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Meta is testing a new feature on Threads that makes it easier for users to share long-form content, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The feature allows users to attach an extended block of text to a post, offering a more natural way to publish detailed thoughts without breaking
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TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is valuing itself at around $300 billion as it launches its latest share buyback program, according to people familiar with the matter and a document reviewed by Reuters. The Beijing-based tech giant has approached investors in recent weeks with an offer to repurchase shares at
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Google is doubling down on its AI-powered productivity tools. Nearly a year after debuting Vids, its collaborative video editor for the Google Workspace suite, the company is rolling out a slate of new features designed to make video creation faster and more accessible. AI Avatars for Script-to-Video Creation One of
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Instagram is introducing a new feature designed to help college students connect with classmates, the company announced on Tuesday. The move closely follows TikTok’s rollout of a nearly identical feature just last week. The new option lets U.S. students add their college or university to their profile banner
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Spotify is taking a step toward becoming more of a social platform. On Tuesday, the company announced a new in-app messaging feature that lets users chat directly with friends about the music and podcasts they’re sharing. For years, users have passed around Spotify links through third-party apps like Instagram,
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Meta is teaming up with AI startup Midjourney in a licensing deal that could reshape the social media giant’s generative AI strategy. The partnership, announced Friday by Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang in a Threads post, will bring Midjourney’s cutting-edge image and video generation technology into Meta’
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Google is making it easier for Workspace users to edit videos stored in Drive. On Friday, the company announced a new shortcut button that integrates its AI-powered video creation app, Vids, directly into the Drive experience. Now, when previewing a video file in Google Drive, users will notice an “Open”
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Meta is expanding its AI ambitions with the global rollout of a voice translation feature for creators on Facebook and Instagram. Announced on Tuesday, the new tool lets users automatically translate their reels into other languages — while preserving the sound and tone of their own voice. The feature, which builds
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Spotify is quietly testing a new audio mixing feature that gives Premium users more control over how tracks flow together in playlists. The feature, simply called Mix, is currently rolling out in beta to “eligible Premium users,” though availability appears to be limited for now. Unlike the existing crossfade setting,
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Instagram is developing a new feature called “Picks” that aims to help users connect over shared interests, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. According to Meta, the feature is currently an internal prototype and is not yet being tested externally. The existence of Picks was first uncovered by reverse engineer Alessandro
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Just two years after its debut as a rival to Twitter, Meta’s Threads has surpassed 400 million monthly active users (MAUs), Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced Tuesday. “As of a few weeks ago we there are more than 400 million people active on Threads every month,” Mosseri wrote in
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Google is introducing a new search feature called “Preferred Sources”, giving users more control over the news outlets and blogs they see in their search results. Initially tested through Google’s experimental Search Labs, the tool is now available to all users conducting English-language searches in the U.S. and