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Mastodon has a new plan to make money: Hosting and support services for the open social web
Mastodon, the non-profit organization that maintains the software powering the decentralized alternative to social networks like Threads and X, has…
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Meta CTO explains why the smart glasses demos failed at Meta Connect — and it wasn’t the Wi-Fi
Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth took to his Instagram to explain, in more technical detail, why multiple demos of…
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Trump and ByteDance tout TikTok deal approval, but no official details yet
President Trump on Friday announced that the TikTok deal, which would potentially see the video platform controlled by a consortium…
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Trump says Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch might invest in TikTok deal
The Trump administration has been talking up a potential TikTok deal this weekend, with President Donald Trump telling Fox News…
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Bluesky says it’s getting more aggressive about moderation and enforcement
It sounds like Bluesky is getting serious about giving some users the boot, with the company saying it will be…
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Facebook is getting an AI dating assistant
Meta announced on Monday that it’s bringing an AI assistant to Facebook Dating. This chatbot is intended to help users…
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WhatsApp can now translate messages on iOS and Android
WhatsApp is rolling out the ability for users to translate messages into their preferred language, the Meta-owned company announced on…
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What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the X competitor
Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been…
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YouTube will reinstate accounts banned for spreading misinformation
YouTube will allow creators whose accounts were terminated for repeated violations of COVID-19 and election integrity policies to rejoin the…
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From Digg to deals: Kevin Rose on reinvention and investing at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Kevin Rose last spoke at Disrupt in 2012, when Digg was in the middle of one of tech’s most talked-about…
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