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Amid complaints that its search results have declined in quality, Google is tweaking its algorithms to do a better job of weeding out spammy or automated content. The company says the ranking updates, arriving in May, will “keep the lowest-quality content out of search.” Of particular note, Google says its engine will be better at eradicating today’s automated (read: AI-generated) content that’s harder to spot.Google says it’s taking what it learned from a 2022 algorithmic tuneup to “reduce unhelpful, unoriginal content”…

Ahead of general elections, Google on Friday announced a collaboration with fact checkers in India for early detection of online misinformation, including deepfakes, and will create a common repository that news publishers can use through the electioneering.In a blog post, Google said as part of its commitment to enable the news ecosystem to combat misinformation, it will support Shakti, India Election Fact-Checking Collective, a consortium of news publishers and fact checkers in India, working together to aid the early…

As Hannah Gutierrez speeds toward an involuntary manslaughter trial next week linked to Alec Baldwin‘s accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Rust movie set two years ago, a New Mexico judge sided with prosecutors Wednesday and upheld an evidence-tampering charge against the rookie armorer. The tampering charge, added to the high-profile case last June, alleges Gutierrez handed off a bag of cocaine to a fellow crew member within hours of Hutchins’ death. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said…

The city of Brighton is about to get a little greener. This week, the Brighton City Council voted 7-2 to allow recreational marijuana shops for the first time. The council-approved ordinance allows for the establishment of four stores, with two of the licenses reserved for social equity applicants. Applications open March 1. This will be the first time Brighton, which is located primarily in Adams County, has ever allowed cannabis businesses within city limits, despite the fact that recreational weed has been legal in…

In the first two months of the technology's introduction, Bumble claims to have seen a 45% decrease in member reports of spam, scams, and fake accounts.  Fake dating profiles and scams are a real problem on dating sites, with the FTC reporting that between 2017 to 2021, people reported losing $1.3 billion to romance scams, with many starting on dating apps. Also: 15 big ideas that will revolutionize industries and economies, led by AIAdditionally, Bumble's research found that 46% of women surveyed expressed anxiety…

Expanding its already expansive list of features, online dating platform Bumble has announced the launch of a new AI-powered feature that can help identify fake profiles, spam and scams. For the unaware, Bumble is a women-first dating and social networking app and its new feature is meant to provide greater comfort to its users. The rollout of this new AI-powered feature on the platform aims to make dating more safer and enjoyable.Deception Detector on BumbleThe new AI-powered feature is called Deception Detector. It…

It was a story straight out of Reefer Madness: A young woman smokes weed and proceeds to stab her date more than 100 times, killing him, before turning the knife on herself and her beloved dog. Tragic, stranger than fiction, and horrifying — the incident captured the headlines for its extreme violence. And, later, gathered even more attention when the woman in question was sentenced to only two years’ probation and 100 hours of community service.  Prosecutors argued that the horrific crime and its attendant…

Americans are accustomed to using a credit card when shopping, especially when making online purchases. That is, unless, they are buying weed. Cannabis is among the country’s only industries that rely almost exclusively on cash transactions. Despite recent changes to Colorado laws that aim to modernize the customer experience, experts say it will take changes at the federal level before purchasing marijuana is as easy as checking out on Amazon. In 2023, legislators passed a bill that made it legal for dispensaries to…

Photo: Branding Pot / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock)New Yorkers will finally be able to grow their own thanks to new ordinances set for a vote by the state’s Cannabis Control Board. If the proposed regulations are finalized, state residents will be allowed to cultivate up to 12 cannabis plants and keep 5 pounds of self-produced cannabis flower in their shoebox apartments. You won’t be able to sell your personal stash without a license, but the law says it’s just fine to share the grass as a gift.Modern Yet Retro | JBL…

Kids have always talked to their stuffed animals. In Ted, the bawdy teddy bear fantasy that has yielded two R-rated movies and now a new prequel series on Peacock, the furry beast talks back, often in a four-letter flourish, always with the delivery of some out-of-time Boston vaudevillian. He also hits the bong, throws back shots, drives drunk, watches porn, and generally behaves like a teenage troublemaker. Creator (and Ted voice) Seth MacFarlane clearly finds it all funny, having continually returned to this…