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Elon Musk's Grok AI Helped Direct 2,000 US Strikes in Iran, Pentagon Reveals
Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms
Too Young for TikTok, Old Enough to Vote?
According to Keir Starmer, a teenager doesn’t have the judgement to scroll through Instagram without state supervision, but does have the judgement to pick the next government. We are governed by idiots, says Clive Pinder.
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How the ‘Hard Fork’ Hosts Bring Their Tech Podcast to a Live Audience
The smartphone era created an attention crisis — slow tech is fixing it
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- Nancy Grace Roman: Telescópio que vê 100 vezes melhor do que o Hubble já tem data de partida
Nancy Grace Roman: Telescópio que vê 100 vezes melhor do que o Hubble já tem data de partida
O telescópio espacial Nancy Grace Roman está prestes a partir para investigar os maiores mistérios do Universo profundo. Vai à procura do “invisível”, entre os mil milhões de galáxias que promete observar.
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Keir Starmer’s Doomed Social Media ‘Ban’
The evidence from Australia is clear, says Dr Reuben Kirkham, Director of the Free Speech Union of Australia: Sir Keir Starmer's social media 'ban' is doomed to fail. And it targets the wrong things anyway.
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Meta's Threads app now has half a billion monthly users
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Elon Musk’s ‘Trillionaire Moment’ Raises a Bigger AI Question
Facebook’s new AI Mode search gets its info from public posts
Your public Facebook posts could help inform AI-generated results in Meta's new AI Mode. When you search on Facebook, the "AI Mode" option will appear alongside the usual search modes like "People" and "Marketplace." It's one of several new AI features Meta is rolling out starting today, including photo presets that swap sports jerseys onto fans and suggestions for collage templates.
Instead of "just links," it gives users AI-generated results that pull from publicly-posted content across Meta's platforms, like the AI search feature in its new Reddit-like Forum app. Users can also ask Meta's AI follow-up questions in response to the search …
Big Tech’s desperate last push at AI regulation
For months, Big Tech's Washington lobbyists have chased after the holy grail of pro-AI legislation: preemption. This would be a comprehensive federal law, passed in Congress and signed by the president, applying one set of AI rules across the entire country and overriding the legally messy state-by-state approach to regulation. For months, lobbyists have run into roadblocks and incurred nationwide political blowback, and they now face the possibility that after the midterms, Congress will flip to hostile Democrats unwilling to work with them.
But their final, most desperate attempt at preemption is coming with new baggage, related to an ent …
The UK Announces Social Media Ban for Under-16s That’s Even More Restrictive Than Australia

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- U145: Helicóptero autónomo reforça frota de aeronaves não tripuladas da Airbus e deverá voar até ao final do ano
U145: Helicóptero autónomo reforça frota de aeronaves não tripuladas da Airbus e deverá voar até ao final do ano
A Airbus apresentou em Berlim a nova frota de aeronaves não tripuladas. O destaque coube ao U145, uma versão autónoma e sem tripulação do popular helicóptero H145, concebido para missões civis e militares de transporte de carga. O primeiro voo está previsto ainda para 2026.
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What to Know About Planned Social Media Bans in Australia, the U.K. and Beyond
UK Announces Social Media Ban for Children Under 16
Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
UK will ban social media for children under 16
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Under-16 social media ban announced by UK government
The UK is the latest country to follow Australia in implementing a total social media ban for children under 16, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced. The ban, which could take effect from early next year, will be joined by wider measures that will also prevent children from talking to strangers in online games, livestreaming, or using sexual or romantic chatbots.
"Do we truly believe that social media creates a happy environment for our children? Do we truly believe that it's a place where they can feel safe?" Starmer asked during a press conference announcing the policy. "I don't think I even need to answer those questions, do I?"
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