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Apple pulled the latest short film in its The Underdogs: OOO (Out of Office) series set in Thailand. The tech giant scrubbed it over complaints about stereotypical portrayals of Thailand and its people in certain scenes.

The Bangkok Post reports that Apple issued an apology to the people of Thailand for the fifth film in its Underdogs series. The ad series features a group of travel weary office



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Rudy Giuliani no longer has bankruptcy protection.
  • A judge imposed liens on Rudy Giuliani's apartments while dismissing his bankruptcy case.
  • Proceeds toward the sales of his Florida or Manhattan apartment will go to his creditors' bills.
  • Now creditors can pursue their other lawsuits, including a sexual harassment and defamation claim.

The judge overseeing Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy


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Apparently using Google Gemini to write a fan letter in the voice of a little girl doesn't sit well with people.

Google has pulled its "Dear Sydney" ad after major backlash that criticized Google for misjudging how much the public values genuine human expression.

The ad features a father using the Google Gemini chatbot to help his daughter write a fan letter to Olympic track and field star Sydney



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The Ford Explorer’s new Digital Experience software. | Image: Ford

Ford’s new Android-powered infotainment system is finally coming to a Ford-branded vehicle. The automaker’s so-called Digital Experience, which debuted with the 2024 Lincoln Nautilus earlier this year, will power the new 2025 Ford Explorer SUV, the company announced today.

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Kamala Harris.
  • Executives from Google, Netflix, and OpenAI are throwing a fundraiser for Kamala Harris.
  • The event will take place August 27 in Washington, DC.
  • The reception will feature guest speakers who advised the vice president in the White House.

For weeks, it was looking like the tech industry was going red this election, with some of the loudest investors in


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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks at a conference in San Francisco
  • OpenAI unveiled a new search engine called SearchGPT last week.
  • Several top publisher sites are already blocking the related OpenAI web crawler, OAI-SearchBot.
  • OpenAI says this new bot doesn't collect data for AI model training. Some publishers probably don't believe that.

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"The home of unlawful social media piracy."

That's what some of the biggest football leagues in the world are calling Elon Musk's X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in a letter obtained by the Associated Press.

The letter from soccer leagues like Premier League, LaLiga, Bundesliga, and Serie A, which was sent to X CEO Linda Yaccarino, demands that the company take more action against



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The author now lets her kids plan their own birthdays at the park instead of organizing them herself.
  • We used to plan every single detail for our kids' birthday parties.
  • During a birthday party, I wondered if kids would have more fun without so much structure.
  • I now let my kids plan their own birthdays at the park, and they love it.

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A guest who appeared on the No Jumper podcast to boast about a hack and payback scheme involving his victims’ social media accounts could face federal charges. Idriss Qibaa, also known as “Dani” and “Unlocked” who authorities allege ran the social media hacking site Unlocked4Life.com, faces two criminal felony counts filed by the US Attorney's Office in Nevada for allegedly violating interstate