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An image that was likely created with artificial intelligence tools that purported to show a young survivor of Hurricane Helene. The image got millions of views online, even after its provenance was questioned.

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  • Politics

AI-generated images have become a new form of propaganda this election season

This election cycle, AI-generated images have proliferated on social media platforms after politically charged news events. They often spread partisan narratives rather than facts.

October 21, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle speaks onstage in 2022 in New York City. He said a cyberattack on the nonprofit, which advocates for universal access to all knowledge, affected more than 31 million of its users.

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  • Technology

Hackers steal information from 31 million Internet Archive users

The digital library's website was defaced earlier this month with a message boasting its theft of Internet Archive users' sensitive records. The nonprofit said it's working to bolster security.

October 20, 2024
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
A lawsuit filed by the Kentucky attorney general says TikTok considered ways to use its content to appeal to Sen. Mitch McConnell.

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  • National

Kentucky TikTok suit says company considered using Ky. creators to sway Sen. Mitch McConnell

The suit says videos by Kentucky small businesses were identified as possibly of interest to the senator, who has expressed concern about the app's effect on kids

October 19, 2024
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By:
  • Sylvia Goodman
A FloodVision rendering of a 1% annual chance flood in 2050 at the World War II Home Front Museum on St. Simons Island.

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  • Climate

PHOTOS: Can these images predict Coastal Georgia flooding risks for 2050 and beyond?

“Google Street View, but for coastal flooding” is how one researcher described the tool.

October 18, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Online news search and reading, news updates, news websites, information on newspapers, public events, events, announcements on smartphone screen

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  • Politics

How to avoid sharing election misinformation

The 2024 election season is here. As we’re waiting to learn the final results, it can be easy to be duped by false or misleading information. Here are four tips to help you avoid spreading election related misinformation.

October 17, 2024
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By:
  • Audrey Nguyen
Elon Musk arrives before a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington in July.

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  • Technology

New records show Texas judge on X case didn't sell his Tesla shares after taking the suit

The judge, Reed O’Connor, in Fort Worth, Texas, has rejected calls for him to step down from the high-profile case Musk filed against Media Matters, a watchdog group.

October 17, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Federal regulators have finalized the "click to cancel" rule for memberships and subscriptions.

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  • Business

Canceling subscriptions has to be as easy as signing up, the FTC says in a new rule

The "click-to-cancel" rule, now finalized by the Federal Trade Commission, aims to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and memberships. Companies argue that the agency overstepped its authority.

October 17, 2024
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
People work inside the TikTok Inc. building in Culver City, Calif., on March 11.

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  • Technology

Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people

A trove of secret documents show teens’ increasing reliance on TikTok and how executives were acutely aware of the potential harm the app can cause young people, but appeared unconcerned.

October 16, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn,
  • Sylvia Goodman,
  • and 1 more
An eight-player rhythm minigame in Super Mario Party Jamboree's "Bowser Kaboom Squad" mode.

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  • Video Game Reviews

Nintendo plays the extravagant host in 'Super Mario Party Jamboree'

'Jamboree' feels scattered and altogether too eager to please. But while the game's a mixed bag, it's still one of the best in the chaotic Nintendo series.

October 15, 2024
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  • James Perkins Mastromarino
FILE - Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., left, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right speak during a hearing, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington.

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  • Business

Senators call on TikTok to produce documents in response to NPR report

Two senators, who have pushed online child safety legislation in Congress, demanded that TikTok executives share all materials the company has about the dangers kids may encounter on the wildly popular service.

October 12, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Unredacted documents show TikTok is aware of the dangers caused by its app.

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  • Technology

TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege

In communications newly revealed, TikTok executives discuss being aware of the harms caused by their app. TikTok officials were warned of the app’s dangers to minors.

October 12, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn,
  • Sylvia Goodman,
  • and 1 more
Starship is the largest rocket ever built. Elon Musk hopes it will one day fly humans and other species to Mars, but environmentalists say it's doing damage to the local habitat around the Texas launch site.

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  • Space

SpaceX wants to go to Mars. To get there, environmentalists say it’s trashing Texas

With each launch, SpaceX has been discharging tens of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater into sensitive wetlands. Environmentalists say an increase in launches will only make things worse.

October 12, 2024
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Waymo driverless cars are now ubiquitous in San Francisco.

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  • Arts & Life

Why does it feel so weird to ride in a driverless car?

Driverless cars are expanding into more markets across the country. In San Francisco they’re already ubiquitous, but the robo-taxis' behaviors are unsettling riders.

October 11, 2024
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
GPB News NPR

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  • News

The documents TikTok wanted to keep secret. And, the concerns with SpaceX's rocket

NPR has reviewed the documents TikTok didn’t want you to see regarding children's safety. Here's what we found. And, the environmental concerns behind Elon Musk’s rocket Starship.

October 11, 2024
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures at the Tenth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, on April 13, 2024. Tesla is hosting an event it's calling "We, Robot" in Hollywood on Thursday night.

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  • Business

Tesla is expected to unveil a robotaxi tonight: 5 things to know

On Thursday night, Tesla is holding a splashy event it’s calling “We, Robot.” CEO Elon Musk says fully autonomous vehicles are key to Tesla’s future, and for years he has promised they are coming.

October 10, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
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