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TV giant Sinclair is putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air
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Sinclair Broadcasting will air Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show on its 38 ABC affiliate stations once again, the company announced, after Disney reinstated Kimmel from a suspension earlier this week. Along with fellow broadcast company Nexstar, Sinclair had suspended airing Kimmel’s show under pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, but Sinclair initially chose to replace Jimmy Kimmel Live! with “news programming” even after the reinstatement, but the show will be back this evening, with Sinclair airing a rerun of Kimmel’s Tuesday episode, Variety reports.
In a statement, Sinclair downplayed the influence of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who last week threatened broadcasters that aired Kimmel’s show. The threats came after Kimmel made a joke about the alleged shooter of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, and they were almost immediately followed by Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s removal from Sinclair and another broadcaster, Nexstar, then his suspension at ABC. “Our decision to preempt this program was independent of any government interaction or influence,” Sinclair said. “Free speech provides broadcasters with the right to exercise judgment as to the content on their local stations. While we understand that not everyone will agree with our decisions about programming, it is simply inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content.”
Sinclair also said it’s had discussions with ABC where it “proposed measures to strengthen accountability, viewer feedback, and community dialogue, including a network-wide independent ombudsman.” The company adds that “while ABC and Disney have not yet adopted these measures, and Sinclair respects their right to make those decisions under our network affiliate agreements, we believe such measures could strengthen trust and accountability.”
Nexstar, which owns about 30 ABC affiliates, according to CNBC, has not stated whether it will resume airing Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Nexstar didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. Disney SVP of strategic communications Richard Horrmann declined to comment.
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The app for Amazon’s Blink security cameras experienced an issue for a few hours Friday night prevented users from accessing their cameras, but Amazon has rolled out a fix, spokesperson Emma Daniels tells The Verge. Users on Amazon’s general Blink support forum and on the Blink Cameras subreddit reported issues accessing the app, with many running into a vague error with a 503 status code.
In a thread on Reddit with more than 150 comments, users from all over the US, including California, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, reported seeing the 503 error. That thread was first posted at 4:54PM ET. Amazon’s support forum had multiple threads flagging the 503 error, with threads starting to pop up late Friday afternoon.
My colleague Jen Tuohy is also had problems logging into the Blink app. I don’t own any Blink cameras, but when I downloaded the app and tried to make an account, the app showed me an error message with a 403 status code. After the fix was rolled out, I was able to make an account without any problems.
Recordings and notifications were not affected by the issue, Daniels says.
Update, September 26th: Amazon says it rolled out a fix for the issue.
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The bot, codenamed Veritas, allows Apple developers to test the fundamentals of what could become the next-generation Siri AI, as reported by Bloomberg.
The post Apple is Using a ChatGPT-Like Bot to Test Potential Siri Upgrades appeared first on TechRepublic.
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After successfully manipulating Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and eventually failing to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, President Donald Trump has named his next target for retribution: Microsoft head of global affairs Lisa Monaco. He’s calling for her to be fired.
On Truth Social, Trump claims that Monaco, who just took the job in May and only announced publicly a month ago, is “corrupt,” “deranged,” “a menace to U.S. national security,” and other forms of badmouthing, but it seems her biggest crime in Trump’s eyes is having worked as the 39th Deputy Attorney General of the United States under President Biden and AG Merrick Garland. Garland was in charge of the federal prosecution of Trump.
Trump writes that he’s already stripped Monaco of security clearances, but suggests that her role at Microsoft now lets her access “Highly Sensitive Information.”
It’s not clear why Trump took this moment to go after Monaco, but it’s possible he’s just now becoming aware of her Microsoft role. CNBC notes that Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo posted about Monaco’s new job just last night.
Microsoft has not exactly been in Trump’s crosshairs, as CEO Satya Nadella has continued to kiss the ring, but yesterday, the company did finally reduce the scope of its cooperation with the Israeli military as it performs mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians. Microsoft had been firing workers who protested and occupied its president’s office. Microsoft was also probably not happy about the new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.
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