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Microsoft’s Windows 11 beta testers may start seeing ads in the Start menu

Microsoft is exploring the idea of putting ads in your Windows 11 Start menu. To be specific, it's looking to place advertisements for apps you can find in...

Microsoft finds a sneaky way to slip more ads into Windows | Tech Reader

Microsoft is currently testing a new way to showcase ads on the Windows 11 Start Menu, and it’s meant to encourage users to download more applications. The brand has...

Roku looks into serving you ads on whatever you plug into its TVs

Roku already serves ads through its platform, but it's also apparently exploring the idea of showing you ads while you're using third-party devices connected to its TVs. Based...

Whoops! Amazon served costly ads for products people couldn’t actually buy

It can be quite annoying to click through an Amazon ad in your results only to find out that the product you want can't be shipped to your...

Confessions of an AI Clickbait Kingpin

“I’m not a fan of AI,” Nebojša Vujinović Vujo says. The admission surprises me: He has built a bustling business by snapping up abandoned news outlets and other...

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Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Are Leaving to Rejoin OpenAI

Thinking Machines cofounders Barret Zoph and Luke Metz are leaving the fledgling AI lab and rejoining OpenAI, the ChatGPT-maker announced on Thursday. OpenAI’s...

X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis

X says it is changing its policies around Grok’s image-editing abilities following a multi-week outcry over the chatbot repeatedly being accused of generating...