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A suspect has been nabbed for stabbing a man to death on a Manhattan subway train during a clash over the killer stepping on the victim’s shoes, cops said Wednesday. Luis Jose-Duarte, 46, was arrested for manslaughter Wednesday morning for the stabbing death of 38-year-old Sheldon John. The confrontation started when Jose-Duarte, 46, got on a downtown No. 5 train at Grand Central Station at about 8:25 a.m. Friday and at some point stepped on the victim’s shoes, police said. Sheldon John, 38. (Family Handout) John took offense and got into an argument with Jose-Duarte, who then stabbed John in…

Pinterest says it’s finally going to do something about the AI slop that’s taken over its platform. After an increasing volume of complaints, the social networking and image pinboarding site announced Wednesday a plan to begin labeling AI-generated and AI-modified images. It will also introduce a new option that allows users to reduce the number of generative AI Pins they see. The new features are an indication of how serious a threat generative AI is to platforms built on top of user-generated content, crowdsourcing, and social sharing. AI technology has made it possible for bad actors to flood these platforms…

Amazon wants companies to build public-facing chatbots using its Q Business assistant. On Wednesday, the company said Q Business, its AWS-hosted AI assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries and complete tasks, now supports anonymous user access. This effectively means that AWS users can now create Q Business chatbots for websites, support portals, and more to help their customers search through documentation, complete self-service requests, and so on. “This capability allows guest users to use Amazon Q Business generative AI capabilities to quickly find product information, get technical answers, navigate documentation, and troubleshoot issues,” explains Amazon in a blog post. “With…

Virginia Giuffre penned an inspiring message to survivors of abuse before her death by suicide, empowering them to fight for themselves and to fight for change. “Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, and Brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn, and stand together to fight for the future of victims,” it reads. “Is protesting the answer? I don’t know. But we’ve got to start somewhere.” Giuffre’s sister-in-law Amanda Roberts shared a portion of the handwritten note to Facebook, saying the family discovered it while going through journals left behind at Giuffre’s Australian farmhouse. They decided to share the passage after learning…

President Trump insisted during an intense ABC News interview that deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia has knuckle tattoos proving the father of three is a member of the notorious street gang with ties to El Salvador. Even Fox News agrees the President was likely duped by a photoshopped image making the rounds on the internet, just as he was told by ABC News interviewer Terry Moran during their heated Tuesday night discussion. “On his knuckles, he had MS-13,” Trump insisted. “On his knuckles, tattooed!” Perhaps knowing better, Moran urged the President to move on after telling him the photos…

Harvey Weinstein accuser Miriam Haley told a Manhattan jury disturbing details of how the hulking film mogul sexually assaulted her in his Soho loft — and how she calculated the safest thing she could do was to “check out” and endure the attack. In her second day of testimony in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday, the 48-year-old former TV producer cried as she walked jurors through the 2006 alleged attack, and a second unwanted sexual encounter two weeks later. “I couldn’t get away from his grip. I couldn’t get away from him. And I realized I’m getting raped, that’s what was…

Meta has updated the privacy policy for its AI glasses, Ray-Ban Meta, giving the tech giant more power over what data it can store and use to train its AI models. The company emailed Ray-Ban Meta owners on Tuesday with a notice that AI features will now be enabled on the glasses by default, according to The Verge. This means Meta’s AI will analyze photos and videos taken with the glasses while certain AI features are switched on. Meta will also store customers’ voice recordings to improve its products, without an option to opt out. To be clear, Ray-Ban Meta…

Not everyone needs their phone to be a pocket-sized NASA control center. For some, it’s about calling, texting, and maybe the occasional photo, without a million apps screaming for attention. While we’re still in smartphone territory here, this guide is all about the ones that keep things easy. Clean software, clutter-free design, reliable performance, and enough features to get through your day without turning your phone into a second job. Whether you’re shopping for someone who’s not too tech-savvy, trying to minimize distractions, or just want a no-nonsense device that works, these phones get the job done without trying too…

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former CEO of crypto exchange Binance, said most European countries were moving “nowhere” in terms of the adoption of digital currencies.Speaking at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on April 30, Zhao said that areas of the United Arab Emirates were “extremely pro-business,” leading to crypto adoption in Dubai, while others like Bhutan were building national Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) stockpiles. According to Zhao, the US was pressing other countries’ hands by exploring its own policies for a crypto reserve, but those in Europe didn’t seem to be reacting.“I don’t see Europe in this discussion,” said…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Etsy — The e-commerce company saw shares tumbling 9%. Etsy Chief Financial Officer Lanny Baker said the company is “staying nimble in the face of uncertainty” around the tariff announcements and “the fluid state of consumer confidence in our core markets. Separately, Etsy posted better-than-expected revenue for the first quarter. Seagate Technology — The data storage stock surged almost 9% after the company posted strong earnings for the fiscal third quarter and offered upbeat current-quarter guidance. Seagate earned $1.90 per share, excluding items, on $2.16 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by…