Always watching: How ICE's plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints. But the new front line may be your social media feed.
Nov 10, 2025
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Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15
Denmark's government on Friday announced an agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under 15, ratcheting up pressure on Big Tech platforms as concerns grow that kids are getting too swept up in a digitized world ...
Nov 7, 2025
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Finding the sweet spot for engaging online content loading
New research from Stanford's Yu Ding shows that moderate animation speeds during online wait times boost user engagement and reduce frustration, challenging the notion that faster is better.
Nov 7, 2025
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Australia adds Reddit and Kick to social media platforms banning children under 16
Australia has added message board Reddit and livestreaming service Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children younger than 16 from holding accounts.
Nov 5, 2025
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What is Domain Name System? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web
When millions of people suddenly couldn't load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on Oct. 20, 2025, the affected servers weren't actually down. The problem was more fundamental – their ...
Nov 3, 2025
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The great search divide: How AI and traditional web searches differ
As anyone who uses the internet will know, the way we find information has fundamentally changed. For the last three decades, search engines have delivered ranked lists of links in response to our queries, and it was our ...
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AI produces shallower knowledge than web search, study finds
Learning about a topic by interacting with AI chatbots like ChatGPT rather than following links provided by web search can produce shallower knowledge. Advice given on the basis of this shallow knowledge tends to be sparser, ...
Oct 28, 2025
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OpenAI says a million ChatGPT users talk about suicide
Data from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI suggest that more than a million of the people using its generative AI chatbot have shown interest in suicide.
Oct 28, 2025
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Elon Musk launches Grokipedia to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia
Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia.
Oct 28, 2025
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Meta and TikTok to obey Australia under-16 social media ban
Tech giants Meta and TikTok said Tuesday they will obey Australia's under-16 social media ban but warned the landmark laws could prove difficult to enforce.
Oct 28, 2025
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China dreams of football glory at last... in gaming
Zhao Yitang had always dreamed of playing football for China and this summer he finally did—not in boots on a pitch, but on a smartphone.
Oct 28, 2025
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Amazon's big outage reminds us that we trust big tech companies far too much
On Monday, October 20, millions of internet users got a painful answer to a question few even knew existed. The question was: What do Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Signal, United and Delta airlines and countless other web-based ...
Oct 24, 2025
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AI-powered bots increase social media post engagement but do not boost overall user activity
A recent study shows that AI-powered social media bots can increase user engagement on posts, but they fall short of encouraging users to post more overall.
Oct 23, 2025
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What's next for the internet? Competing visions for the metaverse
The race to build the metaverse—a vast digital realm where virtual and physical worlds merge—is already becoming a global power struggle.
Oct 22, 2025
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What caused Amazon Web Services to go down? An expert explains
From Reddit and Snapchat to Delta and Zoom, more than a thousand websites around the globe were knocked offline early Monday—and continued to have problems into the afternoon—after a major outage at Amazon Web Services, ...
Oct 21, 2025
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One Tech Tip: How to prepare for outages that impact our online lives, from banking to chatting apps
A major Amazon Web Services outage disrupted scores of online platforms on Monday—leaving people around the world unable to access some banks, chatting apps, online food ordering and more.
Oct 21, 2025
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Sex is a big market for the AI industry. ChatGPT won't be the first to try to profit from it
ChatGPT will be able to have kinkier conversations after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the artificial intelligence company will soon allow its chatbot to engage in "erotica for verified adults."
Oct 17, 2025
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Australia sharing tips on curbing social media for children before age limit starts in December
The Australian government has begun a public education campaign with tips on how to wean children off social media ahead of a world-first national 16-year age limit taking effect in December.
Oct 17, 2025
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Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, is about to launch the early beta version of Grokipedia, a new project to rival Wikipedia.
Oct 16, 2025
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The World Wide Web was meant to unite us but is tearing us apart instead. Is there another way?
The hope of the World Wide Web, according to its creator Tim Berners-Lee, was that it would make communication easier, bring knowledge to all, and strengthen democracy and connection. Instead, it seems to be driving us apart ...
Oct 16, 2025
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EU lawmakers propose social media ban for under-16s
European lawmakers on Thursday called for stricter rules to protect minors online, including a bloc-wide minimum age of 16 to access social media and AI companions without parental consent.
Oct 16, 2025
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Can anyone really regulate the internet?
Ursula Smartt not only writes about media law but she acts like a journalist when she does it.
Oct 15, 2025
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OpenAI to ease ChatGPT restrictions, allowing adult content for verified adults
OpenAI announced plans on Tuesday to relax restrictions on its ChatGPT chatbot, including allowing erotic content for verified adult users as part of what the company calls a "treat adult users like adults" principle.
Oct 14, 2025
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