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F.C.C. Bans A.I.-Generated Robocalls – The New York Times

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed unwanted robocalls generated by artificial intelligence, amid growing concerns over election disinformation and consumer fraud facilitated by the technology.The unanimous decision by the…

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ESPN, Fox and Others to Launch Sports Streaming Service: What to Know

Emily Young

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Tuesday that they would join together and sell access to all of the sports they televise through a new streaming service. It…

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Google’s Once Happy Offices Feel the Chill of Layoffs

Emily Young

When Diane Hirsh Theriault’s co-worker returned from lunch to Google’s Cambridge, Mass., office one afternoon in October, his work badge couldn’t open a turnstile. He quickly realized it was a…

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Anxiety, Mood Swings and Sleepless Nights: Life Near a Bitcoin Mine

Emily Young

On a sweltering July evening, the din from thousands of computers mining for Bitcoins pierced the night. Nearby, Matt Brown, a member of the Arkansas legislature, monitored the noise alongside…

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Hard Fork: We Tried the Apple Vision Pro + Can Congress Protect Kids Online? + Cruise’s Crash

Emily Young

Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeApple’s Vision Pro headset is now for sale in stores. Will it live up to the hype? Kevin Roose and…

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Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Families at Senate Child Safety Hearing

Emily Young

Mark Zuckerberg stood to directly address relatives of online child abuse victims in the Senate gallery on Wednesday, a first for the chief executive of Meta and a singular moment…

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Elon Musk Spreads Election Misinformation on X Without Fact Checkers

Emily Young

In the spring of 2020, when President Donald J. Trump wrote messages on Twitter warning that increased reliance on mail-in ballots would lead to a “rigged election,” the platform ran…

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23andMe Breach Targeted Jewish and Chinese Customers, Lawsuit Says

Emily Young

The genetic testing company 23andMe is being accused in a class-action lawsuit of failing to protect the privacy of customers whose personal information was exposed last year in a data…

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Apple Takes Messaging Crackdown to Customers’ Macs

Emily Young

When Apple blocked the Beeper Mini app last month from giving Android users access to the tech giant’s messaging service, Beeper encouraged customers to use their Mac computers instead to…

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Tesla Profit From Car Sales Falls as Price Cuts Hurt

Emily Young

Tesla’s profit from sales of electric cars slumped in the last three months of last year because of price cuts intended to thwart increasingly intense competition, the company said on…