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Why Meta deleted 10 Million Facebook accounts

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Roger Ditter
July 17, 2025

Meta’s AI has launched a major social media cleanup. Will it actually improve your online experience?

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AI can find the disease you are suffering from  

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Digital immortality: How does a digital afterlife affect those left behind?
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Why AI is almost always the bad guy in movies

For decades, AI has been the villain in films. Why the fear—and what does it reveal about our view of tech?
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AI is already being used in Japan’s anime studios — to help with new creative processes.
TechnologyJuly 12, 202502:30 min
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Shift — Living in the Digital Age

Can I use blockchain technology? Will artificial intelligence take over my career? What exactly is "Machine Learning"? These are some of the questions „SHIFT – Living in the Digital Age“ tries to answer.

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