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Kirill Kudryavtsev | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk’s X will host a live town hall-style event with former President Donald Trump, the social media platform’s owner and CEO confirmed Friday. The plan to spotlight the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on X was first reported by Axios Thursday, the same day that he was found … Read more
As Ontario school boards raise red flags over social media use among students, experts say the evidence is mounting that more screen time is linked to changes in behaviour. On Wednesday, five more Ontario school boards and two private schools joined a lawsuit against Meta, Snapchat and TikTok initially launched in March that alleges they … Read more
Allen, a data scientist, and Massachi, a software engineer, worked for nearly four years at Facebook on some of the uglier aspects of social media, combating scams and election meddling. They didn’t know each other but both quit in 2019, frustrated at feeling a lack of support from executives. “The work that teams like the … Read more
Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images HubSpot shares rallied 8% on Tuesday after CNBC’s David Faber reported that Alphabet is looking at an all-stock offer for the software company. Reports of a potential deal first surfaced in early April, when Reuters published a story saying Alphabet was talking to advisors about making an offer … Read more
Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Jan Leike, one of the lead safety researchers at OpenAI who resigned from the artificial intelligence company earlier this month, said on Tuesday that he’s joined rival AI startup Anthropic. Leike announced his resignation from OpenAI on May 15, days before the company dissolved the superalignment group that he … Read more
A Texas Instruments sign in Dallas, June 14, 2023. Katie Tarasov Elliott, the $65 billion hedge fund best known for its shareholder activism, has made a $2.5 billion investment in Texas Instruments and is urging the company to improve its free cash flow by adapting a less rigid plan for capital expenditures. In a 13 … Read more
Beauty enthusiasts are being warned to give a wide berth to an emerging anti-ageing fad, as a specialist argues it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. From the bizarre snail slime facials to unbelievable salmon DNA injections, social media platforms like TikTok are awash with unconventional methods promising to keep your skin youthful. But … Read more
Quebec Premier François Legault says he’s open to “taking major steps” to curb children’s social media use amid pressure from his party’s youngest members. Some 700 members of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) gathered in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., on Saturday and Sunday for a general convention, and among the proposals they’re debating is a call from … Read more
Nearly two decades into the smartphone era, some experts are warning of the potential dangers of being plugged in anytime, anywhere. Especially when it comes to those whose brains are still developing. Americans under the age of 30 reported lower levels of happiness from 2021 to 2023 than those over the age of 60, according to … Read more
