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Google dominates online ads, says antitrust trial witness, but publishers are feeling ‘stuck’

Google’s tool that lets publishers sell ad space on their websites is ubiquitous, but that’s largely a testament to how hard it is for customers to get out of it, one former publishing executive testified in federal court on Tuesday. “I felt like they were holding us hostage,” said Stephanie Layser, a former programmatic advertising executive at News Corp (which …

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Will California flip the AI industry on its head?

Artificial intelligence is moving quickly. It’s now able to mimic humans convincingly enough to fuel massive phone scams or spin up nonconsensual deepfake imagery of celebrities to be used in harassment campaigns. The urgency to regulate this technology has never been more critical — so, that’s what California, home to many of AI’s biggest players, is trying to do with …

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Martin Odegaard injury: Arsenal midfielder due for scans as Norway team doctor says, ‘probably no fracture’

Getty Images Martin Odegaard was due for scans in London on Thursday on the ankle injury that threatens to damage Arsenal’s early season prospects, according to CBS Sports sources.  Odegaard limped out of Norway’s 2-1 win over Austria on Monday night, rolling his ankle following a challenge with Christoph Baumgartner that already had Arsenal fearing the worst. With trips to …

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