeared first on Breitbart.

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26 hours ago AI predicts properties of molten salts for modeling safer and more sustainable nuclear power reactors

Researchers from Skoltech and the Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of UB RAS have developed and tested a model based on machine learning that predicts the properties of molten salts. These compounds are already used in metallurgy and hold promise for resolving the problem of mounting nuclear waste.

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14 hours ago Washington state makes history: First in the world to permanently ban commercial net pens to protect wild salmon, Orcas and Puget Sound ecosystems

Washington state makes history: First in the world to permanently ban commercial net pens to protect wild salmon, Orcas and Puget Sound ecosystems  Journal of the San Juan Islands

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26 hours ago Disney Opens Wardrobe Warehouse for Employees Affected by Los Angeles Area Fire

Disney Opens Wardrobe Warehouse for Employees Affected by Los Angeles Area Fire  The Walt Disney Company

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15 hours ago Column | Asking Eric: A negative paternity test and a breakup leads to no contact

Column | Asking Eric: A negative paternity test and a breakup leads to no contact  The Washington Post

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22 hours ago Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it claims are competitive with the industry’s best

Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies. This week, MiniMax, an Alibaba- and Tencent-backed startup that has raised around $850 million in venture capital and is valued at more than $2.5 billion, debuted three new models: MiniMax-Text-01, MiniMax-VL-01, and T2A-01-HD. MiniMax-Text-01 […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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25 hours ago Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting

Several governments participated in a meeting on the proliferation of commercial spyware at the United Nations Security Council. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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25 hours ago Game theory approach finds some public benefit to platforms like Google and Waze collecting user data

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have used mathematical tools from game theory to show that in certain situations, allowing platforms to retain decision-making power over the collection and commercialization of their users' data can enhance overall welfare.

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26 hours ago Pam Bondi, Trump's choice for attorney general, testifies for confirmation hearing

Pam Bondi, Trump's pick for attorney general, discusses her approach to running the nation's premier defender of the law.

Politics

26 hours ago Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S25 on January 22 — here’s what we expect

The biggest reveal from last week’s Samsung CES press conference may well have been another press conference. The hardware giant closed out the main event by teasing the company’s upcoming show. The next Samsung Unpacked event is set for January 22 at 10 a.m. PT. As with all recent Unpackeds, next week’s big show will […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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28 hours ago Tesla to split $100M award for electric truck charging corridor in Illinois

Tesla, along with three other industry partners, quietly backed an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency application that won $100 million in funding to build electric truck charging stations across the state, TechCrunch has learned. The award was the biggest given out by the Biden Administration’s Federal Highway Administration last week in the second round of what’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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29 hours ago My company disbanded its DEI committee, and I’m deeply concerned that this decision may undermine our organization’s ability to meaningfully address and dismantle systemic workplace inequalities.

Elaine Varelas provides insights on the troubling trend of organizations eliminating their DEI committees and its impact. The post My company disbanded its DEI committee, and I’m deeply concerned that this decision may undermine our organization’s ability to meaningfully address and dismantle systemic workplace inequalities. appeared first on Boston.com.

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30 hours ago Zigzags for greener construction: Design avoids concrete and steel waste

Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. Made from cement, water, sand and gravel, this relatively cheap mixture can be shaped as needed and withstand high forces in compression. Yet it performs poorly under tensile stress, requiring steel reinforcement, and excessive amounts of material are often used. This fuels climate change, since producing concrete and steel generates significant carbon emissions.

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30 hours ago Galloway Company Expansion Nearly Doubles United States Industrial Sweetened Condensed Milk Capacity

Galloway Company Expansion Nearly Doubles United States Industrial Sweetened Condensed Milk Capacity  PerishableNews

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