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News Image Why are Instagram searches for ‘Adam Driver Megalopolis’ blocked for CSAM?

Update, October 20th: Meta representative Sophie Vogel tells The Verge via email that this issue has been fixed, which The Verge can confirm. Searches for “mega drive” still appear to be blocked. Our original story follows. When people search for “Adam driver Megalopolis” on Instagram or Facebook right now, instead of seeing posts about Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film, they’re shown a warning, titled, “Child sexual abuse is illegal.” That bizarre fact was pointed out in a post on X yesterday, and as of today, I’m still seeing it when I search for the phrase. But why? Well, it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with recent Threads moderation failures. Nor are there bombshell revelations about Megalopolis or its main star that I’m...

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Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is reportedly fundraising for a new AI startup

Mira Murati, the OpenAI CTO who announced her departure last month, is raising VC funding for a new AI startup, according to Reuters. This startup will reportedly focus on building AI products based on proprietary models and could raise more than $100 million in this round. When she left, Murati wrote on X that OpenAI […]

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News Image Creature Commandos’ NYCC Trailer is a Bunch of Monstrous Fun

DC Studios' animated monster squad deploys with weekly episodes on Max beginning December 5.

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DJI sues Department of Defense over listing as a Chinese military company

Drone-maker DJI filed a lawsuit Friday against the US Department of Defense over its inclusion on a DoD list of “Chinese military companies.” A DJI spokesperson said the company filed the suit after “attempting to engage with the DoD for more than sixteen months” and deciding “it had no alternative other than to seek relief […]

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News Image The Strangers’ Next Chapter Puts Faces to the Terror

Scarecrow, Dollface, and Pin-Up Girl are back to kill again in part two of The Strangers' relaunch trilogy.

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News Image Ford tells some EV customers to stop using its Tesla Supercharger adapter

Ford started offering free adapters for Tesla’s Supercharger network to owners of its EVs in February, and now it’s telling some of its customers to stop using them, reports InsideEVs. The company found a “potential issue” that could cause “reduced charging speeds over time” or even damage to the charge port itself, according to a service bulletin it’s sending to those affected. Ford EV owners should follow the link on Ford’s notice to make sure it has the right address on file. If it is, they won’t need to do anything else to get their replacement, but if not, the company says customers need to update their address by October 24th. Ford will supply a replacement adapter in the coming weeks and provide return instructions to send back...

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What we know about the layoffs at Meta

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re diving into the recent layoffs at Meta; the fallout from the battle between WordPress and WP Engine; and whether Cybertrucks are simply too big to exist in Europe. Let’s get into it. Multiple teams at Meta were hit by layoffs this week. The company confirmed the […]

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News Image Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Final Season Is Going Out Strong

The first half of Lower Decks' fifth and final season finds itself united by reminders of the show's most fundamental theme: all of its kooky heroes being able to just sit down and communicate with each other.

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News Image Star Trek: Section 31 Beams Into Action This January

Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh returns to the Star Trek universe to glam her way through the Federation's seedy underbelly.

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News Image Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Will Warp to Season 2

Star Trek: Discovery's future-forward look at the Trek universe continues with two seasons about Starfleet's bright young students.

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News Image Okay, *Now* Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Is Ready to Show You Season 3

After a tiny, controversial tease at San Diego Comic-Con, Paramount took to NYCC to give us a nice big look at the next season of Strange New Worlds.

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I just spent my first week ever with an EV, the Chevy Equinox — here’s what it was like

The funnest car I ever drove was the original Tesla Roadster. This was in 2011, back when Elon Musk’s EV company was courting press instead of denigrating us, and they offered me a test drive. I took the car up I-280 — a beautiful, mostly deserted highway with perfectly banked curves that seemed designed for Silicon […]

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News Image Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Final NYCC Clip is a Reality Check

Paramount came to NYCC with one more tease for Star Trek: Lower Decks before its final season begins on Thursday.

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