The UK government has proposed a social media curfew for older teenagers alongside the pending ban for under-16s. According to the BBC, 16 and 17-year-olds could face apps like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube being unavailable to access by default between midnight and 6am. However, they could choose not to do this by changing their settings.
Jan is surprised by the support he has found for his specialized hobby. “I’m completely overwhelmed by the community,” he tells WIRED. “Maybe viewers feel exactly the same as I did when my friend cut that piece,” he reflects. “And I hope that many of my viewers now feel inspired to dive deeply into the
Meta has removed a controversial feature that allowed users to modify photos from public Instagram accounts using AI. The feature, which launched earlier this week along with a batch of other AI tools, “failed” and is no longer available, according to the company. Earlier this week, Meta announced Muse Image, a new AI image generator
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
X’s fact-checking system, Community Notes, will be updated to send users direct messages alerting them whenever a post they’ve interacted with has received a correction. The change, which has not yet been published, was announced by X owner Elon Musk. He did not share a timeline for its release. The update attempts to address one