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Rep. Jennifer Wexton first ever to make House floor speech using AI voice – CBS News Watch CBS News Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia delivered what is believed to be the first speech ever from the House floor using artificial intelligence voice technology. Wexton was diagnosed last year with a rare neurological disorder that robbed
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Meta issues a warning about increasing sextortion scams. Here’s how to stay safe. – CBS News Watch CBS News Social media giant Meta is issuing a warning over the increasing number of sextortion scams where fake profiles are used to get people to send nude photographs and then threaten to release them unless victims pay
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A selloff in technology stocks Wednesday drove the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indices to their worst performances since 2022. The slump in high-tech follows a year-long rally by the “Magnificent Seven,” a group of seven industry giants that have led markets into record terrain. The slump continued on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq index slipping
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How a glitch crippled tech operations worldwide How the CrowdStrike glitch crippled operations across the globe 01:41 CrowdStrike on Wednesday released more details about the cause of Friday’s technology outage, which crippled Microsoft Windows computers around the world and disrupted airlines, hospitals, banks and other businesses. The cybersecurity company blamed a bug in a program
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So-called sextortion scams are on the rise, with criminals from Nigeria frequently targeting adult men in the U.S., according to social media giant Meta. Meta on Wednesday said it has removed about 63,000 accounts from Nigeria that had been attempting to target people with financial sextortion scams. In such scams, criminals pretend to be someone
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Software providers test health care AI bots, but are they accurate? – CBS News Watch CBS News With medical providers facing rising levels of burnout, software designers are testing specialized AI-powered chatbots that they hope provide preventative care advice to patients. However, CBS News Confirmed found that the summaries given from existing AI bots like
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Google is getting rid of “cookies” that track users Google is getting rid of “cookies” that track users 00:36 Google on Monday said the search company is reversing its plan to phase out the use of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser in favor of a new strategy that will allow people to “make an
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Flyers still experiencing fallout from largest IT outage in history – CBS News Watch CBS News Travelers at airports across the globe were still facing long lines and flight cancellations as airlines Saturday struggled to recover from the CrowdStrike software meltdown. Elise Preston reports. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser
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U.S. celebrates 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing – CBS News Watch CBS News Saturday marks 55 years since the crew of Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Buzz Aldrin, the only surviving member of that crew, remembered the historic moment by writing, “I am still inspired by what we all saw and did,
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Software providers test healthcare AI bots, but are they accurate? – CBS News Watch CBS News With medical providers facing rising levels of burnout, software designers are testing specialized AI-powered chatbots that they hope provide preventative care advice to patients. However, CBS News Confirmed found that the summaries given from existing AI bots like ChatGPT
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