You can now include 20 images in a single Instagram post https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2024-08%2F1f507a10-55c9-11ef-8f67-ac97b4bc29a8&resize=1400%2C933&client=19f2b5e49a271b2bde77&signature=26f7ba73d41b3eb3beb793fed13fa526b671927b Good news, oversharers: Instagram has doubled the number of photos and videos users can share in a carousel post. A representative for the social media network told Engadget that the limit has been increased from 10 to 20 pieces of media. This update will roll out to all Instagram users round the world beginning today. For users of a certain age, this change may harken back to the late 2000s era of photo dumps on Facebook. Long before it became “Meta,” Facebook was the place to share vast numbers of photos. And since smartphones were only just arriving on the market, most of those photos were from digital cameras that would never fit in your pocket. Ah, memories! The carousel post format first rolled out to all Instagram users back in 2017  but was restricted to 10 items until now. Instagram has explored additional carousel features since that original launch, such as the ability to delete a single photo from the batch and setting the posts to music. This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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You can now include 20 images in a single Instagram post
Instagram has doubled the number of photos and videos users can share in a carousel post.
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You can now include 20 images in a single Instagram post
Instagram has doubled the number of photos and videos users can share in a carousel post.
Borderlands’ single-digit Rotten Tomatoes rating can make you taste the bloody hatred https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2024-08%2Fcf8489b0-55c6-11ef-bf37-25b87e8defa2&resize=1400%2C802&client=19f2b5e49a271b2bde77&signature=0eb714700ce7958b6185633e389a903aca7baafa We’re less than a day away from the premiere of the Borderlands movie based on the violent, treasure-hunting comedy adventure games from Gearbox Software. Unfortunately, the vast majority of its reviews are wishing it never went beyond its gaming phase. Rotten Tomatoes rounded up 34 reviews of Eli Roth’s adaptation of the Borderlands games and so far, it’s earned a freshness rating of 3 percent. Only one of the included critics have given the movie a positive review. So what are the rest of the critics actually saying about this movie? Well, their words are unkind and that’s being generous. “...a quick internet search of images from Borderlands games yields better-rendered results.” - Bob Strauss, The San Francisco Chronicle “...a horrendous waste of time, talent and pixels.” - David Fear, Rolling Stone “...monotonous…” - Nick Schager, The Daily Beast “...a cheap knockoff…” - Jake Kleinman, Inverse “...the definitive worst film of Roth’s career…” Alison Foreman, IndieWire “...one of the worst big-budget movies I’ve seen in a while.” - Chris Bumbray, JoBlo “...clunky direction...lifeless…cringeworthy attempts at witty quips…” Billie Melissa, Men’s Journal So there you go. It’s settled. If you’re itching for a grown-up action comedy based on a satiric adventure franchise that mocks the very medium in which it exists, just go see Deadpool & Wolverine again. This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Borderlands’ single-digit Rotten Tomatoes rating can make you taste the bloody hatred
The Borderlands movie is set to open with a 3 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Borderlands’ single-digit Rotten Tomatoes rating can make you taste the bloody hatred
The Borderlands movie is set to open with a 3 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
FCC proposes new rules for AI-generated robocalls and robotexts https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2024-06%2F7b15c540-242c-11ef-bf4d-4f02cdf6f04d&resize=1400%2C933&client=19f2b5e49a271b2bde77&signature=47ad60859823687d238541f388374030646a2815 The Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules governing the use of AI-generated phone calls and texts. Part of the proposal centers on create a clear definition for AI-generated calls, with the rest focuses on consumer protection by making companies disclose when AI is being used in calls or texts. "This provides consumers with an opportunity to identify and avoid those calls or texts that contain an enhanced risk of fraud and other scams," the FCC said. The agency is also looking ensure that legitimate uses of AI to assist people with disabilities to communicate remains protected. Today's proposal is the latest action by the FCC to regulate how AI is used in robocalls and robotexts. The commission has already moved to place a ban on AI-generated voices in robocalls and has called on telecoms to crack down on the practice. Ahead of this year's November election, there has already been one notable use of AI robocalls attempting to spread misinformation to New Hampshire voters. This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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FCC proposes new rules for AI-generated robocalls and robotexts
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules governing the use of AI-generated phone calls and texts.
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FCC proposes new rules for AI-generated robocalls and robotexts
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules governing the use of AI-generated phone calls and texts.
Anti-hate group says Elon Musk continues to peddle election falsehoods on X unchecked https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2024-08%2Fc2dfa750-55ba-11ef-9f7f-61bf8235e21d&resize=1400%2C933&client=19f2b5e49a271b2bde77&signature=456ee66bc54e335e53a10b1f9cbb3241a6fab993 A new report from the British non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found X owner Elon Musk spread misinformation about the US election and the Democrats’ presidential campaign in 50 posts this year alone. His assertions continue to go unchecked on the platform, not even through its own "Community Notes" feature. CCDH's CEO Imran Ahmed says the absence of these grassroots fact-checks show “that his business is failing woefully to contain the kind of algorithmically-boosted incitement that we all know can lead to real-world violence, as we experienced on Jan. 6, 2021.” The report cites 50 posts made on Musk’s X account from January 1 to July 31 that made claims about the election which have been proven false by independent fact-checkers. The posts overwhelmingly involve allegations of the Democratic party importing voters to gain an electoral advantage. He pushed conspiracy theories that “The Dem Party goal is to import voters” on March 28 and “Dems won’t deport, because every illegal is a highly likely vote at some point” on February 26. The fact checking website Politifact rated the latter claim as “False” citing the 3.6 million immigrants removed from the US under President Biden’s administration between February 2021 to September 2023. The Dem Party goal is to import voters
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 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 28, 2024 Around half a dozen of Musk's posts also falsely insist the US election system is meaningfully vulnerable to fraud. He called for the elimination of electronic voting machines because of their “risk of being hacked by humans or AI” in a X post he made on June 15. He also asserted that “Mail-in and drop box ballots should not be allowed,” accompanied by a video of Fox News’ Jesse Waters and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson making claims about the ease of which non-citizens can vote in American elections. Neither post has been corrected. (The Brennan Center for Justice has called instances of voter fraud “extremely rare” and notes that states have “multiple layers of security to protect against malfeasance.”) One of Musk's posts even featured an AI-generated deepfake of Democratic nominee and current Vice President Kamala Harris. The faked fooage features the voice of someone claiming to be Harris talking about how she’s the “ultimate diversity hire” and how she tries to “sound black” and “pretends to celebrate Kwanzaa.” Once again, the post has no community note or correction, even though sharing "synthetic, manipulated, or out-of-context media" is in direct contravention of X's policies. The CCDH report says the combined 50 tweets have been viewed approximately 1.2 billion times on X. Based on these and other posts written by Musk, Ahmed called for the amendment of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act 1986 to include social media companies “to be held liable in the same way as any newspaper, broadcaster or business across America.” The CCDH is currently involved in a legal battle with Musk and X Corp. The parent company of X filed a federal lawsuit in San Francisco against the non-profit group claiming it illegally scraped its servers and purposely picked hateful posts as part of “a scare campaign to drive away advertisers,” according to court documents. We attempted to reach X for a chance to comment but are unlikely to receive a fulsome response — the site effectively dissolved its public relations team under Musk's stewardship. This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Anti-hate group says Elon Musk continues to peddle election falsehoods on X unchecked
Elon Musk's X may have rules allowing for community notes about false election information and preventing deep fake videos. However, a new report s...
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Anti-hate group says Elon Musk continues to peddle election falsehoods on X unchecked
Elon Musk's X may have rules allowing for community notes about false election information and preventing deep fake videos. However, a new report s...
X sues advertisers for 'illegal boycott' of the platform https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2024-08%2Fbf1b19a0-5417-11ef-a7bf-eb0c09b059fe&resize=1400%2C933&client=19f2b5e49a271b2bde77&signature=62d0373dbc2e221fa917fc74eb6d2eee7be23c76 X, whose top executives have long railed against advertisers who fled the platform amid concerns over hate speech, is now also suing them. X has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) and several of its members, including Mars, Unilever and CVS Health, CEO Linda Yaccarino said in an open letter shared on X. According to Yaccarino, the group engaged in an “illegal boycott” of X. “The consequence - perhaps the intent - of this boycott was to seek to deprive X’s users, be they sports fans, gamers, journalists, activists, parents or political and corporate leaders, of the Global Town Square,” she wrote. As Axios points out, GARM is part of the World Federation of Advertisers (which is also named in the lawsuit) and was created to come up with brand safety guidelines for online advertisers. The lawsuit alleges that the group “conspired, along with dozens of non-defendant co-conspirators, to collectively withhold billions of dollars in advertising revenue from Twitter.” GARM didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. It’s not the first time X has filed a lawsuit against a group that Musk has accused of stoking an advertiser exodus from the platform. The company previously sued the Center Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), an anti-hate group that published research showing that X failed to take down hateful posts shared by premium subscribers. That lawsuit was later dismissed by a judge who said X was trying to “punish” the group for sharing unflattering research. X is also suing Media Matters, a watchdog group that published a report showing X had displayed ads alongside anti-Semitic content. “We tried being nice for 2 years and got nothing but empty words,” Musk, who nearly a year ago publicly told advertisers to “go fuck themselves," wrote in a post on Tuesday. “Now, it is war.” This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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X sues advertisers for 'illegal boycott' of the platform
X, whose top executives have long railed against advertisers who fled the platform amid concerns over hate speech, is now also suing them.
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X sues advertisers for 'illegal boycott' of the platform
X, whose top executives have long railed against advertisers who fled the platform amid concerns over hate speech, is now also suing them.