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Facebook updates its algorithm to give users more control over which videos they see

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Meta announced on Tuesday a new Facebook algorithm update that will showcase more Reels videos tailored to users’ preferences. The update includes features that offer users greater control over the videos they see, AI-powered search suggestions, and new friend bubbles.  Facebook will make it easier for users to express their disinterest in these types of […]

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Mastodon is taking cues from Bluesky with plans for its own starter ‘Packs’

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Mastodon, the decentralized, open social network with over 8 million accounts and nearly 700,000 monthly active users, is planning to introduce a new feature, called “Packs,” which will make it easier for newcomers to discover curated collections of users to follow. The idea is similar to a feature Bluesky, another open social platform, introduced last

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A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes

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Zehra Naqvi, 26, grew up as an obsessive fan girl in the 2010s.  This was the era of Tumblr and Twitter. She would stay up all night breaking down the release dates of Marvel movies or analyzing the movements of One Direction members. She eventually gained a collective 250,000 followers across the two platforms.  “Those

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OpenAI is launching the Sora app, its own TikTok competitor, alongside the Sora 2 model

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On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the release of Sora 2, an audio and video generator to succeed last year’s Sora. Along with the model, the company also launched a linked social app called Sora, where users can be able to generate videos of themselves and their friends to share on a TikTok-style algorithmic feed. OpenAI’s work

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Threads is developing a tool that lets you ‘tag’ its algorithm to configure your feed

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Instagram is experimenting with bringing tools to control your own algorithm to Threads, its X rival. The feature was uncovered while in development by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who discovered the code and told TechCrunch it’s related to the algorithm configuration tools that are also coming to Instagram. When contacted, Instagram confirmed the product is

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LGBTQ+ youth have worse mental health outcomes without access to safe online spaces, studies show

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When LGBTQ+ youth do not feel safe or accepted in their daily lives, they turn to the internet to seek community. Two new studies, conducted by The Trevor Project and Hopelab/Born This Way Foundation, each found that young LGBTQ+ people report greater rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation or attempts when they do not

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