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SXSW Used AI-Powered Trademark Tool To Censor Dissent on Instagram: “You’re allowed to use a company’s name to talk about the company, right? How else are you going to do it?,” Cara Gagliano told 404 Media, a senior staff attorney who specializes in trademark and intellectual property law

Airbnb Hosts Don't Want to Talk to Guests Anymore, Are Outsourcing Messages to AI | An entire industry of companies offers Airbnb hosts AI to speak to guests on their behalf. 404 Media poked around the industry after one AI tool offered a guest a recipe for French toast

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Metacritic Will Kick Out Media Attempting To Submit AI Generated Reviews

Metacritic will kick out media attempting to submit AI generated reviews

How ICE and CBP Use Free Walkie-Talkie App ‘Zello’ to Power Their Operations | 404 Media found multiple users of Zello, an app previously used by January 6 insurrectionists, linked to ICE officials. An officer at the scene of an CBP official shooting a U.S. citizen also used the app

20-gigawatt Chinese microwave weapon touted as ‘Starlink’s worst nightmare’ by country's media — portable 5-ton device can deliver full-minute destructive bursts

AWS says you're on your own if media codec patent owners come knocking

Arkansas inmates restricted from receiving physical books, other media directly

Pentagon readies 1,500 troops to possibly deploy to Minnesota, US media say

Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2026

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2026 looks ominous for media, from Hollywood to journalism

The top 6 media/entertainment startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield

Android Auto may finally let you cast media from your phone

Vietnam Tightens Control Over Media With Press Law Changes

EU moves to shield media, elections from Russian 'hybrid attacks'

Dropping Trust in US Media

Trust in Media at New Low of 28% in US

The F.C.C.’s Brendan Carr Plans to Keep Going After the Media Following Jimmy Kimmel’s Return