Google Smart Bidding changes August 17. Learn which Target CPA and Target ROAS campaigns to audit and what to update before the deadline.
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Also: Google executives jump ship in race for AI dominance
Hello, TechScape readers! Danielle Abril, editor of the Guardian’s Reworked series on AI and the future of work, filling in for Blake Montgomery this week. Major legal battles against Meta over child safety are playing out in courts across the US – and the tech giant is losing. Recent rulings raise big questions about social media companies’ responsibility to their youngest users. Meanwhile, more key executives have jumped ship from Google as it battles OpenAI and Anthropic in the race for AI dominance, and Meta’s smart glasses face a fearsome backlash. Let’s dig in!
‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
Tell us: do you believe you have been filmed by Meta’s smartglasses without your consent?
Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears
‘I’m not spying’: how Meta’s smartglasses have divided opinion
Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy
‘This is very real redlining’: outrage in Little Rock as two datacenters loom
Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI
SpaceX beats revenue expectations in first earnings report after IPO crash
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© Photograph: Jill Connelly/Getty Images
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Bluesky has added a new feature that lets you hide reposts from a specific person in your feeds. The tool might be helpful if you want to stop seeing reposts from that one person who clogs up your feed with reposts of things you don't care about. If you follow me, I may be that person, I'm sorry. I try not to be.
You can hide reposts from individual users by going to their profile, clicking the three dots button, and selecting the option to "Hide reposts in feeds." (X offers a similar toggle.)
Bluesky also says that it's launching a beta feature that will automatically add post numbers to threads. For long threads, it could be a useful w …
Using ‘spy glasses’ made by Facebook owner leads to floods of negative comments, say content creators
It was hardly an offensive video. Amid the buzz of the Tour de France finale, Oliver Hooson filmed himself whipping up a delicious-looking flat white for a fellow cycling enthusiast. But after posting the footage on social media, the comments that soon rolled in were a real shock. “PERV,” read one. “Out here pushing creep glasses,” said another. His mistake? Documenting the moment with Meta’s “spy glasses”.
Despite being marketed as the latest must-have gadget, Meta’s smartglasses, which can record video footage while being worn, have faced a vicious backlash, particularly relating to concerns about surveillance. There are widespread fears about the glasses being used to film people, especially women, without their consent, and the resultant footage being posted on social media. This has earned them the label of “pervert glasses”, and content creators, no matter how they are used, have faced a flood of negative comments for deploying them.
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© Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters
© Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters
Self-censorship is rising and traditional publishers steer clear of controversial topics. Mike Fairclough explains why he has launched a new publishing venture – and why it matters now.
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X is ending its controversial revenue-sharing program for content creators, which has seen numerous revisions under Elon Musk's reign. In its place, it's launching a new Original Content Rewards program on September 8th. To be eligible, creators must have at least 500 verified followers and at least 500,000 Home Timeline impressions from verified users in the last 90 days, among other requirements.
Creators will then earn revenue based on "qualified impressions" on "original content."Qualified impressions are unique impressions from Premium subscribers "on the Home Timeline feed, where at least 50% of the post is visible." What qualifies a …
A Syitren lançou no Kickstarter o RM1, um leitor de CD com estrutura em acrílico transparente que expõe o mecanismo do CD a girar e toda a eletrónica interna. Este já ultrapassou, em muito, o objetivo de financiamento inicial.
The post Syitren RM1 é um leitor de CD transparente que transforma a mecânica em obra de arte appeared first on Tek Notícias.
Exclusive: anonymous flagging service says cases have surged, as watchdog says AI is making sexualised or ‘nudified’ content easier to produce
Children in the UK have reported a surge in explicit deepfake images featuring their likenesses, as a safety watchdog warned AI is making such content easier to produce.
The Report Remove service, which blocks intimate images from appearing online, said there had been a rapid increase in imagery that had been digitally manipulated or “faked” in some way, including with AI and nudification tools.
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© Photograph: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images
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Ruling comes as part of second phase of landmark trial that found social media company enabled harm against users
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to pay $567m into a fund aimed at redressing adverse mental health impacts from the social media giant’s platforms.
The Thursday ruling comes as a part of the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March. At the time, a jury found that the company knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms, and imposed the maximum penalty: a $375m fine.
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© Photograph: Jill Connelly/Getty Images
© Photograph: Jill Connelly/Getty Images
As imagens captadas pela sonda Danuri permitiram aos investigadores da Administração Aeroespacial da Coreia do Sul confirmar que a colisão do estágio superior do foguetão da SpaceX causou alterações na superfície lunar. Além da Danuri, a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter da NASA também vai fotografar o local do impacto.
The post Foguetão da SpaceX deixou uma nova cratera na Lua? Sonda sul-coreana capta o antes e depois do impacto appeared first on Tek Notícias.
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