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By Caitlin Harrington Business Jul 7, 2023 8:00 AM ChatGPT Is Reshaping Crowd Work Although some workers shun chatbot help, platforms are adopting policies or technology to deter use of AI—potentially making crowd work more difficult. Illustration: James Marshall; Getty Images Save this story Save Save this story Save We …

Reece Rogers Security Jul 6, 2023 7:46 PM How Threads’ Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter’s (and Its Rivals’) Here’s what personal data is collected by Meta’s Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social. Photograph: AHMET YARALI/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this story Save …

Lily Hay Newman Security Jul 6, 2023 2:53 PM Don't Join Threads—Make Threads Join You Meta’s Twitter alternative promises that it will work with decentralized platforms, giving you greater control of your data. You can hold the company to that—if you don't sign up. Photograph: STEFANI REYNOLDS/Getty Images Save this …

Amanda Hoover Business Jul 6, 2023 1:52 PM How Threads Could Kill Twitter Meta’s microblogging app is intuitive, has already been downloaded by millions of people, and has other advantages over Twitter’s would-be rivals. Photograph: Don Farrall/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this story Save The announcement of Threads, …

Peter Guest Business Jul 6, 2023 2:00 AM How to Win a War With Trucks, Trolls, and Tourniquets Ukraine’s armed forces rely on a human chain of fundraisers, keyboard warriors, and drivers to supply everything from drones to combat medicine. Illustration: Mark Harris Ukraine: 500 Days of Resistance How a …

The Culex pipiens is thriving in Alberta. Now experts are trying to figure out what that means, and what the implications are when it comes to the spread of the West Nile virus. Pest known to carry West Nile virus is now being seen in the Prairies In an Edmonton …

The tornadoes that ripped across suburban Ottawa and near Montreal on Thursday highlight a growing concern for researchers. Preliminary data trends suggest Canada’s most densely populated zone, in Ontario and Quebec, may become the country's epicentre for twisters, with increasingly devastating consequences. Building codes need updating to reflect growing tornado …

How did the turtle cross the road? In Middletown, Conn., with the help of a dry cleaner. Staff at Best Cleaners help turtles along their migratory path, which runs through the business How did the turtle cross the road? In Middletown, Conn., with the help of a dry cleaner. Middletown …

India's space agency launched a rocket on Friday that sent a spacecraft into orbit and toward a touchdown on the moon next month. A successful landing could put India among a select group of countries. Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing is expected on Aug. 23 India's space agency launched a rocket on …

Joel Khalili Business Jul 6, 2023 2:00 AM London Wants American Crypto Refugees With US authorities cracking down, the UK government hopes to create a “Goldilocks zone” of regulation. Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, leaving a session at Parliament in London.Photograph: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images Save this story Save Save …