China's strict approach to teen social media addiction.

The stark contrast between how China and the United States approach teen addiction to social media is astounding. While China has taken strict measures to limit teen addiction to social media through its domestic app, the Western version continues to dominate children’s lives.

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VCs go crazy over AI that can make dad jokes.

Generative AI is booming, attracting investments from venture capitalists despite the recent tech crash. With 539 startups collectively raising over $11bn in the capital, generative AI is being driven by factors such as the ease of building new services and applications on top...

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Forget AI. Organoid intelligence is the new thing.

Scientists have proposed a plan to develop a biological computer powered by human brain cells that could outperform silicon-based machines while using far less energy. The system, called "organoid intelligence," would consist of arrays of brain organoids - tiny three-dimension...

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Twitter is featuring Russian propaganda on your timeline.

Oh, look, the Kremlin is using Twitter's new paid verification system to spread propaganda more effectively. Musk has said he'll feature tweets from paid subscribers even more prominently in Twitter's news feed and search. But no worries, Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter is doi...

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OpenAI has released the ChatGPT API.

OpenAI's cutting-edge ChatGPT and Whisper models are now available via API, providing developers with amazing language and speech-to-text capabilities. The ChatGPT model has seen a 90% cost reduction since December, and OpenAI is passing on these savings to users and is priced...

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A black hole as a massive quantum computer.

What if we haven't found extra-terrestrial life because we're looking for the wrong technosignatures? A recent study suggests that advanced civilisations might use microscopic black holes as the ultimate source of computation.

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