Meta struck a multiyear deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries about news and current events in its Meta AI chatbot, sources familiar with the agreement told Axios. (Axios) The pair have not disclosed whether Meta will get access to Reuters’ library to train its learning language…Meta […]
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The Los Angeles Dodgers’ dramatic 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in game one of the World Series Friday night–which ended on Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning–averaged 15.2 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes, Univision, and streaming, making it the most watched Fall Classic game in five years. (NBC News…The
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Tom Jarriel, an ABC News correspondent who reported from Memphis, Tenn., after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and roamed the world for the 20/20 newsmagazine while also anchoring news updates, died Oct. 24 at a nursing facility in Annapolis, Md. He was 89. (WaPo)Tom Jarriel, an ABC News correspondent who reported
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CNN could soon land in a Florida courtroom, as it faces a defamation lawsuit from a security contractor who took payments to evacuate people out of Afghanistan after the U.S. military’s 2021 withdrawal. (LA Times / Hollywood Inc)CNN could soon land in a Florida courtroom, as it faces a defamation lawsuit from a security contractor
WLS anchor Judy Hsu is OK after she was hit by a foul ball during batting practice before the game first game of the professional men’s baseball World Series game between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Chicago ABC owned station said Hsu “is okay and was checked out by a…WLS
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On Friday, The Washington Post’s publisher, Will Lewis, announced that the paper would no longer make endorsements for president–after its journalists had already drafted an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. The decision was made by Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner. (CJR) “We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” Lewis wrote…On
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Nika Soon-Shiong, the outspoken pro-Palestinian activist daughter of Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, defended the paper’s non-endorsement of a presidential candidate Friday, saying in an X thread that “genocide is the line in the sand” and suggesting that Harris is “a candidate that is overseeing a war on children.” (TheWrap) “Our family made the…Nika
Venom: The Last Dance is No. 1 at the box office, but the comic book film fell significantly short of expectations. The third and final entry in Sony’s Marvel antihero series, led by Tom Hardy, opened to a muted $51 million from 4,125 North American theaters. (Variety) That’s well behind an expected $65 million, or…Venom:
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WLOX anchor David “Dave” Elliott said he was fired Friday morning because of his political posts on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I’m no longer at WLOX as of 10-25-24,” Elliott wrote on his Facebook page. “The corporation doesn’t like my political views.” The view in question was expressed on X in a video that…WLOX
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Secondhand marketplace ThredUp’s recent generative AI tools–including visual search and chatbot Style Chat, both launched in August–are driving more visits and revisits to the app. While there, people using these AI features are more likely to make a purchase, the company dished at Shoptalk Chicago 2024 last week. Visual Search lets people snap an item…Secondhand
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