DeleteMe acquires social media security tool Block Party
Tracey Chou founded Block Party in 2018 as a tool to help people stay safe from targeted harassment on Twitter, inspired by her own experiences.
OpenAI’s Sora was the creepiest app on your phone — now it’s shutting down
Though the underlying Sora 2 video- and audio-generation model is scarily impressive, there was not sustained interest in an AI-only social feed.
OpenAI adds open source tools to help developers build for teen safety
Rather than working from scratch to figure out how to make AI safer for teens, developers can use these policies to fortify what they build.
Epic Games cuts 1,000 jobs, says Fortnite engagement is down
Epic Games also increased the price of V-Bucks, the Fortnite in-game currency.
Bipartisan bill seeks to ban sports betting on Kalshi and Polymarket
Since FanDuel and DraftKings are subject to state-by-state gambling laws, rather than federal law, they would not be impacted by the bill.
Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says
At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company.
A French Navy officer accidentally leaked the location of an aircraft carrier by logging his run on Strava
A French naval officer went on a run around the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, inadvertently leaking the warship’s location when he uploaded the workout to Strava.
Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant
A dancing robot in a Haidilao hot pot restaurant boogied down a little too hard.
Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all
Horizon Worlds was once a cornerstone of Meta’s plans to build a social metaverse — four years later, the company almost shut it down.
Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents
A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn’t have permission to see it.