HAARP Accused (Again) Of Causing Extreme Weather And Earthquakes

Conspiracy theorists say the recent earthquake in Venezuela and the heat waves in Europe and the U.S. as evidence that the U.S. HAARP program is up to dirty tricks.

X wants you to go live with its new streaming hub, and is offering $1 million to make it worth your while

X has launched Live Studio, a dedicated streaming command center inside Creator Studio, and is putting $1 million on the table to incentivize creators to go live on the platform.

TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube are failing kids with broken safety features, research finds

A new study tested 86 child safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube, and found that more than half were broken, buried, or missing entirely.

Threads adds new features to Live Chats as it expands access

The updates include translations, new tools for hosts, and more.

Yet another research proves TikTok injury advice is just downright bad

A new study found TikTok videos about ACL rehab exercises were poor overall, raising fresh concerns about teens using viral clips for injury recovery advice.

Australia moves to double Big Tech fines and arm its regulator over the under-16 ban
Australia moves to double Big Tech fines and arm its regulator over the under-16 ban

Six months after Australia became the first country to bar under-16s from social media, the government has concluded that the platforms are not taking the rule seriously enough, and is preparing to make the consequences of ignoring it considerably more…

Instagram is testing a more convenient way to tune recommendations

Instagram is testing new shortcuts for Your Algorithm, making it easier for users to adjust recommendations while browsing Feed and Reels.

Instagram wants to make algorithm customisation a core part of the app, not a buried setting
Instagram wants to make algorithm customisation a core part of the app, not a buried setting

Instagram head Adam Mosseri previewed new ways to surface Your Algorithm, the feature that lets users specify which topics they want to see more or less of. In an Instagram post this week, Mosseri said the goal is to evolve the tool “from a setting to …

Salesforce employees are confused about why the company is promoting a competitor inside Slack
Salesforce employees are confused about why the company is promoting a competitor inside Slack

When Anthropic launched Claude Tag on Tuesday, a high-profile AI product that works as a persistent teammate inside Slack channels, some employees at Salesforce, which owns Slack, were confused. Salesforce promoted Anthropic’s new product on social med…