Meta’s push to make Apple and Google responsible for checking the age of app users is slowly gaining momentum, with another U.S. state putting its support behind a new bill that would force app stores to implement age checks. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a new online child safetyContinue Reading
YouTube’s got a new quiz sticker for Shorts, while it’s also expanding the roll-out of voice replies on clips, providing another interaction option for viewers. First off, YouTube’s giving creators the opportunity to quiz their Shorts viewers, with a new, customizable question sticker that you can add to your clips.Continue Reading
TikTok has published a new guide for fashion brands that are looking to drive interest in the app, which includes a range of notes on key fashion trends, communities, TikTok ad tips, and more. You can download both EU and META versions of TikTok’s 2025 Fashion Playbook here (with emailContinue Reading
YouTube’s expanding its generative AI soundtrack tools, while it’s also adding new beat matching for Shorts, and a new ID verification process for monetizing creators. First off, YouTube’s expanding access to its AI music creation features within “Creator Music”, which will now enable you to generate custom songs in-stream. CreatorContinue Reading
X has shared some new data on the evolving fashion discussion in the app, though the data provided to support this is pretty questionable, and also a little unclear at points. As, unfortunately, has been the case with many of X’s communications. X starts out its fashion overview by presentingContinue Reading
With Meta launching the first stage of its roll-out of Community Notes, which will replace third-party fact-checkers, and put the onus of slowing the spread of misinformation into the hands of its users, a new report has once again highlighted the flaws of the Community Notes system that’s currently inContinue Reading
Elon Musk’s AI startup has made its first acquisition, with video generation project Hotshot announcing that xAI has purchased its business. Hotshot, which has built a range of text-to-video and text-to-GIF AI models, has been gaining traction among AI enthusiasts for its rapidly developing AI video models. And now, thatContinue Reading
If you thought that 2024 was a big year for social platforms pushing AI elements into their apps, you ain’t seen nothing yet, with Meta looking to bring even more AI to your feeds over the next year. How is it going to do that? Well, aside from injecting AIContinue Reading
LinkedIn’s adding a new option to help users signal their interest in volunteer opportunities, and help charitable organizations find people looking to assist in their various causes. As you can see in this example, LinkedIn’s new “Open to Volunteer” option will add a new informational tab to your profile whichContinue Reading
This is interesting. In his weekly Q and A on IG Stories last week, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri noted that the quality of video for Stories and Reels posts can be reduced or increased at different times based on the engagement that each video receives. In response to a questionContinue Reading
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