Month: June 2024
Redbox missed a multimillion-dollar payment it couldn’t afford to miss
Redbox’s financial situation continues to spiral out of its control. On Thursday, a Los Angeles court entered a $16.7 million judgment against the company in favor of NBCUniversal, after Redbox failed to pay a scheduled installment of a settlement the parties reached earlier in May. The missed payment bodes ill…
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Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery
A 20-month-old child was rescued after being trapped in a Tesla Model Y in Scottsdale, Arizona — where temperatures have exceeded 100 degrees this week — after its 12-volt battery died, according to a report from Arizona’s Family. The child was safely removed from the car after firefighters used an…
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TikTok’s AI tool accidentally let you put Hitler’s words in a paid actor’s mouth
TikTok mistakenly posted a link to an internal version of its new AI digital avatar tool without guardrails, letting users create videos that say just about anything. The hiccup was first spotted by CNN and allowed the outlet to generate videos containing quotes from Hitler and a message telling people…
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Amazon retaliated after employee walkout over the return-to-office policy, NLRB lawyers say
In February 2023, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent an email to the company’s staff outlining new return-to-work guidelines. Previously, individual teams within the company could decide where employees were expected to work, but Jassy’s email revealed that starting on May 1st, 2023, most Amazon employees were expected to work from…
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Apple won’t bring Apple Intelligence to EU ‘over regulatory uncertainties’ and data concerns
The European Union might be feeling a bit left out this September when Apple is expected to ship key Apple Intelligence and other updates in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. It’s not that Apple doesn’t want to bring its own brand of artificial intelligence to the European countries.…
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US sanctions Kaspersky Lab executives, board members over ‘cooperation’ with Russia
“Today’s action against the leadership of Kaspersky Lab underscores our commitment to ensure the integrity of our cyber domain and to protect our citizens against malicious cyber threats,” said Brian E. Nelson, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, in a statement. The sanctions make it harder for…
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