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The rise of AI-generated voices mimicking celebrities and politicians could make it even harder for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to fight robocalls and prevent people from getting spammed and scammed. That's why FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel wants the commission to officially recognize calls that use AI-generated voices as "artificial," which would make the use of voice cloning technologies in robocalls illegal. Under the FCC's Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), solicitations to residences that…

eBay agreed to pay $59 million and upgrade compliance measures to resolve US Department of Justice allegations it didn't try hard enough to stop criminals from buying devices for making counterfeit drugs, including pills laced with fentanyl.Wednesday's settlement arose from eBay's alleged inadequate monitoring since October 2015 of thousands of pill presses and encapsulating machines sold through its website, including presses capable of producing thousands of pills an hour.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

Tesla paid $56 billion to Elon Musk in 2018 which catapulted him to being the richest person ever, based on which he was able to acquire X. Tesla directors contended that the deal aimed to ensure Musk, a dynamic entrepreneur, remained committed to the company…

In a desolate stretch of California desert off U.S. Highway 395, Franklin Noel Bonilla made one last desperate plea to save his life. “I’ve been shot,” he told 911 dispatchers in Spanish, according to authorities. “I don’t know where I am.” Officials tracked the coordinates of the phone call to a dirt road in the remote desert community of El Mirage, about 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles.There they made a horrific discovery: six men with gunshot wounds, four of them with severe burns, and two abandoned vehicles, one of…

In a series of TikTok videos that went viral earlier this month, Patricia Milan, the user behind the account, Business Women University, boasted about securing $150,000 in cash to buy an Airbnb unit by maxing out her credit cards. The plan, as she explained to viewers, was to pay off her debt using the proceeds from her rental. A second video gave advice on how to obtain high credit card limits by creating a series of circular transactions within her own companies—which is, in fact, illegal in many jurisdictions.Milan did…

It was only a matter of time before Palworld, the wildly popular monster-collecting survival game the internet has come to refer to as "Pokemon with guns," received a mod to turn it into actual Pokemon with guns. That time is now here, just days after release, and it's for that reason the game's modding community is attempting to get ahead of any potential legal action from Pokemon parent company Nintendo by distancing itself from the mod ahead of time.In a post on the Palworld Modding Community Discord…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) on Monday inspected an illegal crude oil vessel loaded with thousands of metric tonnes of crude oil. The vessel was intercepted by Tantita Security Services, a private security firm. The NNPC Ltd, in a statement posted via its official X handle on Monday, said the vessel was intercepted in collaboration with the Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), while it was loading directly from an offshore platform in Bayelsa State. “Earlier today, the…

Steam has announced it will be cutting down on the use of AI content in games submitted to the platform. While previously Valve announced in a statement to PC Gamer that it was “the developer’s responsibility to make sure they have the appropriate rights to ship their game” when it came to AI, it also acknowledged that it was “working through how to integrate it into our already-existing review policies”. Now, an officially released update to the Steam guidelines clarifies the situation surrounding AI. The first change…

Former world champion Julio César Chávez Jr. was arrested on suspicion of illegal possession of an assault rifle last weekend in Los Angeles, as initially reported by the TMZ website and later confirmed by the boxer’s father via social networks. According to TMZ, police responded to a call from a concerned fan who believed the boxer could be a danger to himself or others. The fan has not been identified.TMZ Sports reported that Chávez Jr. was detained by Los Angeles police after the boxer allowed officers into his home,…

Elon Musk reacted to a Wall Street Journal article detailing how leaders at Tesla and SpaceX are worried that his drug use could harm his companies.He weighed in with a flurry of social-media posts in recent days on his platform X, mentioning he didn’t fail drug tests. He also criticized the Journal and referenced business successes at Tesla and SpaceX.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Elon Musk reacted to a Wall Street Journal article detailing how…