Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad
…The ad remains visible as you navigate different parts of the Roku platform, taking away space that could be used for displaying apps and content. The marquee ad space can show marketing…
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Is it even “social media” anymore?
That shift is the focus of a new preprint that Törnberg co-authored with University of Amsterdam colleague Richard Rogers. “When we talk about social media, there are certain assumptions about what it is,” said Törnberg. “It’s user-generated, and there’s a platform that organizes interaction, but the platform cannot produce content on its own. So instead the platform allows people to connect with each other, and it just provides infrastructure for that. The [terms] social network and social media is almost synonymous. Those describe pre-algorithm Twitter circa 2012 quite well.”
RIP social media. What comes next is messy.FCC lifts looming deadline for Amazon Leo satellite broadband constellation
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OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and Codex and the models those tools utilize, and Broadcom, an established silicon supplier, have announced a new chip called Jalapeño, designed specifically for large language model…
iOS, macOS, and iPadOS 26.5 updates arrive with encrypted RCS messaging and more
…releases are new Pride-themed wallpapers and some of the initial work needed to support ads in the Apple Maps app. There are also a handful of smaller platform-specific additions and…
Smart light company Govee apologizes for “white supremacy” marketing imagery
…We are committed to ensuring all content on our platforms aligns with our core values of respect and integrity, and we take this matter extremely seriously. The Verge suggested that the image…
New social features further Plex’s evolution from media server business
Plex is adding new social features to the platform. As of today, users can make and share “personalized lists on Plex of any movie, show or episode,” the company said in an…
Sony's failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits
…Supreme Court told Ars that the decision seems to apply broadly to all other kinds of technology platforms. “I think it applies to any technology provider. I didn’t see any basis…
Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program
…Unlike many past Windows updates, Windows 11 required some users to buy new PCs with specific CPU technologies and a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Microsoft was widely criticized for excluding perfectly serviceable…
Here's what Jeff Bezos' new startup Prometheus will do
…become co-CEO of a new startup called Prometheus. At the time, the startup said it would focus on “physical AI”—an increasingly common term for applying the same deep learning principles…
Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website
…Instead, a new overlay popped up, saying, “Get the app to keep using Reddit.” There was no way to skip, bypass, or close the overlay. It did not provide any instructions or…