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TikTok adds comment filtering tools to better handle Israel-Hamas war content

ByteDance's TikTok has been facing a tough time over its handling of Israel-Hamas war content and related hate speech, but it is now stepping up with some new initiatives. On the moderation side, the social platform is rolling out new comment filtering tools, with the most notable one being "Comment Care Mode," which supposedly automatically filters comments that are deemed similar to the creator's previously reported or deleted ones. Another new feature helps nix comments made by accounts that are not in the creator's…

OpenAI can’t handle demand, shuts down signups for ChatGPT Plus

OpenAI is having trouble keeping up with demand for its subscription service. ChatGPT Plus, the company’s paid subscription service that grants users more access and features for the AI chat assistant, has been available for several months. However, the latest features have led to so much demand that the company is pausing signups to deal with it. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have…

How teachers would handle student violence against educators

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For the first time, teachers in a nationwide study have told researchers what strategies they think work best to deal with student violence against educators. Teachers rated suspending or expelling students as the least effective way of addressing violence, despite the popularity of "zero

Will the iPhone 16 Pro have more RAM to handle on-device AI?

It’s more likely for someone to say Voldemort out loud in a Harry Potter movie than for Apple to mention the amount of RAM on the iPhone. It’s as if Apple is afraid to speak about iPhone memory, even though that’s clearly not the case with the iPad Pro and the Mac. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have reviewed the Privacy Notice. By the way, the M3 Max MacBook Pro supports up to…

Twitter didn’t properly compensate the owner of @x handle

A couple of days ago, Twitter officially changed its handle from @twitter to @x. The thing is, the @x handle was already taken, and was not in Twitter’s possession. Twitter took the @x handle from that user in order to claim it, and we thought that the company did compensate the owner of it, but it turns out that’s not the case. Twitter didn’t properly compensate the owner of @x handle, it seems The details got revealed by The Telegraph and Business Insider. The owner of the handle was Gene X Hwang, a photographer from…

After Twitter rebranding, Elon Musk takes @X handle from user; offers merch in return

Ever since its rebranding, X (formerly known as Twitter) appears to be caught in new controversies every day. After headlines reported on authorities putting a temporary halt to the removal of the Twitter logo from the company headquarters in San Francisco, now a new controversy has engulfed the Elon Musk-owned platform. A user, who held possession of the coveted @x username, has reported that it was taken from him by the company, and he was only offered some merchandise and a tour of the company along with a meeting…

Twitter has a new official handle as part of its rebrand

As many of you know, Twitter’s rebrand kicked off a couple of days ago. Elon Musk is getting rid of the Twitter name and logo, in favor of the ‘X’ branding. Well, Twitter also has a new official handle now, as part of this rebranding. Twitter has a new official handle, as rebrand continues The company has changed its official handle from @Twitter to @X. If you opt to access @Twitter now, you’ll get the following message: “This account is no longer active. Follow @X for updates”. All former @Twitter tweets can be found…

Twitter’s official handle is now @X

Twitter has changed its official handle from @Twitter to @X, as Engadget's intrepid reporter Kris Holt noticed ("Oof," he observed). If you attempt to access @Twitter, it now states: "This account is no longer active. Follow @X for updates." All past @Twitter tweets, (or X's, or whatever they're now called), are henceforth available in the @X account.  That's not all. The Twitter Blue subscription service is now called @XBlue (Blue subscription) in the main description page. That means the majority of X née Twitter's…