2025-07-30

Scott Bessent called Trump accounts for newborns 'a backdoor for privatizing Social Security'

The Treasury Secretary made the comments during a podcast taping on Wednesday [...]

2025-07-30

TikTok's Community Notes era starts today

TikTok users in the United States will soon see crowd-sourced fact checks appearing alongside videos on the platform. The app is beginning to roll out Footnotes, its version of Community Notes, the co [...]

2025-07-30

LinkedIn quietly removed references to deadnaming and misgendering from its hateful content policy

LinkedIn quietly changed the language of its hateful content policy this week. The update, the company's first change in three years according to the site's own changelog, removed a line tha [...]

2025-07-30

Substack accidentally sent push alerts promoting a Nazi publication

It was easy to view Substack's 2023 Nazi controversy as a kicked can that could turn up again. Well, white supremacist content led to another headache for the company this week. User Mag reported [...]

2025-07-30

TikTok gamifies mindfulness with 'well-being missions'

TikTok’s latest answer to its addictiveness is gamified mindfulness tools. The app’s new Well-being Missions let you earn badges for completing challenges related to balanced digital habits. To be [...]

2025-07-30

Skechers releases kid shoes with a hidden AirTag compartment

Skechers just released a helicopter parent's dream shoe. Find My Skechers is a new line of children's shoes that encourages parents to hide an Apple AirTag under the heel. If tracking them o [...]

2025-07-30

TikTok Introduces New Parental Controls, Fact-Checking and AI Moderation Features

TikTok wants parents to know when their kids are posting videos and what kind of content they're watching. [...]

2025-07-30

Showrunner, an AI-powered streaming service, launches in alpha this week

Fable, a startup designing tools to generate animated TV shows from scratch, is launching an AI-powered streaming service this week, Variety reports. The service is called Showrunner, and it will allo [...]

2025-07-30

TikTok 'content check' tells creators if their videos will be blocked from For You pages

TikTok's "For You" recommendations have long been a source of mystery and fascination for creators on the platform. Even the most seasoned TikTok stars don't always understand why [...]