Tag: Media & Big Tech

EU Complains Elon Musk’s Twitter Lacks Appetite for Censorship

European Union authorities have complained that Twitter doesn’t seem to be taking the bloc’s fight against “disinformation” seriously by producing an incomplete report on compliance with its rules on censorship. Elon Musk’s Twitter lagged behind the likes of Google, Meta, and TikTok in the fight against “disinformation” over the past six months, the European Commission…


Netflix Expands Crackdown on Account Sharing to 4 More Countries

Netflix said on Wednesday that it has expanded its crackdown on password sharing, which had eclipsed 100 million accounts, throttling the streaming giant’s ability to invest in new content. The California-based streaming giant first tested its crackdown in Latin America and is now rolling out the changes in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain, the company said…


Microsoft Outlook Back up for Most Users After Outage

Microsoft Corp.’s Outlook was back up for most users, the company said on Tuesday, after an hours-long outage disrupted the email service application for users primarily in North America. The company said it had identified a recent change that might have caused issues within Outlook.com, without giving further details. The outage comes shortly after Microsoft’s…


PREMIERING 2/9 at 7:30PM ET: Aaron Siri (Part 1): Why Are Vaccine Manufacturers the Most Protected Companies in America?

“When we finally had that data, you got a sense of why they didn’t want the public to have it, because it showed that 7.7 percent of the over 10 million V-safe users reported needing medical care after a COVID-19 vaccine.” Aaron Siri, managing partner at Siri & Glimstad, has led several high-profile lawsuits against…


Disney to Lay Off 7,000 Workers as CEO Iger Revamps to Restore ‘Creativity,’ Cut Costs

Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed on Wednesday that around 7,000 employees will be laid off as the entertainment firm seeks to cut expenses, restore a focus on creativity, and chase profitability. Iger said that the goal of Hollywood’s most influential studio is to save $5.5 billion in costs, with $3 billion coming from content and…


US Congresswoman Says She Was Injured by COVID-19 Vaccine

A U.S. congresswoman on Feb. 8 says she was left injured by a COVID-19 vaccine. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) disclosed during a hearing with former Twitter executives while decrying how Twitter had censored posts from medical experts, including Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff. “I, along with many Americans have long-term effects from COVID. Not…


‘Do Anything Now’ Frees ChatGPT From Political Straitjacket—but Accuracy Is a Concern

Conservatives, libertarians, and others worry that the new ChatGPT AI chatbot is designed to make people conform to elite liberal opinion–yet creative Internet users have already learned how to trick the system into shedding that bias, though sometimes at the expense of the truth. ‘Do Anything Now,’ or DAN, is an approach for jailbreaking ChatGPT….


ChatGPT’s Alter-Ego ‘Do Anything Now’ Frees AI From Restrictions—but Accuracy Is a Concern

News Analysis Conservatives, libertarians, and others worry that the new ChatGPT AI chatbot is designed to make people conform to elite liberal opinion–yet creative Internet users have already learned how to trick the system into shedding that bias, though sometimes at the expense of the truth. ‘Do Anything Now,’ or DAN, is an approach for…


Lehrmann Files Defamation Suit Against Ten, News Corp, and Wilkinson

Bruce Lehrmann has launched defamation actions against media outlets Ten Network and News Corp. Australia’s News Life Media for their coverage of his trial over rape allegations. Journalists Lisa Wilkinson and Samantha Maiden were also named in his statement of claim, which was filed in the Federal Court on Feb. 7. Lehrmann received intense media…


Microsoft Incorporates AI Technology Into Its Search Engine Bing

Microsoft is incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot technology into its search engine Bing and its browser Edge. The company made the announcement at a press event on Tuesday at its Redmond headquarters in Washington. Bing and Edge will be powered by an upgraded version of the AI technology that’s the hallmark of ChatGPT, the conversational service…