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How an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok

AI deepfakes are getting so good that a fraudulent MrBeast ad slipped past TikTok’s ad moderation technology to end up on the platform. In the ad, the massively influential creator appeared to be offering 10,000 viewers an iPhone 15 Pro … Continue reading

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Spotify to include a selection of 150K audiobooks with its Premium subscription

Spotify today unveiled what’s next for the future of its audiobooks service. At an event hosted in its New York offices on Tuesday afternoon, the company announced a new business model where it will now provide Spotify Premium subscribers with … Continue reading

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You can now add PayPal and Venmo credit or debit cards to your Apple Wallet

PayPal announced today that users can now add their PayPal and Venmo credit or debit cards to their Apple Wallet. With this new integration, you can now make payments in-store, online or on apps using Apple Pay. The company notes … Continue reading

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The Xencelabs Pen Display 24 is a terrific alternative to Wacom’s big-screen drawing tablets

For a long time, if you wanted something like the Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 but didn’t want to spend quite so much money, you were pretty much out of luck. The Xencelabs Pen 24, released earlier this year, is $300 … Continue reading

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Your phone will make an alarming noise Wednesday at 2:20 p.m. ET unless you turn it off first

It’s only a test from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Meta’s news partnership head Campbell Brown is leaving the company

Campbell Brown, Meta’s top executive responsible for handling the company’s partnerships with news publishers, is leaving the company after seven years.

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What to Know About Sam Bankman-Fried’s Fraud Trial

Mr. Bankman-Fried is accused of orchestrating a vast scheme to siphon billions of dollars of FTX customer money.

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Campbell Brown, Who Led Facebook News, Leaves Meta

Ms. Brown’s exit indicates how Meta’s priorities around news and its relationships with media companies have changed.

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Takeaways From a New Book on Sam Bankman-Fried

“Going Infinite,” by Michael Lewis, offers a behind-the-scenes account of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s rise and fall.

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Sam Altman backs teens’ AI startup automating browser-native workflows

Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman’s AI grant are among backers of an AI startup, founded by two teenagers, that’s aiming to assist businesses in automating numerous workflows in previously unexplored ways. Induced AI, founded this … Continue reading

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