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Google's AI Overviews Erode the Internet, US EdTech Firm Chegg Says in Lawsuit
Chegg, an online education company that offers textbook rentals, homework help, and tutoring has filed a lawsuit against Google. In the lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., Google is co-opting publishers' content to keep users on its own site, erasing financial incentives to publish.
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Ubisoft Is Discontinuing XDefiant, Shutting Down San Francisco and Osaka Studios
Ubisoft is discontinuing development on its free-to-play shooter XDefiant, the studio announced Wednesday. The online title, which released in May after several delays and playtests, has not been able to retain strong player numbers after a promising launch, the publisher said. As a result, Ubisoft is also shutting down its San Francisco and Osaka ...
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ChatGPT-Like AI Chatbots Have Been Used to Create 49 News Websites: NewsGuard Report
The news-rating group NewsGuard has found dozens of news websites generated by AI chatbots proliferating online, according to a report published Monday, raising questions about how the technology may supercharge established fraud techniques.
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New IT Rules Consider Removing Social Media Content Deemed 'Fake' by Government
The government will not permit social media platforms to host any information that it identifies as false, according to a draft proposal of new IT rules released this week. Once information was identified as such, social media platforms or other "online intermediaries" would have to "make reasonable efforts" to ensure users do not "host, display, u...
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Government Asks News Sites, TV Channels, OTT Platforms to Refrain From Showing Offshore Betting Site Ads
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued two advisories advising private television channels as well as digital news publishers and OTT platforms to refrain from showing advertisements of offshore online betting sites and surrogate advertisements of these sites. The advisories were supplemented with evidence which contained dir...
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China Targets Online Platforms in Quest to 'Clean Up' Internet
China will scrutinise online platforms such as social media networks and video-sharing sites to clamp down on fake accounts and information as part of its drive to "clean up" the Internet, the country's cyber regulator said.
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Online Publishing Site Medium Apparently Blocked In China
A U.S.-based online publishing platform, Medium, has been blocked in China, according to users and tests by Reuters, the latest service to apparently be affected as Beijing exerts greater control over the Internet.
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Swedish Man Sentenced to Prison For Porn Surfer Extortion
A Swedish man who sent bills to thousands of people who visited a porn site and threatened to publish their names if they failed to pay was sentenced Monday to two and a half years' jail for extortion.
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Google's AI Overviews Erode the Internet, US EdTech Firm Chegg Says in Lawsuit
Chegg, an online education company that offers textbook rentals, homework help, and tutoring has filed a lawsuit against Google. In the lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., Google is co-opting publishers' content to keep users on its own site, erasing financial incentives to publish.
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Ubisoft Is Discontinuing XDefiant, Shutting Down San Francisco and Osaka Studios
Ubisoft is discontinuing development on its free-to-play shooter XDefiant, the studio announced Wednesday. The online title, which released in May after several delays and playtests, has not been able to retain strong player numbers after a promising launch, the publisher said. As a result, Ubisoft is also shutting down its San Francisco and Osaka ...
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ChatGPT-Like AI Chatbots Have Been Used to Create 49 News Websites: NewsGuard Report
The news-rating group NewsGuard has found dozens of news websites generated by AI chatbots proliferating online, according to a report published Monday, raising questions about how the technology may supercharge established fraud techniques.
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New IT Rules Consider Removing Social Media Content Deemed 'Fake' by Government
The government will not permit social media platforms to host any information that it identifies as false, according to a draft proposal of new IT rules released this week. Once information was identified as such, social media platforms or other "online intermediaries" would have to "make reasonable efforts" to ensure users do not "host, display, u...
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Government Asks News Sites, TV Channels, OTT Platforms to Refrain From Showing Offshore Betting Site Ads
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued two advisories advising private television channels as well as digital news publishers and OTT platforms to refrain from showing advertisements of offshore online betting sites and surrogate advertisements of these sites. The advisories were supplemented with evidence which contained dir...
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China Targets Online Platforms in Quest to 'Clean Up' Internet
China will scrutinise online platforms such as social media networks and video-sharing sites to clamp down on fake accounts and information as part of its drive to "clean up" the Internet, the country's cyber regulator said.
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Online Publishing Site Medium Apparently Blocked In China
A U.S.-based online publishing platform, Medium, has been blocked in China, according to users and tests by Reuters, the latest service to apparently be affected as Beijing exerts greater control over the Internet.
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Swedish Man Sentenced to Prison For Porn Surfer Extortion
A Swedish man who sent bills to thousands of people who visited a porn site and threatened to publish their names if they failed to pay was sentenced Monday to two and a half years' jail for extortion.
