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Viral tales of good triumphing over evil are racking up millions of views. They’re almost entirely AI-generated clickbait.
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Viral tales of good triumphing over evil are racking up millions of views. They’re almost entirely AI-generated clickbait.

An ad for Orchid suggests the AI agent can fix relationship problems by simply doing everything for inconsiderate partners.

For four years, legal online casino play in Alberta meant exactly one website. PlayAlberta, the government-run platform operated through Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis, was what the regulator itself described as “the province’s only legal, regulated iGaming platform.” That distinction ended on July 13, when Alberta opened its online gambling market to licensed private operators […]

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Online casinos now compete on promotional depth as much as game selection. A welcome offer will get someone through the door, but weekly spins and daily prize drops are what stop a platform from feeling like a one-time deal. SpinBet’s calendar is a good example of this cycle. How a Multi-Deposit Welcome Offer Changes Early […]

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Its latest Pro headset can mix between four inputs and has improved wireless connectivity over the originals.

Scientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on Wednesday
A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers more than a year ago.
The rocket’s upper stage will unintentionally slam into the moon on Wednesday, carving out a crater and sending up a plume of dust and rubble that scientists –...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: LinkedIn, a social network awash with long AI-generated posts from executives and other corporate workers, has introduced a new button that users can click to flag if a post “seems like AI slop,” according to 404 Media’s own tests. If you have been anywhere near LinkedIn in the past couple of years, you have undoubtedly seen users posting...

MTN’s Digital Skills for Digital Jobs programme produces 80 newly-qualified graduates in the Western Cape.

Nikos Angelopoulos joins the bank from MTN Group, where he served as group CIO since 2018.

Feeling the pull of a new clean machine? We’ll help you make sense of Dyson’s whirlwind vacuum lineup.

Eskom recorded a daily energy availability factor of 80.24% on 20 July, its best single day since 20 September 2017.

Former IDAC Head Andrea “Gorgeous” Johnson is coming back to face the Madlanga Commission after she described it as “disrespectful and unprofessional”. “They laugh, talk to each other and make faces,” Gorgeous complained during a phone conversation with a subordinate, who discreetly recorded the call. In the recorded phone call played before the commission, she […]

The transmission operator will own the assets outright, reversing a plan approved by the energy minister in December.
“It just seems like the temperature is rising on Silicon Valley.”

The company’s first headphones look very stylish and have great tactile features, but underwhelm on sound quality.

Headphone jacks are endangered, but they’re not gone. Here are our favorite smartphones that still let you plug and play.

As cyber criminals embrace AI, security leaders urge businesses to strengthen resilience, rethink trust and prepare for the inevitable breach.