The Justice Department said TikTok illegally collected children’s data and knowingly allowed users under the age of 13 to create accounts.
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Tech Companies to Keep Spending on A.I. Despite Worries of Slow Payoff
Big technology companies show no signs of slowing their spending on artificial intelligence, even though a payoff still looks a long way away.
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FLUX: This new AI image generator is eerily good at creating human hands
Enlarge / AI-generated image by FLUX.1 dev: “A beautiful queen of the universe holding up her hands, face in the background.” (credit: FLUX.1) On Thursday, AI-startup Black Forest Labs announced the launch of its company and the release of its first suite of text-to-image AI models, called FLUX.1. The German-based company, founded by researchers who...
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Intel Will Cut More Than 15,000 Jobs
The Silicon Valley chip maker also reported a net loss and declining revenue in the latest quarter.
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Amazon Cautions That When the News Gets Nutty, People Shop Less
The e-commerce giant reported a profitable second quarter, but warned that the third quarter will be harder to predict.
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Sales of Macs and iPads Lead Apple’s Quarterly Revenue Up 5%
While iPhone sales dropped 1 percent, consumer interest in Apple’s flagship product is expected to pick up later this year.
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Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over Canceled X Deal
The former CNN reporter said in a lawsuit that X had refused to pay him after a testy interview with its billionaire owner.
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How The Wall Street Journal Covered Evan Gershkovich’s Imprisonment in Russia
The Journal staged several events in his honor and set up a part of its website to call attention to the plight of the journalist during his lengthy detention in Russia.
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Senators propose “Digital replication right” for likeness, extending 70 years after death
Enlarge (credit: Maria Korneeva via Getty Images) On Wednesday, US Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marsha Blackburn (R.-Tenn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act of 2024. The bipartisan legislation, up for consideration in the US Senate, aims to protect individuals from unauthorized...
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Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Pledge to Support Kamala Harris
The group, including Democratic donors such as Reid Hoffman and Vinod Khosla, has been organized under an effort called VCsForKamala.