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‘TODAY Show’ Host Sheinelle Jones Cries Tears Of Joy After Surprise Visit From Special Guests

Mother's Day came early for Sheinelle Jones when her book promotion turned into tears of joy.

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YouTube livestreams will show fewer ads to users who support creators with Super Chat, Super Sticker, or gift purchases, and disable ads during peak engagement (Andrew Romero/9to5Google)

Andrew Romero / 9to5Google:
YouTube livestreams will show fewer ads to users who support creators with Super Chat, Super Sticker, or gift purchases, and disable ads during peak engagement  —  YouTube has been under a microscope in recent months for increased ad frequency during videos and livestreams, whether purposeful or not.

Marvel's White Beast is pure evil in X-Men spinoff DNX

Why is Hank McCoy so evil? In his White Beast form, Marvel's X-Man is a straight up war criminal. Here's why.

Anthropic opposes an Illinois bill backed by OpenAI that would shield AI labs from liability, even for "critical harms" like 100+ deaths or $1B+ in damage (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Anthropic opposes an Illinois bill backed by OpenAI that would shield AI labs from liability, even for “critical harms” like 100+ deaths or $1B+ in damage  —  Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing over a proposed Illinois law that would let AI labs largely off the hook for mass deaths and financial disasters.

DaVinci Resolve adds new photo editing tools to take on Lightroom and Photoshop

Blackmagic Design announced an update to its powerful multipurpose post-production software today adding new tools and improved workflows for editing photos. In addition to helping position DaVinci Resolve 21 as an alternative to Adobe's Lightroom and Photoshop, the latest version also introduces new features to lure users away from Adobe Premiere including AI tools that […]