Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump adviser, as its president and vice chair, in charge of guiding overall strategy. In a Truth Social post, Donald Trump described the appointment as a "great choice" by Mark Zuckerberg. Here's more from [@AssociatedPress]( ). #Technology #Tech #Meta #Facebook #TrumpAdministration #DinaPowellMcCormick
Meta urges Australia to rethink under-16 social media ban after blocking over 500,000 accounts. CNBC reports the country's "Online Safety Amendment Act 2024 came into effect on Dec. 11, barring access to 10 major services including Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Snapchat, and X." #Meta #SocialMedia #Australia #Tech #Technology
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because not only is Crossy Road an homage to Frogger, it’s just as addictive. And maybe to avoid getting snatched by the eagle. Read more from [@TechRadar]( ): #Tech #Gaming #VideoGames #Frogger #CrossyRoad #Technology
CES 2026 saw the announcement of many important developments in robotics, including the debut of Atlas, the humanoid from Boston Dynamics. Here are some of the most memorable ones that [@Techcrunch]( ) writer Lucas Ropek met at the show: #Tech #AI #CES2026 #Robotics #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence
Is Craigslist the last real place on the internet, apart from the open social web, of course? Here's Jennifer Swann's story for [@WIRED]( ) and [@ArsTechnica]( ) on this "utopian vision of a much earlier, far more earnest Internet." #Technology #Tech #Culture #Internet #InternetCulture #Craigslist
"Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is preventing non-paying users from generating or editing images after a global backlash erupted over sexualized deepfakes of people," [@AssociatedPress]( ) reports. But @npub1j302...tme2 says Grok hasn't paywalled the feature (subscription may be required): #Grok #AI #ElonMusk #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech
"More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists." [@AssociatedPress]( ) reports: #Google #AI #Gmail #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology
At CES, auto and tech companies transform cars into proactive companions. From [@AssociatedPress]( ): New technology included programs for "tracking heart rates and emotions to alerting if a baby or young child is accidentally left in the car." #CES #Tech #AI #Technology #Cars
The CES technology show is underway in Las Vegas. @npub1j302...tme2 has a live blog with the latest announcements: https://flip.it/PsvRJv #CES #CES2026 #Technology #Tech
Today’s lesson: Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. A viral Reddit post about an unnamed food delivery company that delays customer orders takes all of the “driver benefit fee” was probably AI-generated. “Considering the delivery app industry track record of exploitation of its drivers, it’s easy to see why so many people believed this was the real thing,” Elissa Welle writes in her vetting of the post for [@theverge]( ). Read the rest of her report here: #Tech #AI #FoodDelivery #Apps #TechNews #Transportation