Google plans to begin verifying the identities of developers who distribute Android apps, even outside the Play Store, rolling out in phases from September 2026
Stop this shit Google. If I want to sideload an app, I should be able to sideload an app. — www.androidauthority.com/android- deve... @natanael : This is what Apple got sued for and lost over in EU...
Meta is notifying Instagram and Facebook EU users that it's using their data to train its AI models, and users can opt out, “if your objection is honoured”
Cool. I'm not even going to try it. — I just deleted over 20 years of posts, and I'll slooowly upload everything again... All NightShaded. 😈 — Fuck Meta. Fuck AI. … X: @tantacrul : 1. I'm legit...
How Meta revamped Facebook's feed to show more posts from outside a person's network of friends and family, in a move to fight TikTok and win back younger users
- Feed now features a broader array of posts based on interest — More young adults are back on Facebook after years of declines Threads: @simondowens , @davemolloy , @alexcartaz , @kurtwag8 , @kurtwa...
Snapchat turns off Solar System, which lets users see their position in their friends' orbits, by default, after a report said it was adding to teens' anxiety
Did the designers truly not anticipate this as a likely outcome? — https://techcrunch.com/... X: @brij : Good call by Snapchat. These engagement features were adding real stress to young girls I am ...
A look at the costs of a smartphone-based childhood, as Gen Z struggles with poor mental health and lags behind previous generations on many important metrics
particularly onto social-media platforms designed for virality & addiction.” 👇 https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Jack Badelaire / @jbadelaire : I'm not a parent, but many of my friends are, and I've wo...
In four new studies with collaboration from Meta, researchers find Facebook's algorithm is “influential” but doesn't necessarily change beliefs, and more
Ekeoma E. Uzogara Authors Info & Affiliations — pp. 386-387 Washington Post : Changing Facebook's algorithm won't fix polarization, new study finds Science : How do social media feed algorithms aff...
Meta launches Instagram's text-based Threads app on the App Store and Google Play in 100+ countries; users log in via Instagram and can follow the same accounts
As Twitter has become even less-filtered … Michael Muchmore / PCMag : Hands On With Instagram Threads: Does Meta's Twitter Killer Deliver? John Palmer / Cryptopolitan : Meta's Threads Promises Decentr...
Meta plans to launch Instagram's standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which shows screenshots of some features
Amanda Silberling: — Instagram's rumored Twitter competitor … PC Gamer : With Elon Musk's Twitter in chaos Mark Zuckerberg sees his chance: Meta's Threads launches Oli Welsh / Polygon : Instagram to...
Meta unveils the $500 Quest 3, “the first mainstream headset with high-res color MR”, slimmer and over 2x the GPU performance vs. the Quest 2, coming this fall
Coming this fall! https://www.youtube.com/... #metaquest #meta #virtualreality #technology Ankita Chaturvedi : Very excited and proud to share the most powerful and affordable VR headset Quest 3 with...
Mark Zuckerberg announces Instagram now lets users add up to five links to their account bios, challenging Linktree, Beacons, and other “link in bio” services
I am delighted for you that for the moment Meta has given you the ability to put up to to 5 links in your bios. How long they will allow that will be interesting to see. Maybe it will stay. … Tweets...