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The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech, if it can avoid familiar pitfalls

You've probably noticed lately that a lot of people are trying out alternatives to the big social media networks X, Instagram and Facebook. For example, after Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and started allowing far more ...

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Elon Musk claims X being targeted in 'massive cyberattack' as service goes down

Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a "massive cyberattack."

Mar 10, 2025

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Utah becomes the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify ages

Utah on Wednesday became the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify users' ages and get parental consent for minors to download apps to their devices.

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Albania to shut down TikTok in coming days

Albanian authorities said Thursday they were moving to shut down TikTok in the coming days, following through on a ban announced in December.

Mar 6, 2025

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Lithium needed for the battery revolution could be harvested from saltwater lakes thanks to a new membrane

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'Odd' objects excel at navigating challenging terrains without central control

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Research reveals 'major vulnerabilities' in deepfake detectors

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Solar-powered method converts sewage sludge into green hydrogen and animal feed

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Ultra-broadband photonic chip boosts optical signals to reshape high-speed data transmission

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What to know about Manus, China's latest AI assistant

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Nature-inspired 3D-printing method shoots up faster than bamboo

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Developing 3D-printed soft material actuators that can mimic real muscles

Mar 11, 2025

High-performance programmable photonic chip could transform radar and communication systems

Mar 11, 2025

World's first kilowatt-scale elastocaloric green cooling device developed

Mar 11, 2025

Cheap and environmentally friendly—the next generation of LEDs may soon be here

Mar 11, 2025

New technique overcomes spurious correlations problem in AI

Mar 10, 2025

Scientists develop AI-powered digital twin model that can control and adapt its physical doppelganger

Mar 10, 2025

Machine learning precisely predicts material characteristics for high-performance photovoltaics

Mar 10, 2025

A/B test tool shows Facebook constantly experimenting on consumers—and even its creators don't fully know how it works

Mar 10, 2025

Japan's Nissan tests driverless vehicles in city streets filled with cars and people

Mar 10, 2025

A new on-chip microcomb to synchronize signals in optoelectronics

Mar 7, 2025

AI reveals new way to strengthen titanium alloys and speed up manufacturing

Mar 7, 2025

Framework allows a person to correct a robot's actions using the kind of feedback they'd give another human

Mar 7, 2025

Silk-inspired in situ web spinning for situated robots

Mar 7, 2025

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Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns

Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules, the government's privacy watchdog ...

Mar 31, 2023

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AI generator Midjourney pauses service over deepfake 'abuse'

Research laboratory Midjourney has paused free trials of its image-generation software after users cranked out realistic deepfakes including of former US president Donald Trump getting arrested and Pope Francis in a puffer ...

Mar 30, 2023

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Tweeters, and celebs, await 'blue tick' ultimatum

All eyes are on whether Elon Musk will go through with stripping blue checkmarks from celebrities and other high-profile Twitter users starting April 1 unless they pay for the privilege.

Mar 30, 2023

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Twitter celebs balk at paying Elon Musk for blue check mark

William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators—some household names, others little-known journalists—could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social ...

Mar 27, 2023

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Twitter hunts Github user who posted source code online

Some parts of Twitter's source code—the fundamental computer code on which the social network runs—were leaked online, the social media company said in a legal filing that was first reported by The New York Times.

Mar 27, 2023

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Utah social media law is ambitious, but is it enforceable?

Utah's sweeping social media legislation passed this week is an ambitious attempt to shield children and teens from the ill effects of social media and empower parents to decide whether their kids should be using apps like ...

Mar 24, 2023

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Utah social media law means kids need approval from parents

Children and teens in Utah would lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don't have parental consent and face other restrictions under a first-in-the-nation law designed to shield young people from the addictive ...

Mar 24, 2023

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People smugglers use TikTok to promote their services

A photo posted to TikTok shows a group of people dressed in camouflage, hoping to blend into the shadowy vegetation dotting the nighttime landscape of the Mexican desert. The picture was not uploaded by social media influencers ...

Mar 23, 2023

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Google launches ChatGPT rival in US and UK

Google on Tuesday invited people in the United States and Britain to test its AI chatbot, known as Bard, as it continues on its gradual path to catch up with Microsoft-backed ChatGPT.

Mar 22, 2023

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Google's artificially intelligent 'Bard' set for next stage

Google announced Tuesday it's allowing more people to interact with " Bard," the artificially intelligent chatbot the company is building to counter Microsoft's early lead in a pivotal battleground of technology.

Mar 21, 2023

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How AI 'revolution' is shaking up journalism

Journalists had fun last year asking the shiny new AI chatbot ChatGPT to write their columns, most concluding that the bot was not good enough to take their jobs. Yet.

Mar 19, 2023

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