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Terrence O'Brien

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    Support for a social media ban for kids under 16 cuts across party lines.

    According to a Pew Research poll, 56 percent of American adults support banning social media for anyone under 16. A majority support it across almost every demographic — Democrats, Republicans, parents, non-parents — except among those over 65, where 49 percent of respondents agreed, but just 19 percent opposed a ban.

    Graph from Pew Research show percentage of Americans that oppose and support a social media ban for those under 16. 21-percent of adults opposed and 56-percent support.
    Image: Pew Research Center
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    Terrence O'Brien
    I’m packing an off-grid internet in a box for my next post-apocalyptic adventure.

    YouTuber Urban Circles lost power one day and clearly spiraled. He wound up creating a self-hosted backup internet, complete with photo syncing, messaging, streaming media, and offline Wikipedia. He was even kind enough to provide instructions for building your own 3D-printed doomsday briefcase.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Google is putting a cap on Meta’s Gemini usage.

    Google has struggled to keep up with demand for its cloud computing power, and Meta has grown increasingly reliant on Gemini for many of its needs. Now, Meta, along with a number of other clients, is being told that Google simply can’t provide the capacity they want. According to the Financial Times:

    The decision by Google to cap a large customer’s access to its models offers a rare glimpse into the infrastructure pressures and bottlenecks building across the AI industry. Despite spending tens of billions of dollars on chips, data centres and power, even the largest tech companies are struggling to secure enough computing power to support surging demand for advanced models and AI services.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    This is the most detailed image of the Milky Way’s crowded heart yet.

    The ESA’s Euclid telescope captured an enormous image containing some 60 million stars and nebulae. It took 26 hours to amass, starting March 23rd, 2025, and it’s undeniably stunning. You can download the full-res TIFF version, which weighs in at 697MB, or just watch the video below.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    F1 is using the world’s fastest camera drone at the Austrian GP.

    The racing league has been testing it for at least two years now, and it’s ready to make its big debut. It can accelerate to 300 km/h (186 mph) in 4 seconds with a top speed of over 350 km/h (217 mph). The big challenge is keeping that up for an entire lap without exploding.

    Correction June 28th: This post originally stated the race in question was the Australian GP.

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