4 h. ago Threads tops 350M monthly users after adding 30M in the quarter

Instagram Threads, Meta’s X competitor, has now grown to over 350 million monthly active users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed during the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. That’s an increase of 30 million users since the prior quarter, where Meta reported that Threads had 320 million users. The new figure represents increased growth, as […]

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35 h. ago Spotify adds 5M premium users and hits record operating income

Spotify reported on Tuesday that its premium subscriber base grew by 5 million in the first quarter, representing a 12% increase year-over-year. This brings the total to 268 million, marking the second-highest total ever and the highest net addition of paid subs for a first quarter since 2020.  Spotify also reported a record-high quarterly operating […]

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6 d. ago Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads

Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.

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7 d. ago WhatsApp’s latest feature makes your messages even more private

WhatsApp announced on Wednesday it’s launching a new feature that will allow users to add an extra layer of privacy to chats. The new “Advanced Chat Privacy” setting prevents you and the people you’re chatting with from exporting chats and auto-downloading media to their phone. The setting also prevents users from mentioning Meta AI in […]

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2 w. ago BeReal, which says it has 40M monthly users, is rolling out ads in the US

It’s time for BeReal to get real — it’s difficult to turn a profit on a social photo-sharing app without selling ads or memberships. Now, after its €500 million exit to French mobile publisher Voodoo, BeReal is rolling out advertising in the U.S. Its initial products include in-feed ads in the app’s same dual-camera post […]

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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 […]

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2 w. ago New method efficiently safeguards sensitive AI training data

Data privacy comes with a cost. There are security techniques that protect sensitive user data, like customer addresses, from attackers who may attempt to extract them from AI models—but they often make those models less accurate.

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