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Big Tech Companies Pledge to Fight Election Deepfakes but Free Speech Issues Remain
Major tech companies announced a new pact at the Munich Security Conference on Friday pledging to fight AI-generated fakes that are intended to deceive the public and influence elections. The press conference, which was livestreamed online, featured leaders from Big Tech firms who’ve been under immense pressure in recent years to address the misinformation that’s…
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40 Years Ago, Apple Got Our Current Tech Dystopia Dead Wrong
We are all the sledgehammer, Apple does like to tell its fans. We are all disruptors hurtling toward one great screen, breaking the iron-fisted hold that other tech firms want to impose on us. The hellscape dystopia world of Apple’s famed “1984” commercial modeled after George Orwell’s seminal dystopia 1984 never really came to pass.…
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Apple’s 12 Most Embarrassing Product Failures
Apple is one of the most globally respected technology companies, having built its reputation on creating reliable, high-end products with innovative features. The Cupertino tech giant has such an impressive track record that its next project—whether that be an AR headset or something else entirely —is already assumed to be a success. Nowadays, everything Apple…
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Elon Musk Blames Reporters for Fleeing Advertisers, Not His Tweets on Jews
A lawsuit from X alleges watchdog Media Matters aimed to tarnish the reputation of X, ignoring in-house efforts from Musk that have already done so.