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X for the win? Users were glued to the Elon Musk v. President Trump blowup
The blowup between the president of the United States and the world's richest man has played out on social media in real time, the latest,…
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‘LLMs are ego-reinforcing glazing-machines’: This subreddit is banning users for AI-induced delusions
The moderators behind a pro-artificial intelligence subreddit say they have been banning users who appear to be experiencing…
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X Goes Down: Musk’s Social Network Malfunctions for Thousands of Users
X, formerly known as Twitter, briefly experienced serious malfunctions for thousands of users Friday. Many users accessing X suddenly saw…
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‘My library of Alexandria has been burned down’: Pinterest users are fuming over sudden bans
Pinterest fans are nothing if not loyal. Many have spent years—sometimes decades—carefully curating boards filled with wedding…
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Zalando Grows Sales and Users in Q1, Named TikTok Shop’s Logistics Partner in Key Markets
PARIS – Zalando‘s ecosystem strategy is paying off with a strong first quarter, rebounding from losses in 2024. In the three months to…
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Half of Airbnb users in the U.S. are now interacting with its AI customer service agent
Half of Airbnb users in the U.S. are now using the company’s AI-powered customer service agent, CEO Brian Chesky said Thursday during an…
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Spotify Down: Users Report Widespread Streaming Outages
Spotify was experiencing widespread technical issues Wednesday, as thousands of users reported problems accessing the streaming service.…
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TfL 'Please Offer Me a Seat' badge users share their experiences
Londoners living with disabilities and chronic health conditions say they have struggled to use a Transport for London (TfL) scheme while…
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Alibaba chases international AI users with new Qwen upgrades
The expansion, through its Singapore availability zones, shows Alibaba ramping up an aggressive campaign to lure AI users and developers…
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EXCLUSIVE: The Vitamin Shoppe Is Launching a Supplement Line to Support GLP-1 Users
The Vitamin Shoppe‘s Whole Health Rx is expanding its support for GLP-1 users. After launching its telehealth platform Whole Health Rx,…
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23andMe’s bankruptcy puts 15 million users’ DNA info on auction block
Millions of Americans who sent their saliva to 23andMe in the hopes of finding lost relatives or identifying health risks buried in their…
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Card-issuing banks in Singapore to require additional verification for mobile wallet users
Major card-issuing banks have prevented S$53.9 million of losses in Q4 2024, ABS says THE Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) said on…
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Sony to offer PlayStation Plus users five-day extension after global outage
SONY said on Sunday (Feb 9) that all PlayStation Plus members would automatically receive an additional five days of service, after a…
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UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
The UK government has demanded to be able to access encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service. Currently only…
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Hampshire teen 'encouraged' to take poison by suicide forum users
"I saw my son fighting for his last breath," says Anna Nikolin-Caisley. "He went in agony." Anna believes her youngest child, Vlad, 17,…
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DeepSeek Faces Major Cyberattack After Wall Street Debut, Limits New Users Amid Privacy Concerns and Global Tech Stock Slump
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek announced a temporary halt on user registrations following a large-scale cyberattack on its services. This…
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FTC refers Snap complaint alleging its chatbot harms young users
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced it had referred a complaint against Snap Inc. to the Department of Justice, alleging…
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With L.A. on alert, wildfire app Watch Duty adds 600,000 users overnight
As L.A. County fires continue to wreak havoc, a fire-tracking app run by a Bay Area nonprofit is gaining popularity. Watch Duty, launched…
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TikTok pays its users to shop if they boost app downloads
TIKTOK is offering users hundreds of US dollars to spend time in the app, invite friends to join and purchase products on TikTok Shop, in…
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Why iPhone owners should stop texting Android users amid FBI warning
The FBI is warning iPhone and Android users against texting each other without encryption due to a recent Chinese cyberattack. On…
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Virtual power plants turn energy savings into cash for China’s industrial users
IMAGINE being paid hundreds of dollars a day just to tweak your energy consumption – using less electricity at night and more during the…
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What Google Off-loading Chrome Would Mean for Users
Using “the Internet” sometimes seems disconcertingly synonymous with using Google. Google Search, the most popular search engine on the…
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Netflix’s ad-supported tier hits 70 million users
NETFLIX said on Tuesday (Nov 12) its ad-supported tier had reached 70 million monthly active users globally, nearly doubling from about…
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OpenAI's ChatGPT faces massive outage with thousands of users impacted
MICROSOFT-backed OpenAI said on Friday (Nov 8) night it is facing an issue that has resulted in its popular chatbot ChatGPT being…