Self-harm or humiliation on live streams: The only limits are set by the viewers
Although not illegal, self-destructive behavior by streamers has sparked debate about online boundaries and why audiences are drawn to it
AI devours your information: It knows what you search for, do and upload — and uses that data
Companies hide behind improvement needs to collect personal online activity with which to train their models and sell to ‘service providers’
Global ‘beta’ mode: The massive AI experiment
Humanity is once again a laboratory for big tech, which deploys uncontrolled, unreliable tools that are already part of the daily lives of billions of people around the world
Erika Staël von Holstein, director of Re-Imagine Europe: ‘Instead of trying to convince extremists, we should listen to them’
The depolarization expert calls for a search for the roots of social unrest: ‘This isn’t about climate or migrants, but about deep resentments’
UK online age verification test cuts visits to porn sites in half
The creation of a system to protect minors is under debate in the EU between those who advocate for this barrier and those who fear for privacy and believe that children will go to more dangerous and hidden corners of the internet
Social media ads passing as posts: How advertising slips into Instagram
A new study reveals that people struggle to spot promotional content, as platforms have learned to disguise commercial messages
ChatGPT dissidents, the students who refuse to use AI: ‘I couldn’t remember the last time I had written something by myself’
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Some college students are beginning to limit their use of artificial intelligence, so as not to hinder their own creativity, discipline and critical thinking
Selfies, 4chan, and a war of the sexes: Lessons from the hacking of Tea
Leaks from a dating safety app designed for women’s anonymous reviews of men reveals the internet’s latest threats
The power of the cat
Are the estimated 700 million felines on Earth the sacred animals of our times?
How an AI can blackmail its human supervisor
Anthropic has verified in an experiment that several generative artificial intelligences are capable of threatening a person to prevent them from disconnecting them
The emotional burden of flirting on your phone: Lies, ghosts, and crumbs of attention
Toxic behaviors, such as ghosting or intermittent flirting to maintain the other person’s interest, damage self-esteem, increase feelings of loneliness, and fuel dating app fatigue
Is artificial intelligence turning off our minds?
Despite its undeniable advantages, using AI programs introduces latent threats such as biases, mental laziness, and cognitive debt
How does your phone know so many private details? How thousands of apps are exploiting mysterious indoor location tracking
Many Android users suspect their devices are listening to them, but research shows personal information is leaking via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
Is Google’s reign coming to an end? AI threatens the leading search engine
Searches on Apple devices are falling for the first time ever as more and more young people are turning to smart chatbots
Chapter 5: The ‘Trumpian’ approach to news
The White House has launched an intensive disintermediation campaign. The goal is to weaken the traditional press as much as possible and strengthen a new media ecosystem
Vitaly Kovalev, the Russian hacker who has offices and gives bonuses to his employees
An international police operation identified — but failed to arrest — the developers behind some of the most successful ransomware programs
AI helps spread new stereotypes across cultures
New research shows that language models tend to repeat clichés they have learned in different languages
Social media is fueling conflict in the most bellicose era since World War II
The fake news spiral lies in the success of online disinformation that pushes other media to produce similarly false content
Fantasizing about stopping: The debate about slowing down the pace of life
Several books and essays analyze the need many people feel to take a break, disconnect from their cell phones, and enjoy life without the internet
Fake bands and artificial songs are taking over YouTube and Spotify
AI-generated songs have made their way onto streaming services and it’s not just ambient or electronic music: fake bands, be they rock, salsa, or jazz, are also abundant
How the US is turning into a mass techno-surveillance state
President Trump and his former star advisor, Elon Musk, have accelerated the deployment of a vast technological infrastructure that monitors the lives of millions of people. The system is focusing on immigrants — for now
The covert method Meta uses to track mobile browsing without consent — even in incognito mode or with a VPN
A group of researchers has uncovered a system that Instagram and Facebook have been using since September 2024 to collect users’ web browsing history on Android devices
Cuban government dollarizes the internet: ‘This measure is true digital apartheid’
The increase in the cost of the service, which must be purchased primarily in US dollars, reflects the need to introduce foreign currency into a bankrupt economy
Helen Toner, former OpenAI director: ‘If all AI development stopped now, its impact is already as big as the internet’
An expert on China and artificial intelligence security, whose conflict with Sam Altman made headlines, explains how she sees the evolution of this technology
Going to an office and pretending to work: A business that’s booming in China
Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds
Vincent Bevins: ‘The elites have discovered they can govern us without legitimacy’
Tahrir Square in Egypt, the 15-M movement in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York… Perhaps the most iconic image of the 2010s is that of streets taken over by massive protests. These days, it’s almost impossible to find any trace of them. Journalist Vincent Bevins tries to explain what happened to those days when the world seemed to be on fire
Hyperconnectivity and holographic calls: Telecoms race to meet growing demands
The business is reinventing itself amid regulatory pressure, decreased earnings and the rise of new technologies
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