2025-01-13

Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed

Meta appeared to be blocking links to Pixelfed, a decentralized photo-sharing platform, on Facebook, according to both users on Bluesky and 404 Media. Any post that linked to "pixelfed.social&quo [...]

2025-01-13

Chinese social media app RedNote is the number one app as TikTok ban looms

With TikTok likely just days away from being banned in the US, the app’s users are pushing some previously little-known apps to the top of Apple and Google’s stores. The app that has so far seemed [...]

2025-01-13

Mastodon will soon be owned by a nonprofit entity

At a time when Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have shown that the whims of one person can upend an entire social network, Mastodon’s CEO and creator, Eugen Rochko, is heading the opposite direction. [...]

2025-01-13

Adobe Firefly Bulk Create edits several images all at once

Adobe's new Firefly Bulk Create streamlines the tedious task of editing dozens of images for websites and social platforms. [...]

2025-01-13

Dutch startup lands €4.75M for unique appoach to photonic chip-making

Eindhoven-based startup Photon IP has raised €4.75mn in seed funding as it looks to scale up its unique method for creating energy-efficient photonic chips.   AI systems, data centres, fibre-optic [...]

2025-01-13

Space-based wildlife tracker ICARUS gets new wings after split with Russia

In 2018, after decades of research and tens of millions in funding, Russian astronauts attached a wildlife-tracking receiver to the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). The device receiv [...]

2025-01-11

Gen Z and Millennial social media accounts are ripe for the taking and this doesn’t surprise me

‘Nearly half’ of Gen Z and Millennial respondents in 20,000-strong Yubico survey claim to have been victims of breaches. [...]

2025-01-11

This modern cassette player with Bluetooth (and matching retro wireless headphones) might've been my favorite music experience at CES 2025

A rechargeable tape player with Bluetooth headphones with recording capabilities. [...]

2025-01-10

X's new parody labels won't fix its impersonation problem

X is further aiming to clamp down on impersonation by rolling out a label for parody accounts to help make them distinct from the real deal. Users will now start seeing the label on posts as well as p [...]