Technology

The race to build the metaverse—a vast digital realm where virtual and physical worlds merge—is already becoming a global power struggle.This article was originally published here

From Reddit and Snapchat to Delta and Zoom, more than a thousand websites around the globe were knocked offline early Monday—and continued to have problems into the afternoon—after a major outage at Amazon Web Services, […]

A major Amazon Web Services outage disrupted scores of online platforms on Monday—leaving people around the world unable to access some banks, chatting apps, online food ordering and more.This article was originally published here

ChatGPT will be able to have kinkier conversations after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the artificial intelligence company will soon allow its chatbot to engage in “erotica for verified adults.”This article was originally published here

The Australian government has begun a public education campaign with tips on how to wean children off social media ahead of a world-first national 16-year age limit taking effect in December.This article was originally published […]

European lawmakers on Thursday called for stricter rules to protect minors online, including a bloc-wide minimum age of 16 to access social media and AI companions without parental consent.This article was originally published here

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is about to launch the early beta version of Grokipedia, a new project to rival Wikipedia.This article was originally published here

The hope of the World Wide Web, according to its creator Tim Berners-Lee, was that it would make communication easier, bring knowledge to all, and strengthen democracy and connection. Instead, it seems to be driving […]

Ursula Smartt not only writes about media law but she acts like a journalist when she does it.This article was originally published here

OpenAI announced plans on Tuesday to relax restrictions on its ChatGPT chatbot, including allowing erotic content for verified adult users as part of what the company calls a “treat adult users like adults” principle.This article […]