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Bad Ads: Targeted Disinformation, Division and Fraud on Meta’s Platforms

Multipaint: Draw pictures with color limitations of 8-bit and 16-bit platforms

Google Lays Off Hundreds in Platforms and Devices Unit

Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok all use Neural Networks and Deep Learning behind the scenes to make everything feel magically personalized and addictive. But do Gen Z users know that these companies use modern AI algorithms to keep them hooked on their platforms?

Commission provides guidance under Digital Markets Act to facilitate development of innovative products on Apple's platforms

Encrypted RCS messages between platforms are coming, but this won't end the messaging wars

Senate Votes to Strip CFPB of Ability to Regulate Platforms Like X | Conservative activist and friend of Donald Trump, Laura Loomer, is freaking out.

Scientists move to Bluesky, transitioning away from X and Meta platforms

Split Fiction's free copy offer includes crossplay on all platforms, a first for It Takes Two developer

When Platforms and the Government Unite, Remember What’s Private and What Isn’t

Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans DeepSeek, RedNote and other Chinese-backed AI platforms

Google will let platforms and devices employees leave voluntarily prior to layoffs

Google offers 'voluntary exit' to all US platforms and devices employees

0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord, other platforms

Gaming industry hits a wall, but PC gaming continues to thrive outpacing consoles | Thank advancements in portable PC gaming and the influence of platforms like Roblox

Show HN: I made a tool to save multimedia from various platforms

Platforms systematically removed a user because he made "most wanted CEO" cards

AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Low-quality ‘slop’ generated by AI is crowding out genuine humans across the internet, but instead of regulating it, platforms such as Facebook are positively encouraging it. Where does this end?

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