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'I failed so many times': How Gen Z are fighting back against their phones
Gen Z, including Oliver Breadmore, are resisting phone dependency through methods like app deletion and boredom. Dr Jo Orlando notes this generation’s awareness of digital intrusion, while a UK study found 29 per cent removed apps.
Why Movie Lighting Never Looks Flat
A cucoloris is a panel placed between a light and a surface so the light lands unevenly — pools and shadow instead of one flat field. Point a light straight at a wall and your eye reads it as a lit set. Real light almost never arrives clean; it comes through a window frame, past a doorway, down through leaves. A cucoloris puts that broken-up quality back into the lighting on purpose. Cinematographer Ted McCord used the trick on Private Property in 1960, shot for under $60,000: strips of cardboard in front of the key light stood in for a multi-paned window that didn't exist, and a basket weave softened the pattern falling on the lead actress in a different setup. The technique shows up just as often on modern productions — the BTS on Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl used a celo cucoloris, the screen-material version, to keep a shadow pattern soft instead of hard-edged.
Would Australians support a smart glasses ban?
As Australia considers barring the use of smart glasses in government offices, the BBC asks people in Sydney what they think.
US attacks Australia's 'opt-out' algorithm law in rare intervention
The Trump administration says that the law would be "extraterritorial censorship of protected speech" and that it would force US social media companies to comply with Australian law. The article also mentions that the US government is concerned about the potential impact of the law on the global tech industry.
Meta Is Using You To Build A Robot Empire
Over 7 million Ray-Ban Meta glasses were sold in 2025. That’s 7 million cameras recording your life. And conveniently, that footage is exactly what AI needs to learn how to walk, cook, and steal your job. The data collected by Ray-Ban Meta glasses is unprecedented. To understand Meta’s endgame, we analyzed the company’s organizational shifts, interviewed leading robotics experts, and conducted a 72-hour field test wearing the glasses to map exactly what data is being harvested for AI training. From “episodic memory” to “intuitive physics,” we explain how Meta can use your daily life to train an empire of bots.
Australians could get the power to switch off social media algorithms
The federal government's proposed digital duty of care could let Australians opt in or out of algorithmically recommended social media content.
Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus
Consumers are increasingly encountering AI-generated images on food menus such as leathery meat and bread resembling reptile skin.
I turned off my algorithm for 24 hours. Is this how social media used to be?
Thanks to a little-known feature in Instagram, I try to travel back to 2012 – before everything on the internet was an ad. I have a confession. I love my social media algorithm. It is a perfectly curated window into my insane and inquiring mind. It knows precisely which videos will tickle me and which memes will gently distract me from the slow collapse of humankind.
BookTok influences what you read, even if you aren't on social media
BookTok influences book recommendations and shapes the perception of book popularity. It highlights the role of algorithms in promoting similar books and the impact of social media on the publishing industry
Deepfakes are wrecking influencers’ credibility, one fake ad at a time
Influencers aren’t just battling competitors for brand deals. They’re now battling AI versions of themselves.
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