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Clicks brings its BlackBerry-style keyboard case to Android phones https://tcrn.ch/3Qx6JkG

1,000 artists release ‘silent’ album to protest UK copyright sell-out to AI https://tcrn.ch/4hSfB0r

California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers https://tcrn.ch/4kmz7nx

Study of TikTok, X ‘For You’ feeds in Germany finds Far Right political bias ahead of federal elections https://tcrn.ch/3X7AZ9q

Humane’s AI Pin is dead https://tcrn.ch/4k3o6qU

Duolingo ‘killed’ its mascot with a Cybertruck, and it’s going weirdly well https://tcrn.ch/41mjC7A

BuzzFeed is taking on Instagram, TikTok, X with a new social platform designed to spread ‘joy’  https://tcrn.ch/41aV0i0

Microsoft powers AI ambitions with 400 MW solar purchase https://tcrn.ch/3CAQ64t

Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes https://tcrn.ch/3WYMJLz

Lyft to launch Mobileye-powered robotaxis ‘as soon as 2026,’ starting with Dallas https://tcrn.ch/4hvO2tp

Snap CEO helps launch LA wildfire recovery program https://tcrn.ch/4gxVsem

Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘reasoning’ model for under $50 https://tcrn.ch/40KZeLM

Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website https://tcrn.ch/4jMOfdi

Spyware maker Paragon confirms U.S. government is a customer https://tcrn.ch/40Hx9Vv

EU puts out guidance on uses of AI that are banned under its AI Act https://tcrn.ch/3EyEJKE

Team behind Twitterrific launches a multi-feed app called Tapestry https://tcrn.ch/410hsKn

US blood donation giant warns of disruption after ransomware attack https://tcrn.ch/4jE1eOE

Threads adds another 20M monthly users since December, reaching 320M https://tcrn.ch/4jArXLS

Hackers are hijacking WordPress sites to push Windows and Mac malware https://tcrn.ch/3EeHMYq

DeepSeek’s app becomes unavailable on Apple’s and Google’s app stores in Italy https://tcrn.ch/42zzlkK