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California has taken a huge step in protecting children placed in the online spotlight, passing two new pieces of legislation providing financial safety nets for minors starring in digital content. Gov. Gavin Newsom was joined at the bill signing by singer and former child star Demi Lovato, who recently made headlines for her appearance in … Read more

The first trailer for John Wick spin-off Ballerina is here, and it’s certainly not skimping on any action. SEE ALSO: Why ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’s body count matters Like the John Wick films, Ballerina is a story of revenge. Its lead, Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas), seeks vengeance against the people who murdered her family, … Read more

Helene is, as of this writing on Thursday afternoon, a “dangerous major hurricane,” and conditions are expected to rapidly worsen in the next several hours as landfall approaches. Tweet may have been deleted The west coast of the Florida peninsula saw storm surge and rain all day, but what was visible Thursday may be deceptive, … Read more

Finances can be a confusing space to navigate, and often, social media feels like a place that might make it make sense. People talk honestly about their financial woes online, and it can make you feel more open to following their advice — mainly because you don’t have to pay for it, Influencers on TikTok … Read more

OpenAI doesn’t want to be so open anymore. According to a new report, OpenAI — the organization that burst onto the scene with the release of its popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT, in 2022 — is looking to restructure into a for-profit company. Much to the chagrin of its biggest critics, like former investor Elon Musk, … Read more

Hurricane Helene is strengthening as expected, and landfall will occur on the Big Bend coast of Florida Thursday night. Traffic, however, will not wait for landfall to occur. Tweet may have been deleted During a major hurricane, road conditions can be affected not just by flooding and crashes, but by road damage, precautionary closures, or … Read more

The AI phones are here, but that doesn’t mean they’ve really arrived. The year’s hottest trend is trickling down to mobile tech, but the results so far are a mixed bag, to say the least. Samsung and Google have a lot of AI tricks on their phones that don’t really amount to much yet, and … Read more

Ford is releasing a new version of its BlueCruise hands-free driving software, version 1.4, which it claims will let you keep your hands off the wheel twice as long. In fact, the company tells us it can now run an average of five times longer compared to last year’s version 1.2 and double that of … Read more

X is preventing users from posting links to a newsletter containing a hacked document that’s alleged to be the Trump campaign’s research into vice presidential candidate JD Vance. The journalist who wrote the newsletter, Ken Klippenstein, has been suspended from the platform. Searches for posts containing a link to the newsletter turn up nothing. A … Read more

NotebookLM, Google’s AI note-taking app, can now summarize and help you dig deeper into YouTube videos. The new capability works by analyzing the text in a YouTube video’s transcript, including autogenerated ones. Once you add a YouTube link to NotebookLM, it will use AI to provide a brief summary of key topics discussed in the … Read more