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Led by Musk, Silicon Valley inches to the right
Since his tumultuous takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk has made an unabashed turn to the right politically, defying the orthodoxy that Silicon Valley is a citadel of well-heeled liberals beholden to Democrats.
Pakistan enters fourth week of nationwide X disruption
Pakistan entered on Saturday its fourth week of nationwide disruption to social media platform X, with activists waging a court battle to get it restored. AFP staff reported Saturday that X remained disrupted in the capital Islamabad, as well as the megacities of Lahore and Karachi.
Sam Altman returns to OpenAI board months after crisis
CEO Sam Altman will return to the board of OpenAI, the company said on Friday, just months after a boardroom dustup that saw him fired and rehired by the company behind ChatGPT. Altman was also found to have been wrongly fired in an internal investigation that was launched in the days after his chaotic dismissal last year, the company said.
Apple ends block on EU app store for Fortnite-maker Epic
Apple reversed course on Friday and will allow Epic Games to develop a competing European app store for iPhones after a feud between the two companies tested a new law governing big tech on the continent. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney called the turnaround "a big win for European rule of law, for the European Commission, and for the freedom of developers worldwide to speak up."
Elon Musk says X may stop showing number of likes and retweets people get
Billionaire Elon Musk hinted at major changes for X, proposing to remove likes and retweet counts from the platform's timeline, aiming for a cleaner interface.
Brazil seeks to curb AI deepfakes as key elections loom
AI-generated videos and photos used for political disinformation are the scourge of a busy global election year, and Brazil is scrambling to regulate the technology ahead of municipal polls.
White House courts influencers ahead of high stakes speech
In an ongoing quest to connect with ever-elusive young voters, the White House briefed social media influencers ahead of President Joe Biden's annual State of the Union address on Thursday. For the first time, the State of the Union was livestreamed on Instagram, where the White House has 19 million followers.
Despite 'Barbie,' women not getting movie lead roles: report
The share of Hollywood films with women in the lead role fell last year, new research showed Thursday, despite standout successes like "Barbie." The share of films with a woman as the lead character steadily increased over the decade to 2019, researchers said.
Tinder must explain fee discrepencies to EU users
Dating app Tinder has promised to tell users in the EU why they are being charged different fees for the same service, after Brussels opened a probe following consumer complaints from Sweden and the Netherlands. The users in Sweden and the Netherlands were offered only the subscription fee automatically determined by the company with no possibility for them to compare against the other prices.
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