Posts by Riah Marton
Snap sued by parents of girl who was raped by man she met on Snapchat
Social media company Snap is being sued by the parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 years old by a man she met on disappearing messaging app Snapchat. The 111-page lawsuit, filed this week in a Missouri Circuit Court, alleges that Santa Monica-based Snap “enabled and facilitated the grooming, exploitation, and…
Read MoreSnap CEO Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr help erase $550 million in medical debt for Californians
Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel and his wife, supermodel Miranda Kerr, have helped pay off $550 million in medical debt for more than 261,000 Californians. The couple made a multimillion-dollar donation to Undue Medical Debt, a nonprofit that provides debt relief to people in financial need. The organization acquires medical debt in bulk from hospitals,…
Read MoreBailey Zimmerman Faces Felony Charge, Arrest Warrant for Allegedly Causing $16K in Damage to Hotel Room
Bailey Zimmerman is in hot water with New Mexico authorities. The country music star is facing is a fourth-degree felony for criminal damage to property over $1,000 and a misdemeanor for falsely obtaining services in charges filed on June 18, according to court records viewed by E! News. E! has reached out to Zimmerman’s rep…
Read MoreAs Hollywood leans into AI, the real battle is over likeness and who gets paid
When Brian Grazer has an idea for a movie, he now starts with a chatbot. The co-founder of Imagine Entertainment — the company behind “A Beautiful Mind,” “Apollo 13” and “Liar Liar” — said he sits down with Anthropic’s AI assistant, Claude, to rough out a story before handing it to a writer. “You can…
Read MoreBunnie Xo Reveals What She’s Getting in Jelly Roll Divorce Settlement
The Story of How Jelly Rolly & Bunnie Xo Met Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll‘s love story began in Las Vegas. As she recalled on Bussin’ With The Boys, she met the singer in August 2015 when he performed at the Las Vegas Country Saloon. This was before Jelly Roll was famous. At the time, he was…
Read MoreBillionaire tax proposal faces hurdles as it moves closer to November ballot
A contentious proposal to tax California billionaires to alleviate federal healthcare cuts moved closer to landing on the November ballot this week, but efforts to defeat the measure before it reaches voters have already escalated. The California secretary of state’s office said Wednesday that the proposal had enough valid signatures to be eligible for the…
Read MoreOlivia Wilde Reacts to Critics Saying She Looks Like “an Actual Dead Body” in Red Carpet Photo
Don’t worry, darling, Olivia Wilde is doing just fine. The Invite director addressed speculation about her health after a red carpet photo of her from the San Francisco International Film Festival went viral in April. For Wilde, it was “insane” to see social media users claim, as she put it, that she was “looking like…
Read MoreIBM Report: Most EMEA Executives Don’t Fully Understand Their AI Dependencies
AI is spreading fast across European businesses, but many companies are flying blind. The study conducted by IBM’s Institute for Business Value in partnership with Oxford Economics found that around 90% of executives in EMEA do not fully understand their organizations’ dependencies across AI vendors, models, and infrastructure. At the same time, nearly three-quarters said…
Read MoreSnap unveils its $2,195 augmented reality glasses as rivalry with Meta heats up
Social media company Snap showcased a pair of its $2,195 augmented reality glasses Tuesday, staking a claim in a race to reshape how people interact with computers. The Santa Monica tech company faces fierce competition as it takes on bigger rivals such as Meta that are dominating the sale of smart glasses and needs to…
Read MoreShinyHunters Claims Council of Europe HR Data, Threatens Leak
ShinyHunters has put the Council of Europe on the clock, claiming it stole 297GB of sensitive data and threatening to publish it unless its demands are met. The cyber extortion group says the data includes payroll records, medical information, employee data, and thousands of resumes spanning 16 years. The group has given the Council of…
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