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Meta, X approved ads containing violent anti-Muslim, antisemitic hate speech ahead of German election, study finds

Social media giants Meta and X approved ads targeting users in Germany with violent anti-Muslim and anti-Jew hate speech in the run-up to the country’s federal elections, according to new research from Eko, a corporate responsibility nonprofit campaign group. The group’s researchers tested whether the two platforms’ ad review systems would approve or reject submissions

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Court filings show Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted content for AI training

For years, Meta employees have internally discussed using copyrighted works obtained through legally questionable means to train the company’s AI models, according to court documents unsealed on Thursday. The documents were submitted by plaintiffs in the case Kadrey v. Meta, one of many AI copyright disputes slowly winding through the U.S. court system. The defendant

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Moderna and Other Vaccine Stocks Climb Amid Concerns About Coronavirus Study in China

Concerns about coronavirus news out of China may have moved some vaccine-maker and travel stocks Friday.  Shares of Moderna (MRNA), Pfizer (PFE) and Novavax (NVAX) all gained Friday, a broadly downbeat session that saw the S&P 500 slide 1.7%. Moderna was the biggest gainer on the benchmark index, rising more than 5%. Some stocks associated

Ozempic and Wegovy shortage ends, setting up weight loss drug showdown – Axios

Ozempic and Wegovy shortage ends, setting up weight loss drug showdown  Axios Yearslong shortage of popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs is resolved, FDA says  The Associated Press Shortage of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic drugs is resolved, FDA says  CNBC Novo’s Ozempic Shortage Is Declared Over, Hitting Copycats  Bloomberg

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Franklin Templeton Joins Growing Pile of Solana ETF Applicants – Decrypt

Add Franklin Templeton to the list of asset managers seeking approval for exchange-traded funds tracking the ongoing price of Solana.  The issuer on Friday afternoon filed an S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a Franklin Solana ETF.  “The Fund seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of Solana,” the

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Haitians in NYC reel as Trump ends deportation relief for immigrants from the island nation – Gothamist

Members of New York City’s Haitian community were stunned by news that the Trump administration is ending deportation protections that could force the return of thousands to the strife-torn island nation, the head of a local aid group said. “ People are in shock in our community,” Elsie Saint Louis, the director of the local group

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Israel-Hamas swap to go ahead despite claim child hostages were killed with ‘bare hands’ – The Guardian

Israelis and Palestinians are bracing for another tense exchange of hostages, prisoners and detainees on Saturday after uproar in Israel over allegations that two child hostages were “brutally murdered” by Hamas, and the group’s failure to deliver the body of their mother, instead returning the corpse of an unidentified woman. The Israel Defense Forces said

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The Art of a Ukraine Deal – Council on Foreign Relations

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