Mastodon, an open-source decentralized social network and one of many Twitter, er X, competitors, has traditionally shunned advertising. According to founder and CEO Eugen Rochko, Patreon has funded the company mostly. Mastodon announced on Wednesday that it will sell merchandise to raise funds for development. Dopatwo will design Mastodon t-shirts, …
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Today, WhatsApp introduced short personal video recording and sharing in chats. The messaging app says voice messages changed how people communicate by providing a quick and secure way to share their voice, so it’s adding instant video messages. WhatsApp wrote that video messages are a real-time way to respond to …
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Bluesky, which has struggled with moderation since its launch earlier this year, apologized for failing to protect Black and other marginalized users. Bluesky’s customer support addressed user concerns about the platform’s failure to moderate racist content in emails. Bluesky users shared emails that seemed personalized. Bluesky did not confirm that …
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According to a new Reuters report, Tesla overstated its EVs’ range estimates, causing owners to flood its service center. Elon Musk ordered algorithms to boost range numbers, according to anonymous sources and industry experts. Service requests skyrocketed with sales. Tesla created a “diversion team” to handle “range cases”—owners complaining of …
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Twitter’s X rebrand has failed. The company didn’t secure the intellectual property rights to the X brand, Reuters reported, and the site’s haphazard rollout had parts referencing “X” while others still encouraged you to “search Twitter” or “Tweet.” Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters sign was removed without a permit, prompting police …
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Meta announced today that it will offer Instagram subscriptions to eligible creators in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and the UK in the coming weeks. Meta introduced US Instagram subscriptions in January 2022. Instagram subscriptions let creators sell exclusive posts, Live videos, Stories, reels, highlights, and …
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Amazon vs. the world: retail. That’s always been true and always will. Many factors have made the company seem unstoppable. Amazon’s smart purchase and construction of global fulfillment centers is one. Last count, it operated 305 in the U.S., each 800,000 square feet. Local warehouses help the company set the …
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Twitter now uses “X” instead of the bird logo. Musk announced the change over the weekend. Website changes are live. Musk tweeted that x.com redirects to twitter.com. Musk called this logo “interim,” so it may change again. https://t.co/bOUOek5Cvy now points to https://t.co/AYBszklpkE. Interim X logo goes live later today. — …
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Mark Zuckerberg’s best fortune is Elon Musk. As Musk rebrands Twitter to X, Facebook’s Meta rebrand seems less bad. Zuckerberg can lift weights now, but he needs to help Meta recover from a rough few years. After rebranding to Meta in 2021, Facebook spent $13.7 billion on VR and AR …
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Mastodon’s usage is rising as Twitter adopts Elon Musk’s “X” logo. According to a new post from Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko, the number of monthly active users for his Twitter alternative has steadily increased over the past couple of months to 2.1 million, “not far off from our …
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