How do you keep yourself sane and happy while 1) Right wing fascists are getting powerful 2) women rights are getting weaker 3) Inequalities are raising?

Google loses fight over record $4.7 billion EU antitrust fine

Why isn’t Tripadvisor warning guests about dangerous hotels? - New AI summaries at the top of reviews mask food poisoning, hazardous rooms and sexual harassment

Bring Back Crappy Forums: Web forums were rough around the edges and faded in relevance as seemingly better options emerged. But what if we had stuck with them?

A new Android malware from Google

UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ on mobile app stores—CMA says developers should be able to steer users away from app stores for payments to increase competition

Poll: Frequent AI chatbot users more likely to believe anti-vaccine myths— Poll finds use of AI tools for health advice is correlated with belief in vaccine falsehoods, such as shots causing autism

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than governments can keep up; AI may worsen global inequality.

Meta Oversight Board: Non-Public Figures Need More Protection Over Sexualized Deepfakes

Amazon sued in Australia after Prime subscribers were made to pay more to remove ads

Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5

Open source game engine Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions: 'We can't trust heavy users of AI to understand their code enough to fix it'

California Senators kill bill barring registered sex offenders from running for public office

US House of Representatives passed the KIDS Act, Which would basically require age checks for Americans to get online

US House of Representatives passed the KIDS Act, Which would basically require age checks for Americans to get online

US Supreme Court limits use of location data; upholds firing of FTC's Slaughter— 2 U.S. Supreme Court decisions will impact how geofence warrants can be obtained by law enforcement

New-Vehicle Quality Study: Drivers Are Not Happy With Their Cars' Screens; Cupholders are the biggest single contributor to the year-over-year improvement in initial quality.

Feds Want to Drop Requirement for Autonomous Cars to Have a Brake Pedal

Sony is deleting 551 movies and TV shows you bought on PlayStation, because you don't really own your digital purchases— John Wick, Paddington, and Terminator 2 are among the titles–no refunds offered