Most mainstream social media platforms have strict guidelines preventing the dissemination of nonconsensual intimate images (NCII), or sexually explicit photos and videos. But a new report finds that many social media platforms directly refer users to such content. The report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), an anti-extremism and anti-disinformation organization, analyzes the online…
Datalab has released Marker 2, a full rewrite of its open source document conversion pipeline. Marker converts PDF, image, PPTX, DOCX, XLSX, HTML, and EPUB files into markdown, JSON, HTML, or chunks. The Datalab team rebuilt it around three components shipped over the preceding months: Surya OCR 2, a 20M-param fast layout model, and a…
WARNING: Details in this story are disturbing. Discretion is advised. Global News applied for a video to be released in the double murder trial of an Abbotsford, B.C., couple in 2022. In May, three men were found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of 77-year-old Arnold De Jong and 76-year-old Joanne De Jong. The judge…
Warning: This story contains discussion of suicide. Discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available. In Canada, call or text 988 for the Suicide Crisis Helpline. In case of an emergency, please call 911 for immediate help. A Canadian mother has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO…
The Karachi Water and Sewerage Company (KWSC) warned that a number of elements of Karachi may expertise water provide disruptions following an influence outage on the Dhabeji Pumping Station. The Dhabeji Pumping Station, the town’s principal water consumption facility, will depend on a steady electrical energy provide. Even temporary energy outages can instantly disrupt water…
Scotland’s John McGinn scores their first goal past Haiti’s Johny Placide, during their Fifa World Cup 2026 Group C encounter at the Boston Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, US, June 13, 2026. — Reuters BOSTON: Scotland, roared on by their Tartan Army of travelling fans, savoured their first World Cup win in 36 years on Saturday when…
Most browser automation runs from the outside. Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, and browser-use all drive a browser from an external process. They read the page through screenshots or the Chrome DevTools Protocol. Alibaba’s Page Agent takes the opposite path. The agent lives inside the webpage as plain JavaScript. It reads the live DOM as text and…
Has Silicon Valley been building the wrong things? Despite its self help-y title, writer/designer/academic Ian Bogost’s forthcoming book “The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life” asks some pointed questions about how technology has transformed our experience of the physical world. Using Bogost’s popular article in the Atlantic about the decline of stick…
Fifa President Gianni Infantino addresses the 73rd Fifa Congress at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda March 16, 2023. — Reuters Fifa president Gianni Infantino failed to calm the stormy waters surrounding his position despite on Saturday scrapping a plan to allow private investment in the World Cup. European football’s governing body Uefa had led…
Prediction-market operators are bringing trading infrastructure in-house, a rapid shift that could trigger a wave of acquisitions across crypto platforms, sportsbooks, brokerages and standalone exchanges, according to analysts at Bernstein. In a research report on Monday, Bernstein said the industry is going through “operational consolidation,” with major platforms moving to control more of the prediction-market…
