Facebook, Instagram, Threads: Zuckerberg will keine Fakten mehr checken

Mark Zuckerberg will seine sozialen Netzwerke weitgehend sich selbst überlassen. Und mit Trump gegen die angebliche Zensur von US-Konzernen kämpfen. (Meinungsfreiheit, Soziales Netz)

Mark Zuckerberg will seine sozialen Netzwerke weitgehend sich selbst überlassen. Und mit Trump gegen die angebliche Zensur von US-Konzernen kämpfen. (Meinungsfreiheit, Soziales Netz)

Meta axes third-party fact-checkers in time for second Trump term

Zuckerberg says Meta will “work with President Trump” to fight censorship.

Meta announced today that it's ending the third-party fact-checking program it introduced in 2016, and will rely instead on a Community Notes approach similar to what's used on Elon Musk's X platform.

The end of third-party fact-checking and related changes to Meta policies could help the company make friends in the Trump administration and in governments of conservative-leaning states that have tried to impose legal limits on content moderation. The operator of Facebook and Instagram announced the changes in a blog post and a video message recorded by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

"Governments and legacy media have pushed to censor more and more. A lot of this is clearly political," Zuckerberg said. He said the recent elections "feel like a cultural tipping point toward once again prioritizing speech."

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BMW Panoramic Vision: Das Armaturenbrett hebt ab

Künftig sollen alle neuen BMW-Modelle ein durchgängiges Head-up-Display erhalten. Damit sollen Fahrer den Blick möglichst wenig von der Straße abwenden. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (BMW, Elektroauto)

Künftig sollen alle neuen BMW-Modelle ein durchgängiges Head-up-Display erhalten. Damit sollen Fahrer den Blick möglichst wenig von der Straße abwenden. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (BMW, Elektroauto)

Switch 2 leaks point to controllers that work like computer mice

Circumstantial rumors suggest a new hybrid hardware gimmick might be in the works.

Here at Ars, we're judicious about which of the many, many Switch 2 rumors we decide to highlight on this page. For every report on hardware power or magnetic Joy-Cons that we share, there are probably five others we see and decide are too lightly sourced, too unlikely, or just too plain obscure to spread here.

But when we started hearing reports that the Switch 2's Joy-Cons could be cradled on their sides and manipulated like a full-fledged gaming mouse, we knew the concept was one you'd want to hear about.

The rumors of mouse-like functionality on the Switch 2's included controllers got supercharged over the weekend when a Reddit poster shared detailed photos of purported Switch 2 Joy-Cons, sourced from an unnamed Chinese social media user. In between the longer shoulder buttons along the Joy-Con's inner edge (SL and SR) and a new central connector port, eagle-eyed viewers noticed what looks suspiciously like the optical sensor that sits on the bottom of practically every mouse these days.

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Asus ROG NUC (2025) is a 3.5 liter mini PC with Intel Arrow Lake and NVIDIA RTX 50 Series graphics

The Asus ROG NUC (2025) is a compact gaming PC that’s set to arrive during the first quarter of 2025. In most ways, it picks up where the first ROG NUC left off: like last year’s model, this computer essentially takes the guts of a high-per…

The Asus ROG NUC (2025) is a compact gaming PC that’s set to arrive during the first quarter of 2025. In most ways, it picks up where the first ROG NUC left off: like last year’s model, this computer essentially takes the guts of a high-performance gaming laptop and stuffs them into a small desktop computer, giving […]

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Google Pixel 4a gets an unexpected update: Lower battery life

It’s intentional, and eligible users can get cash or free battery replacements.

The Pixel 4a, a well-regarded release in Google's line of budget-minded phones with nice cameras and decent stock software, was not supposed to get any more updates. This week, it will receive a rather uncommon one—one that intends to lower its reported battery life.

The Pixel 4a, released in the summer of 2020, was discontinued at the end of 2022. It received its last official software update in the summer of 2023, followed by a surprise security update in November 2023. Throughout 2024, there were no updates. This week, owners of the 4a (and likely many former owners) are getting a new update, along with an email titled "Changes coming to your Pixel 4a."

The email addresses "an upcoming software update for your Pixel 4a that will affect the overall performance and stability of its battery." The automatic software update to Android 13 "introduces new battery management features to improve the stability of your device," which will "reduce your battery's runtime and charging performance."

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