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Signage at a ByteDance offices in Beijing, China, on June 30, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChinese tech giant ByteDance has said it will strengthen safeguards on a new artificial intelligence video-making tool, following complaints of copyright theft from entertainment giants. The tool, Seedance 2.0, enables users to create realistic videos based on text prompts. However, viral videos shared online appear to show copyrighted characters and celebrity likenesses, raising intellectual property concerns in the U.S. “ByteDance respects intellectual property rights and we have heard the concerns regarding Seedance 2.0.,” a company spokesperson said in a statement shared with CNBC. “We are taking steps…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he has filed a lawsuit against officials in Dallas, alleging the city failed to properly fund its police department as required by a voter-approved public safety measure.Paxton, a Republican running for U.S. Senate, accused Dallas of unlawfully refusing to comply with Proposition U, a public safety measure approved by the city’s voters in 2024.Proposition U requires that 50% of all new annual revenue the city receives be directed toward police and fire pensions. The measure also mandates that the city maintain a minimum of 4,000 police…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Team USA did what it was expected to do in the group stage in men’s ice hockey, defeating Germany, 5-1, to go undefeated in the preliminary round games at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Sunday.Auston Matthews scored two goals for the Stars and Stripes, while Tage Thompson, Zach Werenski, and Brock Faber each found the back of the net in Team USA’s third victory in Milan.After wins in their first two games — 5-1 victory over Latvia, followed by a 6-3 finish against Denmark on Saturday — Team USA has a…

Nick Watson was outstanding in Hawthorn’s practice match victory over Geelong, while Ollie Dempsey looked good in a new role for the Cats.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry also reiterated that Indonesia consistently supports Palestinian independence through a two-state solution and vowed to reject any demographic changes or forced relocation of the Palestinian people in any form.“Indonesia’s participation is based on the principle of respect for the preservation of Palestine and the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people,” it was quoted as saying by Tempo. Separately, Indonesia’s military headquarters said on Sunday that around 1,000 military personnel are expected “to be ready for departure by April 2026”, with full troop readiness targeted no later than June. In a written statement, Head of the Army Public…

One afternoon late August in a quiet Irish seaside town, a supermarket worker decided he could no longer separate his job from what he was seeing on his phone.Images from Gaza, with neighbourhoods flattened and families buried, had followed him to the checkout counter.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listAt the time, Israel’s genocidal onslaught had killed more than 60,000 Palestinians.His first act of protest was to quietly warn customers that some of the fruit and vegetables were sourced from Israel. Later, as people in Gaza starved, he refused to scan or sell Israeli-grown produce.He could not, he said,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A student group affiliated with Turning Point USA is facing criticism for hosting an event at a Maryland high school in December, with one woman saying that Child Protective Services had been notified.A local community member, who was identified as Nancy, expressed “serious concern” about the December TPUSA-affiliated event at a February 12 board meeting. The woman spoke after a student from the high school who serves as president of the Calvert County Club America.That student said his group placed restrictions on the event after receiving “hate” online, including restricting access for…

It was a feeling of fall in the air when fans arrived at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, Calif., for an opportunity to fall back in time with Paul Anka. He was the soundtrack of an age when drive-ins and back seats were the currency of teen romance. He knew what teens liked, because he was one.”I’ve been in show business since I was about 10 years old,” he said. Today, Anka is a remarkably young 84. And when the lights go down, the room lights up.I’m so young and you’re so old This, my darling, I’ve been told…

An Islamic advocacy group is demanding Pauline Hanson and Angus Taylor reveal their immigration policies or stop their “cowardly noise”.

CRITICAL MINERALS & DEFENCE COOPERATIONAn agreement to enhance cooperation in critical minerals could also be on the cards as both countries look to diversify supply chains and reduce reliance on China, the world’s dominant power in rare earths.“Because of the nature of trust that we have and the kind of relationship that India and France enjoy, it is but natural that we will seek to cooperate in the area of critical minerals,” said Jawed Ashraf, former Indian ambassador to France.“(We are also expected to seek cooperation) in advanced areas of green energy transition, semiconductors and AI, the building blocks of our new…