NEW YORK — Pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix. Sexually explicit and abusive fake images of Swift began circulating widely this week on the social media platform X. Her ardent fanbase of…
Vince McMahon used black and white dildos to sexually assault a former WWE employee — and named the sex toys after WWE wrestlers according to their race, the employee alleged in her explosive sex-trafficking suit. Janel Grant, 43, alleged that McMahon and another WWE executive took turns sexually assaulting her at the company’s Stamford, Conn.,…
The estate of the comedian George Carlin sued the makers of a podcast on Thursday after they claimed to use artificial intelligence to impersonate Carlin for a comedy special. The lawsuit was filed against Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen, hosts of the podcast “Dudesy,” saying that they infringed on the estate’s copyrights by training an…
Wall Street closed its latest winning week with a mixed finish, as drops for technology stocks dragged on the market
JetBlue Airways on Friday expressed doubts over closing its $3.8 billion merger with Spirit Airlines, saying that it might not meet certain conditions required as part of the deal before the due date. Shares of Spirit tumbled 17% after the announcement, adding to their losses of about 55% this month that were sparked by a US judge’s…
Retired WWE pro wrestler Lance Storm weighed in on “disgusting” claims that Vince McMahon sexually abused a female staffer, including with sex toys that he named after wrestling stars, per a bombshell lawsuit filed Thursday. “Look, I was one of the few that said he needed to be gone when the story first broke,” Storm…
The former WWE employee who alleged she was sexually assaulted and trafficked by Vince McMahon was grief-stricken over the passing of her parents and desperate for a job when she met the wrestling mogul at the luxury condo where they both lived, according to her lawsuit. McMahon lived in the duplex penthouse at Park Tower…
The recession America was expecting never showed up. Many economists spent early 2023 predicting a painful downturn, a view so widely held that some commentators started to treat it as a given. Inflation had spiked to the highest level in decades, and a range of forecasters thought that it would take a drop in demand…
The Biden administration’s decision to delay approval of new liquefied natural gas terminals in the United States has been hailed as a major victory for environmental advocacy groups, but it is creating unease outside the United States about future energy supplies. “I think U.S. allies and trade partners will have some concerns about this, because…
JPMorgan Chase is reshuffling its leadership team, a move that many consider a succession plan even though its longtime chief executive, Jamie Dimon, has signaled he is staying put. Mr. Dimon, 67, has been head of what is now the largest bank in the United States for nearly two decades, and repeatedly brushed off suggestions…
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