Digimentors
@digimentors.bsky.social
Award-winning social, digital, events and AI consulting and training company founded by Sree Sreenivasan sreenet.bsky.social and Andrew Lih.
Check out http://digimentors.group
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A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to Debt Collectors
Infostealer data can include passwords, email and billing addresses, and the embarrassing websites you use. Farnsworth Intelligence is selling to divorce lawyers and other industries.
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July 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Some product news: foldable iPhone may really be happening!
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The Folding iPhone Is Getting Real (and Might Use Samsung Parts)
More reports point to Apple launching a foldable iPhone in 2026, but it won't come cheap.
www.cnet.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Some product news: foldable iPhone may really be happening!
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www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
Admit it. #Apple and #Android phones have kind of always looked alike. But that's all changing. While Apple apps will fade into the glass, Google's will get brighter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/t...
How Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 Will Change Our Phones
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Admit it. #Apple and #Android phones have kind of always looked alike. But that's all changing. While Apple apps will fade into the glass, Google's will get brighter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/t...
Not as slaps as #gun-control advocates may want, but looks like there's a near future where a 3D-printed gun would be traceable. #tech
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3D Printing Patterns Might Make Ghost Guns More Traceable Than We Thought
Early studies show that 3D printers may leave behind similar toolmarks on repeated prints.
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July 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Not as slaps as #gun-control advocates may want, but looks like there's a near future where a 3D-printed gun would be traceable. #tech
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www.404media.co/3d-printing-...
Head spinning. Can #crypto be a form #socialmedia.
Please weigh in with your thoughts.
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Please weigh in with your thoughts.
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The Casino Social Media Platform That Wants to 'Kill' Facebook and TikTok
A little-known crypto platform just made history, raising $600 million in minutes with a bold plan to dethrone social media titans.
gizmodo.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Head spinning. Can #crypto be a form #socialmedia.
Please weigh in with your thoughts.
gizmodo.com/the-casino-s...
Please weigh in with your thoughts.
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U.S.-only TikTok app? No U.S.-only TikTok app? The plot thickens.
www.searchenginejournal.com/tiktok-denie...
www.searchenginejournal.com/tiktok-denie...
TikTok Denies Report Claiming It’s Building a Standalone US App
TikTok has denied a Reuters report claiming it's building a standalone U.S. app with a separate algorithm.
www.searchenginejournal.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
U.S.-only TikTok app? No U.S.-only TikTok app? The plot thickens.
www.searchenginejournal.com/tiktok-denie...
www.searchenginejournal.com/tiktok-denie...
We all need to understand the problems with #AI #chatbots so we can use them better.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/t...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/t...
Grok’s antisemitic outbursts reflect a problem with AI chatbots | CNN Business
Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI, began responding with violent posts this week after the company tweaked its system to allow it to offer users more “politically incorrect” answers.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We all need to understand the problems with #AI #chatbots so we can use them better.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/t...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/t...
Contemporary truth: Give us a disaster, and there will be fake videos. @politifact.bsky.social has some good tips for identifying viral fakes of the tragic flood in Texas.
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
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Texas floods: How to spot fake disaster videos
Following the floods in Texas, online accounts tried to to take advantage of the moment by sharing dramatic videos of previous unrelated floods. Here is how fact-checkers spot the fake videos.
www.politifact.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Contemporary truth: Give us a disaster, and there will be fake videos. @politifact.bsky.social has some good tips for identifying viral fakes of the tragic flood in Texas.
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
Sounds a lot like an Ebay fever-dream to us.
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TikTok Adds Countdown Bidding for Livestream Auctions
Another way to push its in-app shopping options.
www.socialmediatoday.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sounds a lot like an Ebay fever-dream to us.
www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-...
www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-...
We found this good explainer from Politifact about how to tell real footage from the U.S. bombing of Iran from the #AI generated slop that's all over social media.
If you have any more tips, let us know in comments.
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
If you have any more tips, let us know in comments.
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How to verify footage amid US attack on Iran
Soon after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. bombed Iran, footage claiming to show the aftermath flooded social media. But many images and videos were AI-generated, taken out of context or rec...
www.politifact.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We found this good explainer from Politifact about how to tell real footage from the U.S. bombing of Iran from the #AI generated slop that's all over social media.
If you have any more tips, let us know in comments.
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
If you have any more tips, let us know in comments.
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
Let's just hope that #Musk's #Grok #AI can outsmart Musk as he tried to retrain it to reflect his political views.
www.axios.com/2025/06/24/e...
www.axios.com/2025/06/24/e...
Musk's Grok retraining is harder than it looks
AI researchers warn that efforts to politically shape LLMs are misguided and dangerous.
www.axios.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Let's just hope that #Musk's #Grok #AI can outsmart Musk as he tried to retrain it to reflect his political views.
www.axios.com/2025/06/24/e...
www.axios.com/2025/06/24/e...
Perplexity has had our attention for a while.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/t...
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/t...
What is Perplexity, the AI startup said to be catching Meta and Apple’s attention | CNN Business
A nearly 3-year-old AI startup has reportedly caught the attention of two of the largest and most influential tech companies, underscoring the fierce competition for AI talent and push to become leade...
www.cnn.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Perplexity has had our attention for a while.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/t...
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/t...
Lotsa reactions to this story about Google fixing its search bias in the EU to avoid fines.
1) Have you ever noticed that Google ranks itself in search results over competitors?
2) How worried is Google search about AI Chatbots replacing it?
Let us know in comments.
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1) Have you ever noticed that Google ranks itself in search results over competitors?
2) How worried is Google search about AI Chatbots replacing it?
Let us know in comments.
qz.com/google-propo...
Google proposes fixes to search to hold off E.U. fines
After losing an appeal on a $4.7 billion antitrust charge, the search giant offers up space to its rivals
qz.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Lotsa reactions to this story about Google fixing its search bias in the EU to avoid fines.
1) Have you ever noticed that Google ranks itself in search results over competitors?
2) How worried is Google search about AI Chatbots replacing it?
Let us know in comments.
qz.com/google-propo...
1) Have you ever noticed that Google ranks itself in search results over competitors?
2) How worried is Google search about AI Chatbots replacing it?
Let us know in comments.
qz.com/google-propo...
Sunday = Funday withSree Sreenivasan's (@sreenet.bsky.social) #NYTReadalong. This week's guest is novelist Sarah Hamdan, author of "What Will People Think." Fun begins at 8:30 a.m. ET. Find links to livestreams (watch live or later) and more info here: www.digimentors.group/post/nytread...
June 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Sunday = Funday withSree Sreenivasan's (@sreenet.bsky.social) #NYTReadalong. This week's guest is novelist Sarah Hamdan, author of "What Will People Think." Fun begins at 8:30 a.m. ET. Find links to livestreams (watch live or later) and more info here: www.digimentors.group/post/nytread...
Wait. Employers are scaring workers with #AI threats because they don't think their employees are taking AI seriously?
Do you feel your job could be done lost to AI? Let us know in comments.
www.axios.com/2025/06/20/a...?
Do you feel your job could be done lost to AI? Let us know in comments.
www.axios.com/2025/06/20/a...?
Why CEOs are using AI to scare workers
CEOs warn the new technology could make many workers obsolete, while urging them to start using it right away.
www.axios.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Wait. Employers are scaring workers with #AI threats because they don't think their employees are taking AI seriously?
Do you feel your job could be done lost to AI? Let us know in comments.
www.axios.com/2025/06/20/a...?
Do you feel your job could be done lost to AI? Let us know in comments.
www.axios.com/2025/06/20/a...?
While #TikTok is probably here to stay (i.e., no #ban likely as long as Trump is president), #Meta is expanding #Reels. Now all #Facebook videos will be Reels!
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Facebook Announces That All Video Uploads Will Now Be Reels
Meta is leaning further into the Reels format.
www.socialmediatoday.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Two days until the extension on the #TikTok ban runs out.
Trump is expected to extend the ban again. And billionaire Frank McCourt has an idea about how he can buy and then completely change how the platform functions.
Do you think his idea can actually work?
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Trump is expected to extend the ban again. And billionaire Frank McCourt has an idea about how he can buy and then completely change how the platform functions.
Do you think his idea can actually work?
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Why Frank McCourt wants to spend $20 billion on TikTok
Frank McCourt unloaded a baseball empire in a tabloid frenzy. Now he's back with a moonshot to take over TikTok and remake the digital world
qz.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Two days until the extension on the #TikTok ban runs out.
Trump is expected to extend the ban again. And billionaire Frank McCourt has an idea about how he can buy and then completely change how the platform functions.
Do you think his idea can actually work?
qz.com/frank-mccour...
Trump is expected to extend the ban again. And billionaire Frank McCourt has an idea about how he can buy and then completely change how the platform functions.
Do you think his idea can actually work?
qz.com/frank-mccour...
FREE LINK! Because it's really important for people to understand how NOT to make their conversations with #Meta's #AI public. DO NOT PUT private "conversations" in the "Discover" feed.
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Meta AI users confide on sex, God and Trump. Some don’t know it’s public.
Some people are unwittingly posting their private and sometimes mortifying conversations with the Meta AI chatbot to the world.
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June 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
FREE LINK! Because it's really important for people to understand how NOT to make their conversations with #Meta's #AI public. DO NOT PUT private "conversations" in the "Discover" feed.
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Always interesting things going on with #TIkTok, especially using #Capcut. And now #AI can finish off your photo. Some are cute, some are quite odd.
mashable.com/article/ai-f...
mashable.com/article/ai-f...
An absurd TikTok trend lets AI finish your photo
Arrest that dog!!!
mashable.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Always interesting things going on with #TIkTok, especially using #Capcut. And now #AI can finish off your photo. Some are cute, some are quite odd.
mashable.com/article/ai-f...
mashable.com/article/ai-f...
Big news from #Instagram. 🤳 Coming soon! You'll be able to re-arrange your grid. I remember this functionality was on everyone's social media wishlist back in 2012. 👏
www.cnet.com/news/social-...
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Instagram May Soon Let You Rearrange Your Grid. What to Know
The company isn't sharing a lot of details yet, but promises more flexibility.
www.cnet.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Big news from #Instagram. 🤳 Coming soon! You'll be able to re-arrange your grid. I remember this functionality was on everyone's social media wishlist back in 2012. 👏
www.cnet.com/news/social-...
www.cnet.com/news/social-...
Tonight's episode of "Shining Light on Shadows" will focus on mental health in seniors. Guest Jonathan Boorstein (@jonathanb10003.bsky.social) will share his experiences. Neil Parekh and Dawn Helmrich Neuburg co-host.
More information and links to livestreams: www.neilparekh.org/post/ep-31-j...
More information and links to livestreams: www.neilparekh.org/post/ep-31-j...
June 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Tonight's episode of "Shining Light on Shadows" will focus on mental health in seniors. Guest Jonathan Boorstein (@jonathanb10003.bsky.social) will share his experiences. Neil Parekh and Dawn Helmrich Neuburg co-host.
More information and links to livestreams: www.neilparekh.org/post/ep-31-j...
More information and links to livestreams: www.neilparekh.org/post/ep-31-j...
Well, evidently #Facebook isn't dead yet since it comes in 4th place when Android/iOS platform downloads are combined. Note that #Meta has 3 of the top 5 in the combined list.
#SocialMedia
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#SocialMedia
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Threads Continues To See Strong Download Momentum in May
Meta continues to dominate the social app top download charts.
www.socialmediatoday.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Well, evidently #Facebook isn't dead yet since it comes in 4th place when Android/iOS platform downloads are combined. Note that #Meta has 3 of the top 5 in the combined list.
#SocialMedia
www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads...
#SocialMedia
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"Content on platforms such as YouTube, TikTok and Instagram will attract more advertising income this year than content from traditional media companies, according to research, marking a “huge cultural shift” for the media world."
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Social media creators to overtake traditional media in ad revenue this year
User-generated material to surpass advertising income from professional media amid change in viewing habits
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Content on platforms such as YouTube, TikTok and Instagram will attract more advertising income this year than content from traditional media companies, according to research, marking a “huge cultural shift” for the media world."
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...