The federal plan to prevent data brokers from selling personal and financial information generated from American citizens has been scrapped. Read more at [@TechRadar](
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Trump administration scuppers plan to stop data brokers from putting Americans’ sensitive data up for sale
The plan to ban brokers from selling sensitive data has been scrapped
On May 18, 2005, Yelp employee Bob Goodson "drew a crude sketch of thumbs up and thumbs down gestures as a way for people to express their opinions about restaurant reviews posted on the site." Two decades later, we can safely say the Like button has changed the digital world. Michael Liedtke from the [@AssociatedPress](
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Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world
The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip.
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According to [@WIRED](
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EA Tried to Stop an ‘Anti-DEI Mod’ for ‘The Sims 4’—but More Keep Surfacing
The download automatically changed Black NPCs to white, trans NPCs to cis-gendered, and gay NPCs to straight. And it's just the beginning.
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Google is rolling out an update for Chrome on Android that will allow you to zoom in on text without affecting the appearance of the webpage. Read more from [@theverge](
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Chrome’s Android app will now let you zoom in on text without affecting the webpage
Google is adding other accessibility features, too.
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Why an MIT doctoral student’s paper titled “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation” should be “withdrawn from public discourse,” according to the university. [@Techcrunch](
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MIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI's productivity benefits | TechCrunch
MIT says that due to concerns about the “integrity” of a high-profile paper on how artificial intelligence affects research and innovation, the...
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Spotify announced earlier this month that it would publicly display how many plays podcasts had, and podcasters were not happy. Now the streaming company has rescinded the feature. Kind of. Read more at [@theverge](
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Spotify is sorry that it revealed how many people listen to your podcast
Public play counts will now start at 50,000
More details emerge on the Coinbase breach. The crypto exchange has disclosed that hackers paid off support agents — both employees and contractors located outside the U.S. — who had access to company systems to provide customer data and then demanded a $20 million ransom not to leak the information. Via [@LifeHacker](
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Three Steps Coinbase Users Should Take After a Hack Compromised One Million Accounts
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has disclosed that hackers paid off support agents—both employees and contractors located outside the U.S.—who...
Fortnite is no longer available on iPhones and iPads after Epic Games said Apple blocked it from iOS. Read more at [@theverge](
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Fortnite isn’t available on iOS right now, but why?
Even the EU doesn’t can’t play Fortnite on iPhones.
OpenAI is moving to publish the results of its internal AI model safety evaluations more regularly in what the outfit is saying is an effort to increase transparency. Via [@Techcrunch](
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OpenAI pledges to publish AI safety test results more often | TechCrunch
OpenAI is moving to publish the results of its internal AI model safety evaluations more regularly in what the outfit is pitching as an effort to i...
A European teenager is three times more likely to get a visa to work at a summer amusement park than a graduate student is to receive H-1B status to work for a U.S. company on artificial intelligence. Read more at [@forbes](
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H-1B Visa Cap Results: 65% Rejected, Immigration Fees Prompt Decline
H-1B cap registrations declined, but USCIS still rejected almost two-thirds of applications for FY 2026 due to the low annual limit.