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News Flash or Trash? How Journalism Lost Its Click

Journalism isn’t dying, it’s committing slow suicide. Traditional newsrooms whine about losing influence, yet continue chasing clicks over credibility.

Can You Discipline the Internet Without Losing It? Roblox Thinks So

Big Tech has spent years warning that banning users hurts engagement. Turns out, that might be nonsense, and Roblox has the data to prove it.

Silicon Sands: Can Trillions Turn Oil States Into AI Empires?

If building AI supremacy were just about money, the Middle East would already be running OpenAI, and maybe Google too. But trillion-dollar ambition still needs something cash can’t buy.

AI Empires Are Rising—and Most of the World Is Locked Out

The next Cold War won’t be fought with missiles, it’ll be fought with GPUs, and over 150 countries have already lost without even knowing they were at war.

When Bots Buy From Bots: The Ad Game Just Flipped

Advertising once ran on human instinct, bold creativity, and pitch-perfect storytelling. Now, it’s being eaten alive by code.

Outsourcing Thought: Gen Z’s Real AI Problem

Forget robots taking jobs, the real crisis is a generation offloading its thinking to AI and calling it learning. We’re not automating tasks; we’re atrophying minds.

The Barbie Reboot No One Asked For

First we gave Barbie a Dreamhouse. Now we’re giving her neural nets. What could possibly go wrong when Silicon Valley meets the toy aisle?

The Great Underage Logout: Australia’s War on Youth Scrolling

Australia is generally far behind the rest of the world when it comes to adopting technology, but with preventing Big Tech from getting our teens addicted to social media, they leed the charge.

Your Brain on ChatGPT: When Intelligence Becomes a Crutch

If your brain was a muscle, ChatGPT might be the comfy sofa you’re sinking into, and this new MIT study says it’s slowly atrophying your critical thinking.

AI Didn’t Kill Work—It Rewrote the Job Description

Forget replacement, AI is rewriting what it means to work. From “trust directors” to “AI plumbers,” the future belongs to those who embrace change as an opportunity, not a threat.