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Coinbase Legal Triumph Over XRP Sparks Speculation: SEC May Hesitate on Appeals in Ripple Case The ongoing legal battle between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple, the company behind the XRP cryptocurrency, may take a new turn depending on the outcome of another case involving Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. Coinbase is facing a lawsuit from the SEC over its proposed lending product, which would allow users to earn interest on their crypto holdings. The SEC claims…

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has outlined a plan to prevent its AI tools from being used to spread election misinformation as voters in more than 50 countries prepare to cast their ballots in national elections this year. The safeguards spelled out by the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup in a blog post this week include a mix of preexisting policies and newer initiatives to prevent the misuse of its wildly popular generative AI tools. They can create novel text and images in seconds but also be weaponized to…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As more states require employers to list compensation on job ads, a trending strategy to use very wide pay ranges could potentially harm recruitment, according to a Washington State University study. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, found that participants in three different experiments were…

 India's government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters. The warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where he said many companies had not updated their usage terms despite 2022 rules that prohibit content "harmful" to children, obscene or that "impersonates another person". It comes…

The Indian government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters.The warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where he said many companies had not updated their usage terms despite 2022 rules that prohibit content "harmful" to children, obscene or that "impersonates another person".Elevate Your…

Neonatologist Stephen W. Patrick of Vanderbilt University Medical Center recalls one patient in particular. She was seeking care for an opioid use disorder (OUD) at the treatment facility that he runs in Nashville, Tenn. The patient came in frantic after an exchange at her first prenatal visit. The sonographer who conducted her ultrasound, she recounted, told her in a disdainful tone that she should have a home for the child lined up because drug users never leave the hospital with their babies. Patrick, who is also…

Tile introduced its “Scan and Secure” feature in March last year. Now it’s letting users make its own devices invisible to that feature in exchange for users’ biometric data.Photo: Wirestock Creators (Shutterstock)After months of reports of Bluetooth tracking devices like Apple’s AirTags being used to stalk people for miles, one of the first companies to popularize these trackers, Tile, is adding a feature that will make its devices “undetectable” to the company’s own app that scans for nearby unwanted devices.Oh no, of…

Tile is giving its customers a new option to make its trackers harder for thieves to detect. But since doing so also makes it easier for stalkers to track others without their consent, the company requires verification with a government ID and biometric info to activate the feature. And if someone gets caught using them to stalk, Tile’s terms and conditions will slap them with a $1 million penalty. The rise in popularity of Bluetooth trackers after Apple’s AirTag launch has highlighted the seemingly zero-sum balance…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There is wide consensus about the need to equip police officers with body cameras. Beyond simply documenting officers' interactions with citizens, the technology can improve trust between the police and the communities they serve, a 2018 Northeastern study showed. Still, as the world reacts to the…

Photo: Lionel Bonaventure (Getty Images)Instagram just introduced a suite of new functions and updates they hope will help quell the sweat-inducing sense of impending dread some users experience when opening their comments and messages.In a blog post, Instagram says it will begin presenting certain users gentle “nudges” when they reply to a comment with potentially offensive language. In other words, the app will try to warn you against being a nasty jerk. An example image of the nudge shows a pop-up with bold text…