Judge allows California’s ban on addictive feeds for minors to go into effect https://tcrn.ch/3BFT2fF

OpenAI failed to deliver the opt-out tool it promised by 2025 https://tcrn.ch/3DCV68B

Police investigating Cybertruck fire outside Trump hotel in Vegas https://tcrn.ch/3W15IEA

Cloudflare’s VPN app among half-dozen pulled from Indian app stores https://tcrn.ch/3DGrh7a

Bluesky bump from X exodus is slowing down, data shows https://tcrn.ch/4h3lSp5

X says it is rolling out labels for parody accounts https://tcrn.ch/4gPNCOk

Automattic says it will reduce its contribution to WordPress core project to match WP Engine https://tcrn.ch/3PuG87u

TikTok pleads its case against sell-or-ban law before Supreme Court   https://tcrn.ch/3PvOonv

How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads https://tcrn.ch/4akiqo4

Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta’s latest pivot in three-hour Joe Rogan interview https://tcrn.ch/3E05vv8

Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork https://tcrn.ch/3DSBbCT

Open source licenses: Everything you need to know https://tcrn.ch/4gVw9nS

Mastodon announces transition to non-profit structure https://tcrn.ch/3E4IbfK

A new campaign aims to safeguard social media from billionaires using Bluesky’s underlying tech https://tcrn.ch/4g3Rzhm

As TikTok faces a US shutdown, here are some alternative apps to check out https://tcrn.ch/3E3rMIt

DOJ confirms FBI operation that mass-deleted Chinese malware from thousands of US computers https://tcrn.ch/3CgBWoE

Dub.co is an open-source URL shortener and link attribution engine packed into one https://tcrn.ch/3CaU8A6

Instagram Threads won’t share a timeline for account portability https://tcrn.ch/3WkSXVA

What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the X competitor https://tcrn.ch/3PCwQ9q

Threads might let you add music to your posts in the future https://tcrn.ch/40Fd1nd

Bluesky saw 17x increase in moderation reports in 2024 after rapid growth https://tcrn.ch/40fBY8m

FTC says partnerships like Microsoft-OpenAI raise antitrust concerns https://tcrn.ch/40DSiRF

Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok https://tcrn.ch/3CghFj4

TikTok goes dark in the U.S. https://tcrn.ch/42lnwOF

Trump says he will delay TikTok ban, suggests a joint venture with US ownership https://tcrn.ch/4g43StN

Bluesky launches a custom feed for vertical videos https://tcrn.ch/4arovyN

Meta will soon let you link your WhatsApp account with Instagram and Facebook https://tcrn.ch/4jrC3OS

Forum software NodeBB joins the fediverse https://tcrn.ch/4hmr6fV

Microsoft is no longer OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider https://tcrn.ch/4jEBmSP

Mr Beast is reportedly now among those trying to buy TikTok https://tcrn.ch/4atGxR7

What PowerSchool isn’t saying about its ‘massive’ student data breach https://tcrn.ch/4auPY2D

Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in “horribly shortsighted” decision https://tcrn.ch/4hk8VYN

Elon Musk and Sam Altman take to social media to fight over Stargate https://tcrn.ch/4h62Miu

Brave will allow you to tune search results with upvotes and downvotes https://tcrn.ch/3CiHe3a

Threads rolls out a post scheduler, ‘markup’ feature, and more https://tcrn.ch/4ggTpLz

Threads is testing ads in the U.S. and Japan https://tcrn.ch/3E98yRT

The EU wants to talk to US tech companies ahead of Germany’s upcoming election https://tcrn.ch/40riY73

Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp raise funds on Kickstarter https://tcrn.ch/3EaD5Ph

Wall Street banks plan sale of X debt at a discount https://tcrn.ch/4hwGgPR

TalkTalk investigating data breach after hacker claims theft of customer data https://tcrn.ch/42vHBlB

Bluesky adds video to user profiles https://tcrn.ch/3EdKSvJ

Alibaba’s Qwen team releases AI models that can control PCs and phones https://tcrn.ch/4h3cJNL

X announces a partnership with Visa for to power X Money’s wallet https://tcrn.ch/4jwdZuv

Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok https://tcrn.ch/3Cvmvcr

Italy sends first data watchdog request to DeepSeek: ‘The data of millions of Italians is at risk’ https://tcrn.ch/3PSoxGC

SoftBank to invest $500M in robotics startup SkildAI https://tcrn.ch/42A6Nr4

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

SoftBank in talks to invest as much as $25B in OpenAI, report says https://tcrn.ch/4gnTCwC

International police coalition takes down two prolific cybercrime and hacking forums https://tcrn.ch/3Eh5umN

How DeepSeek changed Silicon Valley’s AI landscape https://tcrn.ch/3WBdGET

Amazon cuts jobs in Sustainability department https://tcrn.ch/40T4RZr