10 h. ago OpenAI may be developing its own social platform but who’s it for?

OpenAI is reportedly building its own X-like social network. The project is still in the early stages, but there’s an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that contains a social feed, The Verge reports. A social app would give OpenAI its own unique, real-time data that X and Meta already use to help train […]

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11 h. ago Threads officially moves to Threads.com and updates its web app

Instagram Threads, Meta’s newest social network and X competitor, is officially relocating from the website Threads.net to Threads.com. The transition will coincide with a handful of quality-of-life improvements for the Threads web app, including features to more easily access custom feeds, saved posts, and likes, as well as other tools for creating new columns, copying […]

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8 d. ago Zuckerberg: Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted $6B buyout offer

During Meta’s antitrust trial this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted his company’s offer to buy the social network back in 2013, Business Insider reports. Court documents revealed that Meta, then called Facebook, offered to buy Snapchat for $6 billion (reports at the time said that […]

Economics

8 d. ago A year after Elon Musk’s takeover, UK revenues for X plummeted

X has not been fairing well in the U.K., previously a major source of revenue for the social network prior to Elon Musk’s arrival. Still named Twitter UK Ltd, revenues and profits for X’s UK entity collapsed by over 60% in the year after Musk took it over and changed its moderation controls, according to […]

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8 d. ago X’s UK division saw revenue decline 66% in 2023 following Musk’s takeover

X has not been faring well in the U.K., which used to be a major source of revenue for the social network prior to Elon Musk’s takeover. Still named Twitter UK Ltd, revenues and profits for X’s U.K. entity collapsed by over 60% in 2023, according to accounts filed this week with the U.K.’s Companies […]

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9 d. ago TikTok takes on Google Maps by surfacing reviews in the comments tab

As TikTok continues to build out its search experience, the social network is now surfacing reviews for select places right within the comments tab of a video. The new feature, which appears to be a test, eliminates the need to conduct a new search or open up Google when you come across a place on […]

Technology

9 d. ago Social networks are vulnerable to relatively simple AI manipulation and polarization

It seems that no matter the topic of conversation, online opinion around it will be split into two seemingly irreconcilable camps.

Technology

9 d. ago Mark Zuckerberg once considered deleting all your Facebook friends

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered deleting everyone’s Facebook friends in an effort to boost the social network’s cultural relevance. This “potentially crazy idea,” as the exec called it at the time, was revealed on Monday as a part of the evidence introduced during the first day of the U.S. government’s antitrust trial against Meta. […]

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2 w. ago Bluesky’s latest update adds chat reactions and an Explore page, similar to X

Social network Bluesky is rolling out a new version of its software, which adopts some of the features former X users have missed. Nope, it’s not an edit button! Instead, the open social network is adding support for chat reactions in its direct messages feature and is revamping its search page as “Explore,” directing users […]

Events

2 w. ago Author of explosive Meta memoir to star at US Senate hearing

The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta will testify Wednesday before US senators keen to establish whether the social networking giant ever collaborated with the Chinese government.

Events

3 w. ago Valerie Bertinelli's ex accuses her of taking 'backhanded swipes' at him in 'hostile' social media posts

Valerie Bertinelli's ex-boyfriend, Mike Goodnough, denied he was feuding with the celebrity chef on social media but accused the former Food Network star of taking "backhanded swipes."

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3 w. ago Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol

A year ago, Bluesky was opening up to the public and was known as one of the many X competitors that emerged after Elon Musk acquired the network formerly known as Twitter. Today, Bluesky’s social network has grown to over 33 million users, while the technology it’s built upon — the AT Protocol (or ATProto […]

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3 w. ago ‘It was weird, man’: Zuckerberg took Facebook employees to see ‘The Social Network’ when it came out

Mark Zuckerberg may not be the most likable figure in Silicon Valley, but we can empathize with him on this: it would feel really weird if someone made a movie about your life. On YouTubers Colin and Samir’s podcast, Zuckerberg spoke about the one and only time he saw “The Social Network.” “It was weird, […]

Society

4 w. ago Facebook debuts a revamped Friends tab as part of its return to ‘OG’ Facebook

After teasing a return to “OG Facebook” earlier this year, the social network on Thursday announced an update that will give users a simple way to connect with friends. The company is introducing a new Facebook Friends tab that will only showcase updates from friends, without any other recommended content. Meta explains in a blog […]

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4 w. ago What’s next for ATProto, the protocol powering Bluesky and other apps

It’s getting easier to build new applications on ATProto, the protocol that powers Bluesky’s social network and a growing number of other apps. At ATmosphere, the ATProto community conference held over the weekend in Seattle, Bluesky CTO Paul Frazee offered attendees a glimpse of what’s ahead for the protocol’s development and how those will help […]

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