Do parenting influencers have a place on social media?
The recent sentencing of Ruby Franke, who dished out parenting advice online, has sparked conversation around the safety of so-called ‘sharenting’ via social media. When Ruby Franke was sentenced to four terms in prison, she had 2.3 million followers on a now-deleted YouTube channel titled ‘8 Passengers’. The premise of the...
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Apple fined nearly $2 billion USD by EU for ‘blocking’ music apps
Apple is being fined almost $2 billion USD for supressing alternative music streaming apps on its App Store. It’s the first time the EU has penalised the company and its third largest fine ever. Which music streaming platform do you opt for? Are you an avid Spotify user or an...
Bumble to relaunch amidst waning Gen Z interest in dating apps
Gen Z are slowly ditching dating apps in favour of real-life socialising. It could wind up costing big companies like Bumble a fair buck. Now, it has announced a relaunch later in the year alongside widespread layoffs. Have you ever tried to using a dating app to find love? Algorithmic,...
Apple reportedly cancels electric car project
Despite never being officially announced, Apple’s rumoured electric car project has apparently been shelved. Apple has apparently cancelled plans to build electric vehicles, after ten years of rumours and speculation that it was working on such a project. According to Bloomberg News, many employees previously involved with electric vehicles will...
What’s up with the constant gaming layoffs in 2024?
The gaming industry has never exactly been synonymous with job security, but what is causing this unprecedented amount of layoffs in 2024? By 2027, the gaming industry is slated to be worth a staggering $282 billion. That said, what on Earth is going on with the continuous layoffs being reported...
Will Samsung’s smart ring usher in a new era of wearable tech?
As consumers become increasingly interested in tracking their health status with help from wearable tech, could Samsung’s smart ring make smartwatches a thing of the past? Modern life is all about data. Banking apps notify us about changes in our month-to-month spending habits, music apps reveal how many minutes we...
Over 100 new species found on underwater mountain near Chile
Off the coast of Chile, up to 3,530 metres below sea level, scientists have discovered over 100 previously unknown species living on an underwater mountain. The planet’s biological tapestry is significantly richer than we knew last week. Scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute have just discovered 100 new species living on an underwater water mountain off the coast of Chile and Easter Island. Stretching 2,900 kilometres, the rocky formation dubbed the...
Lawsuit filed against dating apps claims they are ‘fuelling addiction’
Since the emergence of online dating apps almost a decade ago, they’ve become one of the most common ways new couples meet. However, some users are claiming that their addictive nature is causing harm to our relationships and mental health. On Valentine’s Day, six dating app users filed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Tinder, Hinge, and other dating apps of using addictive, game-like features to encourage ‘compulsive use.’ Filed in the...
ChatGPT just went rogue and we don’t know why
OpenAI’s generative language tool went completely haywire last night, and its responses have been freaking people out. Developers ambiguously refer to this phenomenon as a ‘hallucination’. Reassuring. Are our digital overlords readying their full-scale invasion already? Last night, ChatGPT users reported occurrences of the generative language tool going completely haywire. Simple user queries prompted strange ramblings, most of which were entirely unintelligible and way too long. Gathering to share examples on Reddit...
Reddit signs over its user data to train unnamed AI model
As user data becomes an increasingly hot commodity, an unnamed AI company is reportedly plotting a $60 million swoop to scrape Reddit for AI training purposes. Should we be concerned? Decades of Reddit ramblings could become fuel for the next generation of AI models. The self-proclaimed ‘front page of the internet’ has reportedly negotiated a content licensing deal with an unnamed AI company. For the cool price of $60 million,...
