Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a ‘ground-up overhaul’ of its AI
This is the first model Meta has released under its Superintelligence Labs, led by former ScaleAI CEO Alexandr Wang.
British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto
Back, a longtime researcher and pioneer in cryptography, denies the allegation that he is the secretive creator of Bitcoin.
A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me.
Justin Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as a joke.
The anonymous social app that thinks it can work in Saudi Arabia
When Fizz quietly debuted in Saudi Arabia, founder and CEO Teddy Solomon wasn’t expecting the app to catch on like it did.
OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead ‘special projects’
In addition to Lightcap’s new role, OpenAI CMO Kate Rouch will be stepping away from the company to focus on cancer recovery, with a plan to return when her health allows.
NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science
NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman faced the most earthly possible conflict while in outer space: his Outlook wasn’t working.
A new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying sign-up process (and it’s working)
Sonder profiles are completely unstructured, encouraging users to build something that looks like a mood board or a digital collage Think MySpace rather than LinkedIn.
Meta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what?
Meta faces thousands more court cases while Congress has proposed numerous bills addressing children’s online safety, some heavily criticized.
Bluesky’s new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance
More than 125,000 Bluesky users have blocked Attie in just a few days, sending a strong message from the user base.
DeleteMe acquires social media security tool Block Party
Tracey Chou founded Block Party in 2018 as a tool to help people stay safe from targeted harassment on Twitter, inspired by her own experiences.