Threads begins testing an option to set For You, Following, or a custom feed as the default, another improvement seemingly sparked by competition from Bluesky
For You, following, or a custom one — as your default. Also making this more visible in the app. Interested to see how and if people use this. Jason Kottke / @jkottke : FINALLY. Threads will finall...
A massive outage has affected Verizon customers since around 10AM ET, according to reports on Downdetector from subscribers across the US
live updates and what to do with iPhone in SOS Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer : Verizon outage: iPhones, Android devices stuck in SOS mode Avery Lotz / Axios : Thousands of Verizon outages reported ...
X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @rickf@indieweb.social : In other words, “please generate needless clicks so I can boost ‘engagement’ on the platform to get more advertisers back, pleeeasseeee.......
After new fight claims from Musk, Zuckerberg warns “anything” Musk says hasn't been agreed on; Musk also said surgery will prevent him from fighting for months
but Zuckerberg Calls BS Stuff.co.nz : Elon Musk to fight Mark Zuckerberg in ‘ancient Roman setting’ MMA Fighting : Mark Zuckerberg denies Elon Musk fight claims, mentions UFC and ONE as ideal partners...
Meta's Supplemental Privacy Policy for Threads says that “your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account”, surprising some users
Exactly How Private Is Meta's New Twitter Challenger? NBC 7 San Diego : Meta's Twitter Rival Threads Explodes to 50 Million Signups One Day After Launch Rael Hornby / Laptop Mag : How to delete Twitte...
Over 300 subreddits, including r/aww, r/music, and r/videos, plan to extend their protests indefinitely; 8,400+ have now gone private or into a restricted mode
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Twitter rolls out encrypted DMs, but both sender and recipient must be Blue subscribers, group messages are not supported, and message metadata is not encrypted
Starting with Verified Users Jay Peters / The Verge : Twitter launches encrypted DMs behind a paywall Geoff Desreumaux / WeRSM : Twitter Launches Encrypted DMs, But Only For Paid Subscribers Tweets: E...
Snap says it resolved an issue that prevented some Snapchat users from logging in and advises users to manually update the app if the issue persists
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Microsoft's Edge extensions store is hosting unofficial copies of games like Mario Kart 64, Pac-Man, more; Microsoft and Nintendo say they are investigating
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DHS says US election was the most secure, with “no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised”
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