UK will ban social media for children under 16

The UK is following Australia by banning young people under 16 from TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms. [...]

Nous Research just released Nomos 1, an open-source AI that ranks second on the notoriously brutal Putnam math exam

Nous Research, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup, released on Tuesday an open-source mathematical reasoning system called Nomos 1 that achieved near-elite human performance on th [...]

Reddit should be a 'go-to search engine,' Steve Huffman says

Reddit is going to be leaning even harder into search in the coming months. The company has already been working on a plan to integrate its LLM-powered search into its main search feature, but CEO Ste [...]

How to bypass social media blocks and increased surveillance in 2026

Hitting a firewall on your travels? From stealth VPNs to encrypted eSIMs, here is your definitive 2026 guide to bypassing social media blocks and escaping government surveillance safely abroad. [...]

Commodore's New Flip Phone Focuses on 'Digital Detox' and Blocks Social Media Apps

The retro phone has a physical T9 texting button layout, the ability to run most Android-based apps and a social media blacklist. [...]

Instagram adds Spotify integration to Stories and Notes

Spotify and Instagram are cozying up for more seamless music sharing. Two new features make it easier for Spotify's nearly 700 million users to share their favorite tunes.<br /> When sharin [...]

Australia Bans Social Media for Kids Under 16. Which Sites Are Blocked?

The new Australian law restricts some social media platforms, but other services and AI chatbots are exempt. [...]

Indonesia to Ban YouTube, TikTok, Other Social Media Apps for Children Under 16

Indonesia is the latest country to block social media, saying the apps pose "increasingly real threats" to young people. [...]

Why Weibo’s tiny VibeThinker-3B has the AI world arguing over benchmarks again

On Sunday, a team of nine researchers at Sina Weibo — the Chinese social media giant better known for its microblogging platform than for cutting-edge artificial intelligence — quietly posted a 14 [...]