Snap breaks into ‘startup squads’ as ad revenue stalls
CEO Evan Spiegel just announced the company is restructuring around small “startup squads” of 10 to 15 people to regain agility against larger competitors.
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Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’
After watching Reddit’s OpenAI and Anthropic communities, Sam Altman thinks social media cannot be trusted. And bots are to blame.
Bluesky adds private bookmarks
Bluesky adds bookmarks so users can privately save posts they want to reference later.
Meta suppressed children’s safety research, four whistleblowers claim
Four whistleblowers share documents with Congress alleging that the company may have suppressed research on children’s safety.
Spotify’s new ‘smart filters’ let you screen library content by activity, genre or mood
Spotify is launching a new feature that allows users to filter their library by specific activities, moods, or genres. These filters can also be used to find playlists, or, to some extent, audiobooks and podcasts, and can even kick off a new session on Spotify’s AI DJ.
Roblox announces short-form video feed for gameplay clips, new AI tools for creators, and more
Users can scroll through a feed of gameplay moments shared by the Roblox community and react to the clips using emojis, and they can jump into an experience right from a video.
X is now offering me end-to-end encrypted chat — you probably shouldn’t trust it yet
X’s new encrypted messaging feature, XChat, has some red flags.
Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again
The poke-tracking feature is largely designed to appeal to younger users who have grown up with gamification elements built into their social apps, like Snapchat and TikTok Streaks.
Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg
Mark S. Zuckerberg, an attorney, says that he’s losing business because his Facebook business profile keeps getting disabled.