The Foursquare founder's new app is an AI-powered 'DJ' for neighborhood updates

Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley has unveiled his latest venture and yes, it's another location-based social app. But, rather than the check-ins Crowley first popularized more than 15 years ago, [...]

Zoom says it aced AI’s hardest exam. Critics say it copied off its neighbors.

Zoom Video Communications, the company best known for keeping remote workers connected during the pandemic, announced last week that it had achieved the highest score ever recorded on one of artificia [...]

Digg, an Early Social and News Site, Officially Relaunches

Digg was an early Internet platform similar to Reddit. [...]

Are VPNs really safe? The security factors to consider before using one

Virtual private networks (VPNs) have been household technology for a while now, but there's still a lot of uncertainty around them. This is partly due to the fact that they can conceal online act [...]

Rec Room, a Roblox-style VR game, is shutting down

The Roblox-like VR title Rec Room is shutting down after operating for a decade. The free-to-play social game is closing its doors because the developers "never quite figured out" how to mak [...]

I tried Meta’s new Muse Spark AI model — and it feels like ChatGPT built for the social internet

Meta AI's new Muse Spark model gives AI a social media sheen. [...]

After Belfast riots, UK reminds social platforms they're obligated to remove hateful content

The UK's communications regulator has reminded social media platforms they have a duty to minimize hateful content, not encourage it. [...]

Mastodon adds email newsletters so people who don’t want an account can still follow creators on the open social web

Mastodon is betting that email, the oldest surviving communication protocol on the internet, can solve its biggest problem: reaching people who will never create a fediverse account. The open-source s [...]

Inflection AI returns to consumer market with Pi Journeys after Microsoft upheaval

Inflection AI, the Palo Alto startup that two years ago became Silicon Valley's most famous cautionary tale about the brutal economics of frontier AI, announced Tuesday that it is returning to th [...]