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MPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second time

Commons rejects proposal by 256 to 150 to side with government on plan to tackle online harms affecting childrenMPs have rejected a proposal to ban under-16s from using social media for the second time, as the prime minister summoned tech bosses to demand tougher action on internet safety.The House of Commons sided with the government […]

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Snap Layoffs: 1,000 Jobs Cut as AI Takes Over

Snap is cutting 16% of its workforce and crediting AI for making it possible. Here’s what the numbers say and what it means for the industry. The post Snap Layoffs: 1,000 Jobs Cut as AI Takes Over appeared first on 1redDrop.

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Elon Musk’s X cuts payments to users who post clickbait

Platform says it will reward original creators as it penalises ‘aggregators’ for flooding timelines with ‘stolen posts’Business live – latest updatesElon Musk’s X has reduced payments to users who post clickbait and recycle news stories as it warned account holders against “flooding the timeline” with low-quality content.Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, wrote on the

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Meta‘s AI glasses and the dawn of wearable tech – podcast

Elle Hunt on her month wearing Meta’s smart glasses and the privacy concerns around the technology According to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s AI-powered glasses are “personal super intelligence” that “let you stay present in the moment”.Journalist Elle Hunt reports on her time wearing them for a month. Elle tells Nosheen Iqbal about the highs and lows

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Brian Cox: ‘We don’t know how powerful AI is going to become – it’s both exciting and potentially a problem’

The physicist, BBC presenter and author on snowflakes, art v science and the time Paul McCartney quizzed him about one of Saturn’s moonsWhat is the inspiration behind your latest live show, Emergence?It came from a book that I’ve loved for years: The Six-Cornered Snowflake by Johannes Kepler. Kepler is most famous for his laws of

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Reform UK voters least likely to see social media posts from family and friends, study finds

Thinktank says algorithms are fuelling isolation and division after analysing posts shown to social media usersReform UK voters are the least likely to see posts from friends and family on social media and most likely to see content from brands and news organisations, a study has found.The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) thinktank said

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