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• Sunbird, the iMessage app for Android, has temporarily shut down due to “security concerns” surrounding its end-to-end encryption. • Reports suggest that Sunbird may not have actually provided the promised level of encryption and was storing data externally. • The app was recently pulled from the Google Play Store...

YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, and it has nothing to do with your browser | The delay is intentional, but targeting users who continue using ad blockers, and not tied to any browse…::YouTube has clarified in a statement that users who use ad blockers will have a suboptimal experience regardless of their...

Whats sad is it doesn’t even take much knowledge of technology to know the whole of Sunbirds “product” was a terrible idea even outside of security concerns....

Over half of all tech industry workers view AI as overrated::undefined

Ireland's data regulator confirmed to AFP that Meta has not paid any of the ₹2 billion ($2.2 billion) in fines issued since last September. TikTok also owes hundreds of millions.

X’s CEO tells staff data will show efforts to fight hate, as advertisers flee::Social media company X CEO Linda Yaccarino told employees that “data will tell the real story” about its efforts to battle antisemitism, according to a note to employees, amid growing outrage over the issue.

A book review on the latest Weinersmith creation. It’s true, there is so much we don’t know....

Elon Musk’s X sues media watchdog Media Matters over report on pro-Nazi content on the social media site::After a devastating advertiser exodus last week involving some of the world’s largest media companies, X owner Elon Musk is suing the progressive watchdog group Media Matters over its analysis highlighting antisemitic...

Microsoft stock hits all-time high after hiring former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman::Microsoft stock reached a record high on Monday after the company said that Sam Altman, former chief executive of OpenAI, will join the company to head its artificial intelligence innovation leg.

Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to resign and join Microsoft::OpenAI employees signed a letter threatening to resign and join Microsoft if the board doesn’t quit and reinstate Sam Altman. It could be a precursor to a mass exodus.

Portugal just ran on 100% renewable energy for six days::Incredible newsPortugal has reportedly broke a record for energy production after going six days relying entirely on renewable energy.This apparently…

Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools::undefined