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Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes orders X's suspension in Brazil after Elon Musk refused to name a legal representative in the country — SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil …
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Ryan Smith / AnandTech:
AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware for over 27 years; publisher Future plans to keep AnandTech's website and articles live indefinitely — It is with great sadness that I find myself penning the hardest news post I've ever needed to write here at AnandTech.
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Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Apprentice, the biopic delayed for US distribution by legal threats from Trump, has been acquired by Briarcliff Entertainment for release October 11 — The Trump origin story, written by Gabriel Sherman and directed by Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as the future president and Jeremy Strong as his consigliere Roy Cohn.
Tess Patton / The Wrap:
Some journalists say California's Google deal doesn't hold the company accountable enough for use of their work, didn't involve them in negotiations, and more — The negotiated agreement calls for Google to pay only $15 million a year compared to the $500 million from Big Tech initially discussed with lawmakers
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Landon Y. Jones, top editor of People in the 1990s when its profits quadrupled, and who helped popularize the term “baby boomer”, died on August 17 at age 80 — An unapologetic champion of the newsworthiness of celebrities, he also drew attention to teenage pregnancy and helped popularize the term “baby boomer.”
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Business Insider:
Sources: Paramount is selling VidCon, started by Hank and John Green in 2010, to UK media firm Informa, which owns Toronto Comicon and a few other conventions — - Paramount is selling its creator conference VidCon to UK media firm Informa. — Informa owns several pop-culture conventions …
Ed Newton-Rex / Music Business Worldwide:
It's time for audio services like Spotify to deal with AI by using labels and banning or downweighting music made with AI tools that don't license training data — The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Ed Newton-Rex (pictured inset), CEO of the ethical generative AI non-profit, Fairly Trained.
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
Major US publishers sue Florida, claiming a law limiting sexual content in school libraries has motivated sweeping book bans in violation of the First Amendment — The suit challenges a Florida statute that gives parents and residents more say over the vetting of library materials for sexual content
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Dyson abandons its libel claim against Channel 4 News over a report about allegations of exploitation in factories, after over two years of court proceedings — Technology company Dyson has ended its libel claim against Channel 4 News and the programme's producer ITN after more than two years of proceedings.
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Investor note: 360 One values Indian startup VerSe, which operates popular news aggregator Dailyhunt, at $2.9B, down from $5B in 2022 when VerSe raised $805M — Indian tech and media startup VerSe, which operates popular news aggregator Dailyhunt, is worth about 42% below its last private valuation …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google says Search AI Overviews, Gemini image generation, and other AI products will not respond to election-related topics ahead of the US elections — Google is gearing up for the upcoming U.S. presidential election by rolling out safeguards for more of its generative AI products.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
An analysis of 6,599 keywords shows Google is offering AI Overviews for 17% of queries in the UK and US, but rarely for searches about current events — New research suggests Google AI Overviews are having a significant impact on the visibility of publishers within search results.
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