Whether it’s banning articles on X or killing fact checks on Meta, the only constant is that it benefits the powerful.
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Critics worry that a sweeping ban based on predictions rather than more concrete proof of TikTok’s security risks sets a precedent in line with repressive regimes.
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And why those that do aren’t just trading in meme coins for the lulz.
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Ordinary humanity faces an emerging threat from the combined might of the Human Elites (billionaires and the military-political class) working with perhaps the greatest power the planet has ever seen: artificial intelligence. Their combined might has the potential to totally screw us. Happy New Year everyone. 2025 is set to be the ‘break-out year’ for Continue reading »
Billionaires gonna billionaire — and lick the boots of whoever will bring them more riches and impunity.
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More coal and gas, less renewables: what a nuclear power plan for Australia would really mean John Quiggin The federal opposition leader’s plan for nuclear…
The FBI is still touting the debunked idea that its agents could access communications without opening a door to foreign hackers.
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Why the kinship between artificial intelligence and the human mind is terrifying.
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A video went viral after an arrest in Brian Thompson’s killing. But a forensic review by The Intercept shows it’s a hoax.
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Much has been written in these pages about the AUKUS delusion: Of how it was haphazardly and secretly put together by Scott Morrison to wedge the then Labor Opposition, about the elasticity of its costings, the improbability of Australia ever acquiring any of the proposed submarines, the enormous cost of the project, the effectiveness of Continue reading »