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A look at seven UX issues in the Fediverse web experience, including complex onboarding, the lack of a dedicated DM UI wrapper, and fragmented user discovery (Tim Chambers)
https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/06/18/113327.html

The Seven Deadly UX Sins of the Fediverse Web Experience (To Fix)
So, confession time: I was recently helping a new client get set up on the Fediverse—guiding them through their first steps into our glorious decentralized galaxy. And seeing it all again through fresh eyes? Reader, it was brutal. So much of what should be table stakes for any social media UX in the year of our Lord 2025 still is missing or deeply broken still. I know progress has been made and a good fight, fought.

Tutkimus paljastaa - ihminen elpyy tehokkaammin ikärakenteeltaan vanhemmissa metsissä https://www.luke.fi/fi/uutiset/tutkimus-paljastaa-ihminen-elpyy-tehokkaammin-ikarakenteeltaan-vanhemmissa-metsissa

Tutkimus paljastaa - ihminen elpyy tehokkaammin ikärakenteeltaan vanhemmissa metsissä

A look at the lack of consensus in the tech industry on what AGI is, whether LLMs are the best path to it, and what AGI might look like if or when it arrives (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Why Big Tech cannot agree on artificial general intelligence
It has been tipped as the next big breakthrough out of Silicon Valley, but is it a scientific goal — or a marketing buzzword?

A cyberattack claimed by the pro-Israel hacktivist group Predatory Sparrow has reportedly disrupted services at Iran's state-owned Bank Sepah (Matt Kapko/CyberScoop)
https://cyberscoop.com/iran-bank-sepah-cyberattack/

Midjourney launches V1, its first AI video generation model, letting subscribers animate images via its website; video jobs will cost ~8x more than image jobs (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/business/surpa…

‘Surpassing all my expectations’: Midjourney releases first AI video model amid Disney, Universal lawsuit
For enterprise leaders evaluating AI, Midjourney Video V1's a double-edged sword: a low-cost, fast-evolving tool with strong user adoption

Tesla's robotaxi service will launch in Austin with just ~10 cars that are geofenced to avoid complex intersections and monitored by backup teleoperators (Richard Waters/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/2ad302c6-febe-448f-9980-17d116d9695a…

Tesla’s robotaxi ambitions face a reality check after launch
Autonomous ride-hailing service to make tentative debut in Austin, Texas, with only about 10 cars

In a letter to CEO Aravind Srinivas, the BBC says it has evidence Perplexity's default model used its content and seeks "a proposal for financial compensation" (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b743d401-dc5d-44b8-9987-825a4ffcf4ca

BBC threatens legal action against AI start-up Perplexity over content scraping
British broadcaster makes first move to clamp down on alleged infringement of copyright by tech groups

The US State Department restarts student visa interviews and requires all applicants to make their social media accounts public for vetting by US embassies (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-se…

State Dept. restarts student visa interviews with tougher social media rules 
Foreign nationals who seek visas to study in the United States will have to make social media posts public to be scrutinized for hostility toward the U.S.

Source: OpenAI is changing ChatGPT Enterprise's pricing structure to include a credits system, moving from a fixed price, to give companies more leeway (Kimberley Kao/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/…

Sources: Reddit is exploring Tools for Humanity's World ID identity system to allow users to verify that they are unique individuals while remaining anonymous (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/20/2025

Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.