Vox Media’s president, Pam Wasserstein, sent her staff a Slack message and an email on May 29 detailing what the company’s journalists say was shocking news: Vox had signed a content licensing deal with OpenAI. The deal gives the AI company access to Vox’s current content, as well as the entire archive of its journalistic […]
The impact of TikTok’s ban in other countries could signal what’s ahead for the US
On April 24, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its owner ByteDance doesn’t sell the app. The bill requires ByteDance to secure a deal within nine months, with a 90-day extension available to close it. After this deadline, the U.S. will bar app stores from listing the app. TikTok […]
What’s The Biggest Change For SEVENTEEN After Becoming HYBE Artists?
Since becoming a part of the HYBE family, SEVENTEEN opened up about whether or not they’ve felt any major changes with the switch. Seungkwan, Jun, and Jeonghan. | @pledis_17/Twitter When Seungkwan featured on rapper Lee Young Ji‘s series No Prepare, she asked him if he felt “a big difference” after joining the HYBE family. There was one […]
SBF’s prison sentence marks the end of the crypto grift era — so what’s next?
On Thursday, a federal judge sentenced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty on seven charges of wire fraud and money-laundering. The scam he pulled was fairly simple: He and his partners created an exchange, FTX, that took customer deposits to invest in and trade cryptocurrencies. Some […]
TikTok ban: What’s going on with the proposed bill in Congress
TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. On Wednesday morning, the House of Representatives will debate the newest bill to ban TikTok, which passed unanimously out of its committee last week. After a surprise flurry of activity in the House, TikTok is the target of a new government push to separate the company […]