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☀️ On this day: On April 16, 1867, Wilbur Wright was born near Millville, Indiana, the third child of a church bishop. Thirty-six years later, he and his brother Orville would make the first powered, controlled airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, lasting 12 seconds. Today, Wilbur would have turned 159.
What’s happening:
📵 YouTube finally lets you kill Shorts entirely
🤖 Snap cuts 1,000 jobs, citing AI handling the work
🖥️ Google released a free Gemini app for Mac
🎟️ Federal jury rules Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly
🪦 Family uses AI to hide son's death from elderly mother
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Hand-picked news:
📵 YouTube finally lets you kill Shorts entirely ↗️LINK
YouTube updated its time management settings to allow a zero-minute limit on Shorts, effectively hiding the feature from your feed on both Android and iOS.
The Shorts timer launched in October with a 15-minute minimum. YouTube first added the zero option for parents in January and has now rolled it out to all users.
Setting the timer to zero also strips Shorts from the Home screen, not just the Shorts tab. It is the most aggressive screen-time tool YouTube has shipped so far.
🤖 Snap cuts 1,000 jobs, citing AI handling the work ↗️LINK
Snap laid off 1,000 employees, 16% of its workforce, with CEO Evan Spiegel crediting AI efficiency gains rather than investor pressure as the reason for the cuts.
AI already writes 65% of Snap's new code and handles over 1 million internal queries monthly. The company is shifting to small, AI-augmented teams to replace traditional departments.
Snap's stock jumped up to 9% on the news. Wall Street is clearly rewarding AI-driven headcount cuts, even as 70,000+ tech jobs have already disappeared industry-wide this year.
🖥️ Google released a free Gemini app for Mac ↗️LINK
Google released a free Gemini app for Mac that lets users pull up a floating chat window with Option + Space, ask questions, and share their screen for context-aware answers.
The app connects to Google Drive, supports file and media uploads, and syncs past conversations tied to your Google account. It launched one day after a similar Windows release.
Gemini still trails ChatGPT and Claude on Mac, which can actually perform tasks on your computer. Right now, Gemini is better at watching than doing.
🎟️ Federal jury rules Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly ↗️LINK
A federal jury ruled that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintain monopolies over concert ticketing and large amphitheaters, and that fans were overcharged for tickets across the country.
The jury found Ticketmaster overcharged fans by $1.72 per ticket, and that Live Nation forces artists using its amphitheaters to also use its promotion services. Evidence showed an executive bragged about "robbing fans blind" on fees.
US states won this without the Trump administration, which dropped out of the trial mid-way. The ruling clears a path for remedies, though breaking up the company still depends on what judges decide next.
🪦 Family uses AI to hide son's death from elderly mother ↗️LINK
After a man died in a road accident, his family hired an AI team to build a digital twin using photos, videos, and voice recordings, which now video-calls his 80-year-old mother regularly.
The mother, who has heart disease, believes her son is working in another city. The AI mimics his speech patterns, posture, and habits closely enough to hold natural emotional conversations.
The service provider has been running this for three years and describes it as comforting the living. The ethical debate online is real: the harm if she ever finds out could far outweigh the comfort now.
Today’s Poll:
Will hiding Shorts actually reduce screen time?
Vote and find out about the result tomorrow.
Yesterday’s Poll Result:
Do you think social media harms mental health overall?
A. Yes - 81% 🏆
B. No - 19%
Reader’s opinion:
“As all studies seem to show. It is rather obvious that most teenagers don't realize the harm they are facing, just as alcoholics do not realize alcohol harms them.”
“There is nothing like the feeling of having false information about yourself posted all over social media. It's bad enough for adults, and I can't imagine being a teenager and having that happen.”
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