The Surgeon General published a new advisory on screen use. A public health expert discusses what the science says about risks and benefits of screens.
Snap, Meta, and Roblox have agreed to introduce new anti-grooming measures after Ofcom’s public call for action, but TikTok and YouTube still have a lot of explaining to do.
The video clipping startup raised a $7 million seed round led by Slow Ventures.
Instagram takes on Snapchat and BeReal with new feature allowing users to share disappearing photos.
If your LinkedIn feed has felt like it was written by one person with 10 million accounts, you are not imagining things. The platform has become a petri dish for AI-generated posts that say nothing while sounding vaguely inspirational. Now LinkedIn say…
LinkedIn is rolling out systems to detect generic AI-generated posts and automated comments, reducing their reach beyond immediate networks.
Discord has flipped the switch on end-to-end encryption for every voice and video call on its platform, a move that means not even the company itself can access what its hundreds of millions of users say on calls. Mark Smith, Discord’s VP of core techn…
‘Heated Rivalry’ isn’t just sustaining momentum between seasons — fans are turning the hockey romance into a full-scale cultural phenomenon.
Interactive social media site Status announced Tuesday $17 million in combined seed and Series A funding, with investors including General Catalyst, YC, LightShed Ventures, and Abstract.
Discord’s latest efforts to improve the user experience, particularly on Linux, are certainly noteworthy, but its age-verification plans remain a concern.
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