Meta’s Fact-Checking Partner Says He’s ‘Blinded’ by Decision for Ax
Fact-checking partners Meta claimed they were "blindsided" by the company's decision to abandon third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in favor of the Community Notes model, and some said they were now scrambling to understand that they "We heard the news like everyone else, " said Alan Duke, cofounder and editor at the fact-checking site Lead Stories, which...
License Plate Reader Leaks Real-Time Video Feed and Vehicle Data
In just 20 minutes this morning, an automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system in Nashville, Tennessee, captured photos and detailed information from nearly 1,000 vehicles as they drove by. Among them: eight black Jeep Wranglers, six Honda Accords, an ambulance, and a yellow Ford Fiesta with a vanity plate. This trove of real-time vehicle data, collected by one of...
All the Top CPU and GPU News From CES 2025
Here's what's coming, all in Q1 and Q2 of 2025. Full details can be found here and here.AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3DI is AMD's fastest and most advanced CPU to date, featuring 16 or 12 cores and designed specifically for creators and (especially) gamers. AMD says the new chip will provide an average performance increase of 8 percent in gaming...
Meta Follows Elon Musk’s Lead, Moves Staff to Billionaire-Friendly Texas
"The executive is doing everything it can to create an environment conducive to the actions it wants to take, there is no review or accountability from actors like the courts or legislators or others," he said. Since taking over X, formerly Twitter, Musk has become one of Trump's most important allies, supporting the campaign financially and lending the weight...
First US Bird Flu Death Is a Warning
Nuzzo said the Louisiana patient's pre-existing health conditions contributed to the severity of the illness, but also pointed to the case of a teenager in Canada who was hospitalized with bird flu in November. The 13-year-old girl was initially seen. in an emergency department in British Columbia for fever and conjunctivitis in both eyes. He was discharged home without...
The Health Monitoring Boom Only Gets Weird From Here
Withings also used CES to launch Cardio Checkup, an in-app service available today and compatible with all ECG-capable Withings devices, such as ScanWatch. In addition to alerting you to possible cases of atrial fibrillation, it will probably check you every month and give you access to a specialist through the app. . Photo: Tristan deBrauwereAnd that's not all—I still...
Meta Now Allowing Users to Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’
Meta announced a series of major updates to its current content moderation policy, including ending fact-checking partnerships and "removing" restrictions on speech on "topics like immigration, gender identity and gender" that the company describes as frequently political subjects. discourse and debate. "It's not true that it can be said on TV or on the floor of Congress, but not...
Human Metapneumovirus Finally Taken Seriously
Like other respiratory viruses, Williams said hMPV tends to affect people with chronic lung disease or existing conditions such as asthma and cancer. But despite this, he found that many doctors were unaware that it was a threat, mainly because until now, no one had tested it outside of academic studies. we just don't know how common hMPV is,"...
Lenovo’s Latest Laptop Has a Rollable OLED Screen
But if you can't beat it, join it. That's what Lenovo did with the Legion Go S. It's not the successor of the Legion Go—the company unveiled the Legion Go 2 prototype with some minor refinements—but an alternate version that comes in two flavors: Windows or SteamOS. That makes it the first licensed handheld game console to run SteamOS....
Europe Wanted to lead the world in EVs. Car Manufacturers Can’t Keep Up
With European EV sales and production lagging behind in comparison, there is a blame game between automakers and policymakers. "A regulatory framework that does not take into account the needs of customers and the reality of the market - and at the same time, cannot create the necessary conditions for alternative technologies - cannot succeed," said a BMW spokesperson...
