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“What if the big tech companies achieved their ultimate business goal — maximizing engagement on their platforms — in a way that has undermined our ability to function as an open society?”
That’s the question being asked by Chuck Todd, ch… Continue reading Could Better Data Protections Reduce Big Tech’s Polarizing Power?
The blog Its FOSS has 15,000 followers for its Mastodon account — which they think is causing problems:
When you share a link on Mastodon, a link preview is generated for it, right? With Mastodon being a federated platform (a part of the Fediver… Continue reading Is Mastodon’s Link-Previewing Overloading Servers?
X/Twitter is tweaking how its blocking feature works to make replies from people who have blocked you visible to you.
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Arcade giant Dave & Buster’s said it will begin allowing customers to bet on arcade games. “Customers can soon make a friendly $5 wager on a Hot Shots basketball game, a bet on a Skee-Ball competition or on another arcade game,” reports CNBC. “The … Continue reading Dave & Buster’s To Allow Customers To Bet On Arcade Games
What happened after India banned TikTok? The move “mostly drew widespread support” notes the Associated Press, in a country “where protesters had been calling for a boycott of Chinese goods since the deadly confrontation in the remote Karakoram mountai… Continue reading What Happened After India Banned TikTok?
Meta’s Threads app has crossed a new milestone with more than 150 million monthly active users, up from 130 million users in February.
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US President Joe Biden has signed the bill that could ban TikTok in the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance agrees to divest it.
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X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has teased the upcoming launch of a new TV app on “most smart TVs.”
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The U.S. House of Representatives just passed its long-delayed Ukraine aid bill. But along with it they also approved a bill banning TikTok “if its Chinese owner does not sell the video app,” according to NPR:
While lawmakers in the House advanced a s… Continue reading Sell or Be Banned: Anti-TikTok Bill Passed by US Representatives
Meta AI announced the release of Llama 3, a new version of its open source, plus a new version of its Meta AI digital assistant that uses the technology.
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