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Platform moderation and business-model fights led the day: TikTok and Meta both drew scrutiny, Meta rewrote its AI-training terms, and Amazon's warehouse monitoring was reported. SpaceX's carrier ambitions were the largest strategic item.
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SpaceX agreed to buy low-band spectrum to build a Starlink-based wireless carrier, challenging AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. The Verge frames it as an expensive gamble. The Verge ↗
OpenDemocracy reports that Amazon uses AI-driven surveillance to monitor union activity at UK warehouses, including sites in Birmingham and Coventry. Hacker News (front page) ↗
TikTok permanently banned the advertising account promoting Alex Gibney's four-hour Elon Musk documentary before its wider release, adding to platform resistance against the film. TechCrunch ↗
Meta reportedly removed the No Kings protest account on Instagram during a large protest day. The report is from MeidasNews and the summary gives no Meta explanation. Hacker News (front page) ↗
A New York representative announced a bill requiring consumers to own purchased games rather than license them, and requiring publishers to keep games functional after support ends. Hacker News (front page) ↗
OpenJDK published the JDK 28 project page for the next Java Development Kit release. The summary gives no feature list. Hacker News (front page) ↗
A WSJ piece reports a Princeton PhD applied to 2,300 jobs without landing one, pointing to a frozen labor market. Separately, Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon announced a partnership to train early-career software engineers. Hacker News (front page) ↗
Articles the model saw · 13
A WSJ piece reports a Princeton PhD applied to 2,300 jobs without success, highlighting a tight academic and labor market.
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Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/labor-market-freeze-phd-graduate-f8e17d7c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50138462 Points: 34 # Comments: 31
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince explains the company's rationale for keeping a free CDK tier with unlimited bandwidth.
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Article URL: https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/88659/how-can-cloudflare-offer-a-free-cdn-with-unlimited-bandwidth/88685#88685 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50138087 Points: 19 # Comments: 7
Meta reportedly removed the No Kings protest account on Instagram during a large protest day, drawing attention to content moderation decisions.
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Article URL: https://meidasnews.com/news/zuckerbergs-meta-takes-down-no-kings-instagram-during-massive-protest-day Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136881 Points: 380 # Comments: 187
OpenJDK announced the JDK 28 release project page, the next version of the Java Development Kit.
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Article URL: https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/28/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50135379 Points: 34 # Comments: 10
Meta removed terms language about scraping and AI training after concerns, while denying any change to its web crawling practices.
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A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web.
TikTok permanently suspended the social media account promoting Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary before its wider release.
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images Just ahead of the wider release of Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, TikTok has banned the film's social media account from its platform. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film's distributor, Bleecker Street, was informed Friday afternoon that a "permanent suspension" was imminent. Bleecker Street has not yet responded to a request for comment from The Verge. While TikTok has no official affiliation with Elon Musk, part owner Larry Ellison appears in the film via a text message offering to help Musk fund his Twitter purchase. Last month, YouTube, Meta, X, and TikTok all face … Read the full story at The Verge.
OpenDemocracy reports Amazon uses AI-driven surveillance to monitor union activity at UK warehouses.
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Article URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/amazon-ai-surveillance-monitor-union-activity-uk-warehouses-birmingham-coventry-atlas-sutton-coldfield/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50132278 Points: 93 # Comments: 24
SpaceX agreed to buy low-band spectrum to build a wireless carrier using Starlink, challenging AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.
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Today, I’m talking with Walter Piecyk, a partner and analyst at LightShed Partners who covers tech, media, and telecom, about SpaceX’s recently announced plan to become a major wireless carrier. Last week, SpaceX agreed to buy a big chunk of low-band spectrum to expand the Starlink network, spectrum that’s been traded around the telecom business for decades now. SpaceX’s ambitious plan is to use that spectrum to help build “the world’s most advanced mobile network.” Verge subscribers, don’t forget you get exclusive access to ad-free Decoder wherever you get your podcasts. Head here. Not a subscriber? You can sign up here. Combined with news that the FCC approved the deployment of 15,000 next-gen Starlink satellites and the company’s previous agreement to purchase close to $20 billion worth of EchoStar spectrum last year, it’s now clear SpaceX is serious about competing with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. I’ve covered the telecom business for a long time, and I’ve always known that these companies can say they want to do something until they run into the harsh reality of how expensive it is to actually do it. The telecom graveyard of pivots, bad ideas, and failed acquisitions is vast.…
An Edge magazine piece discusses structural problems in the games industry and possible remedies, citing Tim Sweeney.
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Article URL: https://knowledge.edge-online.com/p/the-game-industry-is-broken-can-we-fix-it-tim-sweeney-edge-crash Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50138156 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
TikTok permanently banned the advertising account promoting a four-hour Elon Musk documentary, adding to platform resistance against the film.
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A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk continues to meet resistance from social media platforms.
Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University announced a partnership to train early-career software engineers.
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Article URL: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/2026/microsoft-cmu-praise Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50133830 Points: 21 # Comments: 16
Mercedes-AMG unveiled the 2028 AMG GT SUV, a 1,150hp all-electric full-size SUV built on the AMG.EA architecture.
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Earlier this year, Mercedes' AMG performance brand grabbed our attention with the GT four-door coupe, a souped-up sports sedan with three axial flux motors delivering over 1,150 horsepower. Well, now meet its beefier cousin, the 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV, an equally powerful, ultra-fast-charging electric people-hauler. The AMG GT SUV (say that five times fast) marks the first time in the performance brand's 59-year history that it has developed a full-size SUV entirely in-house from the ground up. Scheduled to hit the US next summer, the new EV is built on Merc's high-performance AMG.EA architecture to combine sports-car handling with full-s … Read the full story at The Verge.
Apple's HomeView smart display can turn online recipes into step-by-step instructions, threatening recipe websites.
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The HomeView can simplify online recipe formatting into easy-to-follow steps. | Image: Apple When Apple revealed the HomeView to the world, it did so with an unusual ad for the company: Instead of pristine, polished tech in immaculate rooms, it's a three-minute look at the messy, frantic morning routine of a family of five. Apple's new smart display sits in the center of the chaos on the kitchen table, helping the family check their calendars, send messages, and pull up a French toast recipe in seconds, with simple, step-by-step instructions. The HomeView is just the latest in a long line of websites, browser extensions, and smart home gadgets with the same promise: that it can take an online recipe and strip it down to the essenti … Read the full story at The Verge.