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GM Adopts Tesla Charging Standard For EVs, Following Ford

[ad_1] Automaker General Motors will adopt Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging standard, called the North American Charging Standard, GM CEO Mary Barra said Thursday. Barra made the announcement in a Twitter Spaces conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. (Musk was also Twitter CEO until Monday, when Linda Yaccarino took over, but he still owns the company.) GM …

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Louisiana Bill Would Require Kids Get a Parent’s Permission for Online Accounts

[ad_1] Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that, if signed, would restrict people under 18 from creating profiles with online services without a parent’s or guardian’s consent. The bill, HB61, now goes to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards for final approval. If he signs the bill, it would go into effect on Aug. 1, 2024. The …

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Microsoft unveils Azure OpenAI Service for Government & AI customer commitments

[ad_1] Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More The last two days have been busy ones at Redmond: yesterday, Microsoft announced its new Azure OpenAI Service for government. Today, the tech giant unveiled a new set of three commitments …

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Scam Texts Cost Consumers $330 Million in 2022, FTC Says

[ad_1] Scams spread by text messages accounted for $330 million in reported US consumer losses last year, according to a Federal Trade Commission report released Thursday. That’s more than double the losses of the year before and marks a fivefold increase since 2019, the FTC says. It added that text scam reports started spiking during …

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WordPress launches generative AI assistant to enhance content writing

[ad_1] Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More WordPress has announced a proprietary AI-powered writing assistant to help users create and edit blog posts. The new tool, called Jetpack AI Assistant, is now readily available on WordPress.com and seamlessly integrates into …

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Protecting Yourself From Canadian Wildfire Smoke: Here’s What the Experts Say

[ad_1] It’s a bad time to breathe in some parts of the US right now. With New York City and much of the Northeast in an ominous orange haze and blanket of smoke, air quality is poor due to hundreds of  Canadian wildfires that have been raging for several days. These wildfires have triggered air …

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Screenshots of Instagram’s answer to Twitter leak online | Engadget

[ad_1] After Elon Musk finalized his purchase of Twitter last October, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta reportedly began working on a social media platform of its own, codenamed Project 92. During a company-wide meeting on Thursday, Meta chief product officer Chris Cox showed off a set UI mock-ups to the assembled employees, which were promptly leaked online. …

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