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New York Times:
Bluesky reports a record spike in usage as many X users in Brazil move to Bluesky and Threads; Brazil is X's fifth-largest international market, with 20M+ users   —  The platform went dark across Brazil on Saturday, sending online commentators to new digital town squares.
Aug 31, 2024, 4:01 PMIn context
Kalley Huang / The Information:
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has over 185M weekly active users and over 400M MAUs and it's “growing quickly” even without a rollout “in UK, Brazil, or EU yet”   —  Meta Platforms' artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, has more than 185 million weekly active users …
Aug 30, 2024, 4:20 PMIn context
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Threads now lets users see and like fediverse replies on other posts besides their own, and will syndicate posts submitted via the Threads API to the fediverse   —  Threads is deepening its ties to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which powers services like X alternative Mastodon …
Aug 28, 2024, 6:30 PMIn context
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Threads says it is testing ephemeral posts that disappear within 24 hours with a limited number of users, but doesn't say if the experiment is region-specific   —  Automatically disappearing posts on social networks could be handy for users who have a habit of deleting their posts through third-party tools …
Aug 24, 2024, 8:35 PMIn context
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Meta confirms users can now cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads globally, after rolling out Instagram and Facebook cross-posting in 2021   —  Meta for months has been experimenting with letting people cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads, its social networking platform competing …
Aug 22, 2024, 9:20 AMIn context
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Threads announces new features, like an analytics page and the ability to store multiple drafts, rolling out on the web, and plans to add a scheduling feature   —  Meta's X rival Threads announced a number of new features today, including the ability to store multiple drafts …
Aug 15, 2024, 1:20 PMIn context
Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech:
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X review: the Zen 5 flagship chips are fine for highly threaded productivity workloads, but the gaming issues need to be fixed   —  Earlier this month, AMD launched the first two desktop CPUs using their latest Zen 5 microarchitecture: the Ryzen 7 9700X and the Ryzen 5 9600X.
Aug 14, 2024, 9:25 AMIn context
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Meta and UMG sign a multiyear agreement about AI, monetization, and more for UMG artists and songwriters on Meta's apps, including WhatsApp for the first time   —  Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the announcement says the new agreement “reflects the two companies' shared commitment …
Aug 12, 2024, 8:10 AMIn context
Matt Binder / Mashable:
X adds the ability to sort replies, letting users choose most relevant, most recent, or most liked replies; it is unclear how the most relevant option works   —  Sorry, blue checks, it seems like you will no longer dominate users' mentions on X.  —  Thanks to a new feature, “blue checks” may no longer dominate reply threads on X.
Aug 10, 2024, 12:05 PMIn context
@martin_casado:
[Thread] A roundup of recent announcements from researchers, businesses, and academic institutions opposing California's AI safety bill   —  .@Scott_Wiener continues to falsely claim narrow opposition to SB 1047. When in reality there is massive public outcry across research, academic, public and private business and finance. Here is a mega roundup of recent announcements that fully debunk the Senator's claims 🧵
Aug 9, 2024, 1:25 PMIn context

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