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An Alabama man has been arrested for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that led the price of bitcoin to spike, the Justice Department said

Meta said on Thursday it had teamed up with Blumhouse Productions, the Hollywood company behind popular horror films such as «The Purge» and «Get Out,» to put its new generative AI video model Movie Gen to the test. The announcement comes after Meta unveiled Movie Gen, which it said can create realistic-seeming video and audio clips in response to user prompts, earlier this month. Meta claimed the tool could rival offerings from leading media generation startups such as OpenAI and ElevenLabs. In a blog post, the social media company said Blumhouse had selected filmmakers Aneesh Chaganty, The Spurlock Sisters and Casey Affleck to try out Movie Gen and use clips generated by the tool in their short films.

Ratan Tata named lawyer Darius Khambata and close friend and associate Mehli Mistry as executors of his will, along with half-sisters Shireen and Deanna Jejeebhoy, according to executives with knowledge of the matter. Tata died on October 9 at the age of 86, with half-brother Noel Tata succeeding him as Tata Trusts chairman. Ratan Tata held a 0.83% stake in Tata Sons and had a net worth of Rs 7,900 crore, according to the Hurun India Rich List 2024. He was always keen that a significant portion of his wealth go to charity and the welfare of society.

An Alabama man was arrested Thursday for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that led the price of bitcoin to spike, the Justice Department said.

Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok still approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads

Meta's independent content watchdog said Thursday there were «serious questions» about how the social media giant deals with anti-immigrant content, particularly in Europe. The Oversight Board, established by Meta in 2020 and often called its «supreme court», launched a probe after seeing a «significant number» of appeals over anti-immigrant content. The board has chosen two symbolic cases-one from Germany and the other from Poland-to assess whether Meta is following human rights law and its own policies on hate speech.

Nearly 90,000 tabletop fire pits are under recall after flames shooting out from them resulted in a handful of serious burn injuries

Twitch after making controversial remarks about Palestinians. Zach Hoyt, known online as Asmongold, described Palestinians as coming from an «inferior culture». He was later banned following backlash on social media, according to BBC news. The streamer, who has five million followers, was suspended by Twitch for violating its community guidelines. These rules prohibit promoting discrimination or expressing inferiority based on protected characteristics. The channel where the comments were made now shows it is «temporarily unavailable» due to rule violations.

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US elections are currently at its peak of intensity, with both candidates and their campaign teams trying to get the edge over each other in the final 20 days left for the US elections. Donald Trump has been seen getting back in the poll race after leading in some of the key battleground states, according to the latest poll data.

platform workers by February next year and will launch a module on the e-Shram portal on Monday to facilitate enrollment of platform workers by their aggregators. The ministry is considering all options, including issuing a unique Id to all gig workers and enabling transaction based contribution by aggregators towards the social security benefits to gig workers, an official source said on Thursday. “The ministry hopes to put in place a policy to give social security to all platform workers before the Union Budget next year,” the source said, adding the benefits could include health security and pension security.

multiple employees affected by the recent job cuts have confirmed the news, with Jane Machun Wong, one of the impacted staff members, expressing her thoughts on social media. "I'm still trying to process this, but I am informed that my role at Meta has been impacted," Wong said, thanking her colleagues at Threads and Instagram for her "wild journey" at the company.Reportedly, Meta acknowledged the layoffs in a statement, explaining that the move is designed to align resources with its long-term strategies.

The CBFC's clearance comes after some back-and-forth between the filmmakers and the board. Co-produced by Zee Entertainment, the production had agreed to make several cuts suggested by the censor board, ending a prolonged period of uncertainty regarding its release. Kangana Ranaut, who directed and co-produced the film, expressed her relief on social media, tweeting: «We are glad to announce we have received the censor certificate for our movie Emergency. We will be announcing the release date soon. Thank you for your patience and support.» The film, initially slated for release on September 6, faced delays after objections were raised by Sikh organizations, particularly the Shiromani Akali Dal, which argued that the film misrepresented certain historical facts. This led to a temporary stall in the release of the film's trailer, adding to the challenges the production had already faced.

Abrams tanks to Ukraine, bolstering its ground forces ahead of a difficult winter campaign, the defence department said Thursday. The M1A1 Abrams tanks — weighing over 60 tonnes and equipped with heavy firepower — were due to be decommissioned starting next year. Instead, they will be sent to help the war effort in Ukraine, a welcome boost on the back of a $425 million arms package recently unveiled by Washington.

Donald Trump speaks at a fourth-grade level but without him I might never have looked up the word “stochastic.” I began noticing the word in academic circles as Trump made his first run for president in 2016. Stochastic is an adjective, derived from Greek, meaning randomly determined. In social science, it suggests a random probability distribution that may be statistically meaningful without being precisely predictable. Back then, political scientists weren’t using “stochastic” to describe Trump’s meandering speech patterns, which have only become more disjointed and fantastical. They were talking about the violence that he generates, randomly yet also certainly. Violence and Trump are inextricable. After Trump and MAGA propagandist Elon Musk spewed lies about the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the wake of Hurricane Helene, threats and harassment prompted FEMA temporarily to withdraw field teams in North Carolina while the agency assessed the danger to its personnel. A man possessing a handgun and rifle was arrested outside a grocery store that was being used as a relief site. He was charged with a misdemeanor — going armed to the terror of the public. “We know that significant misinformation online contributes to threats against response workers on the ground,” North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said in a statement.

X that it may calculate fines against the social-media platform by including revenue from Elon Musk’s other businesses, including Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and Neuralink Corp., an approach that would significantly increase the potential penalties for violating content moderation rules. Under the EU’s Digital Services Act, the bloc can slap online platforms with fines of as much as 6% of their yearly global revenue for failing to tackle illegal content and disinformation or follow transparency rules. Regulators are considering whether sales from SpaceX, Neuralink, xAI and the Boring Company, in addition to revenue generated from the social network, should be included to determine potential fines against X, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified because the information isn’t public. The European Commission has been investigating X for several potential breaches of the Digital Services Act, newly introduced rules meant to ensure platforms police illegal content. The EU is leading a global crackdown on harmful online content and disinformation that’s sparked increasingly vocal responses from Musk, who has said such measures restrict free speech.

Congress will contest the Jharkhand assembly elections in alliance with the JMM and a final decision on seat sharing is expected soon, a top party leader said on Thursday. The first list of Congress candidates will be issued after October 19, AICC general secretary and its Jharkhand in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir said. The Jharkhand polls will be held in two phases on November 13 and November 20, while the counting of the votes will take place on November 23. «Like 2019, we will contest assembly elections with our alliance partners in the state. The seat sharing has almost been finalised and a final decision on it is expected soon. We will issue the first list of candidates after October 19, particularly after the state visit by our leader Rahul Gandhi,» said Mir, who arrived in Ranchi earlier in the day.

Taj Hotel Chennai, a Tata group property, has garnered raise on social media for a considerate gesture toward a guest who had to cut short his trip due to the flooding. The downpour has disrupted daily life, forcing schools and colleges to shut down, causing frequent power outages, and creating severe traffic jams on waterlogged streets. D Prasanth Nair shared his experience on the social media platform X, commending the Tata Group-owned Taj Hotels for their customer-first approach. Nair compared his experience at the Taj hotel with that of his colleague, who stayed at another prominent hotel chain. Nair and his colleague had planned to stay in Chennai until October 16. However, with the unpredictable weather worsening, they decided to leave on the evening of October 15 instead. Nair informed the Taj hotel of his early departure and was surprised when the staff chose not to charge him for the unused night, even though they were technically entitled to do so. The hotel cited their understanding of the situation, acknowledging the weather-related difficulties behind his change in plans.

Mumbai: The pattern of domestic airlines receiving bomb threats to their flights continued for the fourth day as two international flights, one each of Vistara and IndiGo, were targeted in the similar manner on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday, seven flights of IndiGo, SpiceJet and Akasa received similar bomb threats. Prior to that, nearly a dozen flights operated by Indian carriers received similar threats on Monday and Tuesday. On Thursday a Mumbai-bound Vistara flight with 147 persons on board was immediately taken to security checks on its arrival from Frankfurt following the Boeing 787 aircraft receiving a bomb threat, according to the airline.

KumKum Dasgupta, Mercedes-Benz board member Renata Maria-Anna Jungo Brüngger lays out the luxury and commercial carmaker’s elaborate plans for a sustainable business – they go beyond climate protection. India is a growing market for Mercedes-Benz. Recently, it sold 5,117 vehicles in Q3 2024, marking a robust 21% growth. The company's battery EV portfolio has also garnered customer traction, growing by 84% y-o-y. However, the company’s commitment to sustainability extends far beyond automobile tech, says Renata Maria-Anna Jungo Brüngger, member, board of management, Mercedes-Benz Group AG for Integrity, Governance & Sustainability, who was in New Delhi this month.

Vistara flight bound for Mumbai made an emergency landing on Wednesday due to a bomb threat. The airplane, which had 147 people on board, was traveling from Frankfurt, Germany. PTI sources reported that the Boeing 787 landed safely at 7:45 am and was immediately directed to an isolation bay for security checks. The aircraft had 134 passengers and 13 crew members. It had departed from Frankfurt on Tuesday at 8:20 pm, local time.