The U.S, TikTok censoring backlash, explained | Mashable

Mashable

The U.S, TikTok censoring backlash, explained

Users are flocking to alternative apps after censorship allegations.

SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit | The Verge

The Verge

SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit

SpaceX claims putting data centers in orbit will be cheaper and more environmentally friendly than building them on land.

Microdosing for Depression Appears to Work About as Well as Drinking Coffee | WIRED

WIRED

Microdosing for Depression Appears to Work About as Well as Drinking Coffee

For years, people from CEOs to novelists have taken tiny amounts of psychedelics to support well-being. New research shows that benefits for depres...

Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures | TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures | TechCrunch

Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the executive director as the company b...

Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch

As users "dislike" posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content ...

Everyone's Trying to Build Flashy Al Tools — But Here's Where the Real Money Is Being Made #ai

Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi Over Age Verification Law

WIRED

Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi Over Age Verification Law

Bluesky has chosen to block access in the state rather than risk potential fines of up to $10,000 per violation.

Mastodon Exit Interview | Rob’s Posts

Rob’s Posts

Mastodon Exit Interview

I am currently winding down the Mastodon bots I used to post sunrise and sunset times. The precipitating event is that the admin of the instance ho...

Alexander Ovechkin becomes the @NHL's all-time leading scorer with goal number EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE. Unbelievable.

Nostr: The Importance of Censorship-Resistant Communication for Innovation and Human Progress - Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights

Bitcoin Magazine

Nostr: The Importance Of Censorship-Resistant Communication For Innovation And Human Progress

Open communication has been a central part of fostering innovation, this is threatened in the modern digital age.

Challenging Bluesky, Threads now allows for public custom feeds | TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Challenging Bluesky, Threads now allows for public custom feeds | TechCrunch

Meta's Threads is doubling down on support for custom feeds as it faces challenges from the growing social network Bluesky, now with over 30 m...

Complete hardware + software setup for running DeepSeek-R1 locally

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@carrigmat: Complete hardware + software setup for running Deepseek-R1 locally. The actual model, no distillations, and Q8 quantization for full qu...

When your personal brand hurts your companies. #elon “I drive a Cybertruck, and I'm sick of people flipping me off. I wish they understood how helpful this car is for me. “

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I drive a Cybertruck, and I'm sick of people flipping me off. I wish they understood how helpful this car is for me.

I drive long distances for my job, so my self-driving Cybertruck helps reduce my exhaustion. But angry people project their hatred of Elon Musk on me.

Analyst Calls Ether’s Surge To $7,000 “Inevitable” As Whales Scoop $3.7 Billion ETH : r/CryptoCurrency https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1iap14o/analyst_calls_ethers_surge_to_7000_inevitable_as/

Why are we talking about the past? Can we talk about policies that will fix inflation? Stop beating around the bush and work on important issues. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/politics/covid-19-lab-leak-cia-ratcliffe/index.html

Focus group: Trump and Biden pardons go down badly with swing voters Trump and Biden both lost with their pardons. https://www.axios.com/2025/01/24/focus-group-trump-georgia-pardons

I'm curious to see how the #nostr technology evolves. As a new user, I recently posted something with a bit of a political edge, and unexpectedly received a lot of negative responses from people who don't follow me. While they won't see this, it makes me wonder if Nostr might follow a similar path as Twitter, where engagement for new users often involves attracting unwanted attention.

It’s fine to assault police officers folks and not go to jail for it. The group that got pardons includes individuals like Julian Khater, who assaulted a U.S. police officer, Brian Sicknick, and later pled guilty to assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon. Devlyn Thompson, who hit a police officer with a metal baton, and Robert Palmer, who is the Florida man who attacked police with a fire extinguisher, a wooden plank, and a pole.