Month: August 2025
Meta makes conservative activist an AI bias advisor following lawsuit
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbuck, who filed a lawsuit claiming Meta AI…
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Reddit will block the Internet Archive
Reddit says that it has caught AI companies scraping its data from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, so it’s going to start blocking the Internet Archive from indexing the vast majority of Reddit. The Wayback Machine will no longer be able to crawl post detail pages, comments, or profiles; instead,…
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WinRAR has a serious security flaw – worrying zero-day issue lets hackers plant malware, so patch right away
ESET found a high-severity bug in WinRAR being used by RomCom, a known Russian hacking collective The bug was being used to deploy backdoors allowing full access to compromised computers WinRAR says it has fixed the issue, so users should update now Iconic archiving platform WinRAR carried a dangerous zero-day…
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ESPN will offer a $39.99 bundle with Fox’s live sports streaming service
ESPN and Fox both launch their live sports streaming services later this month, and now the two companies have announced that you can bundle them at a discount. Starting October 2nd, you can purchase a subscription to ESPN’s standalone streaming service and Fox One for $39.99 per month, offering savings…
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This 16-inch Razer Blade look-a-like laptop is $1,300 at Best Buy
Let’s be honest, Gigabyte. Your marketing for the Aero X16 is giving Razer Blade, from the colors and font of the spec slides to the thin design of the space gray laptop itself. While we haven’t tested out this model to see how it stacks up to Razer’s gaming machine,…
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Google Finance wants to start using AI to solve all your money questions
Google is testing new AI features within Google Finance US users can ask detailed questions about the financial world AI will also generate charts and bring in real-time market data Google is rolling out a new core upgrade across its Google Finance platform which will see AI tools become more…
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