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Consider this a belated PSA. Recent changes to Google’s privacy settings allow the company to store more data, including media such as “images, files, and audio and video recordings,” to improve its AI models. In other words, when you upload media to Google’s search service, it will be used to train its AI unless you opt out. The change was made possible by a discreet update to privacy settings for Google’s search service that was announced via customer email in June. With this update, the company has essentially opted to participate in this expanded AI training in the name of…
microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, or 2.1% of its workforce, with its Xbox division losing about a fifth of its workforce in the software giant’s latest efforts to cut costs in the age of artificial intelligence. “The way we build, deploy, and use technology is changing more rapidly than at any point in my time here,” Amy Coleman, Microsoft’s chief human resources officer and a 27-year veteran of the company, said in a message to employees Monday.Xbox will cut 3,200 jobs by fiscal year 2027, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said in an email to department employees Monday, with 1,600 roles…
If you have your back to the wall, you won’t hit your head. Russian President Vladimir Putin is perhaps in the most precarious position ever. But with NATO meeting in Ankara this week, is this really the moment he chooses to put the alliance to the test? His choice of war, which is dragging down Russia’s economy along with his approval ratings in public opinion polls, is now in its fifth year. Questions are growing about what President Putin can do with Ukraine’s newfound confidence as long- and medium-range shelling of Kiev continues, causing widespread damage that leaves gas starved…
Emilia Clarke’s brain aneurysmEmilia Clarke, who filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, published an essay in The New Yorker in 2019 titled “A Battle for My Life.”After suffering a severe headache at the gym, the actress writes, “I made it to the bathroom and fell to my knees feeling very, very sick.” “During that time, the pain was getting worse with shooting, stabbing, squeezing pain. On some level, I knew what was happening: my brain was damaged.”She was taken to the hospital for a brain scan.”The diagnosis was swift and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a life-threatening type…
4 more wins. How can your team reach the finals and win the 2026 World Cup? Click here to find out.Who: USA vs BelgiumContent: 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 16Location: Seattle Stadium, Seattle, Washington, USADate and time: Monday 7pm (00:00 GMT Tuesday)How to follow: Get everything ready on Al Jazeera Sports from 20:30 GMT before the live text commentary stream.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe dirty game begins before the ball is even kicked – and America has the advantage. Some may argue that it’s unfair.Less than 48 hours before the U.S. faced Belgium in the last…
Médecins Sans Frontières medical workers wearing personal protective equipment move through an isolated red zone to monitor patients, provide medical care and ensure hygiene at an Ebola treatment center in Munizi, Congo, June 2, 2026.Jospin Mwisha | AFP | Getty ImagesA year after Washington slashed international aid efforts, the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in Central Africa is being worsened by cuts to foreign aid from the United States and Western countries, experts say. Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda declared an outbreak in May after laboratory tests detected the spread of the Bundibugyo virus, which causes a…
space x President Gwynne Shotwell announced Monday that she would donate to the Trump Accounts program, joining a growing list of corporations and billionaires pledging to support investment accounts for American children under 18.The gift, which includes Shotwell and her husband’s SpaceX stock, will go to about 2 million Trump accounts and will put “a little more emphasis” on children who live near their home in central Texas, Shotwell said in a post about X.”We have been blessed with our careers, and we hope this gift will inspire future generations to continue our journey to enable humanity to live and…
Adam Sandler shares marriage advice for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey, who officiated their weddingJuly 3rd was the night Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey put their heartbreak behind them and said yes to forever. But among the 1,000 or so friends and loved ones who flocked to Madison Square Garden to witness the wedding, Swift’s best friend from the early 2010s, Dianna Agron, wasn’t among them. Instead, the Glee alum was in England for the weekend and watched Mumford & Sons perform. Although Agron and former bandmate Winston Marshall finalized their divorce in 2020, she appears to still be close…
For some Egyptian soccer fans, watching Mohamed Salah qualify for two World Cups with Egypt in 2018 and 2026 will never make up for the fact that the “golden generation” failed to qualify in 2006, 2010 and 2014.”It’s unfair to compare the two generations,” Ahmed Elshek, a former national team player who now covers the World Cup for Modern MTI TV, told Al Jazeera.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”The golden generation did everything except go to the World Cup. They beat Italy (when they won the World Cup). The draw in the qualifying round was not kind to…
This photo taken on March 26, 2026 shows an oil tanker loading crude oil at the port of Yantai city in eastern China’s Shandong province. CN-STR | AFP | Getty ImagesAnalysts say Iran is likely to face challenges cleaning up its oil inventories even after export restrictions are lifted, as oil from other suppliers floods the market while its biggest customer tweaks its energy strategy. China, the world’s largest oil importer, has not been particularly active in purchasing Iranian crude, even though it has traditionally been the country’s main buyer of energy. “In reality, the Chinese have not shown any…