Bobby Allyn
Stories
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Idalia demolished some Florida fishing communities. But locals say they'll rebuild
When Hurricane Idalia slammed into the Florida coast, it decimated several small beach towns and fishing villages. Now, those communities are beginning the task of rebuilding.
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Post Idalia, residents in Horseshoe Beach consider whether to rebuild or move on
Hurricane Idalia's storm surge and powerful winds raked across several of Florida's older and rural Gulf coast communities. Now, the clean-up begins.
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Parts of the Southeast coastline are dealing with the aftermath of Idalia
Idalia came ashore along the Florida Gulf Coast as a major hurricane — the first to hit the region since the 1800s. A major storm surge and electricity outages are complicating rescue efforts.
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New York Times considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl
The news publisher and maker of ChatGPT have held tense negotiations over striking a licensing deal for the use of the paper's articles to train the chatbot. Now, legal action is being considered.
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Silicon Valley's latest hype: Eyeball-scanning silver orbs to confirm you're human
The project is called Worldcoin. It was co-founded by Sam Altman of ChatGPT fame. Its mission is to authenticate all the world's humans, one eyeball scan at a time.
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Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans
Five background actors told NPR they had to undergo face and body digital scans while on TV and movie sets. The use of digital replicas is a sticking point in the ongoing strikes in Hollywood.
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Twitter's new logo is an X. Musk says it's part of the transition to everything app
Twitter has ditched the bird logo for an X. Elon Musk says the change is a step toward turning the platform into an app that offers other services. It's a tall order considering Twitter's finances.
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Meta's Threads wants to become a 'friendly' place by downgrading news and politics
Mark Zuckerberg has pitched Meta's Twitter clone as a more "friendly" place for online discourse. Executives say breaking news and politics will not be the emphasized. But is that realistic?
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Why Twitter is limiting the number of tweets a user can view
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the social media platform is capping the number of tweets users can view — saying the unusual measure was needed to fight off companies that scrape Twitter for data.
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Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law
The Google fight with the country echoes a similar battle in Australia, where the tech industry eventually struck deals with news publishers after tense negotiations.