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EU now tells Meta to keep platform free of misinformation during Israel-Gaza conflict
A day after the European Union warned X Corp. about the spread of disinformation regarding the Hamas attack on Israel, a similarly worded letter was sent to Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. In this missive, also penned by the European Commissioner Thierry Breton, Meta was told to heed the EU’s Digital Services Act – ...
EU sends stern words to Elon Musk over Hamas attack disinformation appearing on X
The European Union Tuesday issued a warning to X Corp. boss Elon Musk over possible disinformation appearing on the platform regarding the recent Hamas attack on Israel. Thierry Breton, the European commissioner for the internal market, said in a letter addressed to Musk that his office has “indications” that various people or groups are promulgating ...
Neuralink is now searching for human volunteers for its brain-computer interface trials
After years of trials with monkeys, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface start-up Neuralink Corp., says it’s now looking for human volunteers to take part in a new set of trials. Since the company got off the ground in 2017, the mission has been to achieve “symbiosis with artificial intelligence.” First, the symbiosis was practiced on monkeys, ...
UK passes Online Safety Bill, vows to tame the ‘Wild West’ of online communications
The British government today passed the controversial and groundbreaking Online Safety Bill after the legislation received the green light in what was the final parliamentary debate on the matter. The bill consists of around 300 pages of sweeping legislation that the U.K. says will make the country “the safest place in the world to be ...
Elon Musk says X users soon may have to pay a subscription fee to use the platform
Elon Musk today said today he’s considering making X Corp., the social network formerly known as Twitter Inc., a subscription-based platform for all users, albeit at low cost. He issued those words in a livestreamed conversation with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured). The conversation turned to artificial intelligence and the future of AI, ...
Supreme Court pauses lower-court order restricting Biden administration’s contact with social media firms
The U.S. Supreme Court today put a temporary block on a lower court order that limited the Biden administration’s contact with social media companies. The original order was put in place to prevent the administration from applying pressure on such companies to moderate what it considered possible misinformation. It had earlier been discovered that the ...
As France warns Apple it might have to recall the iPhone 12, Apple tries to dampen radiation fears
The French watchdog Agence Nationale des Fréquences told Apple Inc. Tuesday that it has to halt sales of its iPhone 12 in France over fears the device emits dangerous levels of radiation. ANFR, as it’s known for short, told Apple that if the phones are not fixed via a software update, every iPhone 12 will ...
Microsoft suspects China is now using AI in disinformation campaigns to sway US voters
In a report published today by Microsoft Corp.’s Threat Analysis Center, analysts warned that Chinese operatives may now be using images created by artificial intelligence to provoke division inside the U.S. in the run-up to the 2024 U.S. election. The report’s focus was on possible threats from all of East Asia, but China is the ...
Flexport CEO Dave Clark steps down after just one year in charge
Logistics startup Flexport Inc. Chief Executive Dave Clark today announced that he’s resigning from the company after just one year as the boss. Clark joined Flexport after serving Amazon.com Inc. for a period of 23 years, helping the e-commerce giant build its massive logistics network. He joined Amazon back in 1999 as an operations manager, ...
FTC antitrust lawsuit against Amazon will likely come later this month after talks break down
The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly going ahead with an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. after the company’s lawyers offered no concessions in recent talks with the regulator, according to a report today in the Wall Street Journal. The FTC’s probe into the e-commerce giant began during President Donald Trump’s administration, when the government initiated antitrust ...