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The Oversight Board has only been up and running for less than a year, but Facebook says it’s already having trouble keeping up with the group’s recommendations. The company says it wants to work with the Oversight Board to “improve the recommendation process,” though it’s not yet clear what those changes might entail. But it…
For too long, people with speech impairments have struggled to be understood not only by other people, but also by voice-based technology. Though some companies have started to make their products work better for people with atypical speech, the most prevalent services still don’t hear them well. Google announced today that it’s made a new…
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced legislation that would give people more control over the algorithms that shape their online experience. If passed, the Filter Bubble Transparency Act would require companies like Meta to offer a version of their platforms that runs on an “input-transparent” algorithm that doesn’t pull on user data to…
Jeff Bezos is a man of many talents. He’s good at making sure he doesn’t ever pay a wealth tax. He’s good at going big boom into space. And as of Monday, he’s good at drawing a lot of attention on Twitter—typically the zone of influence for Bezos’s peer Elon Musk. Bezos tweeted this on Monday:In…
With House of Gucci slated to land in theaters this Thanksgiving, the first hit of unofficial movie merch arrives today, in the form of a limited-edition makeup launch from Lady Gaga herself. There is no explicit tie-in, but the Casa Gaga Italian Glam Collection has all the calling cards of a longstanding luxury brand, down…
“Surprise: Top US soldier clears US soldiers of murder” That should have been the headline attached to any story written about the “findings” of a recent “probe” into the massacre of an Afghan family, including seven children, obliterated by a US “Hellfire” missile in late August. Of course, not one editor – as far as…
The shares fell as much as 12 percent on Tuesday, after closing down 4.8 percent on Monday after a slew of bad headlines.By Esha Dey and Kristine OwramBloombergTesla Inc. lost nearly $175 billion from its valuation, heading for the biggest two-day slide in 14 months, as the surge in shares lost momentum amid a host of…
France has handed back 26 treasures that were looted from Benin during the colonial period, fulfilling a promise made by President Emmanuel Macron to restore a lost part of Africa’s heritage. Benin President Patrice Talon and Culture Minister Jean-Michel Abimbola travelled to Paris to bring home the artefacts that were snatched by French forces 130…
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has secured a fourth consecutive term in Sunday’s elections, despite facing a chorus of criticism from rights groups, opposition figures and international observers who decried the vote as “a sham”. The Sandinista leader, who ran alongside his wife and vice-presidential candidate Rosario Murillo, secured 76 percent support, the Electoral Supreme Council…
