YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/18/24248391/youtube-pause-ads-widely-rolling-out
“We’ve since widely rolled out Pause ads to all advertisers.”
What if the panic over teens and tech is totally wrong?
What if the panic over teens and tech is totally wrong?
https://www.vox.com/technology/372690/instgram-teen-accounts-kid-safety-mental-health
The collective freakout about kids and social media has reached a tipping point.
FTC Says Social Media Platforms Engage in 'Vast Surveillance' of Users
FTC Says Social Media Platforms Engage in 'Vast Surveillance' of Users
https://gizmodo.com/ftc-says-social-media-platforms-engage-in-vast-surveillance-of-users-2000500840
A scathing new report takes aim directly at Big Tech and alleged violations of privacy.
Apple's mobile chips are now made in the U.S. — TSMC produces the older A16 Bionic at its Arizona fab
Apple's mobile chips are now made in the U.S. — TSMC produces the older A16 Bionic at its Arizona fab
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/apples-mobile-chips-are-now-made-in-the-us-tsmc-produces-the-older-a16-bionic-at-its-arizona-fab
Pipe cleaning on a well-known system-on-chip?
The world’s largest wind-powered cargo ship just made its first delivery across the Atlantic
https://www.fastcompany.com/91185144/the-worlds-largest-wind-powered-cargo-ship-just-made-its-first-delivery-across-the-atlantic
There are more than 120 AI bills in Congress right now
There are more than 120 AI bills in Congress right now
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/18/1104015/here-are-all-the-ai-bills-in-congress-right-now/
US policymakers have an ‘everything everywhere all at once’ approach to regulating artificial intelligence, with bills that are as varied as the definitions of AI itself.
Eu to make Apple open up operating system to rival tech (link added forgot to include it this morning)
https://apnews.com/article/apple-ios-european-union-digital-rules-eb524269a4caf6f51484be64253f1f5e
Pagers and walkie-talkies over cellphones – a security expert explains why Hezbollah went low-tech for communications.
Pagers and walkie-talkies over cellphones – a security expert explains why Hezbollah went low-tech for communications
https://theconversation.com/pagers-and-walkie-talkies-over-cellphones-a-security-expert-explains-why-hezbollah-went-low-tech-for-communications-239283
Smartphones may be indispensable to modern life, but they’re also perfect tools for spying on their owners. Anyone looking to avoid being tracked – like, say, militant groups – tends to ditch them.
Apple and Samsung aren't the world's top two smartphone vendors for once
https://www.androidpolice.com/for-the-first-time-in-years-the-number-2-smartphone-oem-is-neither-apple-nor-samsung/
AI videos of US leaders singing Chinese go viral in China.
AI videos of US leaders singing Chinese go viral in China
https://www.voanews.com/a/ai-videos-of-us-leaders-singing-chinese-go-viral-in-china/7787160.html
Observers say the trend indicates the Chinese public’s cultural confidence but also reflects a lack of freedom of speech
