How the news broke on X. The epistemology of an assassination attempt. social media Video 18:42 14 votes
Tech giants should be made subject to a global tax for their use of people's personal data, according to Norway's Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Link 30 votes
What to know about the proposed Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing in the US Congress social media Article 1231 words 20 votes
Elon Musk says he’s moving SpaceX and X from California to Texas, blames new trans privacy law social media privacy Article 256 words 28 votes
Facebook and Instagram's algorithmic favoritism towards extremist parties revealed in new study of political ads in Germany social media facebook Link 27 votes
Microsoft laid off a DEI team, and its lead wrote an internal email blasting how DEI is 'no longer business critical' microsoft Article 375 words 37 votes
What's up with solid state batteries? A conversation with Siyu Huang of Factorial Energy Article 9082 words 12 votes
Danish government makes new pact with youth organisations to protect children in the EU from the addictive design of social media and tech giants' business models social media Article 316 words 8 votes
US House GOP leaders vow to block online privacy bill over intraparty pushback privacy internet social media Article 19 votes
Canadian public servants uneasy as government 'spy' robot prowls federal offices Article 947 words 13 votes
New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids social media Article 789 words 51 votes
In a first, OpenAI removes influence operations tied to Russia, China and Israel Article 850 words 15 votes
Minnesota repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition internet Article 576 words, published May 24 2024 22 votes
New study found YouTube's recommendation algorithm boosted right-wing content in the run-up to Finland's 2024 elections social media Article 409 words, published Mar 13 2024 33 votes
Taiwan, on China’s doorstep, is dealing with TikTok its own way social media Article 1195 words 11 votes
US Supreme Court leaves in place a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users' ages internet Article 217 words 33 votes
UK becomes first country to outlaw easily guessable default passwords on connected devices Article 391 words 37 votes
US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V Article 518 words, published Apr 24 2024 20 votes
US Congress approves bill banning TikTok unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells platform social media Link 69 votes
Intelligence community largely won House FISA fight. Now comes the US Senate. privacy Article 1435 words 27 votes
Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms social media Article 1047 words 22 votes
Denmark was the first to post an ambassador to Silicon Valley. Now, it is leading Europe's diplomats in putting Big Tech on the right side of history. Article 1097 words 7 votes
Elon Musk on racism, bailing out Donald Trump, hate speech, and more - The Don Lemon Show (full interview) social media Video 1:06:58 29 votes
Once more with feeling: Banning TikTok is unconstitutional and won’t do shit to deal with any actual threats social media Article 24 votes
House passes bill that could ban TikTok in the US, sending it to the Senate social media Article 795 words 45 votes
European Union approves landmark AI law, leapfrogging US to regulate critical but worrying new technology Article 26 votes
The mystery social media account schooling US Congress on how to do its job social media Article 39 votes
Sen. Ron Wyden exposes data brokers selling US location data to anti-abortion groups that target abortion seekers Article 444 words, published Feb 28 2024 45 votes
White House urges use of type safe and memory safe programming languages and hardware security.cyber PDF 38 votes
Texas is right. The tech giants need to be regulated. social media privacy Article 955 words 10 votes
Leak of documents on spyware developed by vendor for Chinese government security.cyber Tweet 33 votes
Conservative government would require websites to verify age to watch porn: Pierre Poilievre internet Link 36 votes
Parkland mass shooting victims send AI robocalls to NRA-supporting US politicians Article 1171 words 29 votes
AI firm [Midjourney] considers banning creation of political images for 2024 elections Article 737 words 31 votes
"By all means, go after big tech. But for the love of the next generation, don’t pretend that it’s going to help vulnerable youth." social media Article 3142 words 33 votes
An AI-generated image of a Victorian MP raises wider questions on digital ethics Article 1849 words 9 votes
A US-sanctioned oligarch ran pro-Kremlin ads on Facebook—again social media facebook Article 513 words 18 votes
The most dangerous Canadian internet bill you’ve never heard of is a step closer to becoming law internet Article 1059 words 34 votes