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The 7 Dumbest Conspiracy Theories About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse
When the Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed in the early morning hours of Tuesday, there was almost immediately chatter on social media about potential conspiracy theories. In reality, the bridge collapsed because a container ship lost power and crashed into a column, causing it to tumble into the river below. But many of the internet’s…
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Looks Like Twitter Shadowbanned The New York Times, Which Advertises on Twitter
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has apparently shadowbanned The New York Times, preventing users from seeing tweets that link to the newspaper’s coverage. The move smacks of a particular irony, given that the Times is one of X’s major advertisers and is currently running campaigns to promote its new sports site, The Athletic.…
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Well Damn, Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman are Cancelled
The CW is saying goodbye to two of its bigger shows from the long running Arrowverse. Legends of Tomorrow, the spinoff of Arrow and Flash focused on those shows’ respective C-listers travelling through time and saving reality, has been cancelled, as has the relative newcomer Batwoman.
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Move Over Global Disinformation Campaigns, Deepfakes Have a New Role: Corporate Spamming
Have you ever ignored a seemingly random LinkedIn solicitor and been left with a weird feeling that something about the profile just seemed…off? Well, it turns out, in some cases, those sales reps hounding you might not actually be human beings at all. Yes, AI-generated deepfakes have come for LinkedIn and they’d like to connect.