What we know so far about Instagram"s Twitter rival
Instagram is reportedly working on a text-based social media app to compete with Twitter. Since Elon Musk purchased Twitter last year, numerous debacles including the disastrous Twitter Blue verification rollout, changes to content moderation, and nu.....»»
Two new Sonos products delayed; likely includes Apple TV rival
Two new Sonos products are ready to ship, according to the company, but the launches have been delayed by ongoing problems with the company’s app. This likely includes a set-top TV box intended to compete with Apple TV. Sonos CEO Patrick Spence.....»»
Google and Meta ignored their own rules in secret teen-targeting ad deals
Project disregarded Google rules barring personalizing and targeting ads to minors. Enlarge (credit: Maskot via Getty) Google and Meta made a secret deal to target advertisements for Instagram to teenagers on YouTube, sk.....»»
How Tesla"s NACS plug won over automakers
Tesla's charging connector is slimmer and easier to handle than the competing CCS standard. But what really convinced rival automakers to switch was Tesla's superior charging network, analysts say......»»
Microsoft might be building its own Vision Pro rival
A new contract between Samsung Display and Microsoft for Micro-OLED displays has people wondering if the company is planning a rival to the Vision Pro......»»
The Galaxy Z Flip 6 defeats its biggest rival in this camera test
Is the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 any better than the Galaxy Z Flip 5? We compared the cameras on both to see if the latest phone can take a much-needed win......»»
Google Docs just got an interesting new rival
Zoom launches its own Docs app to try and compete with the other giants such as Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Will it have what it takes?.....»»
X (Twitter) killed its Mac app, but the iPad app is a solid replacement
After discontinuing Twitter for Mac this week, Twitter (officially known as X) has now enabled support for running the unmodified iPad app on Apple Silicon Macs, a feature that debuted with macOS Big Sur. Although the app initially had a problem wher.....»»
X killed its Mac app, but the iPad app is a solid replacement
After discontinuing Twitter for Mac this week, Twitter (officially known as X) has now enabled support for running the unmodified iPad app on Apple Silicon Macs, a feature that debuted with macOS Big Sur. Although the app initially had a problem wher.....»»
Motorola’s AirTag rival is now on sale. Here’s where you can buy it
Motorola surprised us earlier this year with the Moto Tag — its take on Apple's AirTag. Now, you can finally buy one for yourself......»»
Turkey blocks access to Instagram following censorship controversy
The Turkish government has blocked Instagram throughout the country – without providing a clear reason or duration. Here’s everything you need to know......»»
Nvidia RTX 50-series rumors: everything we know so far
Nvidia's upcoming RTX 50-series graphics cards are undoubtedly going to rival some of the best GPUs based on the rumors so far......»»
Twitter for Mac leaves the Mac App Store, but iPad X is still usable
Formerly a must-have social app, Twitter for Mac is no longer visible in the Mac App Store, but you could still use the X iPad app on Apple Silicon.Twitter icon, pre-XThe Elon Musk era's changing of Twitter to X has seemingly claimed another victim......»»
Apple may have shut down a supplier"s proposed partnership with Vivo
Tata Group's acquisition of a stake in rival Vivo's India business was allegedly stopped by Apple, due to Tata owning a factory with Apple's supply chain.Mumbai, IndiaTata Group, an Indian conglomerate, has reportedly put the brakes on talks to acqui.....»»
Instagram users, get ready for an onslaught of AI avatars
Your Instagram app is about to get another healthy (or unhealthy, depending on how you look at it) dose of generative AI. Meta wants to … The post Instagram users, get ready for an onslaught of AI avatars appeared first on BGR. Your.....»»
AI Studio lets Instagram users create AI versions of themselves
Meta has launched AI Studio, a tool which allows Instagram users to create AI versions of themselves. The resulting AI can then chat with your followers on your behalf, an idea which couldn’t possibly go horribly wrong … more….....»»
The first farmers often made landscapes more biodiverse, providing lessons for rewilding today
You don't need to read the news or scroll through Instagram for long to stumble across the latest example of a rare and beautiful species that has gone extinct. Since AD1500, at least 705 vertebrate species and 571 plant species have died out......»»
Security Bite: X quietly adds option to keep its third-rate AI product Grok from scraping your posts and interactions
Heads up! Elon Musk’s social platform X (formerly Twitter) has quietly added an opt-out toggle to keep its AI chatbot Grok from data scraping your posts, as well as any interactions you have with it. The setting to allow data for training is enable.....»»
X quietly adds option to keep its third-rate AI product Grok from scraping your posts and interactions
Heads up! Without notice, Elon Musk’s social platform X (formerly Twitter) has quietly added an opt-out toggle to keep its AI chatbot Grok from scraping your posts, as well as any interactions you have with it. The setting to allow data for trainin.....»»
How to stop Musk"s Grok AI from training on anything you"ve ever said or done on X
Twitter/X has automatically opted you in to training Elon Musk's Grok AI on everything you've ever posted on the service. Here's where they have stashed the hidden setting, and how to turn it off.Find the right setting and you can say now to X's Grok.....»»
X reveals security incident that made your ‘private’ likes public
X, Elon Musk’s social network formerly known as Twitter, recently implemented a change that made likes private, so that only the account owner can see the posts they have liked. However, a recent security incident allowed others to still see these.....»»