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Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and X
02 Aug

Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and X

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When Don Lemon's "premium" video hosting deal on X was canceled in March, a representative for the former CNN anchor . Nearly five months later, he's taking Musk and his platform to court, claiming he hasn't been paid.The former CNN anchor filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Musk and X, the reports. The suit pertains to an alleged payment agreement Lemon says Musk refuses to honor. Lemon filed his case in California Superior Court in San Francisco.Lemon claims that he agreed to produce a news and interview show on the X platform back in January. Lemon would receive $1.5 million…
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A Manhattan Project nuclear weapons site is being turned into a giant solar farm
02 Aug

A Manhattan Project nuclear weapons site is being turned into a giant solar farm

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) to turn land that previously housed aspects of the Manhattan Project into a 1 GW solar farm. For the uninitiated, the Manhattan Project was a top-secret and successful effort to develop nuclear weapons during the 1940s.This particular renovation is being conducted at the former home of the Hanford nuclear testing facility, otherwise known as Site W, which is in Washington state. This site housed the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor. Plutonium made at this location and the Fat Man bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.The location certainly is intriguing, but so is…
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Made by Google 2024: Pixel 9 Pro, Gemini, new foldables and everything else to expect on August 13
02 Aug

Made by Google 2024: Pixel 9 Pro, Gemini, new foldables and everything else to expect on August 13

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It's almost time once again for the tech world to stop everything else it's doing and pay attention as a major company shows off its latest hardware. Next up is turn at bat. Thanks to a string of leaks and Google’s own teases, we already have a pretty clear idea of what the company has planned for its event.We'll get the official reveal of the Pixel 9 lineup, for one thing. This includes what the company is calling the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which is certainly more of a mouthful than "Pixel Fold 2." In addition, Google will certainly…
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The Republican National Committee loses its legal challenge to Gmail
02 Aug

The Republican National Committee loses its legal challenge to Gmail

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A federal judge dismissed a case brought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) against Google over its Gmail service. The suit alleged that Google’s email platform labeled GOP fundraising emails as spam at a higher rate than those from the other side of the aisle.District Court Judge Daniel Calabretta from the Eastern California District Court dismissed the case with prejudice, preventing the Republican party from bringing its case against Google back to court. The dismissal with prejudice means it cannot bring the case to another court but can still file an appeal to Calabretta’s decision, according to The Verge.Calabretta wrote…
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Venu is the new sports streaming service likely to drain your bank account
02 Aug

Venu is the new sports streaming service likely to drain your bank account

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ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery in February that they would jointly launch a sports-focused streaming service, and today they've shared some pertinent details. Subscriptions to the Venu service will cost $43 a month. The platform will have three broad categories of content: live games and events, on-demand sports programming and talk content such as studio shows. Venu will launch at an unspecified time this fall.The linear networks included in Venu are ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, ABC, FOX, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, truTV and ESPN+. Viewers will have access to lots of major events across the world…
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Google’s School time feature is coming to Android smartphones
02 Aug

Google’s School time feature is coming to Android smartphones

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Google is support for its School time feature to more hardware. School time allows parents to limit functionalities on a child's devices during predetermined hours. That might be the time they are in classes or for any period where an adult wants to limit screen time. Parents will be able to use the Family Link parental controls app to set School time hours on their kids' select Android phones, tablets and Samsung Galaxy Watches. However, Google hasn't shared any further specifics about which devices in those categories will receive this update. The tool was originally launched on the Fitbit Ace…
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Meta’s Threads has 200 million users
02 Aug

Meta’s Threads has 200 million users

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The Threads app has passed the 200 million user mark, Meta exec Adam Mosseri. The milestone comes one day after Mark Zuckerberg said that the service was “about” to hit 200 million users during the company’s latest earnings call.While Threads is still relatively tiny compared to Meta’s other apps, it has grown at a much faster clip. Zuckerberg previously announced users last month as Threads marked its one-year anniversary, and the Meta CEO has repeatedly speculated that it could be the company’s next one-billion-user app.“We've been building this company for 20 years, and there just are not that many opportunities…
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Intel will cut over 15,000 jobs in a sweeping cost-cutting effort
02 Aug

Intel will cut over 15,000 jobs in a sweeping cost-cutting effort

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In a crushing quarterly update, Intel that it will cut more than 15 percent of its workforce. The layoffs, which could impact over 15,000 jobs, are part of the company's $10 billion cost-reduction plan to recover financial stability. Intel posted a second-quarter net loss of $1.6 billion, plunging from the net income of $1.5 billion it reported in the same period of 2023.CEO Pat Gelsinger addressed employees with a acknowledging the scope of today's announcements. "This is painful news for me to share," he said. "I know it will be even more difficult for you to read. This is an…
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AI startup argues scraping every song on the internet is ‘fair use’
02 Aug

AI startup argues scraping every song on the internet is ‘fair use’

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When most tech companies are challenged with a lawsuit, the expected defense is to deny wrongdoing. To give a reasonable explanation of why the business' actions were not breaking any laws. Music AI startups Udio and Suno have gone for a different approach: admit to doing exactly what you were sued for.Udio and Suno were sued in June, with music labels Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Group claiming they trained their AI models by scraping copyrighted materials from the Internet. In a court filing today, Suno acknowledged that its neural networks do in fact scrape copyrighted…
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The Cybertruck is causing Fortnite players to get Cyberstuck
01 Aug

The Cybertruck is causing Fortnite players to get Cyberstuck

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Admit it. You kind of knew this was coming. Late last month, a new DLC pack called the Summer Road Trip bundle offered players a chance to drive the Tesla Cybertruck in games like Fortnite and Rocket League. Now a week later, several Fortnite players have posted videos of a glitch that occurs when they use the Cybertruck during a match.Posts about the Cybertruck glitch appeared on Reddit and YouTube. The glitch happens when you morph a truck into Elon Musk’s boxy behemoth. On exiting the vehicle, a bug renders your Nitro Fists, the melee weapon that’s pretty much exactly…
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