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Activision Blizzard boosts Microsoft financials as Xbox hardware revenue falls (www.gamedeveloper.com)
More Personal Computing (which houses Xbox) revenue increased by 17% year-on-year during Q3 to $15.6 billion....
Why Idaho's hospitals are having pregnant patients airlifted out of state (www.nbcnews.com)
Since January, Dr. Stacy Seyb, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in Boise, Idaho, has had at least four of his patients wheeled onto emergency flights and airlifted out of the state while experiencing severe pregnancy complications....
An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary (www.technologyreview.com)
Thanks to rapid advancements in generative AI and a glut of training data created by human actors that has been fed into its AI model, Synthesia has been able to produce avatars that are indeed more humanlike and more expressive than their predecessors. The digital clones are better able to match their reactions and intonation...
Baltimore County educator framed principal with AI-generated voice, police say (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)
Baltimore County Police arrested Pikesville High School’s former athletic director Thursday morning and charged him with allegedly using artificial intelligence to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert, leading the public to believe Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments behind closed doors....
Sony Says Stellar Blade Art Referencing Racist Language Was Unintentional, Will be Patched Out - IGN (www.ign.com)
Sony says it will remove Stellar Blade artwork that appears to reference racist slurs, claiming that the phrase’s inclusion was “unintentional.”...
Conservatives in LDP lash out over same-sex marriage ruling (t.co)
Conservative lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have reacted angrily to the Sapporo High Court’s ruling that the lack of legal provisions for same-sex marriage in Japan is unconstitutional....
Bill to allow arming Tennessee teachers with guns heads to the governor's desk (www.newschannel5.com)
A bill that would allow some Tennessee teachers to carry a gun at school is heading to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk....
Migrants get visas for being "victims" of Ron DeSantis (www.newsweek.com)
The roughly four dozen migrants that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis helped fly from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard about a year and a half ago have been granted legal designations due to the Republican’s crimes against the “victims.”...
Tesla’s in its flop era (www.theverge.com)
When Tesla releases its first quarter earnings this afternoon, the company’s CEO Elon Musk will field the usual questions about new products, new factories, and progress toward its futuristic vision of self-driving cars and robot workers. But Musk will also face increasingly urgent questions about its current state of affairs...
Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps (www.404media.co)
Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or...
‘I Serve With Some Real Scumbags!’ GOP Rep. Goes SCORCHED EARTH on Far-Right Colleagues, Claims Gaetz ‘Paid Minors To Have Sex With Him At Drug Parties’ (www.mediaite.com)
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) stunned CNN’s Dana Bash on State of the UnionSunday with a scorched earth rant on far-Right House members....
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)
A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to cut unemployment benefits — part of a push by Republicans to remove constraints on employers and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers....
Baldur’s Gate 3's Patch 7 Will Add New Endings (kotaku.com)
Kansas prosecutor who framed innocent man surrenders law license, will soon be disbarred (kansaspublicradio.org)
Terra Morehead, a longtime county and federal prosecutor who helped police frame at least one innocent man, has agreed to surrender her law license and faces disbarment....
California won't prosecute LAPD officer who shot teenage girl in store's dressing room (calmatters.org)
The California Justice Department announced today that it has found no cause to file chargesagainst a Los Angeles police officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot and killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a department store fitting room....
Bondi Junction mall attack: 'Obvious' killer targeted women, Sydney police say (www.bbc.com)
Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing people with a long blade....
The Attacks on HBCUs Extend Beyond Tennessee (www.themarysue.com)
We know Republicans hate diversity. We see attacks on everything from voting rights to DEI initiatives to teaching accurate American history in schools. Education is, of course, a favorite target for the GOP. In the state of Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee just dissolved the board at the state’s only HBCU, Tennessee State...
Search continues in Maine as officer is charged with lying about taking missing person to hospital (apnews.com)
Washburn Police Sgt. Chandler Cole resigned after being charged with aggravated forgery, tampering with public records or information, falsifying physical evidence, and unsworn falsification, according to court records. He was arrested on March 29....
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is "underperforming", says industry analyst (www.eurogamer.net)