X Expands Community Notes Beyond Fact-Checking to Highlight Popular Posts Across Viewpoints
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - X is piloting a new use for its Community Notes system, leveraging its 'bridging algorithm' to identify and surface content that is well-liked across different ideological groups.The post X Expands Community Notes Beyond Fact-Checking to Highlight Popular…
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Julian LeFay, 'Father of The Elder Scrolls,' Has Died Aged 59, a Week After Stepping Back From Game Development Due to Cancer
Tom Phillips / ign - Julian LeFay, Bethesda's former chief engineer known among fans as the 'Father of The Elder Scrolls' series, has died aged 59.
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Discord's virtual Orbs currency is now available for everyone to earn
Igor Bonifacic / engadget - Discord has begun rolling out its in-app Orbs currency to everyone. In conjunction with the platform's Quest system, users can earn Orbs by watching ads on Discord. You can then use the currency to purchase exclusive drip for your profile, including badge…
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Texas Flood Disaster Spurs Intense Rescue and Recovery Efforts
In central Texas, severe flooding has taken a heavy toll—at least 24 lives lost and several individuals, including summer camp attendees, still missing. Although floodwaters are receding, emergency crews are working tirelessly under challenging conditions, reminding locals that the lingering hazards call for ongoing vigilance.
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Elon Musk’s X Is Turning Community Notes Over to AI
AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - Fitting for a platform inundated with bots.
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X opens up to Community Notes written by AI bots
Jay Peters / theverge - X is launching a way for developers to create AI bots that can write Community Notes that can potentially appear on posts. Like humans, the “AI Note Writers” will be able to submit a Community Note, but they will only actually be shown on a post “if found…
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Amazon to spend over $4B to expand Prime delivery to rural communities in the US
Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Amazon expands its Same-Day and Next-Day delivery services to 4K small cities and towns in the U.S.
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Nexus Mods Changing Owners After Two Decades But Will Remain "Community-First," Founder Says
Cameron Koch / gamespot - Nexus Mods, PC gaming's premier destination for mods, is changing hands after almost 24 years. Site founder Robin Scott, aka DarkOne, announced the change in ownership but didn't make clear who the new owners are.In a post on Nexus Mods, Scott doesn't exp…
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Wikipedia Won't Add AI-Generated Slop After Editors Yelled At Them
Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - The Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit group that hosts, develops, and controls Wikipedia, has announced that it won’t be moving forward with plans to add AI-generated summaries to articles after it received an overwhelmingly negative reaction from its arm…
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Discord CTO says he’s “constantly bringing up enshittification” during meetings
Scharon Harding / arstechnica - "It's not a bad thing to build a strong business and to monetize a product."
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GeoGuessr Exits Esports Tournaments Amid Community Backlash
In response to a chorus of community protests over its association with controversial esports events in Saudi Arabia, location-guessing game GeoGuessr has backed out of the tournaments. The decision underscores a growing intolerance for ethically murky partnerships in the competitive gaming arena.
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Microsoft opens WSL source code, inviting community innovation
After nearly a decade of closed development, Microsoft has finally open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux, placing the code on GitHub for developers to polish as they see fit. This long-awaited move is a nod to persistent community demands—even tech giants eventually learn to share their toys.
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