Apps

Threads has unveiled its roadmap for integrating with the Fediverse, a network of decentralized apps that includes Mastodon and other alternatives to Twitter. In a recent blog post, Tom Coates, the co-founder of the decentralized app Planetary, shares the insights from a meeting held at Meta’s offices in December. During …

Elon Musk’s X detailed the company’s ambitious plans for 2024 in a post on Tuesday. Among these plans are the introduction of peer-to-peer payments and further AI-powered capabilities. During this time, the business covertly disabled a function that premium members had access to. They can’t use an NFT anymore as …

Twitch is experiencing yet another round of layoffs. According to reports, the Amazon-owned livestreaming company will announce the layoffs as early as this week, affecting 35% of the workforce, or about 500 people. When I reached out to Twitch for a comment, the company took some time to react. The …

Some of the most popular smartphone apps of all time have allowed users to capture, edit, and share photographs. A fresh slew of firms are jumping into the fray as a result of the AI inflow. A Paris, France, company called PhotoRoom created a well-known AI-based picture editing tool and …

Unity has reduced its employment yet again, only a few weeks after its most recent wave of layoffs. As the corporation strives to recover from a challenging year financially, around 1,800 workers will be let go in the next few weeks. One of the most popular gaming engines in the …

Elon Musk bought Twitter more than a year ago, and its effects are still being felt on other social platforms, including new ones. Ex-Twitter employees founded Spill, which is closing out its first year by opening its beta to all iOS and Android users. Spill, unlike X, alienates users with …

A rewards app and social network called Claim raised $4 million in seed funding with Sequoia Capital as the lead investor. The startup wants to make shopping fun, rewarding, and social. With an invite-only beta launch in January, the app targets Boston college and university students. Claim lets friends and …

Spotify reconsidered leaving Uruguay after the government promised copyright law changes would not cost it. For those unfamiliar with Uruguay’s music streaming scene, the story went like this. Last October, Uruguay mandated “fair and equitable” artist pay. Besides the “featured” artist, this included composers, performers, session musicians, and others on …

Instagram announced Wednesday that users can post video notes. Instagram’s status feature, Notes, launched a year ago. You could only post text or emojis to your status update before. A two-second looping video note can now be shared with mutual followers or close friends for 24 hours. Since Instagram already …

Google is making Imagen 2, its AI model that can create and edit images with a text prompt, more widely available to Google Cloud customers using Vertex AI who have been approved. The company isn’t disclosing which data it used to train the new model or offering creators who accidentally …