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In iOS 18.2, Apple is adding a new feature that resurrects some of the intent behind its halted CSAM scanning plans — this time, without breaking end-to-end encryption or providing government backdoors. Rolling out first in Australia, the company’s expansion of its Communication Safety feature uses on-device machine learning to detect and blur nude content, adding warnings and requiring



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Director Dan Trachtenberg has Predator: Badlands out in November... and, apparently, something else too. Plus, updates on future Alien sequels.



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Bluesky has revealed how it plans to start making money without necessarily having to rely on ads. The platform will remain free to use for everyone, though it’s working on a premium subscription that will provide access to profile customization tools (remember when Myspace offered that for free?) and higher quality video uploads.

One thing that you won't get as a paid user, though, is any



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Business Insider's author in front of the geodesic dome she stayed in during a trip to New Zealand.
  • I visited New Zealand during winter and stayed in a geodesic dome on the country's south island.
  • I feared I'd spend my night shivering in the 430-square-foot tiny home.
  • Its luxe amenities and gas fireplace convinced me I never wanted to leave. 

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Elon Musk's X appears to be adding yet another fee for third party apps, according to an affected app developer.

After acquiring then-Twitter, Musk made big sweeping changes to the platform's API, which allows third-party developers to integrate X into their platforms. The biggest change? Charging thousands of dollars just to access X's API, which used to be free to use for most developers.

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Miles Brundage, OpenAI’s senior adviser for the readiness of AGI (aka human-level artificial intelligence), delivered a stark warning as he announced his departure on Wednesday: no one is prepared for artificial general intelligence, including OpenAI itself.

“Neither OpenAI nor any other frontier lab is ready [for AGI], and the world is also not ready,”



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Playtonic Games’ ode to the 3D platformers of the ‘90s is coming to modern consoles. Yooka-Laylee is getting a remastered version called Yooka-Re-playee for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and “Nintendo platforms,” according to the press release. It’s possible the plural use of platform refers to the current-gen Nintendo Switch and Nintendo’s next console.

Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor of



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Nearly 1,000 Family Dollar locations are set to close in the coming years, starting with 600 in the first half of 2024.
  • At least 13 retail brands have said they're closing US stores in 2024, totaling up to 2,055 locations.
  • Family Dollar is the largest chain on the list, planning to close at least 600 stores this year.
  • Other companies, such as Walmart and TJX,  are closing a few stores while