The New York Times: Kenyans Did College Students’ Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived. Thousands of Kenyans once made a living writing college essays for cheating overseas students, but the industry has all but collapsed since ChatGPT launched in 2022. Teresios Bundi wrote more than 2,500 essays over 12 years and built a business employing dozens of writers, […]
links: 04.09.2026
ABC News: Vicious friends and buried undies win at 2026 Ig Nobel prizes The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded outside the US for the first time in 36 years, in Zurich. One prize went to research on why we want friends who can be vicious on our behalf when it counts. Another was for a precise scientific […]
links: 02.09.2026
SBS News: The ‘harmful’ online rabbit hole finding teens within minutes Australian activist Chanel Contos is telling the National Press Club that major social platforms’ algorithmic feeds expose young people to misogynistic content. Teen boys are shown content that blames women and glorifies male dominance within 25 minutes of signing up, and Contos is calling on the government […]
links: 01.09.2026
Sveriges Radio: TikTok and Meta paid by racist account to promote posts A Sveriges Radio P3 News investigation found that openly Nazi and far-right accounts operate freely on TikTok despite violating both EU law and the platform’s own rules. Reporters found the accounts behind them were able to buy paid ads from both TikTok and Meta. TikTok’s Nordic […]
links: 04.08.2026
SBS News: ‘Unfounded and premature’: Why experts say parents shouldn’t panic about screen time A new international study following more than 3,000 children since 2009 found no link between screen-time duration and developmental difficulties at age five or ten. Australian experts note that worries about an “iPad baby” generation may be both unfounded and premature — the study […]
links: 03.08.2026
The New York Times: What Are Companies Getting for All That A.I. Spending? The New York Times reports on a new field of economics — “tokenomics” — that studies what companies are actually paying for AI use and what they’re getting for it. There’s still no standard way to compare cost and value, so some firms are inventing […]
links: 02.08.2026
The New York Times: How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners The New York Times describes an unsecured Chinese police surveillance platform in Zhangjiakou, found openly accessible online by cybersecurity researcher Marc Hofer — who spotted his own photo and passport number in it. The system tracked more than 700 foreign residents of the city, but held nearly 12,000 […]
links: 01.08.2026
Wired: China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem Wired reports that China’s EV boom is now followed by its first big wave of retired batteries. 400,000 tonnes of battery waste piled up last year and 22 million tonnes are expected by 2040, yet certified recyclers get only about a quarter of it, as unlicensed buyers pay […]
links: 31.07.2026
PBS News: Copenhagen’s famed Noma restaurant prepares to reopen without chef Redzepi at helm PBS reports that Copenhagen’s famed Noma reopens on August 5 without René Redzepi, who stepped away in March after former employees’ allegations of abuse and assault. Its three Michelin stars are gone as well. The kitchen is now led by Pablo Soto, the menu […]
links: 30.07.2026
TechCrunch: Microsoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bag TechCrunch reports that Microsoft booked a $3.2 billion gain on its Anthropic investments for the quarter, while writing down its OpenAI stake by about $600 million over the same period. A single quarter of Anthropic gains nearly matched a full year of OpenAI gains, which […]