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X Rebuilds Its Android App From the Ground Up After a Year of Work
The social network rewrote its Android app in a new technical framework, promising faster scrolling, better notifications, and a foundation for features that never made it to Android.
Reelful Automates Social Media Video Creation with AI
A new app promises to simplify content creation for busy entrepreneurs.
Meet Gowanus, the Garbage-Born Puppet Fronting America's New Luddite Movement
A puppet made from Brooklyn dumpster scraps just gave a podcast interview with a handwritten contract. The people behind it want you to slow down, look up, and ask who tech actually serves.
Meta Pulls Its New AI Image Tool After Users and a Hollywood Union Call It a Privacy Problem
A feature that let anyone generate images using photos from public Instagram accounts lasted just days before Meta quietly shut it down.
Instagram Won't Let You Filter Out AI Posts, and Its Own AI Tool Is Already Raising Alarm Bells
Instagram's boss says you can know when a post is AI-generated, but you can't hide those posts from your feed. Meanwhile, a new Meta image tool lets users drop strangers into AI creations just by tagging them.
EU Tells Meta: Kill Infinite Scroll and Autoplay or Face Billion-Dollar Fines
European regulators say Facebook and Instagram were designed to keep you stuck, and they want it stopped.
Meta quietly killed an Instagram AI feature after users pushed back
The company said the tool was meant to give creators control. Users disagreed, and Meta pulled it.