Trip.com's Q4 results confirm the company's international expansion is gaining real traction, with its global platform growing at three times the rate of its domestic business. The full-year story is compelling: revenue of $8.925 billion and operating income of $2.257 billion reflect a scaled, profitable travel platform.
Grok, a standalone app as well as a feature on Elon Musk's social media platform X, generated 3 million sexualized images in the 11 days after its image-editing feature was released in December, the UK-based Center for Countering Digital Hate reported. Users digitally stripped real women in images and more than 20,000 apparent children manipulating many into sexual poses. Musk responded dismissively, reposting an AI-generated image of a toaster in a bikini, saying he couldn't stop laughing about it.
Peter Burke was responding to recent reports that the platform's AI function, Grok, can be used to create fake sexualised images of people, including children. It comes amid reports by some users of X that the social media platform's AI tool Grok has been responsible for the editing of their photos by certain accounts to create nude images in their likeness - as well as sexualised images of children - mainly women and girls.
Ofcom has opened formal investigations into BT and Three after mobile outages this summer left Britons unable to make calls - including to emergency services. The UK's telecoms regulator said on Monday it is examining whether the two operators failed to meet their regulatory obligations after widespread call service disruptions affected millions of users. According to Ofcom, BT notified the watchdog of a software issue on July 24 and 25 that knocked out mobile call services on its EE network nationwide, preventing BT and EE customers
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA said Chief Executive Officer Luigi Lovaglio has been notified he is under investigation for alleged market manipulation and obstructing regulators in the bank's takeover of rival Mediobanca SpA. Monte Paschi also said it received a search order from Milan prosecutors. The company is confident in the correctness of its actions and is fully cooperating with authorities, it said in the statement on Thursday, following a media report.
Two U.S. senators are pushing the heads of the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to probe Meta Platforms after a recent Reuters investigation revealed the social media giant earned $16 billion from advertising scams and banned goods in 2024. A letter from Senators Josh Hawley (R‑MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D‑CT) to the agencies calls for a full investigation into Meta, pointing out that internal documents show Meta earned about 10% of its annual revenue from scam and fraudulent ads last year.
investigate and, if appropriate, bring enforcement actions against Meta for its facilitation of and profiting from criminal investment scams, fake government benefits schemes, deepfake pornography, and other fraudulent activities.
I can't explain the feeling, the mother told the newspaper of learning her one-year-old had been collected by a man she didn't know. We don't blame him. We are not angry with him. We are not upset at him we blame the daycare.
'Those VOCs coming out of our system are about the equivalent to one passenger car driving down the road,' he said. Bauer also said the chance for an explosion at the facility is extremely low. 'At any one time, we have very little gases in our system,' he said. 'It would be equivalent to camping stove propane. That's your potential of ignition.'
