Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp hit by a major Meta outage
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp hit by a major Meta outage

Meta had a bad Friday morning. A major Meta outage knocked out Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger for users around the world, starting shortly before 10am ET. By midday it was recovering, unevenly, region by region. The trouble appeared to be…

Equal AI raised $30M to screen phone calls for Indians who get 20 spam calls a week
Equal AI raised $30M to screen phone calls for Indians who get 20 spam calls a week

Equal AI, an Indian startup that built an AI assistant to answer phone calls on your behalf, has raised $30 million in a Series B led by Prosus Ventures and Tomales Bay Capital. Think Investments and Valiant Fund also participated, alongside individual…

Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to

Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users.

Bluesky launches group chats and pivots to communities as growth stalls at 44.8 million users
Bluesky launches group chats and pivots to communities as growth stalls at 44.8 million users

Bluesky launched group chats on Thursday and outlined a broader pivot toward community features, a strategic shift for a social network that has so far focused on open public posting. Group chats support up to 50 people in the current release. The comp…

Bluesky launches group chats, as company shifts focus to community features

Bluesky’s latest feature is group chats, arriving amid a shift in focus on building features for smaller communities.

Reddit now lets users reply to any post with video comments
Reddit now lets users reply to any post with video comments

Reddit has launched video comments for all users. The feature lets any Redditor upload or record a short-form video reply directly in the comments of any post. It rolls out across all public, safe-for-work communities starting Thursday. A video icon no…

Meta’s Edits app is getting an AI assistant and a desktop version

By integrating an AI assistant directly into Edits, Meta is aiming to keep creators engaged on Instagram as it continues to compete with TikTok and YouTube for creators’ attention.

Coinbase debuts AI agent that can trade and pay for premium research

Coinbase’s agent can use x402 protocol to get access to data and APIs.

Deezer’s new tool can identify AI music from Spotify, Apple Music, and others

Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to identify AI music.

Pool’s new app turns your screenshots into something useful

Pool’s new app automatically sorts screenshots into personalized collections, tracks down the original links behind saved content, and helps you rediscover products, recipes, travel ideas, and other things you meant to revisit.