+ Snap and TikTok offer richer, more interesting recommendations than Google. + Facebook has vowed to double the amount of AI-recommended feed content. + Instagram has sheepishly (and only temporarily) retracted some of its much-hated recent changes. The platform rejected the social model championed by Facebook, with great success. ( MIT Technology Review)Ĩ TikTok is driven by strangers, not friends + How China’s biggest online influencers fell from their thrones. Their adoring fans don’t always consider the humans behind the animations. Patients could wear them at home, instead of attending hospital appointments. ( The Atlantic $)Ħ Sticky patches could revolutionize how we take ultrasounds Refusing to stoop to their level can make the whole thing less annoying to deal with. ( MIT Technology Review)ĥ Online outrage is performative and fleeting + The biggest threat of deepfakes isn’t the deepfakes themselves.
( FT $)Ĥ The Democrats did not release a deepfake video of Joe Bidenĭespite conspiracy theorists’ best efforts to convince the internet. + Chipmakers say they urgently need the subsidies promised by the bill. + The multi-billion package must be invested wisely. Partly because the shortage seems to be easing anyway. ( MIT Technology Review)ģ The CHIPS Act isn’t going to fix the semiconductor shortage + Why business is booming for military AI startups. It wants to sell them to overseas buyers, reportedly including Russia. ( Bloomberg $)Ģ Iran is ramping up its drone production + Bitcoin’s value is heading towards its best month since 2021. + Here’s why the popular definition of a recession isn’t official. + Technically the US may now be in recession, but much of the economy remains strong. I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.ġ Bitcoin traders don’t care about a recessionĭebate over the definition of a recession, and whether we’re in one, feels like a distraction.