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    Ward Christensen, co-creator of the first online bulletin board, has died.

    Christensen was a computer scientist credited with creating the Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS) in 1978, which let users exchange information through a dial-up connection.

    Although Christensen devised the CBBS to communicate with other members of his computer club, it helped lay the groundwork for social media platforms to come.

    Christensen was 78.

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    Emma Roth
    The FTC’s rules on fake reviews are officially in effect.

    The new rule bans companies from creating and selling AI-generated reviews — and that includes ones generated using AI. As noted by FTC chair Lina Khan, that means you can now report any potential violations to reportfraud.ftc.gov.

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    Emma Roth
    The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are taking off globally.

    Meta hasn’t even finished rolling out AI features for its smart glasses everywhere, but Stefano Grassi, the CFO of Ray-Ban parent company EssilorLuxottica, said during an earnings call that the smart glasses were the best-seller in 60 percent of Ray-Ban stores in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

    Last month, Meta extended its contract with EssilorLuxottica through 2030.

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    Emma Roth
    Arkansas could have five to 19 million tons of lithium.

    Researchers with the US Geological Survey trained a machine learning model to predict lithium concentrations throughout the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas, as reported by The New York Times.

    Companies like ExxonMobile are already planning to drill for lithium in the area as demand for lithium-ion batteries, which are used in EVs, grows.