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News & Articles By Willow Tohi
04/15/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Florida’s social media laws spark debate over minors’ privacy and digital safety
HB 3 (effective January 2025) bans social media for children under 14, overriding parental consent. HB 744/SB 868 (2025) mandates social media platforms to provide law enforcement with decrypted minor (under 18) messages via subpoena, effectively requiring encryption “backdoors.” Critics argue the encryption mandates undermine digital security for all users, as backdoors weaken end-to-end encryption […]
04/09/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Bitcoin stays steady amid global market chaos
Despite President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs triggering steep declines in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, Bitcoin remained stable, even briefly hitting 79,000, while gold’s safe-haven appeal lagged. The 10% baseline U.S. import tariff (with higher rates for China and the EU) spurred fears of stagflation, causing equities to plummet—yet Bitcoin showed weak correlation with traditional […]
04/09/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Shopify CEO mandates AI-first hiring policy, reshaping workforce expectations
Shopify’s CEO Tobi Lütke mandates that employees must justify why a role can’t be automated before hiring, signaling AI adoption as essential for productivity and efficiency. AI proficiency will now factor into performance reviews. Companies like Shopify, Google and Meta are cutting jobs while heavily investing in AI tools (e.g., Shopify Magic, GitHub Copilot) to […]
04/08/2025
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By Willow Tohi
PRIVACY DISASTER: T-Mobile’s GPS tracker exposes children to potential predators
On April 1, T-Mobile’s SyncUP KIDS and SyncUP DRIVE services malfunctioned, exposing real-time locations, names and photos of children and vehicle data to random users, sparking widespread alarm. Affected parents reported seeing unfamiliar children’s data instead of their own, with no immediate resolution. One mother described the experience as “terrifying,” as safety alerts for her […]
04/04/2025
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By Willow Tohi
New natural gas-powered AI data center unveiled in Pennsylvania
A former coal-fired power plant in Homer City, Pennsylvania, will be replaced by a 10 billion natural gas-powered data center campus, set to become the largest in the U.S. and operational by 2027. The project will generate up to 4.5 gigawatts of electricity, helping to counter the Mid-Atlantic’s impending energy shortfall as aging grid infrastructure […]
04/04/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Oracle faces backlash over data breaches that have exposed millions of customer records
Oracle, led by Larry Ellison, is under fire for mishandling two major breaches — one involving Oracle Cloud (exposing 6 million customer credentials) and another affecting Oracle Health (compromising sensitive patient data). Oracle initially denied the Cloud breach, drawing backlash for evasive language. Cybersecurity experts like Kevin Beaumont condemned its opaque communication, urging clear accountability. […]
04/04/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Tesla unveils enhanced Optimus robot, now walks better than Joe Biden!
Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, has achieved significant advancements in dexterity, balance and natural walking — surpassing some human capabilities — thanks to reinforcement learning (RL) in simulated environments. A video shared by Elon Musk compares Optimus’s early unsteady movements (2021) to its current fluid, human-like gait, showcasing rapid improvement through RL training. Tesla plans to […]
04/02/2025
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By Willow Tohi
“Ghibli effect” sends ChatGPT usage soaring — but at what cost?
ChatGPT hit 150 million weekly active users, driven by its new AI image-generation tool that transforms photos into Studio Ghibli-style animations, sparking viral trends. The “Ghibli effect” caused server outages due to overwhelming demand, while social media flooded with AI-generated art mimicking the studio’s iconic aesthetic, boosting app downloads and revenue. Hayao Miyazaki’s past criticism […]
04/02/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Europe’s €1.3 billion digital wallet: The price of convenience — is privacy and over-identification the cost?
The EU’s €1.3 billion European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet aims to centralize personal, medical and financial data for 450 million citizens by 2030, raising concerns about privacy erosion and loss of online anonymity. Critics warn of “over-identification”, where users may surrender excessive personal data for routine transactions, creating a “real-name internet” and shifting control to […]
04/02/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Google’s Android goes dark: A major retreat from open source transparency
Google will now develop future Android versions entirely internally, abandoning its open-source model where the public could track and contribute to changes via the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Critics argue this move stifles community feedback, hides upcoming changes and limits external scrutiny, giving Google unchecked control over Android’s evolution. Google claims the shift simplifies […]
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