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Nintendo is removing Twitter / X integration from Switch

It's official: All three major video game consoles are now getting rid of their integrations with Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

On Wednesday, Nintendo became the last of the big gaming companies to announce that gamers would no longer be able to post directly to X via the Nintendo Switch gaming console. Other X-related functions would be dropped as well.

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Chris Morris

Paramount’s fate could go in 3 possible directions

The future for Paramount remains uncertain as it considers multiple merger offers. Here’s how each of those possibilities could play out for the entertainment giant.

Paramount Global is used to producing gripping dramas, but it likely didn’t expect to end up starring in one. Yet, the road to a potential Paramount merger has taken several twists and turns. Last Friday, the exclusive 30-day negotiating window between the special committee of the company’s board and Skydance Media came...

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Alabama Mercedes plants will vote to join the UAW. How’s the union doing in the South?

There are about a dozen more campaigns underway that could follow the vote at Mercedes.

Workers at two Mercedes plants near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will soon vote for the first time on whether they want to join a union.

Fast Company

Jeff Beer

Apple says its iPad ‘Crush’ ad missed the mark: ‘We’re sorry’

Apple’s VP of marketing Tor Myhren said of the new iPad Pro ad, ‘We missed the mark with this video, and we’re sorry.’

Barely 48 hours after launching it, Apple is apologizing for its ad for the iPad Pro, and pulling it from running on broadcast TV.

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Chris Herring

Knicks rule Anunoby (hamstring) out for Game 3

Knicks forward OG Anunoby will miss Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals with a strained left hamstring.

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Emma Roth

Poppy Playtime follows Five Nights at Freddy’s with new movie

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The horror puzzle game Poppy Playtime is getting a live-action film adaption. Developer Mob Entertainment says it struck a deal with the entertainment company Legendary after fielding “several competitive offers.” Transformers producer Don Murphy and filmmaker Susan Montford will develop and produce the adaptation.

Poppy Playtime is a first-person adventure game, where players take on the role of a former toy factory worker who returns to their...

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Despite NSFW explorations, OpenAI says porn is off the table

OpenAI is open to allowing NSFW responses generated by ChatGPT and its API, but porn is a hard no.

On Wednesday, the company published a Model Spec, a document that pulls the veil back a little bit on how the models are trained to respond to various prompts. In the Spec, OpenAI shared rules for how ChatGPT and the API are directed to respond, including prompts for breaking the law, questions about chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) threats, and yes, prompts for explicit...

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Neuralink’s first human brain chip implant experienced a problem

If one was to just listen to Elon Musk, they might think the first Neuralink implant in a human was a flawless achievement.

"Successful 100 days with first human implant of @Neuralink," Musk posted to his social media platform X on Wednesday.

It is fair to call Neuralink's first human implant a success – certainly more successful than some of the test animals that Neuralink had implanted the device in – as it helped a quadriplegic patient interact with his surroundings in ways that he...

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Carbon offsets are largely ineffective, says corporate climate action group

At stake is the growth of the still nascent market for voluntary carbon offsets.

Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits has now found such offsets are largely ineffective, a confidential preliminary draft reviewed by Reuters shows.

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Suns fire Vogel after being swept in first round

The Suns have fired head coach Frank Vogel after one season, the team announced Thursday, and former Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer is expected to be a prominent candidate to replace him, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

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Emily Mullin

Elon Musk's Neuralink Had a Brain Implant Setback. It May Come Down to Design

Neuralink experienced a mechanical issue with its first human brain-computer interface implant. Its novel design may make it more prone to failure.

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Erica L. Green

Israel ‘Smashing Into Rafah’ Will Not Eradicate Hamas, Biden Aide Says

The president has grown increasingly wary of a major assault in the densely populated city in southern Gaza.

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Nelly Korda historic chase at Cognizant Founders Cup off to strong start

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Korda posted another round in the 60s as her hunt for six in a row began at the Cognizant Founders Cup.

Nelly Korda fired off a 3-under 69 to start her Cognizant Founders Cup tournament. It put her in the hunt for yet another victory in 2024. As of this writing, she is tied for sixth on a stacked leaderboard.

Korda is riding a five-tournament win streak, which is tied with Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam for the most ever.

Despite her strong start, Korda is...

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Jack Milko

Blades Brown, 16, makes PGA Tour debut in style at Myrtle Beach Classic

Blades Brown plays his tee shot during the first round of the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic. | Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images

Blades Brown, only a sophomore in high school, is playing among the pros this week at the Myrtle Beach Classic.

The future is already here.

For the second straight week, a teenager has made their PGA Tour debut.

Like 16-year-old Kris Kim at last week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson, Blades Brown is teeing up at this week’s Myrtle Beach Classic.

Brown, who became the...

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Tom Warren

Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 Start menu with floating widgets

Image: Albacore (X)

Microsoft has quietly started testing an intriguing change to the Windows 11 Start menu that could introduce a floating panel full of “companion” widgets. Windows watcher Albacore discovered the new Start menu feature in the latest test versions of Windows 11 that Microsoft has released publicly.

While Microsoft has not yet announced this feature, the “Start menu Companions” appear to be a way to allow developers to extend the Windows 11 Start menu with...

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Emma Roth

Apple apologizes for iPad ‘Crush’ ad that ‘missed the mark’

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Apple has apologized after a commercial meant to showcase its brand-new iPad Pro drew widespread criticism among the creative community. In a statement provided to Ad Age, Tor Myhren, Apple’s vice president of marketing, said the company “missed the mark.”

“Creativity is in our DNA at Apple, and it’s incredibly important to us to design products that empower creatives all over the world,” Myhren told Ad Age. “Our goal is to always celebrate the myriad of...

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TikTok's AI-generated content is getting watermarked

TikTok is taking another stab at curbing the rise of AI-generated misinformation taking over social media platforms, as it announces a new way its watermarking (or labelling) AI.

The platform announced today that it is joining the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative and the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), a nonprofit-backed project to align tech and social media companies on best practices for what is known as "content provenance," or the "basic, trustworthy...

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Jinkx Monsoon's 'Doctor Who' performance was inspired by Michelle Gomez

New 'Doctor Who' villain Jinkx Monsoon revels her fandom of Michelle Gomez and where she drew her inspiration from for 'Maestro'.

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