In case you need the chance to scream, cry, breathe, or just go to the bathroom during the presidential debate, CNN will offer commercial breaks during the June 27 event, two sources told Variety. That’s a break from tradition for presidential debates, but then again, so is plenty about this presidential debate.
The New York Times followed the harrowing journey of John Mark Dougan from his time as a deputy sheriff in Palm Beach County, Florida to his new residence in Moscow. From there, he reportedly he runs a vast network of largely AI-generated websites that spout disinformation. He’s apparently managed to build over 160 fake websites, according to The Times.
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French Gates says she plans to spend $1 billion over two years on “people and organizations working on behalf of women and families around the world, including on reproductive rights in the United States.” She announced earlier this month her plans to step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to refocus her philanthropy efforts.
Oral arguments in its case against the federal divest-or-ban bill will be scheduled for this September, according to an order from the DC Circuit Court. That’s just months before the initial January 19th deadline its Chinese owner ByteDance has to sell the app or face a ban. The clock keeps running unless the court says otherwise.
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The Federal Trade Commission says Best Buy and its Geek Squad topped the list of most frequently impersonated companies by scammers in 2023. With 52,000 reports of fraud, consumers lost $15 million to those scams.
But scammers made the most money from impersonating Microsoft, according to the report, which found 7,000 reports of fraud and $60 million total losses.
