Five social media giants face crackdown over under-16 ban
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube are under investigation and facing fines of up to $49.5 million. for potential non-compliance with Australia’s world-first social media ban. ⌘ Read more
Roblox, YouTube caught in major children’s privacy overhaul
A new draft code would give children the right to demand deletion of their data and ban “dark patterns” designed to trick them into sharing more. ⌘ Read more
Parents like me are cheering these Facebook verdicts. But it’s not all good news
If these landmark court decisions against Meta and YouTube result in a dilution of free speech, the so-called victory will be hollow indeed. ⌘ Read more
Will Social Media Change After YouTube and Meta’s Court Defeat?
Yes, this week YouTube and Meta were found negligent in a landmark case about social media addiction.
But “it’s still far from certain what this defeat will change,” argues The Verge’s senior tech and policy editor, “and what the collateral damage could be.”
If these decisions survive appeal — which isn’t certain — the direct outcome would be multi … ⌘ Read more
The StarTalk Team Has More Questions for Neil | Burning Question Pt. 4 ⌘ Read more
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Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
A jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark social media addiction case, ruling that addictive design features such as infinite scroll and algorithmic recommendations harmed a young user and contributed to her mental health distress. The verdict awards $3 million in compensatory damages so far and could pave the way for … ⌘ Read more
Dark matter came first, we just moved in later ⌘ Read more
The Different Candidates for Dark Matter, with Katherine Freese ⌘ Read more
Just learned this nice little life-hack for disconnecting MC4 Solar connectors 👌 Works really well! And I don’t have to buy a special little MC4 assembly tool 🥳
I thought that YouTube finally destroyed all the feeds, because I didn’t get any new entries in my newsreader for days. Now I realized that Newsboat somehow just froze. No idea what happened. This is the very first time ever in all those years. Haven’t updated the version for literally years. I reckon I will compile the upcoming version then. This will require a new Rust toolchain, that’s going to be great fun, I’m sure. Already looking forward to that…
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How to build your dragon (training sold separately) ⌘ Read more
Space Solar Farms, Blue Straggler Stars, & Earth’s Escape Plan ⌘ Read more
Are We Creating Objective Reality or Finding it? With Charles Liu | Cosmic Queries href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23107”>#107** ⌘ Read more
We Challenge You to “Recite Pi or Get Pi’d” 🥧 ⌘ Read more
War Is A Bad Idea ⌘ Read more
@rdlmda@rdlmda.me @bender@twtxt.net Eventually: “I’VE GOT THE POWER!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOScKjXH-HE
Neil deGrasse Tyson 🤝 Tetris, Chuck Nice 🤝 Leaving the arcade ⌘ Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ
“A proud tradition, but it is hard work. Enter… The Internet!”
YouTube Expands AI Deepfake Detection To Politicians, Government Officials, and Journalists
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tools to a pilot group of politicians, government officials, and journalists, allowing them to identify and request removal of unauthorized AI-generated videos impersonating them. TechCrunch reports: The technology itself launched last year to rough … ⌘ Read more
Ask Neil Anything, January 2026 | Free Patreon Exclusive ⌘ Read more
Why Neil Hates Parsecs ⌘ Read more
Since nobody asked for it, more Courtney. 🫠🫠🫠
Physics WILL turn your cow into a sphere ⌘ Read more
Do We Need New Math to Understand the Universe? With Terence Tao ⌘ Read more
Wait, So AI is Lying to us? ⌘ Read more
Awwwww, sooo beautiful! Handmade tiles for a tiled stove: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8hBf5b99Jk
Since I’ve been recently appointed “the bringer of music” … 🤪
Lauren Hart has joined Arch Enemy 😍 Arch Enemy – To The Last Breath
Kayla Dixon replaced Avienne Low in Vintersea a while ago and she’s doing a phenomenal job 🤯 (Avienne was already great) Vintersea – Become The Wave
Rikke List with Konvent makes for funny stories in YouTube comments (little boy wonders “women can do that?!”), and those are just killer riffs by Sara Nørregaard 🤘 Konvent – Puritan Masochism
I miss the days when Mina Špiler was with Laibach, she was perfect for this group 😢 Laibach – Bossanova
Courtney LaPlante is from another world entirely 😍🫠 (be sure to watch this to the very end 😅) Spiritbox – Rule Of Nines (one take)
Is AI Hiding Its Full Power? With Geoffrey Hinton ⌘ Read more
The Graph No One Talks About ⌘ Read more
Prediction Market Platform Kalshi Discloses First Insider Trading Enforcement Action
Kalshi, the prediction market platform regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has for the first time publicly disclosed the results of an insider trading investigation, naming an editor for YouTube’s biggest creator as the offender.
The company identified Artem Kaptur, an editor for MrBeast, who … ⌘ Read more
Scientific Martyrs, Life Beyond Our Planet & More! | Cosmic Queries href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23106”>#106** ⌘ Read more
Are quantum particles moving through higher dimensions? ⌘ Read more
Pro-Gamer Consumer Movement ‘Stop Killing Games’ Will Launch NGOs in America and the US
The consumer movement Stop Killing Games “has come a long way in the two years since
YouTuber Ross Scott got mad about Ubisoft’s
destruction of The Crew in 2024,” writes the gaming news site PC Gamer. “The short version is, he won: 1.3 million people signed the group’s petition, mandating its considerati … ⌘ Read more
Is ‘Brain Rot’ Real? How Too Much Time Online Can Affect Your Mind.
Can being “very online” really affect our brains, asks the Washington Post:
Research suggests that scrolling through short videos on TikTok, Instagram or YouTube Shorts is affecting our attention, memory and mental health. A recent meta-analysis of the scientific literature found that increased use of short-form video was linked with poorer co … ⌘ Read more
Places in Space Where All Forces Equal ⌘ Read more
Antimatter is Worth Trillions? ⌘ Read more
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A YouTuber’s $3M Movie Nearly Beat Disney’s $40M Thriller at the Box Office
Mark Fischbach, the YouTube creator known as Markiplier who has spent nearly 15 years building an audience of more than 38 million subscribers by playing indie-horror video games on camera, has pulled off something that most independent filmmakers never manage – a self-financed, self-distributed debut feature that has … ⌘ Read more
Melting Arctic ice could open major global shipping lanes ⌘ Read more
‘Babylon 5’ Episodes Start Appearing (Free) on YouTube
Cord Cutters News reports:
In a move that has delighted fans of classic science fiction, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun uploading full episodes of the iconic series Babylon 5 to YouTube, providing free access to the show just as it departs from the ad-supported streaming platform Tubi… Viewers noticed notifications on Tubi indicating that all five seasons w … ⌘ Read more
The Problem With Uploading Your Consciousness | Cosmic Queries href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23105”>#105** ⌘ Read more
A mate just recommended this German talk why people don’t wanna work at your company: https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3321-es_es_ka_em_warum_gute_leute_nicht_bei_euch_arbeiten_wollen It’s really good. I fully agree with most parts.
The speaker referenced https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xmEgtRhw7o (Mårten Mickos: Believe in Something Bigger Than Yourself) which is also very interesting, if you make it through the first bit. He talks about his CEO role at MySQL AB.
What’s Up With Greenland? ⌘ Read more
For several days again, YouTube fucks up all the Atom feeds every European morning. A bunch of hours just 404s. :-(
What Missions to Venus are REALLY like! ⌘ Read more
2032 Asteroid Impact on the Moon? ⌘ Read more
Why We’re Going Back to Venus, with David Grinspoon ⌘ Read more
Why It’s Helpful to Bully Planets ⌘ Read more