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Sweat, heavy breathing, warm temperatures and lots of people — the gym is the perfect environment for bacteria to thrive in, which is why wiping equipment down is a normal part of gym etiquette. But does a quick wipe really eliminate all those germs? CBC's Marketplace swabbed equipment at several popular national gym chains to find out which surface harbours the most bacteria. With training and supplies from an accredited laboratory in Mississauga, Ont., Marketplace visited some of the largest for-profit gym chains: three…

Update, 1:12 p.m.: Shortly after this article was published, Musk responded to a question about the issue from far-right influencer Jackson Hinkle. Musk promised to investigate, and the accounts went back up soon after. Musk later blamed the “mistake” on X’s spam algorithms. The Hamas account is still suspended. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetX, the platform formerly known as Twitter, purged an unknown number of prominent accounts over the last 24 hours with little to no explanation, and then restored the accounts…

On Tuesday, X published a roadmap explaining how the social network will be “transforming the global town square” over the coming year. The plans include leaning into features the site rolled out in 2023—things like allowing Premium subscribers to upload two-hour-long videos, introducing Grok as a rival chatbot that is “based & loves sarcasm,” and doubling down on Community Notes to fill a gap caused by gutting the 1,500-person content moderation team.While “2023 was foundational for X,” the company said 2024 will be…

New Delhi: An investigation by Amnesty International, in partnership with The Washington Post, has suggested the Indian government has repeatedly used the Pegasus spyware to target prominent journalists in India. In response, the government has described the report as “half facts, fully embellished”.The report published Thursday said that the organisations had “unearthed shocking new details about the continued use of NSO Group’s highly invasive spyware Pegasus to target prominent journalists in India, including one who…

India's government has recently targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware, Amnesty International and The Washington Post said in a joint investigation published Thursday.Created by Israeli firm NSO Group and sold to governments around the world, Pegasus software can be used to access a phone's messages and emails, peruse photos, eavesdrop on calls, track locations, and even film the owner with the camera. Amnesty said journalists Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire and Anand Mangnale of The Organized Crime and…

Leo Docherty, a Foreign Office minister working under David Cameron, has told parliament that the Russian federal security service, FSB, was using 'cyber-interference' to target politically connected people. He said: 'They have been targeting high-profile individuals and entities with a clear intent: using information they obtain to meddle in British politics'…

I want to preface this story with a caveat: Lemons exist (and I don’t mean the fruit). Sometimes, you just get a bad car. And generally speaking, I have a very empathetic view toward the job of vehicle software engineers. The functions that customers expect their vehicles to perform have grown immensely in the past 10 years, going from basic command and control interfaces to fully featured smartphone operating systems with multiple applications and always-on internet connectivity. Building that into a…

Google has been showcasing a special AI chatbot they have developed for journalists to major newspapers in the US. Apart from journalists losing their jobs, media outlets also risk hurting their reputation because of AI hallucinations and inaccurate, made-up stories…

Google is inserting itself in newsrooms with the promotion of its new AI tool that it says will “help” journalists create articles. The company has reportedly pitched its software to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and News Corp, which owns The Wall Street Journal, saying it can effectively produce news stories.Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AISources close to the matter told The New York Times that the tool is known by its working title, Genesis, and it can generate news content…

Image Source : FREEPIK Google explores AI-enabled tools for journalists in collaboration with news publishers Google is reportedly in discussions with prominent media houses, including The Washington Post, News Corp (owner of the Wall Street Journal), and The New York Times, to explore the potential of an AI tool called 'Genesis'. The tool aims to assist journalists in…