The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching a national awareness campaign aimed at educating the public about the threat of child sex exploitation and preventing future crimes from occurring, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. The initiative, called Know 2Protect, is what DHS described as a “first-of-its-kind” campaign that brings together public and private sector … Read more
WASHINGTON — The next government shutdown fight could also be a food fight. Republicans could win a crackdown on junk food in the federal government’s flagship nutrition program in legislation Congress needs to pass this week to prevent a partial government shutdown on Friday. Democrats oppose adding dietary restrictions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, … Read more
Several major technology companies — including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Snap, TikTok and X — signed an accord Friday pledging to combat the use of deceptive artificial intelligence (AI) in this year’s elections. The 20 participating companies pledged to “work collaboratively on tools to detect and address online distribution” of AI-generated content … Read more
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, plans to lay off more than 500 employees, it revealed in a regulatory filing Monday. The social media company will cut its global workforce by about 10 percent, it said in the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This translates to about 540 employees, based on Snap’s … Read more
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