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Google is using AI age checks to lock down user accounts
Google will soon cast an even wider net with its AI age estimation technology. After announcing plans to find and…
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TikTok videos are about to get crowdsourced fact checks on them
TikTok is officially rolling out Footnotes, a community fact-checking program that’s supposed to add helpful context to videos. With this…
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Bluesky is adding blue checks for ‘authentic and notable’ accounts
Bluesky is rolling out blue checks of its own for “authentic and notable accounts,” the platform announced on Monday. For…
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Researchers say a bug let them add fake pilots to rosters used for TSA checks
A pair of security researchers say they discovered a vulnerability in login systems for records that the Transportation Security Administration…
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X’s Premium users can no longer hide their blue checks
X giveth, and now X taketh away. The platform is eliminating the ability for Premium users to hide their blue…
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X’s ‘complimentary’ Premium push gives people blue checks they didn’t ask for
Just as Elon Musk said, X is doling out free Premium and Premium Plus memberships to accounts with a high…
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Apple is sending out checks for ‘batterygate’ class action claims
Checks are apparently hitting the bank accounts of people affected by Apple’s decision to slow down iPhones with older batteries…
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Blue checks on X are ‘superspreaders’ of Israel-Hamas war misinformation
The vast majority of viral misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war being posted on X (formerly Twitter) is being pushed by…
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