MINI TECH SCROLL: AO3 exits beta after 17 years, OpenAI acquires tech show + Australia's youth social media ban flops

The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from April 8th, 2026.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:44 OpenAI acquires viral tech talk show, TBPN

11:00 AO3 exits beta

15:10 The Australian under-16s social media ban isn’t working 

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Sources: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/technology/tbpn-silicon-valley.html 

https://jdahl.substack.com/p/breaking-down-the-magic-behind-tbpn 

https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-tbpn/ 

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-acquires-tbpn-buys-positive-news-coverage/ 

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/why-billionaire-tech-bros-are-buying-up-media-companies-20260403-p5zl5o.html 

https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/a253471f-8260-40c6-a2cc-aa93fe9f142e/economic-research-chatgpt-usage-paper.pdf 

https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/technology-media-and-telecom-predictions/2025/women-and-generative-ai.html?

https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/25023_52957d6c-0378-4796-99fa-aab684b3b2f8.pdf 

https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/34626 

https://www.theverge.com/tech/906346/ao3-archive-of-our-own-beta-exit     

https://www.esafety.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-03/SocialMediaMinimumAgeComplianceUpdateMarch2026.pdf?v=1774896024240 

https://www.techpolicy.press/early-lessons-from-australias-teen-social-media-ban-for-the-rest-of-the-world/ 

https://social-media-age-tracker.onrender.com/ 

https://theconversation.com/social-media-giants-are-not-complying-with-under-16s-social-media-ban-new-report-finds-279555 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/australia-teen-social-media-ban-criticism 

https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/31/australias-teen-social-media-ban-isnt-working-yet/