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World’s First ‘Miss AI’ Beauty Pageant Offers $20k Prize for Top AI Models
On Sunday, applications opened for the brand-new "Miss AI" competition. What sets this competition apart from other iterations of the popular beauty pageantry format is that the models themselves will not be human.
Instead, Miss AI is a beauty pageant...
Celebrities
Elon Musk May Start Charging New Users of X
Elon Musk has said in a post on X that he is considering implementing a "small fee" for new users if they want to post, bookmark, or like on the platform with the aim of tackling the issue of...
Greek News
Use of Twitter in US Fell by a Fifth Since Elon Musk Took Charge
Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter and relaunched it as X, its use in the US has decreased by more than a fifth, data from app-monitoring company Sensor Tower shows.
The number of Americans using the social network every day as...
Greek News
Iconic Traffic Policeman of Greece, “Moustakias,” Dies
A beloved and popular traffic policeman in Athens, Greece, nicknamed "Moustakias," who witnessed the city during some of its worst traffic nightmares in the '80s and '90s, has died, according to a recent social media post.
Given the affectionate nickname...
Media
Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes for Social Media Harming Children
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized to families who say their children had been harmed by social media during a fiery hearing in the US Senate.
Zuckerberg, who runs Instagram and Facebook, turned to them and said, "No one should...
Life
Has Social Media Killed Love? Let’s Look at the Data
Did social media kill love? What is love? Your grandmother, your father, your mother can all give an answer. They all have a definition in mind. Do you?
If you are a Millennial or a Gen Z member you might...
Culture
The Oddly Greek Origin of Oxford’s Word of the Year 2023
"Rizz" has been crowned the word of the year for 2023 by the Oxford English Dictionary. Outshining contenders like Swiftie, situationship, and de-influencing, "rizz" won the prestigious title.
The competition recognizes words or phrases that have popped up recently and...
Technology
Meta to End Cross-Messaging Between Instagram and Facebook
Starting in mid-December, Instagram and Facebook messages won't work together anymore. Meta recently updated some support pages with this information. After this change, you can't begin new cross-messaging chats between Instagram and Facebook.
Any such previous conversations to which this...
Business
Elon Musk Announces Twitter Memorabilia Auction
Multi-billionaire Elon Musk has been reinventing the Twitter brand and putting building signs and other Twitter paraphernalia up for auction.
Bidding for the newly announced auction starts on September 12th, and the auction closes two days later. After placing a...
Celebrities
Musk to Pay Costs for Workers Getting in Trouble for Tweets
Elon Musk pledges to cover expenses for individuals who have faced unjust treatment from their employers due to their interactions with X (previously referred to as Twitter).
The wealthy entrepreneur has stated that his company will offer unrestricted financial support...