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Meta is bringing facial recognition tech back to its apps more than three years after it shut down Facebook’s “face recognition” system amid a broader backlash against the technology. Now, the social network will begin to deploy facial recognition tools on Facebook and Instagram to fight scams and help users who have lost access to their accounts, the company said in an update.

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If you want to subscribe to Disney Plus or Hulu on your iPhone, you can’t do that anymore. Support documents for Disney Plus and Hulu now say that new and returning subscribers to those streaming services can’t sign up through Apple, as reported by MacRumors.

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For years, Google has included an extra search box within some search results, encouraging you to dig further and look only within a specific website. But now that sitelinks search box is going away because “usage has dropped.”

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It’s been over ten years since we initially announced the sitelinks search box in Google Search, and over time, we’ve noticed



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Sean "Diddy" Combs is facing more sexual assault allegations.
  • Five new civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault were filed against Sean "Diddy" Combs on Sunday.
  • One accuses Combs of raping a 13-year-old girl at an after-party following the 2000 VMAs.
  • The lawsuit alleges two other celebrities, who were not identified, were involved.

A Texas-based attorney filed five new



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Though it remains very unclear whether any of the self-driving vehicles demoed at Tesla’s We, Robot presentation will ever actually make it to market, one of the production companies behind Blade Runner 2049 thinks Elon Musk ripped off their copyright for the event, and are taking him to court.

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Elon Musk is giving $1 million away to a different Pennsylvania voter every day. It may not be legal.
  • Elon Musk says he is giving away $1 million each day to a voter who signs a petition.
  • You have to be a registered voter to participate.
  • It's illegal to pay people to register to vote, and experts say this could cross the line.

Elon Musk's latest gambit to help elect


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Perplexity AI was criticized by Forbes and Wired in recent weeks.
  • News Corp. has accused AI startup Perplexity of copyright infringement in a new lawsuit.
  • Perplexity is eyeing a massive funding round this year, The Wall Street Journal had reported.
  • Here's what you need to know about the buzzy, controversial company.

Perplexity, the hot AI startup aiming to compete with Google that has