Social Media
How Instagram’s New Update is Exposing Every Reel You Send in DMs
Meta is quietly removing end-to-end encrypted messaging from Instagram, meaning the company will once again be able to access DM content. Users have until May…
Facebook Marketplace Can Now Write Your Listings and Ship Your Gear
Meta rolls out AI tools that auto-generate product listings from a single photo, draft replies to buyers, and create seller trust profiles across Marketplace’s 1.1…
Why LinkedIn Just Killed “Engagement Pods” and Viral Hacks
LinkedIn has rolled out a major overhaul of its feed algorithm, replacing its older engagement-driven ranking system with one powered by large language models that…
Disney+ Launches Verts, a New Way to Discover Movies and Shows
Disney+ is introducing a new way for subscribers to explore its growing library. The streaming service has launched Verts, a feature built around vertical scrolling…
WhatsApp Adds New Parent-Managed Accounts for Pre-teens Globally
WhatsApp has introduced parent-managed accounts for pre-teens, adding tighter controls for younger users. The feature is rolling out globally and focuses only on messaging and…
Stranger Things Returns With New Tales From the Town of Hawkins
The final season of Stranger Things may have aired at the start of the year, but the franchise is far from done telling stories set…
Your New Facebook Friend Request Will Now Come With A Warning
After removing 159 million scam ads and taking down 10.9 million accounts linked to criminal networks last year, Meta is deploying new on-device detection, suspicious…
YouTube TV Viewers May Have to Watch 30-Second Unskippable Ads
YouTube’s biggest gains in recent years have not come from phones or laptops. They have come from the living room. As more people stream videos…
LinkedIn Is Becoming A Major Source of Information for AI Search, Studies Say
LinkedIn has emerged as one of the leading sources that AI chatbots draw on when generating answers, according to two new studies that point to…
Meta Acquires Moltbook, the AI Social Network Where Bots Make Religions
The acquisition of the viral experimental app, along with the hiring of its co-founders into Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, is the clearest signal yet that Zuckerberg…
Meta to Soon Charge Advertisers Extra for Location-Based Fees
The company says new “location fees” of up to 5% will be added on top of ad spend to cover digital service taxes it has…
The Death of HBO Max: Why Analysts Predict the App Will Vanish by 2027
Less than a year after Warner Bros. Discovery restored the HBO name to its streaming platform, experts say the rebranded service is likely heading for…