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The highly popular meme coin PEPE struggles to rebound from a bearish trend, while some investors flock to the new… Continue reading Is PEPE’s Price Continually Falling, Opposite to This New Layer 2 Frog Meme Coin with High Staking APY?
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The highly popular meme coin PEPE struggles to rebound from a bearish trend, while some investors flock to the new $PEPU meme token for its Layer 2 and staking advantages.

Today features an update on the famous Pepe coin. The discussion begins with a technical analysis perspective and then explores a Pepe-themed project with significant potential, possibly 100x from launch.

Exciting developments are ahead, so let’s dive straight into the Pepe update and then move on to Pepe Unchained.

PEPE price analysis

First, examine potential buying areas for Pepe and discuss the profits that could be made from all-time highs if the chart experiences a significant pump in the current market. Starting with the daily chart for Pepe, focus on market structure, which determines whether the trend is up or down.

The higher low points in the market structure to reference are marked by yellow lines. These lines indicate potential significant pullbacks after breaking a high. Once that high is broken again, it confirms a higher low market structure, crucial for determining the asset’s trend direction.

These levels are also important for identifying potential reversal and buying levels of support. Currently, the last confirmed higher low is in this area. From the current price, a 21% move to the downside would still maintain the bullish market structure, meaning Pepe remains bullish as long as this level holds.

This could be a good buying area, as testing these higher low market structure points often leads to strong bounces. This strategy could involve a Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) approach. Moving to the 4-hour timeframe for Pepe, observe an upward-sloping parallel channel.

The resistance points here indicate an ascending range chart pattern, suggesting a micro uptrend. If the price breaks to the downside and loses this market structure point, a continuation trade to the downside might occur, potentially around 2.79% or even 8.14%.

PEPE price prediction

While PEPE appeared poised for a recovery earlier today, it has actually lost 1% in the past hour. This decline has weakened its momentum, with indicators suggesting further losses before a potential rebound.

For instance, its relative strength index (RSI) has dropped from 70 in the early morning to 40. This indicates increased selling pressure, with the coin’s 30-day average also beginning to decline again after approaching the 200-day average earlier today.

However, since PEPE has been falling into oversold territory for much of the past few weeks, today’s dip may not last long. This view is supported by the coin’s resistance and support levels, which are converging towards a pinch point that could trigger a significant move.

The rise in trading volume today is an encouraging sign that this move could be upward, following a period where whales dumped a portion of their PEPE holdings.

Interestingly, PEPE reached its current all-time high of $0.00001718 more recently than most other major tokens, suggesting it may have more near-term momentum than many alternatives.

This momentum could align with upcoming Ethereum ETF launches, potentially boosting PEPE’s price, as Ethereum-based meme coins like PEPE are likely to benefit from any post-ETF lift.

The coin remains popular among whales, who have repeatedly pumped the token over the past year. They may do so again soon, with PEPE potentially reaching $0.000013 in a few weeks and $0.00002 by Q4.

Analysts have mixed sentiments: some predict a rise to around $0.000011 to $0.000015 within the next month or year, while others foresee a bearish trend, with prices potentially dropping to $0.0000024 by the end of 2026.

Pepe Unchained (PEPU): New frog meme coin with 100x potential returns at launch

Now, let’s shift focus to a new project with significant potential over the next 6 to 12 months: Pepe Unchained. Pepe Unchained ($PEPU) is gearing up for a notable market entry, generating growing excitement.

Just a week after launching its Initial Coin Offering (ICO), the project has raised nearly 2 million. This rapid fundraising success highlights the strong investor confidence in Pepe Unchained’s potential. The presale is divided into several phases, with the token price increasing at each stage.

Currently, $PEPU is available for $0.0081939, but there are only 18 hours left before the next phase starts, which will see a price increase. To participate in the presale, visit Pepe Unchained’s website, connect a wallet, and purchase using ETH, USDT, or BNB. Credit card payments are also accepted for added convenience.

Staking is a key component of Pepe Unchained’s strategy, with over 158 million $PEPU tokens currently staked, offering attractive rewards. With more than 1012% APY rewards available, staking presents a lucrative opportunity for participants.

Pepe Unchained, the project’s layer-2 solution, addresses Ethereum’s longstanding scalability problems. By increasing transaction capacity, Pepe Unchained ensures faster processing times and reduced fees, enhancing user efficiency.

Pepe has broken his chains with his own layer 2 blockchain solution:

🧠 Instant bridging between ETH and Pepe Chain
🧠 Lowest transaction fees
🧠 100x faster transaction speeds compared to ETH
🧠 Dedicated Block Explorer

Join the future with Pepe Unchained! ⛓️🐸 pic.twitter.com/hluCsuV1Xz

— Pepe Unchained (@pepe_unchained) July 1, 2024

One of Pepe Unchained’s key benefits is its ability to handle a higher volume of transactions per second compared to Ethereum. This results in quicker confirmation times and a smoother overall experience for users.

Additionally, Pepe Unchained’s improved scalability helps reduce network congestion, a common issue with Ethereum during peak usage times. Another significant advantage is the lower transaction fees.

High demand on Ethereum often leads to soar gas fees, making transactions expensive. Pepe Unchained strives to maintain consistently low fees, making it more affordable for users to interact with the blockchain.

Join the Pepe Unchained community on X and Telegram to stay updated on the latest news and developments. To take part in the $PEPU token presale, visit pepeunchained.com.

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XDefiant got off to a great start when it launched its trial Season 0 around six weeks ago. Time flies… Continue reading XDefiant Season 1 Patch Notes – everything that’s new and fixed
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XDefiant got off to a great start when it launched its trial Season 0 around six weeks ago. Time flies when you are having fun and we are finally at the main launch of Season 1 – Can Ubisoft’s themed shooter continue to fill the mid-year void of Call of Duty, and even set itself up to challenge the mighty franchise later in the year?

Time will tell, but for now, let’s take a look at what the Season 1 patch brings with it and pull out some key highlights.

XDefiant Season 1 Patch highlights

The patch is a sizable one – maybe not as big as many we have seen in the past but there are enough changes here to keep us honest.

Some of the things worth looking at for starters include the lowering of the XP threshold to speed up progression through the Battle Pass which seemed a tad slow in Season 0.

We have a new map, Clubhouse which features a two-storey building, and a new Capture the Flag game mode all alongside a decent number of balancing changes and the introduction of weapon mastery. Oh, and we get a nice new faction too – the GSK.

So, nothing groundbreaking, but a fair few things you would expect to find. Here are the patch notes in detail.

XDefiant Season 1 Patch notes

Gameplay

Changed the expiration timing of activated Boosters so their lifespan counts down only during match time, when you’re actually playing, rather than all the time, like when you’re folding laundry or whatever.

Lowered the XP threshold for each Battle Pass tier to give Battle Pass progression a little more pep.

Tuned Match Bonus XP rewards: MVP and Victory went from 2,000 to 1,000 XP. Draw went from 1,000 to 500. Completion doubled from 2,000 to 4,000 to encourage player stick-to-itiveness.

Answered a community ask to add a headshot icon to the Killfeed because it feels good to rub it in.

Factions

Added the GSK faction and their no-nonsense announcer: HQ.

These elite Team Rainbow operators from Germany’s Border Protection Command specialize in crowd control and securing territory. They can deploy electrified barbed wire for area denial, counter incoming enemy devices with their Active Defense System, and dazzle multiple foes with flash charges mounted on their G52-Tactical Shield ultra. Call them Grenzschutzkommando because it’s fun and also accurate.

Increased the cooldown of Echelon’s Intel Suit from 30 to 40 seconds.

Tuned the cooldown of the Phantoms’ Mag Barrier from 30 to 40 seconds. Mag Barrier hit points were also reduced from 500 to 400.

The Phantoms’ AEGIS now takes damage from EMP grenades (lob six to put it out of commission).

DedSec Hijack cooldown decreased from 28 seconds (plus the remaining duration of the hacked skill) to 20 seconds (plus the remaining duration of the hacked skill).

For example, let’s say a Mag Barrier has 7 seconds left and gets hacked: The cooldown becomes 20 plus 7 seconds. Failed Hijack cooldown, meanwhile, decreases from 8 to 5 seconds.
DedSec’s Spiderbot cooldown increased from 25 to 40 seconds.

Adjusted Spiderbot behavior so multiple Spiderbots won’t attempt to hug the same face, nor will Spiderbots continue to ignore faces they’ve hugged multiple recent times. Some give and take from the Spiderbot kingdom.

Decreased the cooldown of Libertad’s BioVida Boost from 25 to 20 seconds.

Fixed Libertad’s Medico Supremo so it will no longer disappear after the deploying player respawns as a different faction.

Maps

Added the new Clubhouse map, a two-story hangout popular with international operators. Ideal for firefights in the short- to mid-range. Home to game modes Domination, Occupy, Hot Shot, and the new CTF.

Game Modes

Added Capture the Flag, hereafter referred to as CTF. For the uninitiated: You take the enemy’s flag from their base and bring it back to your own, while protecting your team’s flag. CTF is available on a variety of maps.

Weapons

Improved the hit flinch penalty incurred when being shot with a sniper rifle equipped.

These changes are intended to refine the behavior of hit flinch, prevent instances where the camera would move off the target with the first hit and back onto the target with the second, and improve the experience for players sensitive to wild camera movements. Here’s the nitty-gritty:
The speed of the hit flinch camera transition has been increased by 25 percent.
The camera will now always kick upward rather than up or down at random.
The amount the camera will kick left or right has been increased by 3 times.
Added the L115 sniper rifle, which is not quite as heavy as the TAC-50 and has faster handling, although it deals slightly less damage and is not as effective at penetrating cover.
Added the LVOA-C, a snazzy customized rifle similar to the M4A1. It has a much faster rate of fire than the M4A1, but with that comes more recoil and less range. It also has slightly longer reload and equip times.
Added the Sawed Off secondary weapon. This close-range version of the double-barreled shotgun packs a big boom for its size. Imagine carrying a primary weapon in your secondary slot and that’s this.
Added new Mastery skins: Titanium Violet (unlocked at Weapon Level 300), Titanium Azure (unlocked at 350), and Titanium Prisma (unlocked at 400).
Fixed weapons and optics shake in first-person view while using ADS.

Devices

Added a new and improved visual effect for the flash grenade (replacing the previous effect, which was…intense). The new effect is less retina-searing but still appropriately disorientating.

Removed an exploit where players could respawn with multiple devices after fiddling with the “Copy Loadout” option in the lobby, so nice try.

Audio

Tweaked the mix of in-game voices and sound effects for volume and clarity.

Miscellaneous

Players who participated in the Closed Beta were supposed to keep Kersey’s Dungaree skin. They didn’t but now they do.

Fixed Challenge-tracking issues with Ubisoft Connect.

Graphical and audio fixes, various.

Additional crash fixes.

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There was a time before all the skins and microtransaction nonsense that Call of Duty was a military shooter based… Continue reading Whisky Tango Foxtrot is going on with Call of Duty? New leaked Extra Crispy skin turns your enemies into fried chicken
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There was a time before all the skins and microtransaction nonsense that Call of Duty was a military shooter based on realistic scenarios. Now it seems the mobile version at least is taking aim at games like Fortnite and offering up kerrrrrazy options for those that want their soldiers to wear giant chicken suits.

Much like K-Pop stars coming to PUBG the Extra Crispy bundle offers nothing to the game for those that do not want to revel in the stupidity of it all.

A quick watch of the trailer and you find yourself checking the date to make sure it’s not April 1st already. Indeed, part of me still thinks it must be a prank after the trailer was leaked.

Okay so the trailer is well done but it’s like having a fever dream as chicken soldiers jump out of helicopters and with the simple act of shooting enemies turn them into giant pieces of fried chicken.

Needless to say, the response on the internet has not been wholly positive with comments such as:

“CoD is just trynna be Fortnite now. It’s sad, this is one of the major reasons why the game is failing.”

“I don’t understand the hype around spending at very least $20 for a gun skin.”

“Holy Fortnite. Can you not see some folks just want a slightly arcadey mil-sim.”

“They just type in “call of duty skin idea” into Chat GPT and come up with this random garbage lol”

It certainly seems as though Call of Duty Mobile is pivoting away from its roots as injecting this into a game takes away any semblance of realism for people who just want to play a game of electronic soldiers.

Somewhere along the way, it will still sell well. Unless it does turn out to be nonsense.

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Ad-supported streaming service Tubi brings its library of over 20,000 titles to the UK. After launching successfully in the US… Continue reading Netflix streaming rival Tubi expands with over 20,000 titles
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Ad-supported streaming service Tubi brings its library of over 20,000 titles to the UK.

After launching successfully in the US and Canada, gathering 80 million monthly active users, Tubi is now coming to the UK. The ad-based streaming service has a library of over 20,000 movies and TV shows to watch on demand, besting Netflix’s offering of over 17,000.

While Tubi has less than half of the active monthly users than Netflix, that could be set to change. Tubi is free to the user, making income from ads rather than subscription fees. It has partnered with a range of broadcasters and studios, including Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, to bring big titles to the platform and create its own original content.

What is Tubi TV?

At a time when other streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Prime Video are hiking prices, Tubi has gathered users by remaining free and promising a “low ad load”. Tubi will launch in the UK on Monday, July 15 and will welcome some classic British movies to the platform to celebrate the occasion. There are other specialized titles too, including Bollywood and Nollywood films, and Arthouse Cinema.

It already hosts some UK TV shows, such as Doctor Who, Line of Duty, and other BBC and ITV shows and is expected to continue such partnerships moving forward.

“At a time when traditional programming feels homogenous and when finding what to watch feels like a chore, Tubi has been effective at delivering delight beyond the monoculture with content that appeals to diverse and vibrant fandoms,” Managing Director of International at Tubi David Salmon told T3.

“We believe that we can build a brilliantly broad, culturally ambitious offering that puts UK audiences back at the centre, and makes it fun and easy to enjoy great entertainment from around the world.”

The app will be available across iOS, Android, on the web and eventually on major smart TV platforms.

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China has unveiled a proposal to establish a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Standardization Technical Committee as part of its Ministry of… Continue reading China pushes to compete with Neuralink with new brain tech committee
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China has unveiled a proposal to establish a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Standardization Technical Committee as part of its Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The plan aims to spearhead the development and regulation of BCI technologies, similar to those being developed by Elon Musk’s Neuralink.

The proposal, announced by the Department of Science and Technology, outlines a framework for creating and refining standards essential to the BCI field. These standards will include a range of aspects including brain information collection, data communication, and the application of BCI in various industries such as healthcare, education, and consumer electronics.

BCIs are a relatively new area of technical research where signals from the brain are used to control an external device, such as a robotic limb. Neuralink Corp, co-founded by the Tesla billionaire in 2016, is working on an implantable device and is seeking people with quadriplegia to participate in a clinical trial, according to its website.

In April this year, the Chinese state-backed company Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology developed a brain implant called Neucyber, which was tested on a monkey, allowing it to control a robotic arm with its thoughts. According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, the technology was “independently developed” and is China’s first “high-performance invasive BCI.”

The ministry is seeking public opinions on the matter, with responses due by July 30.

Why is China competing with Neuralink?

The government’s announcement indicates China’s intention to “accelerate the development of similar technologies to rival western competitors like Neuralink” after mainly focusing its efforts on academic research settings.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged China to “step up its domestic innovation” due to other countries’ dominance in certain strategic technologies. Specifically, Beijing is investing billions of dollars into its semiconductor industry as the US considers further restrictions on China’s access to chip technology.

By establishing clear standards and fostering a collaborative environment among industry, academia, and government, the country hopes to advance its capabilities in this emerging field and potentially compete with leading global players like Neuralink.

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Amazon is reviewing allegations that Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence startup, has been scraping content from major news websites without… Continue reading Amazon probes Perplexity AI for alleged content scraping
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Amazon is reviewing allegations that Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence startup, has been scraping content from major news websites without permission.

An Amazon spokesperson said on Friday (June 28) that the company is looking into several reports from WIRED and Forbes that claim that Perplexity has been accessing content from websites that explicitly prohibit such scraping practices. Perplexity operates using servers provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The representative also noted that all AWS clients are required to adhere to the instructions in the robots.txt file. These files are generally used on websites to instruct bots and web crawlers to refrain from scraping their data, whether for generative AI tools or other uses.

“AWS’s terms of service prohibit abusive and illegal activities and our customers are responsible for complying with those terms. We routinely receive reports of alleged abuse from a variety of sources and engage our customers to understand those reports,” the representative said.

Forbes’ editor and chief content officer, Randall Lane, charged Perplexity with committing “cynical theft,” accusing the company of creating “knockoff stories” that contain “eerily similar wording” and “entirely lifted fragments” from its articles.

He added: “More egregiously, the post, which looked and read like a piece of journalism, didn’t mention Forbes at all, other than a line at the bottom of every few paragraphs that mentioned ‘sources,’ and a very small icon that looked to be the ‘F’ from the Forbes logo – if you squinted.”

Has Perplexity AI plagiarized content?

The San Francisco-based AI search startup, Perplexity, once celebrated by top tech investors like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, has recently faced scrutiny over plagiarism accusations.

Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, denied allegations that his company was “ignoring the Robot Exclusions Protocol and then lying about it.” Srinivas acknowledged to Fast Company that Perplexity does use third-party web crawlers in addition to its own, and confirmed that the bot identified by WIRED was among them.

However, he added, “It was accurately pointed out by Forbes that they preferred a more prominent highlighting of the source.” Srinivas also mentioned that sources are now more prominently spotlighted.

ReadWrite has reached out to Amazon and Perplexity for comment.

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Fresh off the crossover with Fallout, Call of Duty dataminers say they have evidence that Modern Warfare 3, and Call… Continue reading Call of Duty leakers say Marvel’s Wolverine and Deadpool are next in line for a crossover
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Fresh off the crossover with Fallout, Call of Duty dataminers say they have evidence that Modern Warfare 3, and Call of Duty; Warzone, will be collaborating with Deadpool and Wolverine in the live service game’s next season of content.

Over the weekend, leaker/dataminer TheRed ZipiT shared on X animations showing operator finishing moves that were very evocative of Ryan Reynolds’ portrayal of Deadpool.

Deadpool Finishing Move
Deadpool & Wolverine Crossover in Call of Duty #CallofDuty #Warzone #WarzoneMobile #DeadpoolAndWolverine #Deadpool #Wolverine #MW3 #Warzone pic.twitter.com/RpEulSgPB8

— TheRed ZipiT (@TheredZipit) June 30, 2024

While we have not seen anything from Wolverine, yet, Marvel’s two baddest, smirking antiheroes are hitting the big screen on July 26, which makes a crossover with video gaming’s biggest shooter franchise a little more plausible.

This all follows earlier datamined leaks later proven true, such as Fallout (which launched last week) and Gundam before that. So while Wolverine and Deadpool sound really weird and discordant with the franchises’ themes, they’re no more weird than Fallout or Gundam, and the leakers have yet to be proven wrong.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III launched in November and is currently in its fourth season as a live service game. The next Call of Duty coming to Windows PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X, is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, whose multiplayer beta is due to begin in late August. The full game is due to launch Oct. 25 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

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If you’re not familiar with how much Talismans can affect your Elden Ring game then picking up and equipping this… Continue reading How to get Two-Handed Sword Talisman in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
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If you’re not familiar with how much Talismans can affect your Elden Ring game then picking up and equipping this specific one will change all of that.

We’re talking about the Two-Handed Sword Talisman here and as you would expect from the name of this one, it’ll help you two-handed users.

But, to get this Talisman, you will have to head off the beaten path.

Here, we’ll take you through exactly how to get to the Two-Handed Sword Talisman in Shadow of the Erdtree so you can boost your two-handed power.

Where to find Two-Handed Sword Talisman in Shadow of the Erdtree

The Two-Handed Sword Talisman is located within the Temple Town Ruins, specifically, right at the top of the area, inside a small room.

If you haven’t discovered the Temple Town Ruins though, it is somewhat hidden, so let’s talk about how to get there easily.

First start at Moorth Ruins, head northeast, and go through the tunnel north of the small body of water.

Carry on and through the poison area, following the path round to the Ancient Ruins Base Site of Grace.

Then, you can go west/southwest, and if you carry on long enough, you should come across the Temple Town Ruins.

There is also a Site of Grace close by, just a little northwest, so grab that in case of any issues.

Once you’re in the Ruins, just progress through to the top structure as previously mentioned, head into the room, and open the chest to receive the Two-Handed Sword Talisman.

Now you can simply equip it and you’ll receive a substantial buff when utilizing any weapon in a two-handed fashion – more than worth doing a little exploring for!

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The U.S. Supreme Court has referred two state laws designed to regulate social media platforms back to lower courts on… Continue reading Supreme Court sends social media regulation laws back to lower courts
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The U.S. Supreme Court has referred two state laws designed to regulate social media platforms back to lower courts on Monday (July 1), stating that the First Amendment shields these companies from government meddling in their content feeds. However, the court did not rule out the potential for some elements of these laws to be upheld.

The lawsuit—Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton—originates from regulations in Texas and Florida intended to force social media platforms to host a wide range of user opinions. These laws were enacted after several platforms banned former President Donald Trump for breaching their rules against promoting violence, following the events of January 6, 2021.

Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her summation that “work must be done consistent with the First
Amendment, which does not go on leave when social media are involved.”

All the justices agreed with the decision, though there were multiple concurring opinions. Justice Kagan authored the majority opinion, which was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson concurred with parts of the majority opinion. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito each wrote concurring opinions, with both Thomas and Neil Gorsuch joining Alito’s opinion.

Why did social media platforms file a free speech lawsuit?

The main focus of the arguments in these cases was on how the laws affected only the curated feeds of major social media platforms, like Facebook’s News Feed, implying that the platforms were challenging the laws because they restricted their control over content curation.

Tech advocacy organizations NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association filed lawsuits, arguing that the laws infringe on the platforms’ constitutional rights to make editorial decisions regarding the content they permit or prohibit.

However, Justice Kagan wrote: “[The] question in such a case is whether a law’s unconstitutional applications are substantial compared to its constitutional ones. To make that judgment, a court must determine a law’s full set of applications, evaluate which are constitutional and which are not, and compare the one to the other. Neither court performed that necessary inquiry.”

The justices set aside previous rulings by the 11th and 5th Circuit appellate courts and provided guidelines for lower courts to evaluate the constitutionality of these laws. The legislation emerged following complaints from conservative politicians in both states, who accused major tech companies of bias against conservative perspectives. Different rulings by appellate courts in each state on the legality of the statutes led to the Supreme Court being tasked with the final decision on social media regulation.

“Today, we vacate both decisions for reasons independent of the First Amendment merits,” Justice Elena Kagan stated in the majority opinion.

Knight Institute comments on Supreme Court ruling In #NetChoice cases involving Florida and Texas social media laws. See our statement on today’s decision from @JameelJaffer below. https://t.co/sOGyBMCS7s pic.twitter.com/pHbXxaxtRt

— Knight First Amendment Institute (@knightcolumbia) July 1, 2024

Kagan’s majority opinion in #Netchoice is complex, but it is also refreshingly clear about the heart of the #FirstAmendment issue: “a State may not interfere with private actors’ speech to advance its own vision of ideological balance.” https://t.co/hk8K4eI9IY

— Dr. Mary Anne Franks (@ma_franks) July 1, 2024

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University said the ruling was “careful and considered”. George Washington University law professor Dr. Mary Anne Franks added that it was “refreshingly clear”.

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT had a blunder following the night of the US presidential debate between Trump and Biden as it said… Continue reading ChatGPT makes error, insists US Presidential debate had 1 to 2-minute delay
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT had a blunder following the night of the US presidential debate between Trump and Biden as it said the event had a two-minute delay.

The error originated from a journalist on X (formerly Twitter) who claimed that CNN would be implementing a “1-2 minute delay” instead of the standard 7-second delay.

The communications team for the broadcaster quickly took to the platform and responded back saying: “This is false. The debate will begin live at 9pm ET.”

This is false. The debate will begin live at 9pm ET.

— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) June 27, 2024

While the mistake was cleared up quite quickly, ChatGPT didn’t quite get the memo. A day after the debate, on Friday (June 28), the chatbot was convinced that the minute-long delay was used.

While it was insignificant in the grand scheme of things, the response by OpenAI’s creation shows how it isn’t able to decipher between what’s correct and otherwise. Instead, it merely regurgitates information regardless of how factual it is.

ChatGPT tested after presidential debate

The Register queried with both the GPT-3.5 and GPT-4o versions and asked it “Did the CNN Presidential debate between Trump and Biden on June 27, 2024 have a 2-minute delay?”

In response, ChatGPT said: “The CNN Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden on June 27, 2024, did indeed include a two-minute delay.

“This delay was implemented to ensure that any unexpected incidents could be managed before broadcasting live to the public. The debate, held without a live audience, was moderated by CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.”

After being pressed for sources and information around the apparent delay, the AI tool replied with: “I couldn’t find any information confirming that the CNN Presidential debate between Trump and Biden on June 27, 2024, had a 2-minute delay.”

When more questions were asked, ChatGPT messed up a few more times too as it claimed the two-minutes was a rule for the two 2020 debates. It also said that a former event was hosted by Fox when it was actually done through CNN.

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