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One of the most-watched commentators on the streaming channel Twitch has defended Hamas' murder of babies. Hasan Piker, 32, appeared as a guest on The H3 Podcast on October 12, and was asked by the host, Israeli-American Ethan Klein, about the Israel-Hamas was. Piker, born in New Jersey to Turkish parents and raised in Istanbul, told Klein he thought the October 7 terror attack was justified.

”War. War never changes.” (Opening cinematic from Fallout 3)Definitely one of the top ten greatest games ever made.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Elon Musk has generously offered to give Mark Zuckerberg $1 billion to simply change Facebook's name to "Faceboob." "Think of how much happier everyone will be logging onto 'Faceboob'," said Mr. Musk. "I already jotted down some great ideas for the new site logo. They're pretty good, if I do say so myself. Just trying to do a little good for humanity." The offer comes on the heels of a similar proposition Musk made to the head of Wikipedia this week to change the name of the online reference site to something quite clever that...

The State of Israel responded to a social media post by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg Friday in support of Palestinians. "The world needs to speak up and call for an immediate ceasefire, justice and freedom for Palestinians and all civilians affected," the 20-year-old posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. Israel's X account, managed by the Middle Eastern country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, did not mince words as it fired back just over an hour after Thunberg's second version of the tweet. ".@GretaThunberg, Hamas doesn’t use sustainable materials for their rockets which have BUTCHERED innocent Israelis. The victims of...

Google lost a lawsuit and will now have to pay $1 million to a female Google Cloud executive who sued the company for “sexual discrimination.” The employee, Google Cloud executive Ulku Rowe, alleged she was paid less than less-experienced male counterparts in similar positions. An eight-person jury found Google guilty after five hours of deliberation... the jurors said Google owes Rowe $150,000 for pain and suffering and $1 million in punitive damages. “Rowe’s suit is the first pay discrimination case filed against Google after the mass walkouts in 2018 during which hundreds of Google workers protested how the tech company...

First 40 results from typing the words Atlanta teen into Google:Atlanta teen shot to death by ‘friend’ less than a month away from her 18th birthdaySuspect arrested after teen injured in drive-by shooting at Atlanta apartment complex: APDMetro Atlanta woman helps Fayette County teen, others escape from Israel war zoneBoy, 13, hurt in drive-by shooting on Cleveland Avenue SWSister Duo Behind Atlanta’s Black-Owned Teen Cosmetics Brand Takes Center Stage On Macys’ WebsiteAtlanta police officer arrested, charged with assaulting teen after responding to wreckFamily of slain teen asks for donations to lay her to restHomicide investigation underway after teenager shot, killed...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares dropping hard on Elon Musk‘s weak economic outlook from the company’s recent earnings call, the CEO’s net worth has also taken a hit by a massive $30 billion. Tesla reported its third-quarter financial results after market close on Wednesday. Tesla reported third-quarter revenue of $23.35 billion, which was up 9% year-over-year. The revenue total, however, missed a Street consensus estimate of $24.38 billion. The company’s profit of $1.85 billion was lower quarter-on-quarter as well as year-on-year. Trending: Ryan Reynolds Sells 2 Companies For Nearly $2 Billion In Less Than 4 Years And Says: 'You Can't Be...

Each year we have more privacy violations and security breaches. And each year, VPN popularity grows with them. To keep track of all the changes, we decided to collect the most sought-after VPN statistics and put them under a single roof. Below, you’ll find the most recent information about VPN users, popularity, market size, and legality.How much do VPNs cost?The average cost of a VPN varies from company to company. Any product that belongs to more popular brands costs an average of $3.69 a month for their discounted 1-3 year deals. Regarding monthly prices without discounts, it averages at $10.45.How...

In the wake of The New York Times’ false reporting , claiming the Israel Defense Forces bombed a hospital in Gaza, a report which was later totally debunked, X, formerly known as Twitter, removed the Times’ verification badge. The Times ran an article on October 17 that trumpeted, “Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say.” The New York Times and CNN were also caught using images from different incidents that showed buildings that had been completely destroyed. Footage from ground level showed that none of the buildings were destroyed and that there were no impact craters from an aerial...

The Office 365 at one of my work computers will soon expire. Office 365 Family for 6 devices is about $99 Office 365 Business for 1 device is about $150 It is tempting to get Office Family (less money and works with more computers) but if I do, will Microsoft bust me and send me to the gulag? The other temptation is to work with Open Office. Any experience with that?

A video posted to social media claimed to show Hamas fighters shooting down an Israeli war helicopter in Gaza. The footage was actually taken from a video game. Another video claimed to show Israeli jets bombing targets in northern Gaza. But it was actually footage of fireworks celebrating a football win in Algeria three years ago. In recent weeks, the Israel-Hamas conflict has seen a sharp rise in fake videos and photos being posted to social media in a bid to mislead internet users and sow confusion and doubt. […] The European Commission is ramping up the pressure on social...

The experiment is meant to urge users to disable their ad blockers or subscribe to YouTube Premium. YouTube is looking to take a more aggressive approach in preventing viewers from using ad blockers while watching videos on its platform. As BleepingComputer reports, people have been posting screenshots on social networks like Reddit that show a pop-up notice warning them that their player will be blocked after three videos. The warning says YouTube will block their ability to play videos on the platform unless they disable their ad blocker or add the website to their white list. "Ads allow YouTube to...

One of the most telling statistics from the General Social Survey, is that Americans are having less sex now than they did in 1980s and 1990s. Young men especially have become less sexually active. Since 2008, the share of men under 30 reporting no sex at all has nearly tripled. This stat is one of the clearest signs of what has turned into a counterintuitive but reliable pattern. The more “liberated” and “progressive” our culture becomes, the less interested in or capable of finding human partners we become. I say, “human partners,” because the decline of sex and the rise...

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SACRAMENTO, CA — As part of a new initiative to provide public services to minority groups in need, California Governor Gavin Newsom has promised the state's new "Ebony Alert" system for black people will be "separate but equal." "We've designed this to separate them from the rest of the populace," Newsom said in his announcement. "While we want to have a way to send out urgent alerts to everyone when a child is in danger or abducted, we thought it would be best to keep the alerts separate based on the color of the child's skin. This new ‘Ebony Alert'...

It's been two years since Google first debuted Project Green Light, a novel means of addressing the street-level pollution caused by vehicles idling at stop lights. At its Sustainability ‘23 event on Tuesday, the company discussed some of the early findings from that program and announced another wave of expansions for it. Green Light uses machine learning systems to comb through Maps data to calculate the amount of traffic congestion present at a given light, as well as the average wait times of vehicles stopped there. That information is then used to train AI models that can autonomously optimize the...

Captain Jack Sparrow has struck again! A 68-year-old Omaha woman told police she was scammed out of $15,000 by a man who claimed he was Johnny Depp. The scam happened last month, according to a police report. The woman told police “Depp” first contacted her through the Meta app Messenger and then from various phone numbers. The man told the woman he wanted to marry but needed $10,000 from her to afford a wedding planner because, according to the report, “he had his money tied up in different things.” At the man’s request, the woman sent him the money through...

Anyone else notice how bad FoxNews APP and website have become with pop up ads during the past week or so? I can't view stories because my computer freezes, and I deleted the APP on my iPhone because the ads steal the screen completely...

Fun's over, kids. As Windows Central reports, Microsoft appears to have lobotomized its Bing Image Creator. The DALL-E 3-powered image-generating AI was integrated into Bing's platform last week, prompting netizens to quickly test its guardrails. As it turns out, those guardrails were incredibly ineffective, with users — 404 Media's Samantha Cole notable among them — quickly realizing that they were able to generate problematic, copyright-infringement-laden AI generations of beloved cartoon characters like Disney's Mickey Mouse doing things like wearing bomb-covered vests and perpetrating the 9/11 terror attacks.

Generative AI “will undoubtedly revolutionize our workforce and enhance Guardian’s ability to operate at speed,” Lisa Costa, Space Force’s chief technology and innovation officer, said in the memo. But Costa also cited concerns over cybersecurity, data handling and procurement requirements, saying that the adoption of AI and LLMs needs to be “responsible.” No further explanations were provided. Experts have flagged a risk that, under some conditions, voluminous and potentially non-public data involved in feeding models with documents and prompts could end up leaking out into the public arena or get hacked in other ways. The memo said Costa planned to...