Misleading

The Disney Dreamlight Valley Premium Shop is no stranger to controversy and one of the latest additions, the Small Pink Wings, have caused a bit of backlash within the player community and renewed a call for an item preview function.  Ever since it was introduced back in February 2023, the Premium Shop has offered players a chance to get their hands on unique items or items from past Star Path events. From the beginning, there was discourse among players due to the price of items, but it has gone on to become a popular…

Image creation tools powered by artificial intelligence from companies including OpenAI and Microsoft can be used to produce photos that could promote election or voting-related disinformation, despite each having policies against creating misleading content, researchers said in a report on Wednesday.The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that monitors online hate speech, used generative-AI tools to create images of U.S. President Joe Biden laying in a hospital bed and election workers smashing voting…

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged bankrupt Lordstown Motors with misleading investors about the sales prospects of its Endurance electric pickup truck. Lordstown has agreed to pay $25.5 million as a result — money that the SEC says will go toward settling a number of pending class action lawsuits against the company. “We allege that, in a highly competitive race to deliver the first mass-produced electric pickup truck to the U.S. market, Lordstown oversold true demand for the Endurance,” Mark Cave,…

With presidential primaries underway across the U.S., popular chatbots are generating false and misleading information that threatens to disenfranchise voters, according to a report published Tuesday based on the findings of artificial intelligence experts and a bipartisan group of election officials.Fifteen states and one territory will hold both Democratic and Republican presidential nominating contests next week on Super Tuesday, and millions of people already are turning to artificial intelligence -powered chatbots…

Comcast is discontinuing its its “Xfinity 10G Network” branding to describe its internet service after a National Advertising Review Board (NARB) panel found that the term could mislead consumers into thinking that Comcast’s cellular and broadband services would offer much faster speeds than current-generation networks. Comcast rivals T-Mobile and Verizon had challenged the branding with the National Advertising Division (NAD), an ad industry watchdog, which had recommended that Comcast get rid of it in October 2023.…

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Apple will have to open the iPhone to sideloading, third-party app stores, and third-party payment systems come March 7th. It’ll happen only in Europe, where tech companies must comply with the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) law that aims to improve competition in the tech space, defend users’ rights, and improve their experiences.Some developers can’t wait to see it happen, as it’ll let them open their own app stores or use their payment systems for Apple. Spotify is one of the most vocal critics of the current…

The Delhi High Court has asked Google LLC to "immediately suspend" within a week URLs of google forms offering invitations to public for Starbucks franchise.The US coffee chain Starbucks Corporation and Tata Starbucks, a 50:50 joint venture between Tata Consumer Product and Starbucks Corp, had alleged that certain imposters were seeking information from the general public to apply for Starbucks franchise opportunities, which does not exist in India. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Vizio TVs’ “effective” refresh rates have been confusing customers for years, and the company may now owe payments to some buyers who were misled by the term. As spotted by , Vizio recently a class action lawsuit in California over what plaintiffs claim is “false and misleading” advertising. While some Vizio TVs are marketed as having a “120Hz Effective Refresh Rate” or “240Hz Effective Refresh Rate,” that describes a result achieved using motion clarity technology. Their actual, native refresh rate in most cases is…

New research reveals that the space-for-time substitution method, used to predict species responses to climate change, inaccurately forecasts the impact of warming on the ponderosa pine. This finding suggests that the method may not be reliable in predicting the future responses of species to changing climates. Credit: SciTechDaily.comA new study involving University of Arizona researchers suggests change is happening faster than trees can adapt. The finding offers “a word of caution for ecologists” studying climate…