The Buzz■Meta launches unified support hub for Facebook and Instagram with AI-powered account recovery■Company admits 'support hasn't always met expectations' after years of user complaints about locked accounts■AI assistant initially limited to Facebook users, with Instagram integration coming later■The...
Reddit is ditching its r/popular feed after CEO Steve Huffman bluntly declared it "sucks" and doesn't represent the platform's diverse user base. The changes start rolling out this week as the company pivots toward AI-powered personalization to fix what...
Vine may have lasted just four years, but its six-second video format created the DNA for everything from TikTok to Instagram Reels. A new podcast deep-dive reveals how the defunct platform's creator conflicts and Twitter acquisition mistakes still echo...
Elon Musk's X is finally rolling out its 'About this Account' feature after months of testing, displaying where users are based, how many times they've changed usernames, and their original join date. The transparency push comes as the platform...
A team of ex-Google engineers just dropped Mixup, an iOS app that's reimagining AI photo editing as a social game. Built on Google's Nano Banana model, the app lets users create and share "recipes" - Mad Libs-style prompts that...
TikTok just rolled out a game-changing feature that puts users in control of their AI content experience. The platform's new AI-generated content control lets users dial up or down the amount of AI videos in their For You feed,...
Meta just rolled out Facebook content protection, a mobile tool that automatically detects when creators' original Reels get stolen and reposted without permission. The system gives creators three options: block the copied content across Facebook and Instagram, track its...
Sky Sports just pulled the plug on its female-targeted TikTok channel after what might be the fastest brand death in social media history. The Halo account lasted exactly three days before overwhelming backlash forced the company to delete everything...
Snap is finally listening to its most vocal users. After nearly 100,000 people signed a petition demanding the return of 2D Bitmojis, the company announced it's rolling out "Comic Bitmoji" - a cartoon-style filter that transforms 3D avatars back...
Fresh off securing a potentially $1 trillion compensation package from Tesla shareholders, Elon Musk celebrated this weekend by posting AI-generated videos of synthetic women declaring love - triggering widespread mockery and a literary takedown from 87-year-old author Joyce Carol...
