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Vizio just announced a $999 86-inch 4K TV

Walmart ag ’d have to sell a kidney to afford a giant 4K TV for the living room. That is no longer true, as television prices continue to decline. Case in point? Vizio just announced a new 86-inch 4K smart TV that costs just $999. The first thing worth mentioning about the latest member of […]

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Sam Bankman-Fried just got sentenced to 25 years in prison

Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was just sentenced to 25 years behind bars in a ruling handed forth New York’s Southern District Court. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan announced the decision this morning. As posted by CNN, Bankman-Fried expressed regret for his actions and the people he harmed. “It’s been excruciating to watch,” he said. […]

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Google reverses course and brings its Gemini AI to the regular Pixel 8

Google will bring Gemini, the company’s new large language model, to Pixel 8 smartphones after all. The phone will incorporate Gemini Nano, a version of the model built to run locally on personal devices. This follows a successful rollout to the Pixel 8 Pro late last year and the Samsung Galaxy S24 in January. The […]

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Anti-trans hate is ‘widespread’ on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, report warns

Meta is failing to enforce its own rules against anti-trans hate speech on its platform, a new report from GLAAD warns. The LGBTQ advocacy group found that “extreme anti-trans hate content remains widespread across Instagram, Facebook, and Threads.” The report documents dozens of examples of hate speech from Meta’s apps, which GLAAD says were reported […]

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Israel’s military reportedly used Google Photos to identify civilians in Gaza

The New York Times reports that Israel’s military intelligence has been using an experimental facial recognition program in Gaza that’s misidentified Palestinian civilians as having ties to Hamas. Google Photos allegedly plays a part in the chilling program’s implementation, although it appears not to be through any direct collaboration with the company. The surveillance program […]