Twitch U-turns on ‘artistic nudity’ policy
A flood of AI-generated nudity prompts the streaming giant to abandon new rules after just two days.
A flood of AI-generated nudity prompts the streaming giant to abandon new rules after just two days.
I lost my AirPods, and I simply refuse to pay to buy new ones. The latest third-generation AirPods — which are fantastic! I reviewed them! — start at $169. The older second-gen version is $120 (yes, there are sometimes deals online). These prices aren’t ridiculous; after all, they’re luxury products, and the price point is…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save As 2024 gets rolling, companies are still cutting costs, with Google and Amazon being the latest big company to do layoffs. The near future could bring more. “We saw a big surge of hiring … when people went online in 2020,” said Brett House, professor…
“This deferred prosecution agreement holds the parent company of Pornhub.com accountable for its role in hosting videos and accepting payments from criminal actors who coerced young women into engaging in sexual acts on videos that were posted without their consent,” United States Attorney Breon Peace said in a statement.
The Biden administration is providing $162 million to Microchip Technology to support the domestic production of computer chips — the second funding announcement tied to a 2022 law designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. The incentives include $90 million to improve a plant in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and $72 million to expand a factory in…
Americans are tipping their delivery drivers less often than they did last year. DoorDash is seeking to reverse that trend with an automated nudge — one that carries a hint of a threat. The food delivery service is testing out a new in-app warning that encourages non-tipping customers to rethink their decisions. Customers selecting a…
OpenAI said on Monday that a New York Times lawsuit against it was “without merit” and that it supported and created opportunities for news organizations, as it waded further into a debate over the unauthorized use of published work to train artificial intelligence technologies. The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Dec. 27, accusing the…