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TechCrunch reporter. Sometimes I post birds. Used to be @sarahintampa on Twitter. Signal +1 415-234-3994. [email protected].

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Noplace, a mashup of Twitter and MySpace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store techcrunch.com/2024/...

Noplace, a mashup of Twitter and MySpace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Noplace had already gone viral ahead of its public launch because of its feature that allows users to express themselves by customizing the colors of their profile.

Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature techcrunch.com/2024/...

Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com The new bylines go beyond the typical @username references that often accompany link posts from news publications and those pointing to other written content, like a WordPress blog or Substack

X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit techcrunch.com/2024/...

X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn't want to emulate Reddit | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com code references found in the X iOS app indicate that the company could be considering adding downvotes for replies only to improve how they're ranked.

Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple’s Weather app techcrunch.com/2024/...

Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple's Weather app | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com The Make Design feature is available within Figma's software and will generate UI (user interface) layouts and components from text prompts.

Spotify tests emergency alerts in Sweden techcrunch.com/2024/...

Spotify tests emergency alerts in Sweden | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Music, podcasts, audiobooks...emergency alerts? Spotify's latest test has the streaming app venturing into new territory with a test of an emergency

YouTube now lets you request removal of AI-generated content that simulates your face or voice techcrunch.com/2024/...

YouTube now lets you request removal of AI-generated content that simulates your face or voice | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Meta is not the only company grappling with the rise in AI-generated content and how it affects its platform. YouTube also quietly rolled out a policy

Robinhood snaps up Pluto to add AI tools to its investing app techcrunch.com/2024/...

Robinhood snaps up Pluto to add AI tools to its investing app | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Investment app Robinhood is adding more AI features for investors with its acquisition of AI-powered research platform Pluto Capital, Inc. Announced on

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Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photos

Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photostcrn.ch After Meta started tagging photos with a “Made with AI” label in May, photographers complained that the social networking company had been applying labels to real photos where they had used some basic editing tools. Because of the user feedback and…

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Amazon is investigating Perplexity over whether the AI search startup is violating AWS rules by scraping websites that attempted to prevent it from doing so (Wired) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Light introduces its latest minimalist phone, now with an OLED screen but still no addictive apps techcrunch.com/2024/06/11/l...

Light introduces its latest minimalist phone, now with an OLED screen but still no addictive apps | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Unlike Light's older phones, the Light III sports a larger OLED display and an NFC chip to make way for future payment tools, as well as a camera.

bridging this!

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X launches Stories on X, with news curated and summarized by Grok AI, available for Premium subscribers in the Explore tab on iOS and on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

When you accidentally type www.bluesky.com and find cute journals

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eBay adds an AI-powered "shop the look" feature to its iOS app, with personalized recommendations for users that have viewed 10+ fashion items in six months (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

TIL Newsmax is also a magazine

What is a legacy blob??

I did the thing #eclipse

Absolutely insane that we survived this! So grateful for everyone reaching out with kindness. Thank you everyone!!

Thinking about switching to Android....can someone talk me out of it / into it?

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The goal of custom feeds is to let you control your scroll. Move beyond The Algorithm — you can always choose what kind of feed you’re going to get.

As Threads deprioritizes politics, Bluesky’s CEO touts custom feeds and user choice in social media

As Threads deprioritizes politics, Bluesky’s CEO touts custom feeds and user choice in social mediatcrn.ch Meta is in hot water after announcing plans to remove politics from its recommendations across Instagram and Threads, its new Twitter-like app for text-based posts. That leaves a window of opportunity for the startup Bluesky, whose CEO Jay Graber recently…

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Hashtags coming to Bluesky — from @jay.bsky.team herself! 🤩

Hashtags on Blueskyyoutu.be Watch the entire episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5RjCH0nLj8

Thank you for your service

William Post, a businessman who helped invent Pop-Tarts, died on Saturday at age 96. Post led the bakery plant that developed the first Pop-Tarts for Kellogg’s in 1964, his son said. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/b...

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Happy Valentine’s Day, dating app downloads are slowing down

Happy Valentine’s Day, dating app downloads are slowing downtcrn.ch It may be Valentine’s Day here in the U.S., but the dating app market isn’t looking as promising as it used to. According to a new analysis by app intelligence provider data.ai, global downloads of dating apps saw only tepid growth year-over-year as of…

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thinking about writing about this as an interesting internet subculture conflict -- is it that mastodon users are mad that bluesky isn't on activitypub, and then bluesky users are mad that mastodon is mad? and the cultural divide of bluesky being a bit more shitposty and mastodon being more rules-y?

man i hate the mastodon/bluesky fighting

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I added @sarahp.bsky.social @jeffjarvis.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @taylorlorenz.bsky.social @espiers.bsky.social to the Skygeeks feed. Made here in 🇨🇵 to get the latest tech and social news by those who write it https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ohxbfts6rymldift4zdfqt4f/feed/aaai4qeqdo36g

Skygeeks

Feed by @ecranmobilefr.bsky.social

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This is the most I've ever known about the Superbowl thanks to Bluesky and Taylor: techcrunch.com/2024/02/09/t...

Twitter alternative Bluesky shows off custom Super Bowl feeds (both with and without Taylor Swift) | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Twitter/X alternative Bluesky is gearing up for one of the biggest weekends in social media with the launch of custom feeds prepped for Super Bowl fans.

Curious how many came from Twitter/X and aren't going back?

Opened on tuesday, grew by 1.3M users, and things are holding together, so go invite your friends!

big change at X

Sports betting is coming to X with BetMGM partnership

Sports betting is coming to X with BetMGM partnershiptcrn.ch Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, has forged a deal with a sports betting operator, BetMGM, the companies announced on Friday. The deal, which BetMGM describes as a “strategic partnership” with X, will see the operator becoming X’s exclusive Live Odds…

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One million new users since we opened Bluesky yesterday! Welcome to Bluesky!!! 🎉

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We are close to hitting 1M new users since open invites and I’m holding my eyelids open w my fingers so that I can witness the moment w my own eyes 👁️💤 techcrunch.com/2024/02/07/d...

Bluesky gets nearly 800K new users in its first day open to the public, despite outages | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Bluesky opened to the public yesterday after launching in an invite-only beta last year. Getting on Bluesky might not be as exciting as it was when people