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Battle Of Narratives: Bloomberg Counters Nikkei Asia's Foldable iPhone Delay Report Summary:  Bloomberg counters Nikkei Asia's reporting on possible foldable iPhone delays Nikkei Asia says the foldable iPhone has hit "engineering snags," with shipment delays possible Polymarket odds of a foldable iPhone release this year stand at 81% Bloomberg counters Nikkei Asia's reporting Hours after Nikkei Asia reported that Apple's first foldable iPhone could face delays in mass production, Bloomberg pushed back on the report, citing sources who say the foldable iPhone remains on track for a September debut alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and...

White House Intervenes After Israel Closed Church Of The Holy Sepulchre Ahead Of Easter Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre was closed by Israeli authorities earlier this month after Iranian missile fragments hit Jerusalem, with restrictions also being placed on who can enter the walled old city - home to all of the most sacred religious sites. This has resulted in outrage among Christians, however, Israeli officials have said that Al Aqsa Mosque was also closed, and limitations were placed numbers of people visiting the Western Wall - and claimed that...

No Real People Were Polled: AI Is Now Fabricating What "The Public Thinks" The other day Axios ran a piece that cited "findings" that a majority of people trusted their doctors and nurses. Turns out, those "findings" were completely fabricated by a company called Aaru - using AI (causing Axios to issue an editor's note and 'clarification')Aaru uses something they call "silicon sampling," where large language models (the AI) can emulate humans at a fraction of the cost and time required for traditional polling, the NY Times reports. Silicon sampling isn’t polling. It is the outright fabrication of public opinion by...