Wikipedia Owner Fined for Failing to Delete Alleged Extremist Content

Wikipedia Owner Fined for Failing to Delete Alleged Extremist Content

The Wikimedia Foundation, owner of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, was fined by a Russian court on Thursday for failing to delete content considered extremist as Moscow pursues a drive to crack down on independent sources of information. Wikipedia, which says it offers “the second draft of history”, is one of…

Bill Gates Says Pausing AI Development Will Not Solve Challenges Ahead

Bill Gates Says Pausing AI Development Will Not Solve Challenges Ahead

Calls to pause the development of artificial intelligence will not “solve the challenges” ahead, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told Reuters, his first public comments since an open letter sparked a debate about the future of the technology. The technologist-turned-philanthropist said it would be better to focus on how best to…

Elon Musk Defends Pay Model for Twitter Amid End to Free Verified Blue Ticks

Elon Musk Defends Pay Model for Twitter Amid End to Free Verified Blue Ticks

Elon Musk on Friday defended his controversial pay model for Twitter, claiming that any social media platform that didn’t follow suit would fail because they would be swarmed by bots. Musk made his prediction on the eve of Twitter’s April 1 ultimatum that verified accounts with the cherished blue tick…

AI Experts Express Concerns With Elon Musk-Backed Letter Citing Their Research

AI Experts Express Concerns With Elon Musk-Backed Letter Citing Their Research

Four artificial intelligence experts have expressed concern after their work was cited in an open letter – co-signed by Elon Musk – demanding an urgent pause in research. The letter, dated March 22 and with more than 1,800 signatures by Friday, called for a six-month circuit-breaker in the development of…

Elon Musk Requests US Judge to End 8 Billion Dogecoin Lawsuit Against Him

Elon Musk Requests US Judge to End $258 Billion Dogecoin Lawsuit Against Him

Elon Musk asked a US judge on Friday to throw out a $258 billion (roughly Rs. 21,20,200 crore) racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. In an evening filing in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for Musk and his electric car company Tesla called the…

Republicans call for Gov. Katie Hobbs’ press secretary to be fired for ‘vile tweet’ invoking gun violence
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Republicans call for Gov. Katie Hobbs’ press secretary to be fired for ‘vile tweet’ invoking gun violence

A group of Arizona GOP state lawmakers have called for the immediate firing of Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ press secretary over a tweet invoking gun violence against “transphobes.” Hobbs spokeswoman Josselyn Berry posted the offending tweet on Monday, just hours after Audrey Hale, who was transgender, shot and killed three…

Short seller Hindenburg accuses Jack Dorsey’s Block of ‘facilitating fraud’
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Short seller Hindenburg accuses Jack Dorsey’s Block of ‘facilitating fraud’

Hindenburg Research, the short-seller whose damning report on Indian billionaire Gautam Adani triggered a $150 billion loss from the mogul’s net worth, is now accusing Jack Dorsey’s mobile payment firm Block of “facilitating fraud against consumers and the government.” Hindenburg on Thursday alleged that Block overstated its user numbers and…

‘I’m Back’, Writes Donald Trump as His First Facebook Post After Two-Year Ban

‘I’m Back’, Writes Donald Trump as His First Facebook Post After Two-Year Ban

Former US President Donald Trump wrote his first Facebook post on Friday after being banned from social media platforms for two years. “I’M BACK,” Trump posted along with a 12-second video which seems to be his victory speech after winning the 2016 election and also tried to put out his…

Meta Verified Service Now Rolls Out in the US at Monthly Charge of .99

Meta Verified Service Now Rolls Out in the US at Monthly Charge of $11.99

Meta Platforms on Friday launched its subscription service in the US, which would allow Facebook and Instagram users pay for verification in the same vein as Elon Musk-owned Twitter. The Meta Verified service will give users a blue badge after they verify their accounts using a government ID and will cost…