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Social network BlueSky recently published a proposal on GitHub. This provides an overview of new options such as generator AI training and public archives that allow users to show whether to scrape out posts and data. CEO Jay Graber discussed the proposal earlier this week, but on the South By Southwest stage, he attracted new attention after posting on Bluesky on Friday night. Some users responded to the company’s plans with alarms. This was seen as a reversal of Bluesky’s previous claim that it would not sell user data to advertisers and not train AI with user posts. “Ah, hell…
Welcome back to review week! I’m Karyne Levy, the assistant managing editor at TechCrunch. I am writing this newsletter from here. I’m excited to be here! This week we’re checking out everything about SXSW. Waymo’s expansion into Silicon Valley. Intel’s new CEO. Tiktok’s new suitor. And why is Deepseek not receiving VC money? Let’s get to that! Environmental Impact: The FBI, EPA, EPA Inspectors and the Treasury have requested Citibank freeze accounts of several nonprofit and state government agencies. The account was frozen in February, but the new documents produced details of the publication that were unknown until it was…
SpaceX won four people on Space on Friday, launching a mission to allow astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to return to Earth after a nine-month stay on the International Space Station. The mission, known as Crew-10, will see SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft Dock along with the International Space Station (ISS) late Saturday. The new astronaut overlaps with the existing crew for several days before Williams and Wilmore (along with the other two) return to our planet. It could happen soon on March 19th, and the weather is allowed. While the SpaceX crew has become a routine start to the ISS,…
A travel ban could affect at least 40 countries, according to a report by the New York Times.President Donald Trump’s administration is pondering a new travel ban that is expected to affect citizens of dozens of countries to varying degrees, the New York Times reported. Citing an anonymous official, the report, released Friday, said that the US government’s draft list featured 43 countries split into three categories of travel restrictions. The first group of ten countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba and North Korea, will be set up for full visa suspension. In the second group, five countries, Eritrea, Haiti,…
Prosecutors accused at least 13 people of collapse in Novi Sad at the train station in November.Serbian anti-corruption protesters, riot police and supporters of President Alexander Vicz are facing Central Belgrade as tens of thousands of people have competed in the largest anti-government rally over the years. The protests from students almost a day began in December after 1st the roof of a railway station collapsed in the northern city of Novi Sad on November 1st. The sporadic clashes occurred overnight before protesters marched into Slaviha Square in front of a rally on Saturday. Police deployed hundreds of officers on…
After bringing together people from around the world for 23 years, Skype, a popular video calling service, is closed. Parent company Microsoft has confirmed that the official sunset for the service is May 5, 2025. Skype users can choose to migrate all their contacts and chat with their Microsoft teams, or download Skype data and migrate to another video call service. To help Switch users, we have created a guide on how to migrate to a team and how to download Skype data. Additionally, we have curated a list of apps calling alternative videos that can replace Skype. How to…
The protests between professionals and president Yoon Soo-Yeol have gathered across South Korea’s capital before the court decides whether to disqualify from duties.Many Koreans gathered across the capital Seoul to support or oppose President Yoon Sook Yeol of the Mergers each prior to the court’s decision on whether his declaration of martial law would disqualify him from duties. On Saturday, anti-Yoon protesters filled a large square in central Seoul and chanted his immediate removal. On several streets, conservative Yoon supporters took up the entire boulevard and called for him to return while waving the Korean and American flags. Within days,…
The UN agency has warned that the malnutrition crisis is getting worse across Gaza, warning that the dramatic rise in affected children is under the age of 2 and under the age of 5.One in children under the age of 2 and under the age of 3 in the northern Gaza Strip suffers from acute malnutrition, UN children warn that full Israeli aid will enter its third week. In a statement on Saturday, UNICEF said the rapid spread of malnutrition among children in Gaza has reached “catastrophic and unprecedented levels” due to the deep impact of Israeli war and the…
Thailand defends its deportation decision. This is because it states that it imposes official complex visa restrictions on deportation.Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against an unidentified number of Thai officials in order to deport at least 40 Uyghurs to China last month. Rubio said in a statement Friday that he was immediately responsible for deportation or imposing visa restrictions on current and former officials who are complicit in employees. No Thai officials have been named. For many years, China has been accused of widespread abuse, including the massive detention of Uyghurs, a minority of around 10 million Muslims…
For decades, aspirin has been known as a go-to painkiller. New research reveals how it can help combat cancer. Previous studies suggested a link between aspirin use and improved cancer survival, but a study published in Nature last week explains why. However, experts have warned that aspirin is not a treatment, taking risks such as an increased chance of internal bleeding. So, how does aspirin prevent cancer from spreading? And what does this mean for future treatment? What did research find out about aspirin use and cancer? Recent studies have revealed that aspirin, a widely used painkiller, may help prevent…