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Here, we continue to activate, together, the OFF button.


Surveillance Chic: When aesthetics disguises surveillance
Meta has launched the "Starfire Kylie Edition" glasses with Kylie Jenner -382 million followers on Instagram. Minimalist design, a side crystal, cute, at a price of 419 euros.

Rommy Artigas
2 days ago2 min read


Trump's quick feed: $100,000 for knowing before
How much would you pay to know a news likely to have an effect on the markets a few milliseconds before the others? We thought that Silicon Valley had already thoroughly explored the toxicity of business models applicable to a social network: spoliation of time, maximisation of "engagement", aggressive monetisation of attention, etc.

Diego Hidalgo
Jul 241 min read


“Don’t worry: EdTech is not meant to replace teachers. It’s just a tool that empowers their work”
“Don’t worry: EdTech is not meant to replace teachers. It’s just a tool that empowers their work” – a typical argument that we hear over and over.
Well, meet Optio, a humanoid robot that offers 24/7 tutoring, homework help, and customised lessons in any language, which has started operating in a NYC school.
The robot developed by Realbotix talks, interacts with students, and “supports learning through live engagement”.

Diego Hidalgo
Jul 102 min read


Stick OFF, the latest campaign of the OFF Movement
What if the next post you published was not on a social network, but in your city?
Introducing Stick OFF !

Equipo OFF
Jul 91 min read


What if AI turns out not to be as cheap for businesses as it seems?
n the minds of many executives and shareholders, replacing a human with AI is often seen as saving on a salary. But it seems the numbers are a little more complex.
Firstly, because the cost of AI tools is starting to be higher than anticipated. For example, Uber used up its annual budget for AI tools in just four months this year.

Equipo OFF
Jul 62 min read


"Mom, what do you prefer? Me, or your phone? ”
A new study published in the journal Frontiers-Psychology, explores the impact of smartphone use by parents on the mental health of their children.
To study this phenomenon, the team has developed the "screen interference scale". This score indicates to what extent Pour étudier ce phénomène, l'équipe a mis au point l'« échelle d'interférence liée aux écrans ». Ce score indique à quel degré les enfants estiment que les usages numériques de leurs parents interfèrent avec leurs

Victor Fersing
Jul 32 min read


Space X: what does it mean beyond the dreams sold by Elon Musk?
SpaceX: the largest IPO in history... but deep down, for us, what does it mean, beyond the dreams sold by Elon Musk?
In the short term, man will not go to Mars.
In the medium term either.
In the long run, we don't know anything.

Diego Hidalgo
Jun 192 min read


Everywhere around the world, fertility rates have plummeted in the past 15 years. Why?
Some argue it’s because of the increased cost of living, especially housing.
Others have famously put the blame on “childless ladies with cats”…
But scholars such as Alice Evans have asked:
Why is it, then, that fertility rates are falling everywhere – both in traditional/conservative and progressive/open societies, with high or low female unemployment, with expensive or cheap housing, etc.?

Diego Hidalgo
Jun 181 min read


United Kingdom announces ban on the use of social networks for children under 16 years of age
Today, June 15, 2026, the United Kingdom has announced that the use of social networks will be banned for children under 16 years of age.
The measure will affect platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook and X. Messaging applications such as Whatsapp or Signal are excluded from the veto.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says that social networks make children unhappy, facilitate bullying and are "designed to create addiction." He adds that a ban would

Rommy Artigas
Jun 152 min read


What Socrates can teach us about AI
"If Socrates was the wisest person in ancient Greece, then the great linguistic models must be the most stupid systems of the modern world."
According to the oracle of Delphi, Socrates was the wisest in Greece, not because he knew more than anyone else, but because he was the
Según el oráculo de Delfos, Sócrates era el más sabio de Grecia, no porque supiera más que nadie, sino porque era el único consciente de los límites de su propio conocimiento.
Los LLM son exacta

Rommy Artigas
Jun 122 min read


Systems are capable of fully building their own successors
BREAKING NEWS. Yesterday, Anthropic published a long note that explained AI was progressing toward recursive self-improvement, which could result in humans losing control.

Diego Hidalgo
Jun 51 min read


For an anti-impulsive online consumerism
Long before the arrival of the Internet, marketing and advertising already aimed to push us to acquire products beyond our authentic needs or desires. However, the digital environment, which absorbs an increasing part of our lives, is capable of playing with our emotions and our subconscious in a much deeper way than before - in turn exerting a significant influence on our offline life.

Diego Hidalgo
May 204 min read


The hyperindustrialization of cognitive exploitation
Are we ready to accept for humans’ cognitive abilities to be exploited at a hyper-industrially scale, in the same way that natural resources are?

Diego Hidalgo
May 191 min read


A statement from the DGSI warns of the risks posed by AI to companies
How does AI pose a threat to the security of companies?
In a report published last December, the DGSI sounded the alarm regarding the risks posed by the implementation of artificial

Victor Fersing
Apr 222 min read


Schools banned smartphones but soon realised that students were using their school Chromebooks to watch the same YouTube videos and play games.
Last December, they decided to go back to pens, paper, and textbooks, while laptops now remain in boxes at the back of the classroom and are only used for specific tasks.

Equipo OFF
Apr 172 min read


Sleeptech: a lot of technology to sleep worse
In recent years, there has been a noticeable decline in sleep quality, largely linked to the heavy use of digital devices. At the same time, the industry is offering solutions that promise to improve our sleep.

Diego Hidalgo
Apr 75 min read


Meta found guilty by a court in New Mexico
It’s been 3 years that all major social media platforms have been sued in several countries for deliberately putting child safety at risk and harming their mental health.

Equipo OFF
Apr 21 min read


The passive consumer of content
You are in the subway. On your left, someone scrolls endlessly on TikTok. On your right, another person watches Reels on Instagram continuously.

Equipo OFF
Mar 311 min read


OFF February in Nairobi, Kenya.
Since its very first edition in 2026, OFF February has reached no fewer than 54 countries across five continents. Today, we would like to highlight the remarkable work of Digital Health and Education Network Kenya [DHEN-K] in bringing OFF February to life locally.

Equipo OFF
Mar 301 min read


Another Illustration of the NEW Digital Divide
The social inequality facing hyperconnection has become a problem within the problem.
A few years ago, we still believed that the least privileged suffered from a lack of access to the internet, which would keep them away from knowledge, connections, and opportunities.
Now, it is clear that it is the opposite.

Diego Hidalgo
Oct 8, 20251 min read
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