Threads by Meta, TweetDeck returns, Causal AI, thumbs-up emoji lawsuit

•  What to know about Threads. 
•  Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads. 
•  Elon Musk Is Making Mark Zuckerberg Seem Cool Again. 
•  The good version of TweetDeck is back, but for how long? 
•  Why We Don't Recommend Ring Cameras. 
•  Your School's Next Security Guard May Be an AI-Enabled Robot. 
•  Robotaxi haters in San Francisco are disabling the AVs with traffic cones. 
•  Gizmodo used AI to write a Star Wars story. It was filled with errors. 
•  The next artificial intelligence frontier: Causal AI. 
•  A 25-Year-Old Bet about Consciousness Has Finally Been Settled. 
•  Bay Area tech company Evernote lays off most staff, relocating to Europe. 
•  Farmer owes $82,000 in a contract dispute over the use of a 'thumbs-up' emoji, judge says. 
•  Here's the deal with the giant sphere causing a buzz in Las Vegas. 
•  Pokémon Sleep gameplay and pre-registration for Android revealed. 

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