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If only I had known this earlier, I might have been more enthusiastic about GenAI. 🫣
"Microsoft is paying influencers to say Copilot isn’t awful garbage that makes work miserable by, e.g., “posting an Instagram video about fun things to do with Microsoft Copilot.” [CNBC]
Microsoft and Google are spending $400,000–$600,000 per influencer."

Memeorandum data: WaPo's presence on the news aggregator plunged since a peak in Trump's first term, while the NYT recovered from a drop to grow in his second (Nate Silver/Silver Bulletin)
https://www.natesilver.net/p/the-sad-and-self-inflicted-decline

The sad and self-inflicted decline of the Washington Post, in one chart
Under Jeff Bezos, the paper retreated from the adversarial, anti-Trump posture that helped fuel its growth. And now its influence has fallen sharply.

inploid: Inploid: an online social Q&A platform
Inploid is a social question & answer website in Turkish. Users can follow others and see their questions and answers on the main page. Each user is associated with a reputability score which is influenced by feedback of others about questions and answers of the user. Each user can also specify interest in topics. The data is crawled in June 2017 and consist of 39,749 nodes and 57,276 directed links between them. In addition, for …

A brain implant for depression is about to be tested in humans #BCI

A Brain Implant for Depression Is About to Be Tested in Humans
While many brain-computer interface companies are focused on helping paralyzed people communicate, Motif Neurotech is targeting mental health disorders.

Un cibercriminal manipula al chatbot Claude para infiltrarse en agencias del gobierno mexicano
https://www.welivesecurity.com/es/cibercrimen/chatbot-claude-hackeo-gobierno-mexico/?utm_source=mastodon&ut…

Indonesia begins implementing a regulation that bans under-16s from digital platforms that could expose them to porn, cyberbullying, online scams, and addiction (Edna Tarigan/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-social-me…

Indonesia starts restricting social media access to children under 16
Indonesia has begun implementing a new government regulation approved earlier this month that bans children younger than 16 from access to digital platforms that could expose them to pornography, cyberbullying, online scams and addiction. Indonesia has said the measure will be implemented gradually, starting on Saturday. The move makes it the first country in Southeast Asia to ban children under 16 from having accounts on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Bigo Live and Roblox. I…

A new wave of health influencers aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Movement
are championing nicotine as a ‘natural’ health hack,
saying the medical establishment has unfairly demonized the compound.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/well/nicotine-heal…

Influencers Are Spinning Nicotine as a ‘Natural’ Health Hack
The influencers, many of them aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Movement, say the medical establishment has unfairly demonized the compound.

Implantable 'living pharmacy' produces multiple drugs inside the body
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-implantable-pharmacy-multiple-drugs-body.html

🗑️ The trash problem around implanted BCIs #BCI

🗑️ The Trash Problem around implanted BCIs
Why BCIs Fail Series: Post 9

A Polish influencer broke the world record for charity fundraising during a livestream, raising ~$69M for children's cancer treatment over a nine-day stream (Olivier Sorgho/Notes From Poland)
https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/04/27

Polish influencer breaks charity streaming record, raising €59 million for cancer treatment