2025-06-12

I’ve been writing about digital media since the 90s and Prime Video’s latest ads onslaught is the final straw

Prime Video doubling the number of ads is the final confirmation I needed that streaming is becoming its own worst enemy. [...]

2025-06-12

Meta AI’s discover feed is full of people’s deepest, darkest personal chatbot conversations

From queries about dating to medical advice, Meta’s marriage of social media and gen AI appears to be loaded with unintentionally shared content. [...]

2025-06-12

The internet is down. Social media is not taking it well.

Countless sites and providers went down on Thursday. The internet still managed to make jokes. [...]

2025-06-12

Maestro Media launches Kickstarter for Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid tabletop game

Maestro Media is launching a Kickstarter for Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid, a new tabletop game based on Supercell's top-selling mobile game. [...]

2025-06-12

Google DeepMind is sharing its AI forecasts with the National Weather Service

Here's an AI-government collaboration of a less… unsettling variety than some. Google DeepMind is teaming up with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) for tropical cyclone season. The AI researc [...]

2025-06-12

This cheap Hi-Res Audio music player is like a modern iPod mini, with the funky colors to match

This dual-DAC audio player mixes cute colors with serious specs for wired wired or wireless headphones [...]

2025-06-12

Quantum art, multiball, and AI selfies: TNW 2025’s best side quests

Qubits, entanglement, superposition, trapped ions, Schrödinger’s cat. These terms sound strange because the world of quantum mechanics — where things can exist in multiple states at once — is s [...]

2025-06-12

Meta is cracking down on AI 'nudify' apps

Meta is finally cracking down on "nudify" apps that use AI to generate nonconsensual nude and explicit images of celebrities, influencers and others. The company is suing one app maker that& [...]

2025-06-12

Instagram May Soon Let You Rearrange Your Grid. What to Know

The company isn't sharing a lot of details yet, but promises more flexibility. [...]