Sources: Disney has been hesitant to license its IP to Roblox because it doesn't consider it a safe platform, bucking the trend followed by Netflix and others
Here's a stat that might shock anyone who isn't the parent of a Gen Alpha kid: As of October 2025, online gaming platform Roblox boasted …
A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks the same way it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands in the AI boom
Every morning nearly 100,000 geeks world wide, including some of the richest tech barons in the universe, fire … X: @elatable . Bluesky: @mranthropology , @turoczy , @metacurity.com , @sauthoff , and ...
Google edited Gemini's response in a Super Bowl commercial to remove an incorrect statistic about Gouda cheese, regurgitated from seeming SEO-optimized blogs
I'm saying the actual content of Google's ads *show* hallucinations on screen, that YOU can go find live on the web There are 50 of these A cornucopia of embarrassing Nate Hake / @natejhake : @Goog_En...
Insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for the treatment of older patients
STAT : Tweets: @marshacollier and @maartenvsmeden Tweets: Marsha Collier / @marshacollier : How Medicare Advantage Plans Use #AI To Cut Off Care For Seniors Insurers are using unregulated predictive ...
Analysis: Google Maps in the US regularly misleads people looking for abortion providers, instead pointing them towards non-medical crisis pregnancy centers
Chey was a 19-year-old college sophomore living near Orlando, Florida, when she discovered she was pregnant and decided to have an abortion. Tweets: @daveyalba , @daveyalba , @jackgillum , @davidjoach...
An in-depth look at the 2016 Bitfinex hack and US government's case against Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, aka Razzlekhan, over alleged money laundering
The hackers had been inside the Bitfinex servers for weeks before attempting the heist. They'd watched users on the cryptocurrency exchange buy and sell Bitcoins. Tweets: @kaileyleinz , @chafkin , @c...
Apple, Spotify, and other companies that distribute podcasts have done little to rein in COVID-19 misinformation, escaping the scrutiny social media giants face
False statements about vaccines have spread on the “Wild West” of media, even as some hosts die of virus complications. Tweets: @carnage4life , @evan_greer , @derekwillis , @shanoorseervai , @peterham...
Biden staffers say their experiences in dealing with Facebook during the election left them concerned that the company is a threat to the electoral process
Inside the battle between Biden and Facebook. — Opinion Writer at Large — In the days after the election … Tweets: @cwarzel , @ethannichtern , @brendannyhan , @whotargetsme , @nytopinion , @anandw...
Investigation: software used for targeting medical services to US patients is infusing racial bias into decision-making about who should receive stepped-up care
Casey Ross / STAT : Tweets: @frankpasquale , @rsvassellmd , @ravindranize , @docjeffd , @uche_blackstock , @erbrod , @statnews , and @rebeccadrobbins Tweets: Frank Pasquale / @frankpasquale : “None o...
Many hospitals and clinics are introducing AI-powered decision support tools, often novel and unproven, but most patients are unaware of them
Since February of last year, tens of thousands of patients hospitalized at one of Minnesota's largest health systems have had their discharge … Tweets: @rebeccadrobbins , @statnews , @kncukier , @kate...