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Australia To Let Social Media Users ‘Opt Out’ of Algorithm-Based Feeds

Australia is proposing the “My Feed, My Way” initiative that would force social media platforms to let users over 16 turn off algorithmic recommendations and instead see only posts from people and creators they follow. Read more…

Google DeepMind Publishes AI-Powered Predictions For Effect of All 9 Billion Mutations to Human DNA

Google DeepMind has released AlphaGenome Atlas, a free research database containing AI-generated predictions for the effects of all 9 billion possible single-letter mutations in the human genome. Built from its AlphaGenome model, the atlas is Read more…

Teen Reading Slumps to Worst This Century Due to Surge in Screen Time

Teen reading, math, and science scores have fallen to their lowest levels since international PISA testing began in 2000, with 15-year-olds now reading at roughly the level previously expected of students a year younger. The Read more…

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A Man Charged His EV at a Dealership – and Was Billed $418

A Clinton Township, Michigan man was charged $418 for a single EV charging session at Elder Hyundai’s Macomb Township store after finding the charger listed as publicly available on the EVgo app, but didn’t discover Read more…