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Netflix to stop reporting quarterly subscriber numbers in 2025

Love isn’t the only thing that’s blind at Netflix. Touting a blockbuster 9.3 million added subscribers in its first quarter earnings report Thursday, the streaming giant also revealed that it would stop sharing quarterly membership numbers starting in 2025. “In our early days, when we had little revenue or profit, membership growth was a strong […]

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Internet users are getting younger; now the UK is weighing up if AI can help protect them

Artificial intelligence has been in the crosshairs of governments concerned about how it might be misused for fraud, disinformation and other malicious online activity; now in the U.K. a regulator is preparing to explore how AI is used in the fight against some of the same, specifically as it relates to content harmful to children.

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Newsom Offers a Compromise to Protect Indoor Workers from Heat

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has compromised on long-sought rules that would protect indoor workers from extreme heat, saying tens of thousands of prison and jail employees — and prisoners — would have to wait for relief. The deal comes a month after the administration unexpectedly rejected sweeping heat standards for workers in

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9-1-1’s Howie ‘Chimney’ Han and Maddie Buckley’s Relationship Timeline

FOX Most of the 9-1-1 firefighters have struggled to find love, but Howie “Chimney” Han located The One in Maddie Buckley despite a slow start. When former nurse turned 9-1-1 operator Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) moved to Los Angeles in season 2 to be closer to her brother, Evan “Buck” Buckley (Oliver Stark), she was

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Netflix’s financial report highlights the success of the streaming service

Netflix’s financial report highlights that 9.33 million subscribers have joined the streaming service. Today, Netflix reported its first-quarter earnings report, and there is a lot for the content giant to be happy about. The company would open the report by saying “revenue was up 15%, our operating income grew by 54% and our operating margin

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Hugging Face releases a benchmark for testing generative AI on health tasks

Generative AI models are increasingly being brought to healthcare settings — in some cases prematurely, perhaps. Early adopters believe that they’ll unlock increased efficiency while revealing insights that’d otherwise be missed. Critics, meanwhile, point out that these models have flaws and biases that could contribute to worse health outcomes. But is there a quantitative way

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‘Real Housewives of Miami’ Stars: Where Are They Now?

Not all Real Housewives franchises are made to last — or are they? After launching shows in Orange County, New York City, Atlanta, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and Beverly Hills, Bravo created the Real Housewives of Miami. Season 1, which starred Lea Black, Adriana de Moura, Alexia Echevarria, Marysol Patton, Larsa Pippen and Cristy Rice,

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Mitch McConnell's Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds

Republican minority leader Mitch McConnell reached the pinnacle of hypocrisy when claimed the Senate had reached an “unfortunate precedent” over the House impeachment of Mayorkas, ignoring his own past behavior. After the Senate dismissed two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, the turtle was upset. We’ve set a very unfortunate precedent here. This means that the

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