Verizon offers customers a $20 credit after Wednesday’s widespread outage

Pol Verizon on Thursday said it’s offering a $20 credit to customers affected by a widespread service outage on Wednesday.  Verizon subscribers complained that the outage limited their ability to use their mobile devices, preventing them from making calls or completing online transactions that require a wireless network. To appease frustrated subscribers, the wireless provider said…

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Mom of one of Elon Musk’s kids says AI chatbot Grok generated sexual deepfake images of her: “Make it stop”

Pol Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok faces intense criticism – accused of allowing users on the Musk-owned social media platform X to generate fake, sexually explicit images of real women and children. Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk’s children, is one of the alleged victims. She said in an interview with “CBS…

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Meta names Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump adviser, as president and vice chairman

Pol Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant. Powell McCormick previously served on Meta’s board of directors — where, the company notes, she was “deeply engaged” in accelerating its artificial intelligence push across platforms. In her…

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Her daughter died after falling in with online extremists who idolize school shooters. Now, she’s warning other parents.

Pol Thirteen-year-old Audree loved to play Nirvana on guitar, draw anime characters and read the series “Spy School,” her mother, Jaimee Seitz said. “She had her own personality, her own hobbies, her own everything,” said Seitz, who lives in Kentucky. “Audree was one of a kind.” A week after her 13th birthday, Audree died by…

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Roblox announces measures to strengthen protections for minors

Pol Roblox, the popular online gaming platform that hosts millions of user-created games, said Tuesday it is strengthening protections for minors.  Roblox said it will soon require players to use AI-powered facial age-estimation technology to help verify their age. The system, combined with ID-based age verification and confirmed parental consent, is intended to “provide a…

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