Tag: Internet
Facebook won’t keep paying Australian media outlets for their content. Are we about to get another news ban?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has announced it will stop paying for news content in Australia when the current deals it has expire. Meta will also cease…
EU queries Meta about ad-free subscriptions, ‘shadow banning’
The EU asked Meta to provide information about Threads, a platform it rolled out last year in Europe. The EU on Friday used new regulatory powers to query Meta about…
All-light communication network bridges space, air and sea for seamless connectivity
Researchers developed an all-light communication network that enables seamless connectivity across space, air and underwater environments. It combines blue light communication (BLC) for controlling unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) with white…
Kiribati’s government not responsible for viral post, sorry
The pacific nation of Kiribati has a population of 115,372 (2023 est.) spread over 33 islands – although only 21 of the islands are habitable. It was too good to…
A short history of how fandoms shaped the internet
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fans and the internet have a symbiotic relationship. The digital era increased the productivity and visibility of fan culture, which in turn has largely influenced the…
What to know about the EU’s landmark digital content law
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The EU’s milestone legislation known as the Digital Services Act demands that digital companies crack down on illegal and problematic content. Since August the law has…
AI giants to unveil pact to fight political deepfakes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Tech giants including Meta, Microsoft, Google and OpenAI are working on a pact to jointly crack down on AI content intended to deceive voters ahead of…
Faulty machine translations litter the web
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Near the end of the last century, Bill Gates saw the prospect of unifying citizens of nearly 200 countries, speaking more than 7,000 languages, coming together…
Microsoft expands Office AI Copilot to consumers, smaller companies
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Microsoft Corp. is opening up its artificial intelligence assistant to consumers and making the corporate version available to smaller companies as it tries to increase the…
