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Both the iPhone 16 and the iPhone 16 Pro will be available for pre-order on Friday and in stores on September 20, Apple announced. They’re also available in two sizes: 6.1 inches for the iPhone 16 and 6.7 inches for iPhone 16 Plus. IPhone 16 ProThe new iPhone 16 Pro. From AppleThe iPhone 16 Pro, Apple’s higher-end iPhone, features even more AI features than the iPhone 16. Price: The new Apple iPhone 16 Pro will cost $999 and the iPhone 16 Pro Max will be $1,199, the company announced Monday.

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☆ We kept losing out on homes and were sick of renting. So we tricked out a $4,500 van to live in for the summer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Mary Clare: We rented in Burlington for four years, which at this point has been the most expensive place I've lived so far. Mary Clare: Our real estate agent kept pushing us outside of our budget, like over $200,000 more. Courtesy of Ian and Mary Clare ArmstrongIan: I was on Facebook Marketplace to actually look for land. Courtesy of Ian and Mary Clare ArmstrongIan: Now, it's got a sink with a foot pump and fresh water tanks. AdvertisementMary Clare: Living here definitely helped put us in a spot where we were even more prepared to buy a home.

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☆ When is Apple’s next event and what to expect from the new iPhone 16
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Apple excited fans with its vision for its “Apple Intelligence” artificial intelligence system earlier this year. Apple faces immense pressure ahead of the event to prove the new AI features and other iPhone 16 updates are worth shelling out for an upgrade. Subplot or main character, here is everything we’re expecting from the Apple event. The company’s task on Monday will be to show iPhone users what that will look in real life. A major question heading into Monday’s event is how Apple will price the iPhone 16 lineup.

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☆ It’s not just you. More weird spam is popping up on Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-03 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Posts with obviously AI-generated images and confusing captions sometimes receive thousands of likes and hundreds of comments and shares. “The Facebook Feed … at times shows users AI-generated images even when they do not follow the Pages posting those images. Experts who track this kind of online behavior say there are likely several different kinds of actors behind the Facebook spam, with varying motives. Meta also automatically labels AI-generated images created with its own tools. However, there are still ways for users to strip out that metadata (or create AI images without it) to evade detection.

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☆ It's a terrible time to be an international student. Australia is the latest country to limit visas.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-28 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Australia plans to cut new international student enrollment by a third next year. The cap follows a surge in international students post-pandemic, straining the rental market. AdvertisementAustralia is capping new international students next year, in an effort to curb record migration. The country plans to limit international student enrollments to 270,000 in 2025, Australian education minister announced on Tuesday. In 2023, there were just over 400,000 new international students.

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☆ What to know about Telegram, the messaging app whose CEO was arrested over the weekend
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-26 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France over the weekend has thrust the popular messaging service and its enigmatic founderinto the spotlight. Durov’s arrest comes as the app has faced growing scrutiny for its use by terrorist groups and far-right extremists. Telegram is an encrypted messaging service that was launched in 2013 by Durov and his brother, Nikolai. And earlier this month, the messaging app began actively removing calls to violence from the platform following reports that the app was being used to organize far-right, anti-immigrant riots in the United Kingdom. In addition to running Telegram, Durov has become something of an online influencer, sharing images on Instagram of his world travels (and, often, shirtless photos).

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☆ Ukraine’s march into Russia exposes Putin’s crisis management problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Clare Sebastian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But his track record of handling recent crises in Russia reveals a different side of his presidential persona: one of paralysis and indecision. Despite a claim of responsibility from ISIS-K, he continued to insist that Ukraine, and the West had played a role. Dmytro Kholod, commander of Ukraine’s “Nightingale” battalion, currently in Kursk, told CNN by phone on Wednesday that he has noticed a shift in the behavior of Russian troops. It is just a strategy for perpetuating war and allowing Russia to wait us all out,” said Ryan. “Now we see that when he’s really presented with a crisis, he’s not a cornered rat, he’s just like an imposter.

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☆ How Elon Musk has turned X into a pro-Trump machine
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But now Musk, who is not only the owner but also the most followed user on X, has shifted to more direct campaigning for former President Donald Trump. Musk announced his official endorsement for Trump in a post last month that received 2.3 million likes. Weeks after it was posted, the video is not labeled with a “community note,” X’s community fact-checking feature that Musk used as justification for slashing the company’s trust and safety team. In a letter, the secretaries urged Musk to “immediately implement changes” on the X platform. But on Monday night, Musk offered to take a role in the potential future Trump’s administration helping to rein in government spending.

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CNN —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed Kyiv’s troops are fighting inside Russia, days into the surprise Ukrainian cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region that has become a major embarrassment for the Kremlin. Now into its sixth day, the attack on Kursk is a significant development in the more than two-year old conflict. The surprise factor appear to have worked: as of Sunday, Russian troops seemed to struggle to stop the Ukrainian advances and push Kyiv troops back. The governor of Kursk region has urged authorities there to speed up evacuations on Sunday. Early on Sunday, Moscow launched drone and missile attacks against Kyiv region, according to local officials.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, “, Zelensky, Vladimir Putin, ”, Mykola Oleshchuk, Gigova, Olga Voytovich Organizations: CNN, Kremlin, Kyiv, Ukrainian Air Force, UN, Rights Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Russia’s Kursk, Ukraine, Moscow, Kursk, Belgorod, US, Kyiv, Brovary, Kostiantynivka, Donetsk, Russian, Iran

☆ Most high schools in a London borough are banning smartphones. A principal explains how the plan took shape.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Nora Redmond | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA group of schools in London have joined together to announce a smartphone ban. The ban will affect over 13,000 students at more than a dozen of the 20 government-funded middle and high schools in the borough of Southwark. Power in numbersFor Baxter, the most effective way to get rid of smartphones is by acting with other schools. For smartphones, parents have to come to collect it after school, which Baxter said they would be made aware of. And that's what schools are doing, that's what parents are doing," he said.

Persons: —, Headteachers, Mike Baxter, Matt Jones, Baxter, doesn't, Daisy Greenwell, Clare Fernyhough Organizations: Service, Business, of London Academy ,, Ark Globe Academy Locations: London, Southwark, of London Academy , Southwark, Baxter's

☆ Elon Musk’s X just sued a nonprofit advertising group out of existence
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —A major ad industry group is shutting down, days after Elon Musk-owned X filed a lawsuit that claimed the group illegally conspired to boycott advertising on his platform. The end of GARM marks a temporary victory for Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino, even though a judge hasn’t made a ruling yet. “Everyone can see that advertising on X is a treacherous business relationship for advertisers,” they said. Following that, brands’ faced issues where their ads were placed next to illegal or harmful content, the group said in a statement. GARM said its group reduced such ads from 6.1% in 2020 to 1.7% in 2023.

Persons: Elon Musk, “, GARM, Linda Yaccarino, hasn’t, ” Yaccarino, Nandini Jammi, Claire Atkin, ”, Ørsted —, ’, Musk, X, CCDH Organizations: New, New York CNN, Global Alliance, Responsible Media, World Federation, Institute, Twitter, CVS, Unilever, Mars, Facebook, Brands, Center, Media Locations: New York, Danish, Texas, Christchurch New Zealand

☆ Google and X lag peers in addressing non-consensual explicit images, lawmakers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Google, X and Discord are among a group of tech giants that could be doing more to address the rising threat of non-consensual explicit images online, according to a letter that a group of senators sent to the companies Friday. The letter criticizes nearly a dozen tech firms for their lack of participation in two programs that make it easier for people to request the removal of non-consensual explicit images and videos from the internet. The letter was spearheaded by Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Sen. Rick Scott, and co-signed by ten other senators. Most of the companies named in the letter have policies against the creation or sharing of non-consensual, explicit images, and in some cases offer their own ways for users to report or request the removal of such content. The fight to address non-consensual explicit images and deepfakes has received rare bipartisan support.

Persons: popstar Taylor Swift, OpenAI, Democratic Sen, Jeanne Shaheen, Republican Sen, Rick Scott, deepfakes, Ted Cruz, —, Amy Klobuchar Organizations: New, New York CNN, Google, CNN, Microsoft, National Center for, Democratic, Republican, Capitol Locations: New York

☆ OpenAI worries people may become emotionally reliant on its new ChatGPT voice mode
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —OpenAI is worried that people might start to rely on ChatGPT too much for companionship, potentially leading to “dependence,” because of its new human-sounding voice mode. ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode sounds remarkably lifelike. Now, OpenAI is apparently concerned that fictional story is a little too close to becoming reality, after it says it observed users talking to ChatGPT’s voice mode in language “expressing shared bonds” with the tool. Some people are already forming what they describe as romantic relationships with AI chatbots, prompting concern from relationship experts. For now, OpenAI says it’s committed to building AI “safely,” and plans to continue studying the potential for “emotional reliance” by users on its tools.

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☆ Taco Bell could hold the secret formula for bringing customers back to fast food
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Fast food giant Yum Brands is going all in on value — but only Taco Bell is performing well enough to immediately bring back inflation-weary customers. But Gibbs said Taco Bell is outperforming its rivals in the fast food industry. “I think we’re really seeing Taco Bell stand out from the crowd,” he said to investors. Of the three, only Taco Bell’s US same-store sales grew in the second quarter of 2024, at 5%. The earnings call highlighted how fast food and fast casual chains are struggling to retain customers who believe it is cheaper to just eat at home.

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☆ Elon Musk’s X sues ad industry group over alleged advertising ‘boycott’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Clare Duffy | Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk’s X has accused a group of major advertisers of antitrust violations in a new lawsuit claiming the group conspired to “boycott” advertising on the platform. The lawsuit claims an influential ad industry group organized “to collectively withhold billions of dollars in advertising from Twitter” because the group was concerned that the platform had deviated from brand safety standards after Musk’s acquisition in late 2022. The lawsuit is the latest effort by X to revive its core ad business, which has tanked since Musk’s takeover. It’s not the first time X has filed a lawsuit related to its declining ad business. The suit accuses Media Matters of distorting how likely it is for ads to appear beside extremist content on X.

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☆ Tech had a rough day. But don’t call it a dot-com meltdown moment yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

On Monday afternoon, a federal judge ruled that Google violated US antitrust law with its search business. And despite yesterday’s decline, which already appears to have begun reversing, shares of Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Google and Nvidia all remain up strongly year-to-date. Anything that threatens its market share could also put that core business — already facing competitive threats from emerging AI tools — at risk. It could also embolden lawmakers who have been looking to crack down further on the power of Big Tech. “This ruling will inspire short-term confidence for DuckDuckGo, Yahoo and other Google Search competitors.

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☆ 'House of the Dragon' fans are mad about the season two ending: 'One of the most underwhelming season finales I've ever watched'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As a result, many fans believed season two would involve an all-out war, with Rhaenyra seeking revenge on both siblings. Fans believed the finale might have another battle to give the season a climactic end, but they were disappointed again. One fan wrote: "Well, that was probably one of the most underwhelming season finales I've ever watched." Horrible payoff 😭 #HouseOfThedragon — merline (@xomerline) August 5, 2024This season of House of The Dragon was the worst season in the whole GOT universe, including season 8 of GOT. Why not give us a real season finale?

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☆ Elon Musk files new lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk filed a new lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman Monday, re-opening a legal battle in his fights over artificial intelligence. He then dropped the lawsuit in June, without explanation, after OpenAI published old emails from Musk that revolved around OpenAI’s creation. The new lawsuit, filed against OpenAI, Altman and co-founder Gregory Brockman, made the same claims. The new lawsuit claims Altman and Brockman “manipulated” Musk into co-founding OpenAI. “Elon Musk’s case against Sam Altman and OpenAI is a textbook tale of altruism versus greed.

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☆ US government sues TikTok for allegedly violating children’s privacy law
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The lawsuit accuses TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by allowing children to create accounts without their parents’ knowledge or consent. TikTok also collects and retains personal data from children, such as email addresses, phone numbers and location data, and fails to to comply with requests from parents to delete their children’s information, the suit alleges. The Justice Department claims that TikTok has continued to violate the law, as well as that 2019 court order. TikTok has also faced previous allegations that it failed to keep young users safe , and was fined in Europe for violating children’s privacy protections. The FTC began investigating potential violations of COPPA by TikTok earlier this year, sources told CNN at the time.

Persons: New York CNN — TikTok, TikTok, “ TikTok, Lina Khan, ”, Michael Hughes, “, TikTok “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, US Justice Department, US Federal Trade Commission, COPPA, The Justice Department, FTC, TikTok, CNN, Department, Federal Trade Commission Locations: New York, TikTok, California, United States, Europe

☆ Google pulls Olympics ad that showed AI writing a little girl’s letter for her
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —Google has pulled its controversial Olympics ad after critics blasted it for portraying what they called a bleak application of artificial intelligence. The ad showed a father using Google’s Gemini AI chatbot to help his daughter write a fan letter to US Olympic track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. But many online questioned why Google would want to replace a child’s creativity with words written by a computer. Google initially defended the ad, which ran during breaks from the Olympics, saying it showed how Gemini could provide a “starting point” for a piece of writing. “While the ad tested well before airing, given the feedback, we have decided to phase the ad out of our Olympics rotation,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement.

Persons: Sydney McLaughlin, OpenAI’s, Apple, Sonny, Cher’s, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Google Locations: New York

☆ Wall Street to Big Tech: Is AI ever going to make money?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —There’s been one big question on the minds of Wall Streeters this tech earnings season: When will anyone start making actual money from artificial intelligence? But Big Tech still has relatively little to show for all their billions spent in terms of significant revenue gains from AI or profitable new products, and investors are starting to get antsy. Shares of both Google and Microsoft dipped following their earnings reports, a sign of investors’ discontent that their huge AI investments hadn’t led to far-better-than-expected results. She added: “Gen AI is where we’re much earlier … We don’t expect our gen AI products to be a meaningful driver of revenue in ’24. As an example of just how long it can take AI products to come to fruition, take Tesla’s AI-based “full self-driving” technology.

Persons: New York CNN — There’s, ChatGPT, ’, Morgan Stanley, Keith Weiss, Steven Ju, Sundar Pichai, Goldman Sachs, —, ” D.A, Davidson, Gil Luria, Meta, Amy Hood, “, Susan Li, that’s, ” Luria, we’re, Jim Covello, Tesla, FSD, Google’s Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, — Luria Organizations: New, New York CNN, Big Tech, UBS, Google, Microsoft, CNN, Meta Locations: New York, Silicon Valley

☆ Senate GOP blocks tax bill as Democrats spotlight child tax credit in election-year push
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Clare Foran | Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bipartisan tax package that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and restored some business tax benefits. The Senate tax bill vote also gave Democrats an opportunity to push back against comments from Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance of Ohio. Vance has falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is calling to end the child tax credit. Harris has actually called for years to increase the child tax credit. “Democrats do not oppose the Child Tax Credit whatsoever.

Persons: ”, Sen, JD Vance, Ohio, Vance, Kamala Harris, Harris, Chuck Schumer, –, Ohio –, ” Schumer, Jason Smith, Ron Wyden, CNN’s Daniel Dale Organizations: Washington CNN —, Republican, Republicans, GOP, Democratic, Tax, Budget, Center, Oregon Democrat, Taxation Locations: Ohio, Missouri, Oregon, East Palestine , Ohio

☆ A major change is coming to Taco Bell drive-thrus
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Taco Bell is set to expand the use of artificial intelligence voice technology in its drive-thrus to hundreds of US locations by the end of this year, parent company Yum! The move means that when users pull up to place their order at a Taco Bell, there’s a good chance they will be talking to a computer, rather than a human employee, on the other end. McDonald’s said last month it was pulling the plug on the AI ordering technology that it was testing at more than 100 US drive-thrus, after customers complained about the system getting their orders wrong. Brands, told CNN he’s confident that his company’s technology — which is already in use at 100 Taco Bell locations across 13 states — won’t have the same issues. Kim also denied that AI ordering technology would replace human jobs, a growing concern around all manner of new AI tools.

Persons: Taco Bell, there’s, McDonald’s, Lawrence Kim, — won’t, we’ve, ” Kim, it’s, Kim, Yum, Kay, quesadilla ”, kay, “ kay, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, Brands, Taco Bell, ! Brands, CNN, KFC Locations: New York, Taco, Pizza

☆ How Coco Gauff’s Olympic tennis run ended with a line-call argument
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Matthew Futterman | Charlie Eccleshare | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

This meant he judged the ball from Vekic to be in, and chair umpire Jaume Campistol awarded her the point because Gauff’s follow-up shot had gone into the net. Regarding the overruling of line calls, Case 7 is as follows:“If a chair umpire or line umpire calls ‘Out’ and then corrects the call to good, what is the correct decision? “Decision: The chair umpire must decide if the original ‘Out’ call was a hindrance to either player. Video line calls happen throughout top-level tennis. After the match, Vekic said, “It’s a very tricky situation.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Donna Vekic, Gauff, ”, Vekic, Jaume Campistol, ‘, It’s, ” Gauff, Patricia de Melo Moreira, “, Iga Swiatek, Clare Wood, Serena, Serena Williams, Carlos Ramos “, Naomi Osaka, Jennifer Capriati, Williams, Clive Brunskill, Wood, Swiatek, Aurelie Tourte, Tim Clayton, Corbis, Karolina Pliskova, Pierre Bacchi, —, Pliskova, Bacchi, wasn’t, Gauff steadied, David Haggerty, Haggerty, can’t, “ It’s, Nicole Auerbach, James Hansen, Charlie Scott Organizations: United States, ITF, Tennis Federation, Getty, U.S, United States Tennis Association, Swiatek, Paris Locations: Gauff, Dubai, Madrid, 150mph

☆ ChatGPT is getting chattier with ‘advanced voice mode’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —OpenAI stunned users when it demonstrated an updated voice mode for the most advanced version of ChatGPT earlier this year. Far from the kind of robotic voice that people have come to associate with digital assistants like Alexa or Siri, the ChatGPT advanced voice mode sounds remarkably lifelike. Starting on Tuesday, advanced voice mode — which works with the most powerful version of the chatbot, ChatGPT-4o — will begin rolling out to paid users. Advanced voice mode will start rolling out to a small group of subscribers to the app’s “Plus” mode, with the aim of making it available to all Plus users in the fall. ChatGPT does have a less sophisticated voice mode already.

Persons: New York CNN — OpenAI, Siri, Scarlett Johansson, ChatGPT’s, OpenAI, “, won’t, —, Johansson, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple Locations: New York

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