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Ex-MLB OF Monte Harrison set to play college football at Arkansas
Harrison signed to play college football at Nebraska in 2014 before he was drafted by the Brewers.
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Meta is expanding its paid verification service for businesses
Meta is expanding its paid verification service for businesses, adding three new tiers to the program that offers extra perks to companies willing to pay a monthly subscription.
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Barclays Bank review 2024: Accounts, rates, fees, and more
Barclays Bank offers high-yield online savings accounts and CDs for consumers who prefer to do most of their banking online.
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2025 BMW M4 CS arrives with more power, sharper handling
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Meta's AI tools for advertisers can now create full new images, not just new backgrounds
Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers, after first announcing a set of AI features last October. Now, instead of only being able to create different backgrounds for a product image, advertisers can also request full image variations, which offer AI-inspired ideas for the overall photo, including riffs that update the photo's subject or product being advertised. In one example, Meta shows how an existing ad creative showing a cup of coffee sitting outdoors next to coffee beans could be modified to present the cup, from a different angle, in front of lush greenery and coffee beans, evoking imagery reminiscent of a coffee farm.
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Wiz raises $1B at a $12B valuation to expand its cloud security platform through acquisitions
Wiz, the buzzy startup building an all-in-one cloud security platform, is on an acquisition march to expand its business quickly en route to an IPO. The Series E -- co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Thrive -- values Wiz at $12 billion, making it one of the most highly valued startups in cybersecurity today. It's a notable step up from the last time Wiz raised, in February 2023, when it closed a $300 million round at $10.3 billion post-money.
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Israel seizes control of Rafah border crossing, Trump fined again for gag order violation and Pacers-Knicks refs admit wrong call
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Samsung adds an entry-level series to its OLED TV range
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Jeep CEO confirms Gladiator getting a 4xe trim next year
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NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches
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EU plan to force messaging apps to scan for CSAM risks millions of false positives, experts warn
A controversial push by European Union lawmakers to legally require messaging platforms to scan citizens' private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) could lead to millions of false positives per day, hundreds of security and privacy experts warned in an open letter Thursday. Concern over the EU proposal has been building since the Commission proposed the CSAM-scanning plan two years ago -- with independent experts, lawmakers across the European Parliament and even the bloc's own Data Protection Supervisor among those sounding the alarm.
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Google expands passkey support to its Advanced Protection Program ahead of the US presidential election
Ahead of the U.S. presidential election, Google is bringing passkey support to its Advanced Protection Program (APP), which is used by people who are at high risk of targeted attacks, such as campaign workers, candidates, journalists, human rights workers, and more. APP traditionally required the use of hardware security keys, but soon users can enroll in APP with passkeys. Users will have the option to use passkeys alone or alongside a password or hardware security key.
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EU watchdog questions secrecy around lawmakers' encryption-breaking CSAM scanning proposal
The European Commission has again been urged to more fully disclose its dealings with private technology companies and other stakeholders, in relation to a controversial piece of tech policy that could see a law mandate the scanning of European Union citizens' private messages in a bid to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The issue is of note as concerns have been raised about lobbying by the tech industry influencing the Commission's drafting of the controversial CSAM-scanning proposal. The preliminary finding of maladministration by the EU's ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, was reached on Friday and made public on its website yesterday.
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Instagram's algorithm overhaul will reward ‘original content’ and penalize aggregators
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Chiefs sign Travis Kelce to new contract that reportedly makes him highest-paid TE in NFL
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