Let’s all do a dramatic reading of Trump and Musk’s mean posts
We are all rubber-necking at a car crash, aren’t we? Donald Trump and Elon Musk, two of the most media-addled personalities of our time, are publicly torching their relationship by posting on the public social media networks they each respectively own. I have seen theories that this is kayfabe, and
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Walmart and Wing are expanding their partnership and rolling out drone delivery to dozens of more stores in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa.
Read moreBonfire’s new software lets users build their own social communities, free from platform control
Bonfire's mission is to build social software where people get to make the decisions, not big tech platform makers like Meta or Google.
Read moreX tests highlighting posts that are liked by users with opposing views
X says that this feedback will help develop an open source algorithm that can identify posts liked by people with different perspectives.
Read moreScientific papers: innovation … or imitation?
Sometimes a paper comes out that has the seeds of a great idea that could lead to a whole new line of pioneering research. But, instead, nothing much happens, except imitative works that do not push the core idea forward at all. For example the McCulloch Pitts paper from 1943
Read moreGoogle says its updated Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model is better at coding
Google says the update to its Gemini 2.5 Pro preview model is better at certain programming tasks and builds on the upgrade to Gemini 2.5 Pro the company announced around a month ago.
Read moreApple says 82% of compatible iPhones are running iOS 18
Apple said on Thursday that more than 82% of compatible iPhones are running the latest version of its smartphone operating system, iOS 18.
Read moreAnduril raises $2.5B at $30.5B valuation led by Founders Fund
Defense tech startup Anduril raised $2.5 billion in a round that included a $1 billion investment from lead backer Founders Fund.
Read moreSnapchat launches an Apple Watch app globally
While you could already preview Snapchat messages on your Apple Watch by enabling them on your iPhone, there wasn't a way to respond to them until now.
Read moreIntroducing Bounce, a tool to move your following between Bluesky and Mastodon
A major development showcasing the potential for the open social web was unveiled Thursday at the online conference known as FediForum. From the makers of Bridgy Fed, a tool that connects decentralized open social networks, like Mastodon and Bluesky, there now comes a new project known as Bounce that will
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