“It’s really radical,” Stanley told me of Maven, “We got rid of likes and follows. That’s like insanity.” Some early adopters seem to be on board. “I quit all social media about three years ago because of the hostility, disinformation, brain rot, and advertising,” Benjamin Scott, a philosophy student, says. “A lot of this I believe … Read more
Social media platforms will be under the microscope as part of a parliamentary probe into their influence and impact on Australia. The federal government has announced plans to establish a Joint Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate content people are exposed to online. The joint standing committee is set to examine algorithms on social media platforms … Read more
Brands and bots are barred from Spread, and, like PI.FYI, the platform doesn’t support ads. Instead of working to maximize time-on-site, Rogers’ primary metrics for success will be indicators of “meaningful” human engagement, like when someone clicks on another user’s recommendation and later takes action like signing up for a newsletter or subscription. He hopes … Read more
Things are not going well at Tesla right now. The stock is down more than $100 per share year-to-date, as many as 20,000 people are set to lose their jobs, the Cybertruck keeps breaking, operating profit is expected to be down 40 percent when it’s announced later today and the $25,000 electric vehicle that Tesla … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese slammed tech billionaire Elon Musk as a “bloke” who has chosen ego “over common sense” after Musk accused the country of censorship. “This is a bloke who’s chosen ego and showing violence over common sense,” Albanese said in an interview with “First Edition.” “I think that Australians will shake their … Read more
Sydney: Elon Musk said Tuesday his social media platform X will appeal against an Australian injunction forcing it to take down videos of a church stabbing in Sydney.Australia’s internet watchdog secured an injunction late Monday, forcing X to hide videos that allegedly show a Sydney bishop being slashed in the head during a live-streamed sermon.X … Read more
An Australian court has ordered billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform to block every user from seeing violent footage related to a Sydney church stabbing, not just block it for Australian audiences. Amid political unity against X Corp’s defiant stance to keep potentially harmful content online, the nation’s internet cop launched the matter in the … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, April 18, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Elon Musk Actually Apologizes For Something Elon Musk said some of … Read more
Elon Musk is filthy, stinking rich. Despite Tesla’s current troubles resulting in his net worth tumbling a few billion, he’s still the third richest person on the planet. Apparently that wealth isn’t enough for him or Tesla. Now, the company actually created a website to convince shareholders that their part-time CEO deserves a $55 billion … Read more
Social media platform X has pledged to fight Australia’s online safety watchdog over posts about a stabbing at a Western Sydney church. The platform’s Global Government Affairs team on Saturday said Australia’s eSafety Commissioner had ordered it to remove some posts that commented on the attack. But it said the posts did not violate X’s … Read more
