TV Time, the popular movie and TV tracking app whose pending closure has prompted more than 25,000 users to file a petition against its closure, it is restarting. One of the app’s original founders, Antonio Pinto, says he’s creating a new TV show tracking app, Bingers, that will try to rebuild TV Time’s best features
X has made a “tweak” to its algorithm to increase the visibility of posts to users’ “mutuals” — the people they follow and who follow them, product manager Nikita Bier said Monday. “We noticed that this data was missing from the algorithm and caused your friends to appear less in your answers. This resulted in
The EU announced on Friday that Meta must review the addictive design features of Facebook and Instagram or face a fine. The tech giant breaches the Digital Services Act by targeting features such as infinite scrolling, autoplay, push notifications and highly personalized recommendation algorithms, the European Commission said. The Commission says these features feed the
In March, Bluesky’s former CEO, Jay Graber, stepped down from that role to become its chief innovation officer. Graber was immediately succeeded by Toni Schneider, the founding CEO of Automattic, which is the company behind WordPress and Tumblr. Schneider, who has led the company as interim CEO for the past four months, will now abandon
A years-long lawsuit between college social app Fizz and rival Sidechat over unfair competition practices has taken an interesting turn. In a new filing, Fizz accuses investor Jerry Lu, who works at venture capital firm Maveron, of meeting with Fizz under the guise of exploring a potential investment, but then turning around and sharing Fizz’s
On Tuesday, Meta launched “Muse Image,” a new AI imaging feature that allows users to create original images, edit existing photos, and even generate personalized ads directly within their apps. But one capability has quickly become the center of controversy. Muse Image allows users to generate AI images using photos from public Instagram accounts. As
