2025-05-08

Meta will test video ads on Threads

Instagram's Threads app began testing advertisements for its users at the start of this year, and the social platform is already ramping up its monetization efforts. Meta announced at IAB NewFron [...]

2025-05-08

Belief in fake news linked to problematic social media use

People who scored high on problematic social media use are more likely to like and share fake news. [...]

2025-05-07

Listen to the ‘world’s first’ song made by a quantum computer and AI

The beat just dropped on a new era of music, and it’s coming not from a recording studio but from the weird and wonderful realm of quantum physics. UK-based tech startup Moth has released the track [...]

2025-05-07

Meta is reportedly working on facial recognition for its AI glasses

Diminished tech privacy appears to be another ripple effect from Trump 2.0. The Information reported on Wednesday that Meta has changed its tune on facial recognition. After considering but ultimately [...]

2025-05-07

New TNW Backstage podcast explores privacy tensions and Meta’s model

Have you heard of the privacy paradox? It’s the contradiction between our claims to care about privacy — and our refusal to protect it. The paradox came to mind while working on the debut episode [...]

2025-05-07

LinkedIn wants you to tell its AI about your dream job

LinkedIn is still on a mission to persuade job hunters to apply for fewer roles. But the company is rolling out a new set of AI-powered upgrades to its job-searching features it hopes will make that p [...]

2025-05-07

Pakistan has restored X access after a 15-month ban – here's everything we know so far

After fifteen months, the social media platform can be accessed without a VPN [...]

2025-05-07

Exclusive: Eyeo exits stealth to give cameras human-like colour vision

Dutch startup Eyeo has emerged from stealth with €15mn in funding to advance a breakthrough photonics technology for cameras that could radically disrupt the way we take images. Eyeo spun out last y [...]

2025-05-06

German dual-use drone maker becomes unicorn amid defence tech boom

German drone maker Quantum Systems has raised €160mn at a valuation north of €1bn, becoming Europe’s latest defence tech unicorn.   Quantum Systems builds electric, AI-powered autonomous surve [...]