2026-01-21
All the replies to X's post on this pointing out that links are massively punished if included in posts. Tapping the sign. [embedded post]
TechCrunch
X open sources its “core recommendation system”, which powers For You, on GitHub, and says the system “ranks everything using a Grok-based transformer model”
In 2023, the website then known as Twitter partially open sourced its algorithm for the first time.
2025-12-03
YouTube is going to comply with the social media ban after all. blog.google/intl/en-au/p...
Bloomberg
YouTube says it will comply with Australia's social media ban for under-16s, after rejecting its inclusion in the crackdown and calling the regulation “rushed”
YouTube is taking steps to comply with Australia's upcoming under-16s social media ban, even after rejecting …
2025-10-27
Microsoft forced its AI into 365 and wanted people to pay extra for the privilege. Didn't make it obvious that there was an option without AI. — The ACCC is now suing them over it. www.theguardian.com/australia- ne...
Reuters
Australia sues Microsoft for allegedly misleading ~2.7M Microsoft 365 users into accepting a price hike for Copilot plans while hiding cheaper non-AI options
- Microsoft 365 personal plan price increased by 45% — Cheaper ‘classic’ plan only revealed during cancellation process
2025-08-27
OpenAI making changes... I feel like the history of tech is basically only making changes to counter foreseeable issues after the worst happens. openai.com/index/helpin... [image]
Bloomberg
OpenAI plans to update ChatGPT to better respond to mental distress cues, provide parental controls, and bolster safeguards around conversations about suicide
OpenAI is making changes to its popular chatbot following a lawsuit alleging that a teenager who died by suicide this spring relied on ChatGPT as a coach.
2025-01-02
Australia later this year (I've asked before if they would block us but didn't hear back). www.404media.co/pornhub-is-n...
404 Media
Pornhub now blocks users in 17 US states, including almost all of the South, after blocking Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina due to age verification laws
Almost two years ago, Louisiana passed a law that started a wave that's since spread across the entire U.S. south …