Former Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has handed over the reins of a push for a parliamentary investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Going forward, ex-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (2015-18) of the Liberal Party will co-chair the “Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission” alongside Sharan Burrow, former general secretary of the International Trade Union Conference…
Turnbull Replaces Rudd in News Corp Crusade
LA Meteorologist Collapses on Live TV, Broadcast Immediately Halted
A Los Angeles meteorologist fainted during a live TV segment on Saturday morning and later provided an update that she’s doing well. Alissa Carlson, who works for CBS affiliate station KCAL-TV in Los Angeles, collapsed during a live morning report. In a clip of the incident uploaded on Twitter, KCAL anchors Nichelle Medina and Rachel Kim introduce…
Meta Launches Subscription Service in US
Meta Platforms Inc. on Friday launched its subscription service in the U.S., which would allow Facebook and Instagram users pay for verification in the same vein as Elon Musk-owned Twitter. The Meta Verified service will give users a blue badge after they verify their accounts using a government ID and will cost $11.99 per month…
New ‘Sensitive’ Editions of Roald Dahl Books Show Power of Big Tech
The new “sensitive” editions of the Roald Dahl books by Netflix has been caused by a lack of competition in the digital space, Australian MP Andrew Leigh has said. This follows criticism of British publisher Penguin who was criticised for changing and rewriting Roald Dahl’s books. The changes were made to make them more suitable…
PREMIERING 3/21 at 7:30PM ET: The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers
“Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That’s the power of the purse that Congress has. And if we lose that, then we’ll lose the country, because it has to be the elected representatives. If the executive is self-funding, then there’s just no ability to rein that in.” Mark…
ChatGPT Inspires Tradition-Oriented Matchmaking Service
ChatGPT-3’s debut in late 2022 shook up tech–and online dating was no exception. Within weeks, Tinder users were reportedly penning bios with the AI tool’s chatbot interface. And Mashable reported in February that OkCupid has used ChatGPT to generate questions for its users. Some have voiced skepticism about the prospects of AI-enabled romance. Psychologist Andrew…
Elon Musk to Reveal Algorithms Twitter Uses to Recommend Content
Twitter owner Elon Musk announced that he will publicly share the algorithms that Twitter uses to recommend content in the coming weeks. “Twitter will open source all code used to recommend tweets on March 31st,” Musk said in a March 17 tweet. Social media algorithms can connect users with people they may know, groups, artists,…
James O’Keefe Announces New Project After Project Veritas Ouster
Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe has announced a new media project. The O’Keefe Media Group was unveiled on March 15, about three weeks after O’Keefe resigned from Project Veritas following a suspension and probe into his spending practices. “We’re going to be sending cameras into the hands of hundreds of people,” O’Keefe said on Real…
New AI Chatbot Released That Can See Images, Produce More Advanced Responses
The artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has released the latest version of its GPT chatbot, which the firm says includes the ability to respond to image prompts. On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that it was rolling out the new chat bot, known as GPT-4. In a blog post previewing the new program, OpenAI touted GPT-4’s ability to…
eBay Slams ‘Alarming’ Meta Subpoena in FTC Monopoly Case
E-commerce platform eBay Inc. on Monday asked a U.S. judge to block a bid by Meta Platforms Inc. for testimony from an eBay corporate official as the social media giant seeks rivals’ information to counter a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust lawsuit. EBay’s lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan said in a filing in…
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