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French investigators raided X’s Paris office this week, while UK regulators escalated their scrutiny of Grok, the generative AI tool that can produce sexualised images and videos. The headlines make it sound like a single “content moderation” story. It’s broader than that. What’s unfolding is a stress test of the modern social platform stack: recommendation […]

SpaceX buys xAI: what Musk’s ‘super company’ means for AI, Starlink, and space-based data centers Elon Musk says SpaceX has agreed to acquire xAI, folding the Grok chatbot and its AI infrastructure into the same private company that builds rockets and runs Starlink. On paper it’s a corporate reshuffle inside Musk’s orbit; in practice it’s

When a company says “only emails and phone numbers were exposed,” it’s easy to shrug. No passwords, no credit cards — so what’s the harm? In reality, email addresses and phone numbers are two of the most powerful join keys in the modern internet. They’re the identifiers that let attackers connect your presence across services,

Why the yacht industry is trying to quit teak — and what could replace it Teak has been the marine world’s luxury default for decades: honey-brown planks on sun decks, cockpit soles, swim platforms, and the kind of interior trim that signals “superyacht” before you read the name on the stern. It’s not just fashion.

Bing delisted 1.5 million Neocities sites. Here’s why that matters for the open web Neocities is one of those rare internet services that still feels like the old web: hand-built pages, strange little fandom shrines, personal research notebooks, art experiments, and earnest “here’s what I learned” write‑ups. It’s the opposite of the templated, engagement-maximized, AI-summary-driven

From chatbots to co-workers: why the next wave of AI is about managing agents, not talking to them For the last couple of years, most people have experienced AI as a single conversational partner: you type a prompt, the model responds, and you iterate. That interaction pattern is familiar and often useful — but it

The “Virtual Console” is back… sort of: what Nintendo’s Switch 2 retro downloads really mean Nintendo has spent nearly two decades teaching players to care about how — and whether — they can buy old games on new hardware. The Wii era’s Virtual Console made retro ownership feel simple: pay a few dollars, download a

Former Tumblr chief Jeff D’Onofrio is now acting CEO of The Washington Post — what that signals (and why it matters) The Washington Post is one of those institutions that feels permanent—until it suddenly doesn’t. When leadership turmoil hits a newsroom, it’s rarely “just an HR thing.” It changes what gets covered, how aggressively it’s

GOG Galaxy is coming to Linux: why this matters (and why it’s harder than it sounds) For years, “Linux gaming is finally happening” has been a running joke with a kernel of truth. Proton and the Steam Deck changed the reality of what you can play, and distros like Bazzite made a modern PC feel

Former Tumblr chief Jeff D’Onofrio is now acting CEO of The Washington Post — what that signals (and why it matters) The Washington Post is one of those institutions that feels permanent—until it suddenly doesn’t. When leadership turmoil hits a newsroom, it’s rarely “just an HR thing.” It changes what gets covered, how aggressively it’s