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Wikipedia Releases AI Training Dataset to Stop Bots from Overloading Its Servers with Scraping
The Wikimedia Foundation (the non-profit that runs Wikipedia) has proposed that instead of scraping Wikipedia content with bots, which drains…
Google’s ‘near-total dominance’ of search engine could cost the company £5bn
A class action lawsuit seeking £5bn ($6.6bn) from Google was filed at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal this week, accusing…
Instagram and Facebook are no longer social networks, Zuckerberg himself said
In the US, a lawsuit is ongoing between the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Meta✴, which is accused of…
Apple Sued Over Broken AI Promises Apple Intelligence
Apple is facing two more class action lawsuits over delays in the release of features for its Apple Intelligence AI…
‘You Can’t Plan a Movie of This Scale on Zoom’: ‘Borderlands’ Director Explains Film Adaptation’s Failure
The comedy action film Borderlands, based on the shooter series of the same name from Gearbox Software, was rejected by…
A trial has begun that threatens Meta with the loss of Instagram and WhatsApp, as well as multi-billion dollar losses
A trial began on Monday, April 14, against Meta✴, a company that the regulator accused of creating an illegal monopoly…
AI startups raised a record $8.2 billion in funding last year
Several AI startups developing applications based on large language models (LLM) are rapidly increasing sales and initiating a new race…
YouTube Fights Digital Addiction: Users Will Be Able to Self-Restrict Shorts Viewing
YouTube may offer a feature in the future that will allow users to set a timer to limit the amount…
Telegram now offers group calls for 100 people with end-to-end encryption — in test mode for now
The beta version of Telegram for Android (11.9.1) has a group calling feature that allows up to 100 users to…
Amazon’s Tomb Raider Series Looks ‘Dead’ – ‘Tens of Millions of Dollars’ Invested in Project, Not Even a Script Ready
The live-action series based on the Tomb Raider adventure action series from Crystal Dynamics, confirmed by Amazon last spring, is…