X finally rebuilt its neglected Android app, and it only took a year

X has spent nearly a year rebuilding its Android app from scratch, promising smoother scrolling, faster loading, more reliable notifications, and a stronger foundation for upcoming features.

X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort

X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.

Google’s AI cited Facebook 19.5 million times, new research finds
Google’s AI cited Facebook 19.5 million times, new research finds

When Google’s AI answers a question, it is increasingly not reading a website. It is reading a Facebook post. New data suggests social platforms have become a core source for Google’s AI answers. Often the user never visits the platform at all. The fin…

AI is writing your date’s messages. The dating apps say they cannot stop it.
AI is writing your date’s messages. The dating apps say they cannot stop it.

Singles are feeding their dating app conversations into ChatGPT and Claude, asking the models to write replies, analyse what went wrong, and generate opening lines. The practice, called “chatfishing,” has produced a 5,000% spike in Google searches and …

New X phishing scam copies real login alerts down to the pixel to hijack accounts
New X phishing scam copies real login alerts down to the pixel to hijack accounts

Scammers are sending phishing emails that are near-exact replicas of X’s legitimate login notifications, warning recipients of a login “from a new device” in a location they have never been. The emails include X’s logo, correct formatting, proper gramm…

Facebook and Instagram stumble for users in Sunday-morning outage
Facebook and Instagram stumble for users in Sunday-morning outage

Meta’s two biggest social networks spent part of Sunday morning refusing to behave for a good number of the people who reached for them. Facebook and Instagram both faltered on 19 July, greeting users with login failures, frozen feeds, and error screen…

New X phishing scam uses fake login alerts to steal your account

A phishing email mimicking X’s real login alerts is making the rounds, and it’s designed to steal your password instead of protecting your account. Here’s how to spot the fake and what to do if you clicked.

Victoria proposes forcing social media platforms to unmask anonymous accounts accused of vilification
Victoria proposes forcing social media platforms to unmask anonymous accounts accused of vilification

Victoria’s premier Jacinta Allan announced on Sunday that the state would propose laws granting the Victorian civil and administrative tribunal power to order social media and AI platforms to reveal the identities of anonymous account holders accused o…

Face AI upgrades its video face swap tool with faster processing and better tracking
Face AI upgrades its video face swap tool with faster processing and better tracking

Face AI, a Los Angeles-based face swap platform, announced a major update to its video face swap feature on Friday. The update improves facial tracking, expression preservation, and scene stability across changing lighting, camera angles, and partial f…

After YouTube, TikTok is testing its own AI likeness detection tool

As deepfakes spread, TikTok joins YouTube in giving creators tools to detect and report unauthorized AI likenesses of themselves.