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The costs of not investing in American public infrastructure, research, and education Article 5332 words, published Oct 17 2023 29 votes
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TikTok fined record £300m for putting children’s privacy at risk social media privacy Article 352 words 28 votes
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Google Gemini eats the world – Gemini smashes GPT-4 by 5X, the GPU-poors google.gemini Article 1976 words 9 votes
A developer built a 'propaganda machine' using OpenAI tech to highlight the dangers of mass-produced AI disinformation Article 494 words 27 votes
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Apple’s decision to kill its CSAM photo-scanning tool sparks fresh controversy apple privacy security Article 585 words 24 votes
Social media decline: Users are shifting to messaging apps and group chats social media Article 2235 words 36 votes
Black Twitter abandons Musk's X. The influential online community that gave rise to social movements like #BlackLivesMatter is now a ‘digital diaspora’ in search of a new home. social media Article 1959 words, published Aug 6 2023 66 votes
How Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and Marc Andreessen—four billionaire techno-oligarchs—are creating an alternate, autocratic reality Article 3042 words, published Aug 22 2023 31 votes
Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation social media Article 2646 words 35 votes
A data breach at Christie’s revealed exact GPS coordinates of collectors’ artworks Article 882 words, published Aug 21 2023 25 votes
Canada demands Facebook lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing facebook social media Article 228 words 51 votes
Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to websites he dislikes social media facebook Article 609 words 79 votes
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How to move your Instagram feed to Pixelfed, the photo app that doesn't track your every move social media privacy Article 221 words 41 votes
White House unveils ban on US investment in Chinese tech sectors linked to the military Article 599 words 41 votes
The cloud is a prison. Can the local-first software movement set us free? Article 3224 words 35 votes
Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads – then a Norwegian regulator threatened daily fines social media facebook privacy Article 543 words 51 votes