Flipboard deepens its ties to the open source social web (aka the fediverse)

Flipboard, a Web 2.0-era social magazine app that is reinventing itself to capitalize on the renewed push towards an open social web, is deepening its ties to the fediverse — the social network of interconnected servers that includes apps like Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, and, in time, Instagram Threads, among others. On Thursday, the company announced … Read more

Here’s What To Know About a Supposed Trump Post Claiming He Sparred with Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali)

Claim: A screenshot authentically shows a Truth Social post in which former U.S. President Donald Trump wrote, “The great Cassius Clay used to spar with me.” Rating: Rating: Fake Context: Trump did not write or post this. It’s a fake screenshot.   On Jan. 17, 2024, multiple users on X (formerly Twitter) shared a screenshot … Read more

Yasiin Bey, AKA Mos Def, Says Drake’s Music Isn’t Real Hip Hop

Play video content The Cutting Room Floor Drake’s music might technically be considered “rap” if you had to throw it in a genre bin — but Yasiin Bey (aka, Mos Def) says it ain’t pure hip hop as far as he’s considered. The legendary MC recently sat down for an interview on “The Cutting Room … Read more

The 25 Best Movies on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now

As the birthplace of prestige TV shows like The Sopranos and The Wire, HBO—and, by extension, Max (aka the streamer formerly known as HBO Max)—is best known for its impressive lineup of original series. The network has also been upping the ante with feature-length content that is the stuff of Oscar dreams. However, because Max is not (yet) … Read more

Twitter aka X rolls out Group Notes ‘reality checks’ for movies

Creators of AI movies, misleading edits, and manipulated clips – beware. Group Notes has now been rolled out on X, the platform previously often called Twitter, for movies. The announcement got here earlier this week from the official @Group Notes account. “Not only for pictures anymore — introducing notes on movies!” reads the put up.  … Read more

The 25 Greatest Exhibits on Max (aka HBO Max) Proper Now

Max (beforehand HBO Max) is likely to be one of many biggest issues to return out of the streaming revolution. No, this isn’t a paid promotion; it’s simply easy logic, on condition that a lot of tv’s most compelling content material of the previous 25 years—from The Sopranos and The Wire to Recreation of Thrones and The Leftovers—originated on the … Read more

X (aka Twitter) was caught throttling rivals and information providers

The sluggish connections weren’t your creativeness. Baweg/Getty Photographs In the event you thought your connections from X, the positioning previously often known as Twitter, to Fb, Instagram, Bluesky, Substack, Reuters, and The New York Occasions had been a bit sluggish just lately, it wasn’t your creativeness. The Washington Submit found that X was delaying connections to … Read more