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Reddit had a great quarter. So why did its stock drop 10%?
Strong revenue, strong profit, strong guidance. None of it mattered once investors heard two words: 'choppy traffic.'
LinkedIn adds a 'Report AI Slop' button as fake-sounding posts take over the feed
Four in ten long LinkedIn posts may already be fully AI-written. Now the platform is letting users flag them and quietly reworking the tools that created the problem in the first place.
LinkedIn adds a 'seems like AI slop' button so users can flag fake-sounding posts
The Microsoft-owned professional network is blocking hundreds of thousands of automated comments a day and scrapping its own AI writing tool, because its members want to hear from real people, not bots.
Meta AI comes to Threads private messages, starting today
The chatbot already works in Threads public posts in some countries. Now every user worldwide can have a private conversation with it inside the app.
Fake AI doctors are racking up millions of TikTok views with bogus health advice
Computer-generated medics look convincing enough to fool viewers. Doctors are alarmed.
Why Does Endless Digital Pleasure Feel So Empty?
An essay in The Guardian asks why infinite entertainment, on-demand food, and AI companions leave so many people feeling hollow. The question matters for anyone building or using AI products.
Yope Bets on Private Social Networks with $12.3M Boost
Yope aims to redefine social connections with small, private groups, backed by new funding.
X Rebuilds Its Android App From the Ground Up After a Year of Work
The social network rewrote its Android app in a new technical framework, promising faster scrolling, better notifications, and a foundation for features that never made it to Android.
Reelful Automates Social Media Video Creation with AI
A new app promises to simplify content creation for busy entrepreneurs.
Meet Gowanus, the Garbage-Born Puppet Fronting America's New Luddite Movement
A puppet made from Brooklyn dumpster scraps just gave a podcast interview with a handwritten contract. The people behind it want you to slow down, look up, and ask who tech actually serves.
Meta Pulls Its New AI Image Tool After Users and a Hollywood Union Call It a Privacy Problem
A feature that let anyone generate images using photos from public Instagram accounts lasted just days before Meta quietly shut it down.
Instagram Won't Let You Filter Out AI Posts, and Its Own AI Tool Is Already Raising Alarm Bells
Instagram's boss says you can know when a post is AI-generated, but you can't hide those posts from your feed. Meanwhile, a new Meta image tool lets users drop strangers into AI creations just by tagging them.
EU Tells Meta: Kill Infinite Scroll and Autoplay or Face Billion-Dollar Fines
European regulators say Facebook and Instagram were designed to keep you stuck, and they want it stopped.
Meta quietly killed an Instagram AI feature after users pushed back
The company said the tool was meant to give creators control. Users disagreed, and Meta pulled it.