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Instagram Announces New Live Rooms Feature
Instagram is expanding its livestreaming offerings with a new feature dubbed Live Rooms, which is just like Instagram Live but…
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Instagram Live Now Hosts More People With ‘Rooms’
Everything may be happening on screens these days, but people haven’t let that box them in. Musicians have made music…
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Bots Reportedly Helped Fuel GameStonks Hype on Social Media
Photo: Chris Delmas/AFP (Getty Images) The s0-called GameStonks saga had some help from automated bots hyping up “meme” stocks on…
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Facebook Rolls Out Ad Campaign To Defend Targeted Ads
Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) Just two months after running a full-page ad decrying Apple’s impending updates, Facebook is rolling…
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Facebook Is Trying to Make ‘Hey Facebook’ Happen
Image: Facebook Chances are you’re probably familiar with using a command like, “OK Google,” “Hey Siri,” or “Alexa” to summon…
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Twitter’s Super Follows Feature Means Paying for Tweets
Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP (Getty Images) Twitter is finally rolling out a way to get paid for tweeting that doesn’t involve…
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Clubhouse Is Booming. So Is the Ecosystem Around It
On Clubhouse, it’s no different. People have been working within the constraints of the app to make it work for…
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YouTube Will Launch ‘Supervised’ Parental Controls for Teens
Photo: MARTIN BUREAU/AFP (Getty Images) YouTube is attempting to bridge the gap between its dedicated Kids app and regular YouTube…
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Facebook Finally Bans Myanmar Military After Feb. 1 Coup
A friend of Myanmar protester Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, who died after being shot during a rally against the military…
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Facebook Told Us to Suck It, for a Change
Photo: Michael Reynolds (Getty Images) Attention, haters: you have officially been put on notice by Facebook’s VP of Global Affairs…
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