Mark Zuckerberg is building a new surveillance state

Mark Zuckerberg recently took to Instagram to boast that nearly a billion people now use Meta AI across the company’s platforms. To celebrate, he announced the launch of a new standalone app, encouraging users to “Check it out!” It sounded innocuous, almost charming, as if he were discussing a playful new feature. But make no mistake: this wasn’t just a product release. It was a warning shot from a man who now has his hands firmly on the wheel of reality.

Fact-Checking Is Out, ‘Community Notes’ Are In

One Friday in April, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, announced that the process of removing fact-checking from Facebook, Threads, and Instagram was nearly complete. By the following Monday, there would be “no new fact checks and no fact checkers” working across these platforms, which are used by billions of people globally—no professionals marking disinformation about vaccines or stolen elections.

Trump's manufacturing renaissance could mean more jobs for robots

With his sweeping tariff and trade policies, President Trump envisions a U.S. manufacturing renaissance that will bring back good-paying, working-class jobs to America's auto industry.

But advances in AI and other technologies paint a different picture of the future: Armies of robots — some in human form — doing difficult or repetitive tasks once done by people, who instead put their brains to work in different ways.

Third Neuralink brain implant patient able to communicate despite non-verbal ALS

The third human to receive a Neuralink brain implant, who also has non-verbal ALS, is now able to speak in his own voice thanks to the advancing technology combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Brad Smith said in a video on X that even though having the disease "sucks," he is happy, and God has answered his prayers and "life is good." He also talked about his journey with ALS and the hope he was given after becoming the third human to receive a Neuralink brain transplant. Neuralink, which was started...

Meta oversight board wants company to address ‘human rights impact’ of hateful conduct policies

The independent oversight board for Meta is calling for the company to analyze the “human rights impact” of its January changes removing fact checking and promoting “free expression.”

The oversight team, an independent board of advisors that weighs in on how Meta’s community standards and guidelines are applied, published decisions this week over how Meta responded in 11 cases, including a “comment targeting people with Down syndrome,” “posts supporting [United Kingdom] riots,” and more.

Investigation of China’s DeepSeek finds America losing edge in tech talent

America looks to be losing its advantage in the top tech talent needed to compete globally for advanced artificial intelligence.

A Stanford University investigation into gains by DeepSeek published this week revealed that the Chinese firm’s sudden rise came from homegrown researchers.

DeepSeek’s success in creating a powerful model that compares favorably to Western AI models while relying on Chinese talent is an “early-warning indicator” for America, according to Amy Zegart, senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. 

Apple, Meta Fined by EU, Ordered to Comply With Tech Competition Rules

The European Union fined Apple AAPL 2.39%increase; green up pointing triangle and Meta META 4.74%increase; green up pointing triangle Platforms hundreds of millions of dollars and ordered the companies to comply with the bloc’s tech rules in a move that risks ratcheting up tensions with the Trump administration as officials pursue trade talks. 

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