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A look at the companies using AI to build tech that lets users talk to digital versions of deceased loved ones by video chat, text, phone, or voice assistants (Charlotte Jee/MIT Technology Review)

A look at the companies using AI to build tech that lets...

Charlotte Jee / MIT Technology Review:A look at the companies using AI to build...

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Brazil's elections chief gets unilateral power to order tech companies to remove posts and videos ahead of the October 30 election, to combat misinformation (Jack Nicas/New York Times)

Brazil's elections chief gets unilateral power to order...

Jack Nicas / New York Times:Brazil's elections chief gets unilateral power to order...

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Interviews with over three dozen creators about going viral on TikTok show how the app's vast reach plus tools like "duet" and "stitch" can amplify harassment (Washington Post)

Interviews with over three dozen creators about going viral...

Washington Post:Interviews with over three dozen creators about going viral on TikTok...

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Apple plans to expand ads to the App Store's main Today tab and the "You Might Also Like" section of app listings globally on October 25, except for China (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Apple plans to expand ads to the App Store's main Today...

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:Apple plans to expand ads to the App Store's main Today...

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LG Gram 17 review: under three pounds, even with a huge 17", 2560 x 1600 display, but the graphics are weak, the chassis is flimsy, and it's pricey at $1,600+ (Monica Chin/The Verge)

LG Gram 17 review: under three pounds, even with a huge...

Monica Chin / The Verge:LG Gram 17 review: under three pounds, even with a huge...

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McAfee security researchers found 16 clicker apps in Google Play with 20M+ downloads in total; Google removed the adware apps after McAfee reported them (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

McAfee security researchers found 16 clicker apps in Google...

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:McAfee security researchers found 16 clicker apps...

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Several artists whose work Stability AI included in the dataset used to train Stable Diffusion are angry that they weren't informed, asked for consent, nor paid (Rachel Metz/CNN)

Several artists whose work Stability AI included in the...

Rachel Metz / CNN:Several artists whose work Stability AI included in the dataset...

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Chicago-based Tempus, which uses AI for drug discovery, clinical trials, and diagnostics, raised $275M in equity and debt, bringing its total funding to $1.3B+ (Keerthi Vedantam/Crunchbase News)

Chicago-based Tempus, which uses AI for drug discovery,...

Keerthi Vedantam / Crunchbase News:Chicago-based Tempus, which uses AI for drug...

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Podcast app Pocket Casts, which WordPress parent company Automattic acquired in July 2021, releases its mobile clients on GitHub under an open-source license (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Podcast app Pocket Casts, which WordPress parent company...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:Podcast app Pocket Casts, which WordPress parent company...

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Canalys: smartphone shipments in India fell 6% YoY to 44.6M units in Q3 2022; Xiaomi shipped 9.2M units, down 18% YoY, for a 21% share, followed by Samsung (Tracy Qu/South China Morning Post)

Canalys: smartphone shipments in India fell 6% YoY to 44.6M...

Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post:Canalys: smartphone shipments in India fell...

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Interpol unveils a metaverse for law enforcement worldwide, allowing users to tour the virtual version of its HQ, take training courses in VR, and more (Jessica Lyons Hardcastle/The Register)

Interpol unveils a metaverse for law enforcement worldwide,...

Jessica Lyons Hardcastle / The Register:Interpol unveils a metaverse for law enforcement...

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In his memoir, Bono details making a deal with Steve Jobs for the U2 iPod in October 2004 and convincing Tim Cook to give away an iTunes album in September 2014 (Bono/The Guardian)

In his memoir, Bono details making a deal with Steve Jobs...

Bono / The Guardian:In his memoir, Bono details making a deal with Steve Jobs for...

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The Wire retracts its recent stories on Meta and says it is using "independent external experts" to conduct an investigation into its Meta coverage (The Wire)

The Wire retracts its recent stories on Meta and says it...

The Wire:The Wire retracts its recent stories on Meta and says it is using “independent...

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Ukrainian military: Looting in Kherson as Russia orders evacuations, pulls back troops

Ukrainian military: Looting in Kherson as Russia orders...

We’ve wrapped up our live coverage for today. Find more news on the war in Ukraine...

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'Meritocracy is no longer the norm,' CNN Beijing Bureau Chief reacts to China's new leadership

'Meritocracy is no longer the norm,' CNN Beijing Bureau...

Xi Jinping has unveiled China's new leadership in the seven-member Politburo Standing...