“Should someone tell him?” one commenter taunted the Republican over the shortest-serving British prime minister who triggered financial chaos.
TikTok is the latest social media company to announce its plan for mitigating misleading and violent content in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. A point-by-point blog post details recent steps, such as the creation of a command center “that brings together key members of our 40,000-strong global team of safety professionals, representing a range of expertise and regional perspectives, so that we remain agile in how we take action to respond to this fast-evolving crisis.” The company’s statement follows similar ones from Meta and X — both companies had received letters from the European Union’s regulatory commissioner detailing misinformation concerns.
Additional steps outlined by TikTok include hiring “more” moderators who speak Arabic or Hebrew and regularly updating its automatic detection systems to identify graphic or violent content so as not to expose users or moderators. To that end, TikTok has expanded the well-being care available for frontline moderators. Notably, a moderator sued TikTok in 2021 for mental trauma, alleging that she would view between three and ten videos at once that featured horrific events like school shootings and cannibalism.
Users should also now see opt-in screens over graphic imagery that is being kept on the platform for “public interest” reasons and further restricted Live eligibility in an attempt to limit misinformation. Speaking of falsehoods circulating on the internet, TikTok reiterated that it removes spliced content that users have edited to be misleading.
TikTok reportedly took down about 500,000 videos and ended 8,000 livestreams occurring in Israel and Gaza between the initial attacks on October 7 and the statement’s October 15 release. Moving forward, the company plans to roll out misinformation warnings in English, Hebrew and Arabic when certain terms are searched.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-details-how-its-taking-action-against-israel-hamas-misinformation-115753575.html?src=rss
Major U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid says it has obtained $3.45 billion in fresh financing as it carries out a restructuring plan.
I’ve tried them both, and the new Meta Quest 3 is no Apple Vision Pro. At least as far as presenting a hyper-realistic mixed reality experience that overlays virtual objects and experiences into the real world while preventing you from bumping into the furniture. And for $500, versus $3,500 for Apple’s…
Are you waiting for an even more powerful Apple laptop? Well, you might have to hold on a little longer. Apple’s M3 MacBook Pro may arrive at the beginning of 2024, with the M3 MacBook Air likely to follow a few months later. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who had predicted that a MacBook Air with the new chip could appear as early as October.
Gurman reports the 13-inch and 15-inch M3 MacBook Airs are now in the engineering verification test (EVT) stage. M3 MacBook Pros, on the other hand, are further along in the process and “nearing mass production.” If you want even more power, MBPs with M3 Pro and M3 Max are also progressing, so expect to see them in the first half of 2024.
— Mat Smith
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CD Projekt Red used AI to include a deceased actor’s voice in Cyberpunk 2077 DLC
Hitting the Books: Voice-controlled AI copilots could lead to safer flights
You can now buy a Ferrari with crypto in the US, if that’s your thing
Early PS4 classic The Evil Within will be free on the Epic Games Store next week
The 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray’s hybrid drive isn’t here to raise the efficiency of this iconic sports car. It’s only here to make it faster: 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds and a quarter-mile in 10.5 faster. The electric motor up front adds 160 horsepower to the 495 from the LT2 V8 engine in the back. It even helps the handling.
The National Labor Relations Board has accused X (formerly Twitter) of retaliating against software engineer Yao Yue for attempting to organize workers in the wake of the new policy. After Musk gave then-Twitter employees an ultimatum in November 2022 to return to the office, Yue urged others not to resign in response but instead “let him fire you.” Yue was fired five days after tweeting about it and writing a similar post on Slack. In terminating her, the complaint filed by a San Francisco branch of the NLRB alleges the company violated federal labor laws by “interfering with, restraining and coercing employees” exercising protected rights.
Netflix’s Squid Game reality show will premiere on November 22, just in time for Thanksgiving, so you can celebrate the holiday by watching a reality show adaptation of a dystopian drama with a pretty on-the-nose message about late-stage capitalism. One that’s utterly ignored here.
The Meta Quest 3 is here, and it’s the best standalone VR headset we’ve ever seen. But is that enough to make people care about virtual reality? In this episode, Devindra and Senior Writer Sam Rutherford chat with Tested’s Norm Chan about the Quest 3 and Meta’s mixed reality future.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-you-might-have-to-wait-for-an-m3-powered-macbook-pro-and-macbook-air-111504463.html?src=rss
“ANOTHER GREAT SHOT!” the former president captioned the clip, which is the latest fake footage he’s posted of himself taking a swing at his opponents.
The “Last Week Tonight” host mocked the Republican lawmaker as an “almost clinically chaotic man.”
Minecraft is turning 15 next year and we’ve been given insight into how popular it still is in the lead up: the game has now sold more than 300 million copies. To put that in perspective, Grand Theft Auto V is not even a close second, with over 185 million copies sold. Even its slightly later release (2013) doesn’t do much to make up for the gap — especially considering Minecraft surpassed the 200 million mark in 2020.
Mojang Studios announced the achievement during a Minecraft Live event that shared new features coming to the game, like a trial chamber that has traps and mobs coming at you along a series of rooms and corridors. A new Star Wars: Path of the Jedi DLC and Planet Earth DLC are also in development and will be available on November 7 and early next year, respectively.
“As we approach the 15th anniversary, Minecraft remains one of the best-selling games of all time with over 300 million copies sold,” said Helen Chiang, head of Mojang Studios. “[Its] a milestone no one could have dreamed of when we were all placing our first blocks.”
The exact launch date of Minecraft is a bit confusing. Game developer Markus Persson, commonly known as Notch, first made Minecraft available to the public in 2009 (the anniversary being celebrated), but the game wasn’t officially released until late 2011. Persson used the initial launch as an opportunity to better the game, keeping track of feedback and releasing alpha and beta updates in 2010 under his new company, Mojang. Jens Bergesten took over as lead designer at the end of that year, and in November 2011, the official Minecraft game launched on iOS.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/minecraft-has-now-sold-over-300-million-copies-094225081.html?src=rss
The GOP presidential candidate pivoted into attacking Joe Biden and the CNN anchor wasn’t having it.
Texas congressman Dan Crenshaw played down the comment from CNN’s Jake Tapper, saying “a lot of them did that.”
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