WhatsApp Plus is here, and you can safely ignore this subscription

Meta’s paid WhatsApp tier is finally live on iPhone, but a closer look reveals that rivals like Telegram and Signal have been offering comparable or better features for free.

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TikTok is going ad-free in the UK — if you pay £3.99 a month for it

TikTok is launched an ad-free service is in the UK, but would you pay £3.99 for it?

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TikTok is going ad-free. At a monthly fee, of course.

TikTok has launched TikTok Ad-Free in the UK, a £3.99 monthly subscription that removes ads from your feed and stops your data being used for advertising.

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‘Completely off the rails’: TikTok is scaling back its AI summaries feature after it creates bizarre and inaccurate captions — as if TikTok wasn’t bad enough for misinformation already

TikTok says it’s pulling back a limited test of AI summary captions, after the feature kept making major mistakes.

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TikTok launches an ad-free subscription plan in the UK

Users who sign up for the plan won’t see ads on TikTok, and their data won’t be used for advertising purposes.

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‘This is not facial recognition’ — Meta wants to scan kids’ height and bone structure to verify their age

Meta is enhancing its technology for detecting users under 13 who shouldn’t be on Facebook or Instagram.

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Social media pals aren’t necessarily making you feel less lonely, finds research

New study of more than 1,500 adults found online connections with strangers were linked to higher loneliness, while real-life contacts offered no clear reduction.

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Snap lost a 400 million dollar AI deal, 20 million dollars a month to the Iran war, and 24 per cent of its stock price. The AR glasses had better work.

Snap reported first-quarter earnings on Tuesday that should have been unremarkable: revenue up 12 per cent to 1.53 billion dollars, adjusted EBITDA more than doubled to 233 million dollars, free cash flow nearly tripled to 286 million dollars. The stoc…

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Why This Athlete-Led Agency Is Going All-In On Women’s NIL

Learfield is intentionally hiring former collegiate athletes to lead their NIL partnerships on collegiate campuses, leading to 40% growth in brand engagement.

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Top YouTube Golfer To Make PGA Tour Debut At Good Good Championship

Brad Dalke, one of the best players in the YouTube golf world, will make his professional PGA Tour debut at this year’s Good Good Championship.

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