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Deepfake Political Scam Ads Surge On Meta, Advertisers Spend $49 Million: Report
Scammers are among the top political ad spenders on Meta's platforms, using deepfake videos of American politicians -- including President Donald Trump -- to promote fake government benefits, a watchdog group said Wednesday.
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Microsoft Releases Magentic-UI, an Open-Source Agentic Web Interface That Can Perform Tasks on the Web
Microsoft released an agentic web interface on Monday that can perform complex tasks on the web. Announced at the company’s Build 2025 conference, the new tool is named Magentic-UI, and the company is pitching it as a “human-centred web agent.” The Redmond-based tech giant claims that, unlike other computer use agents, this one collaborates w...
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Elon Musk's X Allowed Terrorist Groups To Buy Blue Ticks, Claims Report
The report claims that over a dozen X accounts for US-sanctioned entities had a blue checkmark, which requires the purchase of a premium subscription.
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Amazon's Business Closely Entwined With China, Suppliers Linked to Forced Labour: Watchdog Group
A report from the Tech Transparency Project said that Amazon's business is closely entwined with China and its suppliers linked to forced labour in the Xinjiang region of China.
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Deepfake Political Scam Ads Surge On Meta, Advertisers Spend $49 Million: Report
Scammers are among the top political ad spenders on Meta's platforms, using deepfake videos of American politicians -- including President Donald Trump -- to promote fake government benefits, a watchdog group said Wednesday.
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Microsoft Releases Magentic-UI, an Open-Source Agentic Web Interface That Can Perform Tasks on the Web
Microsoft released an agentic web interface on Monday that can perform complex tasks on the web. Announced at the company’s Build 2025 conference, the new tool is named Magentic-UI, and the company is pitching it as a “human-centred web agent.” The Redmond-based tech giant claims that, unlike other computer use agents, this one collaborates w...
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Elon Musk's X Allowed Terrorist Groups To Buy Blue Ticks, Claims Report
The report claims that over a dozen X accounts for US-sanctioned entities had a blue checkmark, which requires the purchase of a premium subscription.
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Amazon's Business Closely Entwined With China, Suppliers Linked to Forced Labour: Watchdog Group
A report from the Tech Transparency Project said that Amazon's business is closely entwined with China and its suppliers linked to forced labour in the Xinjiang region of China.
