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Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study
Meta is letting a group of researchers examine Instagram data to determine if there's a link between social media and the state of a teenager's mental well-being.
Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study
Meta is letting a group of researchers examine Instagram data to determine if there's a link between social media and the state of a teenager's mental well-being.
The European Space Agency will follow a skyscraper-sized asteroid as it flies past Earth
A spacecraft will follow the asteroid Apophis as it nears Earth in 2029.
Anthropic's Claude chatbot is now an Android app
The Claude AI chatbot from Anthropic is now available as an Android app.
Three senators introduce bill to protect artists and journalists from unauthorized AI use
The US Senate bill would prohibit unauthorize use of content to train or create AI content and authorize the FTC to go after offenders.
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Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study
Meta is letting a group of researchers examine Instagram data to determine if there's a link between social media and the state of a teenager's mental well-being.
The European Space Agency will follow a skyscraper-sized asteroid as it flies past Earth
A spacecraft will follow the asteroid Apophis as it nears Earth in 2029.
Anthropic's Claude chatbot is now an Android app
The Claude AI chatbot from Anthropic is now available as an Android app.
Three senators introduce bill to protect artists and journalists from unauthorized AI use
The US Senate bill would prohibit unauthorize use of content to train or create AI content and authorize the FTC to go after offenders.
A new spacesuit design can recycle astronauts’ urine into purified, drinkable water
A new design for a spacesuit shows how astronauts could recycle their urine during space walks with an attached filtration system.
Joby Aviation says it completed a 523-mile test flight of a hydrogen-powered air taxi
Joby Aviation says it completed a 523-mile test flight of a hydrogen-powered air taxi. The company suggested that it points toward a future of emissions-free regional air travel.
Report finds most subscription services manipulate customers with 'dark patterns'
A pair of reports from two global consumer protection groups explored the widespread use of dark patterns to sway customer actions.
Elon Musk escapes paying $500 million to former Twitter employees
X Corp won a dismissal in a class-action lawsuit that sought $500 million in unpaid severance for thousands of former Twitter employees.
Environmental groups accuse Amazon of ‘distorting the truth’ in latest clean-energy claim
On Wednesday, Amazon claimed that it reached its goal of sourcing all its energy from clean energy sources in the past year. But environmental experts warn that the company is “misleading the public by distorting the truth.”
Google brings passkeys to its Advanced Protection Program
Google users who enroll in the Advanced Protection Program can now opt to use a passkey for their logins.
Google will give users free dark web monitoring
Google's dark web report feature will be available to every Google user at the end of the month.
Google Maps' speedometer finally comes to iOS and CarPlay
Google Maps is finally bringing the speedometer, along with the speed limit indicator, to iPhone users and CarPlay.
ESA’s new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, is poised to launch for the first time on Tuesday
Ariane 6, the European Space Agency’s next-gen heavy-lift rocket, is expected to take its inaugural flight on July 9, ending a yearlong gap in Europe’s ability to access space on its own.
OpenAI hit by two big security issues this week
OpenAI patched a vulnerability discovered in its Mac ChatGPT app this week. It's also facing questions about internal security and a fired whistleblower.
Cloudflare is taking a stand against AI website scrapers
Cloudflare has introduced a free tool for any of its clients to block all known AI website crawlers, even those that aren't following the rules.
Japan’s government says goodbye to floppy disks
Japan’s Digital Agency announced on Wednesday it will no longer use outdated floppy disks to operate its government computer systems.
Michigan is building the nation’s first smart highway
A stretch of highway between Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan is being converted into America's first smart highway.
New YouTube policy lets you request the removal of AI-generated content that uses your likeness
YouTube quietly added a new policy last month that lets you request the removal of AI-generated content featuring your likeness. The new privacy violation allows you to flag videos that “used AI to alter or create synthetic content that looks or sounds like you.”
Google invests in Taiwanese solar company to boost green energy
Google is investing in a Taiwanese solar company with plans to build a 1 gigawatt (GW) pipeline of sustainable energy in the region. The company is placing a stake in New Green Power (NGP), part of BlackRock’s investment portfolio, for the project.
The AI prison of the future is just an Outer Limits episode
A new proposed prison system called Cognify would lock up prisoners on a neurological level.
