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Five social media CEOs were sworn in on Wednesday for what could have been the most eventful children’s online safety hearing yet. But even with some of tech’s most powerful figures under oath, the four-hour hearing was anti-climactic. The Senate subpoenaed recently appointed X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Discord’s Jason Citron and Snap’s Evan Spiegel to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, but Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok’s Shou Chew agreed to appear without the threat of legal consequence. Yaccarino, Citron and Spiegel all testified for the first time, while Chew faced the committee last year. But for Zuckerberg, this…

I’ve invested in more than 25 innovative companies over the past ten years. They have made women safer on the streets and children more protected online, boosted people’s health on the one hand and given us all more entertainment from top creators on the other. Each investment had an exciting concept at its heart, but it was the founder that I invested in more than the idea: my investment platforms put money into entrepreneur-driven businesses. Every startup pivots, often multiple times, but the entrepreneurs running the business should have traits that are as constant as the north star: unusually determined…

Credit: Aaron J Hill from Pexels Persuaded by pomp and pageantry, people across the nation are more likely to put faith in a Pennsylvania groundhog’s weather predictions than those made by local woodchucks, according to a national survey query made on behalf of a University of Virginia researcher. Thomas Guterbock, UVA sociology professor emeritus and former director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service’s Center for Survey Research, said responses show 53.4% of Americans chose Pennsylvania’s renowned Punxsutawney Phil as their primary marmot prognosticator, while 46.6% would choose a local groundhog. The survey was conducted by Verasight, a reputable…

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View gallery Image Credit: Shutterstock Emma Stone, 35, revealed why it was important to work with intimacy coordinator Elle McAlpine while making her film Poor Things, in a new interview. The actress, who recently attended a screening of the movie in London, England with director Yorgos Lanthimos, opened up about the safety she felt when having to act through the most intimate scenes. “I don’t think having an intimacy coordinator is even a choice anymore. I think in the past five years, the industry has changed a lot for the better,” Emma told NPR. “Having her there felt like having…

Reliance-backed Viacom18 has reached an agreement to buy 60% of Disney’s India unit, WSJ reported Thursday citing unnamed sources, creating a pathway for the Indian conglomerate to form a $10 billion media giant in the South Asian market. The deal, which WSJ says will close this month, values Disney’s India unit at $3.9 billion, the report said, less than half of what Disney had originally hoped. Earlier this week, Reliance declined to comment on its engagement with Disney. Viacom18 is a joint venture among Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, Paramount Global and James Murdoch’s Bodhi Tree Systems. According to the agreement,…

A Microsoft AI engineer, Shane Jones, has brought attention to potential security flaws in OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 model, used in Microsoft’s Designer AI image creator. Jones claims to have discovered a vulnerability in early December that allowed users to bypass safety guardrails, leading to the creation of explicit and violent deepfake images, including those of singer Taylor Swift. Jones expressed his worries by sending a letter to Washington State’s Attorney General and US senators, alleging that Microsoft downplayed the severity of the flaws in DALL-E 3. Microsoft, in response, has stated that the reported techniques did not breach their safety…

A collaborative team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which runs the world’s largest field conservation program, has conducted first-of-its kind research into how global climate change affects African elephants. The work, published recently in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation,shows that older elephants will have markedly decreased chances of survival, which will not only drastically reduce the species’ overall ability to weather the changing climate but will send ripple effects throughout the surrounding landscape. The team has also modelled possible mitigation scenarios, which WCS is already implementing. Africa’s Greater Virunga Landscape (GVL) is…

Furna, located on New Road, was shortlisted in the ‘Drinks List of the Year’ category and ended up winning. It went up against Allium at Askham Hall in Cumbria, Noble Rot in London and The Kitchin in Edinburgh. Discussing the awards the Good Food Guide wrote: “After 15 years of publishing top rankings, we The Good Food Guide Awards 2024 supported by Resy presents a line up of restaurants leading in their field and the 39 Exceptional and World Class restaurants that deliver perfection at every service. “Each restaurant has been carefully and anonymously inspected to earn their place here and we…