More than 1,000 pay tribute to Maine's mass shooting victims on day of prayer, reflection and hope
More than 1,000 people gathered for an evening vigil to remember those killed and wounded in Maine’s worst mass shooting
2023-10-30 12:44
These Stocks Are Moving the Most Today: GM, Disney, Alphabet, Western Digital, SoFi, Apple, and More
The United Auto Workers union announces a strike at another General Motors plant, Nelson Peltz's push for board seats at Disney gets a boost, and results from Apple are a highlight on this week's busy earnings calendar.
2023-10-30 12:40
Elon Musk says X posts with misinformation are now ‘ineligible for revenue share’
Posts on X carrying any misinformation that is corrected by the platform’s crowd-sourced fact-checking system will now be “ineligible for revenue share”, the social media company’s owner Elon Musk has said. “Any posts that are corrected by Community Notes become ineligible for revenue share,” the multibillionaire posted on X on Sunday. Mr Musk said the change aims to “maximise the incentive for accuracy over sensationalism”. The Tesla titan also noted that any attempts to “weaponise Community Notes to demonetise people will be immediately obvious, because all code and data is open source.” Some users were quick to criticise the change, observing that the feature is used not just to correct misinformation, but also to add essential context even if there is nothing wrong with the initial post. The Community Notes feature was first launched by Twitter co-founder and former chief Jack Dorsey in 2021 as a way to debunk misleading tweets. Currently, eligible users on the social media platform can sign up to contribute to Community Notes, which involves sharing a short note of context for any post, including correcting an error or providing essential information that has been omitted. An account can sign up for Community Notes, according to X, if the user has not recently violated the platform’s rules and has been on the platform for at least 6 months. Other users who view the note can then rate the helpfulness of notes with the note garnering the largest consensus surfacing to the top. Then earlier this year, Twitter/X started paying creators on the platform for the first time via a revenue-sharing program that provided them compensation for the ads appearing in their reply threads. But the social media platform has come under increasing scrutiny for its handling of misinformation since Mr Musk bought Twitter for $44bn last year and cut nearly two-thirds of the company’s workforce. The platform’s handling of misinformation has particularly been on focus following the conflict in Israel and Gaza. The European Union also raised concerns that amid the conflict Twitter was not quick to take down problematic content even when it had been flagged by relevant authorities. EU commissioner Thierry Breton noted that Twitter was hosting “fake and manipulated images and facts ... such as repurposed old images of unrelated armed conflicts or military footage that actually originated from video games”. The EU has also opened an investigation into X on the issue, while the company maintained that it has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts in response to the concerns. Read More Twitter takeover: 1 year later, X struggles with misinformation, advertising and usage decline Tesla’s profits dip as Elon Musk goes on rant against staff working from home ‘He brought so much joy’: Heartbroken Friends stars among those paying tribute to Matthew Perry Twitter adds video calling – and lets strangers ring you Elon Musk was ‘almost in tears’ on Tesla earnings call, analyst claims Slack to retire its status account on Elon Musk’s X
2023-10-30 12:36
Africa unlikely to follow East Asia's manufacturing growth path -study
WASHINGTON African countries are less likely to follow East Asia's development model of expanding manufacturing to pull people
2023-10-30 12:34
13 people were killed and 25 injured when two trains collided in southern India
Officials in India say 13 people have died and 25 others are injured after two passenger trains collided in the country's south
2023-10-30 12:32
Toyota’s Global Sales, Output Reach Record 5.6 Million Vehicles
Toyota Motor Corp.’s global sales climbed 8.3% in April to September from a year earlier to a record
2023-10-30 12:30
'Selling Sunset' star Chrishell Stause's Halloween costume theme sparks backlash as Internet accuses her of 'glorifying violence'
Some internet users accused the stars of perpetuating stereotypes, promoting violence, and spreading a wrong message through their gory-themed visuals
2023-10-30 12:30
'This is fantastic': ‘GMA’ host Ginger Zee's spooky Halloween video with family leaves fans screaming in excitement
Ginger Zee records a spooky video with family for Halloween, taking fans completely by surprise with her look
2023-10-30 12:29
At China military forum, Russian defense minister accuses the US of fueling geopolitical tensions
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says the United States is fueling geopolitical tensions to uphold its “hegemony,” and he warns of the risk of confrontation between major countries
2023-10-30 12:28
Israeli hostage families fight to keep spotlight on captives
Some support an Israeli invasion of Gaza, others want a prisoner swap, but relatives of dozens seized by Hamas said Sunday they were united in...
2023-10-30 12:26
UK prepares to host global leaders' gathering on AI
The UK government will welcome foreign political leaders, tech industry figures, academics and others this week for a two-day summit billed as the first of...
2023-10-30 12:25
Heavy industry turns to carbon capture to clean up its act
For decades heavy industry around Dunkirk in northern France has belched out millions of tonnes...
2023-10-30 12:24
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