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Elon Musk has updated his fraud, breach of contract, and racketeering lawsuit against OpenAI to make antitrust claims against Microsoft, accusing the two companies of attempting to “monopolize the generative AI market.” The amended complaint filed on Thursday names Microsoft as a new defendant, as well as LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Microsoft VP Dee Templeton, a former OpenAI board member.
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Threads is testing a way to create custom feeds for certain profiles or topics, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday. The upcoming feature should make it easier to keep tabs on different interests, such as your favorite sports team or even technology-related news.
It sounds similar to the custom feeds feature Bluesky rolled out last year — but Threads’ version seems a lot simpler. To create a custom feed, just search and tap into a topic. From there,...
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Facebook is making “views” its primary metric to measure the performance of content, bringing it in line with Instagram metrics.
Views will be measured not just on video content but also on photos, text posts, and more. When Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the switch to views this summer, he said that having one consistent metric across the platform would make it easier for creators to understand how their content was performing. For reels, a...
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GM’s Cruise will pay a criminal fine of $500,000 to resolve a federal investigation and accept a deferred prosecution agreement after the company admitted to falsifying a report to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) “with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation” of a crash where one of its driverless vehicles struck and dragged a pedestrian in 2023.
NHTSA had already fined Cruise $1.5 million in September for...
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GET FREE AUDIOBOOKS: Stuff Your Earbuds Day is here! Get free audiobooks on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16.
If you thought Stuff Your Kindle Day was exciting, get ready for its audio equivalent: Stuff Your Earbuds Day. This lesser-known shopper’s holiday is the best way to score free audiobooks and treat yourself to a cozy Autumn night in.
Here’s how to make the most of Stuff Your Earbuds Day.
What is Stuff Your Earbuds Day?Stuff Your Earbuds Day is an annual event hosted by romance author Rebecca...
The last five presidents have all had periods where both the House and the Senate were in friendly hands — but most lasted just two years before the backlash set in.
The Make America Healthy Again PAC is celebrating Kennedy Jr.’s nomination by President-elect Trump to run the HHS. Vaccine makers likely aren’t.
Shares in some of America’s largest drug manufacturers tumbled yesterday after President-elect Donald Trump announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Kennedy Jr. is just the latest controversial cabinet nomination by Trump, but there’s a specific reason his appointment...
Shares of vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna fell after news of Kennedy’s appointment.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to purge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shortly before being chosen as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary. Any changes he wants to make will come up against a pharmaceutical industry that pays much of the regulator’s bills.
Kraft Heinz claims there were no factual allegations that it used artificial preservatives in its “iconic” macaroni and cheese product.
A federal judge said Kraft Heinz must face a proposed nationwide class action alleging that it defrauded consumers by claiming its Kraft macaroni and cheese, one of its best-known products, contains no artificial preservatives.
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Despite sitting towards to the top of the leaderboard, Tyrrell Hatton is not pleased, specifically with the 18th hole.
Englishman Tyrrell Hatton has never been shy about expressing his opinions or displeasure on the golf course. He is also never afraid to drop an unabashed expletive whenever something does not go his way.
So, Hatton’s little spat on the 18th fairway on...
Eagles fans knew who to thank.
Saquon Barkley has been playing stellar football all season, but he absolutely went off on Thursday Night Football. The Eagles’ running back finished his night with 26 carries for 146 yards and two touchdowns, adding another two receptions for 56 yards.
On a night where neither team’s passing offense was shining, it was Barkley who took on the role of difference maker. After the game it was Eagles fans who knew exactly who to thank for making it all...
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Williams F1 will unveil their newest driver at post-season testing following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Fans of Williams who are excited to see Carlos Sainz Jr. make the move to the team from Ferrari for the 2025 Formula 1 season will not need to wait too much longer to see their new driver in action.
They just need to wait until the end of the 2024 F1 campaign.
Williams announced on Friday that Sainz will make his debut for the...
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We break down everything you need to know if you are traveling to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl.
As we rapidly approach Thanksgiving, the college football regular season is starting to wind down, although the battle for postseason positioning is just ramping up. While much of the focus is on the first year with an expanded College Football Playoff, there’s a handful of bowl games that can take fans and football junkies into the Dallas-Fort Worth Area....
It’s slim pickings in the world of PCVR, but HTC’s latest has too many quirks for a $1,000 headset.
Tech critics are more sophisticated than ever. They’re still wrong.
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Some of us freshly anointed moms and dads pooled together our top tech picks that make early days with baby just a touch easier (or more fun and nerdy).
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The Rabbit R1 can now use AI to redesign the device’s entire interface based on a prompt. Some examples shared by Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu show a Legend of Zelda-inspired interface, another made in the style of Windows XP, and one using a “dark green scanline background.”
Though this seems like a fun way to customize the R1, Rabbit says responses on the AI-generated interfaces are “slower than the default UI on R1 and can take over 30 seconds to...
Black Friday is just around the corner, but if you can't wait for the deals to start, we've got good news. A whole host of retailers have already started releasing discounts, meaning you have almost the whole of November to score some great deals.
Walmart and Best Buy are among those that have started the month-long savings, and now so has Target. Enjoy early sales on select products, as well as daily "deals of the day." To help you in your bargain hunting, we've checked out everything from...