Instagram and Facebook will likely require a redesign after EU rules they’re ‘addictive’
Instagram and Facebook will likely require a redesign after EU rules they’re ‘addictive’

Meta is in breach of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a preliminary investigation has found, over the “addictive” design of Instagram and Facebook. It’s likely to be forced to redesign both apps and could face a fine of up to $12 billion. The European Commission said Meta “did not adequately assess the risks of […]

‘Toy Story 5’ And ‘Disclosure Day’ Prove Summer Hits Either Last Or Fade Fast

‘Toy Story 5’ sustained its success because the movie is culturally relevant, but the themes of ‘Disclosure Day’ feel dated to contemporary audiences.

I knew there was plenty of AI slop on LinkedIn. Shocking report says the problem is far worse than suspected

LinkedIn supplied almost two-thirds of the AI-generated social content flagged in a million-post analysis, despite representing only one-third of the material scanned.

I read Careless People, the Meta tell-all — and it made me want the chapter Sarah Wynn-Williams couldn’t write
I read Careless People, the Meta tell-all — and it made me want the chapter Sarah Wynn-Williams couldn’t write

Reading Careless People helped me understand how Facebook’s internal culture may have allowed Mark Zuckerberg’s strange metaverse obsession to become Meta’s defining idea.

Your phone is not trying to poison your water, but influencers found a $50 fix anyway

Influencers are selling $50 EMF straws as protection from everyday electronics, but the evidence is thin and the real product may be tech anxiety dressed as wellness.

X could soon alert you when a post you liked or reposted gets fact-checked

X is working on a new feature to notify users directly when a post they liked, replied to, or reposted gets a Community Note.

Elon Musk says X will send DMs when posts you’ve engaged with are corrected

X plans to send users direct messages when posts they’ve liked, replied to, or reposted receive Community Notes, an update aimed at addressing criticism that the platform’s crowdsourced fact-checking system often arrives too late to curb misinformation…

Meta’s new AI can generate images of you from your Instagram, and you’re opted in 

Hidden inside Meta’s Muse Image rollout is a default setting that gives any user access to your public Instagram photos as AI generation fodder.

Meta’s new image and video AI tools let you turn Instagram into your creative mood board

With Muse Image live and Muse Video in preview, Meta has officially stopped outsourcing its creative AI to Midjourney and Black Forest Labs.

Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photos
Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photos

Meta is launching the first AI image generation model made by its Superintelligence Labs division. The Muse Image model now powers the image-making tools across the Meta AI app, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and it’s coming soon to Facebook and Messenger, according to an announcement on Tuesday. It’s part of the growing Muse family of AI […]