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Meta announced a new transparency tool for its social media platforms on Monday. The company will now start showing labels indicating that an ad has used artificial intelligence (AI) tools to edit images or videos. This new AI label will be shown on all Meta platforms that display ads, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. These labels will either be shown in the three-dot menu next to the post or underneath the brand name — depending on how extreme the AI usage is.In a newsroom post, the social media giant detailed the new transparency tool. The company said that it began…

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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Rookie Season 7 Episode 5 “Til Death.”] Don’t mess with Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox). That’s what the latest episode of The Rookie proves. It was in Episode 4 that the LAPD discovered there’s an unidentified serial killer — while apprehending Harrison Novak (Noel Fisher) — and Nyla ended up in her own mini-horror movie; she was stabbed with a needle and temporarily paralyzed. And so when she returns to work in Episode 5, she’s very determined to find who was responsible. “After having something so traumatic happen to her, she is now jolted into…

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A United States Postal Service employee at work in New York City on Dec. 4, 2023.Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersThe U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it’s temporarily suspending all inbound packages from China and Hong Kong Posts.The change is effective immediately and will remain “until further notice,” according to an alert posted to the agency’s website. Letters and large envelopes, referred to as “flats,” sent from China and Hong Kong won’t be impacted, the USPS said.The announcement comes after President Donald Trump on Saturday signed executive orders imposing tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada. Trump on Monday agreed to hold off…

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Sarah Michelle Gellar in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. Photo: 20th Century Fox Television.Preview:Sarah Michelle Gellar is attached to a ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ sequel pilot.Nora Zuckerman and Lila Zuckerman are aboard to write, showrun, and executive produce.Chloé Zhao will direct the pilot and produce.As the opening narration of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ used to intone, “In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer.”If Hulu’s plans work out, we might just get to meet this generation’s Slayer –– with a little help from…

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Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse balloons fly in front of Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, on May 31, 2024.Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty ImagesDisney will report its fiscal first-quarter earnings before the bell on Wednesday, and Wall Street will be paying close attention to the state of its streaming and theme parks businesses. Investors will also be listening for any details on the search for CEO Bob Iger’s successor.Here is what Wall Street expects Disney to report on Wednesday, according to analysts polled by LSEG:Earnings per share: $1.45Revenue: $24.62 billionGrowth…

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Rilo Kiley have announced a headlining North American tour. The tour includes the recently announced performance at Just Like Heaven, along with dates in Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and more. See all of Rilo Kiley’s tour dates below.Rilo Kiley have also announced that they’ll reissue their 2002 album, The Execution of All Things, on April 25 (via Saddle Creek). See the album cover for The Execution of All Things (Frozen Lake Edition) below.Rilo Kiley—the quartet of Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Jason Boesel—haven’t performed together live since 2008. In a press statement about the tour, Lewis said, “It’s…

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening said the United States “will take over the Gaza Strip,” and “we’ll own it.”Trump said that all Palestinians currently living in Gaza — around 2 million people — should leave and be placed in other countries in the Middle East, among them Jordan and Egypt, while the U.S. develops the territory.Ministers of those and other Arab countries several days ago flatly rejected the idea of accepting Gaza residents.Gaza has been decimated during a war with its neighbor Israel, which began with the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by the terror group Hamas.”Gaza is a hellhole,”…

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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Neil Gaiman Officially Taken to Court Scarlett Pavlovich, who was a central figure in Lila Shapiro’s shattering story on Neil Gaiman, officially sued Gaiman in the Western District Court of U.S., claiming rape and human trafficking. Amanda Palmer was also accused of human trafficking in the filing. This is a civil suit not a criminal one (inidividuals of course cannot file ) criminal charges, and in civil court the standard of guilt is somewhat different. So in this example, a…

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The more you know about something, the better you can appreciate it, right? And, it seems, we’ve all got a lot of love for whiskey these days—business is booming like never before. In 2016, 556 million liters of whiskey were sold in the US. Now that’s a lot of booze, but that number grew in just one year by almost 20 million liters to over 576 million. That’s basically 9.78 billion 2 oz pours of whiskey sold in 2017, in the US alone. But the world of whiskey is a vast and often bewildering place for anyone who hasn’t spent…

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Air pollution can have a cooling effect on the climateCheunghyo/Getty Images James Hansen, the climate scientist best known for alerting the US Congress to global warming in the 1980s, has redoubled his warnings that we are underestimating the climate impact of declining air pollution. “Humanity made a bad deal, a Faustian bargain, when we used aerosols to offset almost half of greenhouse gas warming,” said Hansen at a briefing hosted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. But other researchers say this conclusion is based on shaky foundations, and we still don’t know how much reductions in air pollution…

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Google’s Pixel smartphones offer an Adaptive Charging feature for optimising battery life and preventing overcharging. This technology slows down the phone’s charging speed overnight to prolong the battery lifespan. Now, Google seems to be preparing to bring this battery protection feature to the Pixel Watch lineup. Reference to this feature was reportedly spotted on the latest version of the Pixel Watch Management Service system app.Adaptive Charging Could Prolong Pixel Watch’s Battery LifespanFolks at Android Authority spotted evidence of the Adaptive Charging feature in the code strings of the latest version of the Pixel Watch Management Service system app (version 2024.10.14.685782837) via…

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Snap shares jumped in extended trading Tuesday after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.Here is how the company did compared with Wall Street’s expectations:Earnings per share: 16 cents adjusted vs. 14 cents expected, according to LSEGRevenue: $1.56 billion vs. $1.55 billion expected, according to LSEG Global daily active users: 453 million vs. 451.1 million expected, according to StreetAccountGlobal average revenue per user: $3.44 vs. $3.44 expected, according to StreetAccountRevenue for the fourth quarter increased 14% from $1.36 billion a year earlier. Net income in the quarter was $9.1 million, or a penny a share. In the prior year, Snap recorded a fourth-quarter net…

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Let’s Make a Deal host Wayne Brady received his “flowers” from a contestant on Mega Money Monday. Pic credit: CBS A contestant had to hilariously navigate offers from Wayne Brady and fakeouts during Let’s Make a Deal. The game show host called a contestant named Metaphor on stage during the recent episode, with a chance to win a big prize. It was unclear what he would win, as his prize was behind the second curtain. However, it was also Mega Money Monday, with a grand prize of $10,000 available to someone on the show. Before Metaphor even had a chance…

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U.S. President Donald Trump hold up an executive order, “Unleashing prosperity through deregulation,” that he signed in the Oval Office on January 31, 2025 in Washington, D.C., while also speaking to reporters about tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico.Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe U.S. stock market was rocked Monday after President Donald Trump kicked off a possible global trade war. Shares of companies spanning the auto, industrial, retail and beverage industries with international supply chains were hit particularly hard.Trump on Saturday slapped a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada, while adding a 10% levy on…

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Kanye West is giving his first public comments following the backlash to his headline-making Grammys appearance with his wife Bianca Censori. Censori’s transparent dress — which effectively left her nude on the red carpet — caused a storm at the annual awards show and generated massive social media interest. On Tuesday, West posted on Instagram: “FOR CLARITY. MY WIFE IS THE MOST GOOGLED PERSON ON THE PLANET CALLED EARTH” and added “WE BEAT THE GRAMMIES.” The post was accompanied by Google analytics sceenshots showing the interest in Censori. E! News reported the comments, which have since been deleted. In fact,…

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Rilo Kiley have announced a 2025 North American headline reunion tour – check below for full details. READ MORE: Jenny Lewis on touring with Harry Styles, a new album and Rilo Kiley reunion rumours: “I’ve got a lot on my plate!” The indie band had previously announced they were set to play their first official shows since 2021 at the Just Like Heaven festival in Pasadena later this year, as well as Salt Lake City’s Kilby Block Party. In January, a billboard popped up in Echo Park and revealed Rilo Kiley would return at the California event this May, along with…

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Rilo Kiley have announced a 2025 North American headline reunion tour – check below for full details. READ MORE: Jenny Lewis on touring with Harry Styles, a new album and Rilo Kiley reunion rumours: “I’ve got a lot on my plate!” The indie band had previously announced they were set to play their first official shows since 2021 at the Just Like Heaven festival in Pasadena later this year, as well as Salt Lake City’s Kilby Block Party. In January, a billboard popped up in Echo Park and revealed Rilo Kiley would return at the California event this May, along with…

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U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., Jan. 30, 2025.Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersIn an apparent ending to weeks of intense speculation, the White House confirmed Friday that President Donald Trump will be leveling aggressive tariffs this weekend on major U.S. trading partners.Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said Trump will be implementing 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada as well as a 10% duty on China, in retaliation for “the illegal fentanyl that they have sourced and allowed to distribute into our country.”The White House provided few details…

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