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Study of TikTok, X For You feeds in Germany finds far-right political bias ahead of federal elections
<p>Recommendation algorithms operated by social media giants TikTok and X have shown evidence of substantial far-right political bias in Germany ahead of a federal election that takes place Sunday, according to new research carried out by Global Witness. The non-government organization (NGO) undertook an analysis of social media content displayed to new users via algorithmically […]</p>

Henil Mehta
Jul 266 min read
Mark Zuckerberg’s charity U-turns, ends DEI efforts
<p>Mark Zuckerberg’s charity has eliminated its DEI programs and efforts just weeks after assuring staff it would continue supporting DEI efforts, The Guardian reports. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), co-founded by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, will end internal DEI programs and no longer provide “social advocacy funding,” which provided grants for racial equity […]</p>

Henil Mehta
Jul 261 min read


Karman+ digs up $20M to build an asteroid-mining autonomous spacecraft
<p>Investors on the lookout for startups working at the frontiers of technology are casting their nets ever further into unchartered territory, sometimes literally as well as figuratively. In one of the latest examples, a startup called Karman+ with ambitions to build autonomous spacecraft that can travel to asteroids and then mine them for materials has […]</p>

Henil Mehta
Jul 264 min read
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