Google’s bet on RCS is paying off, or at least that’s what it wants us to think. After a few minor wins, including Apple quietly confirming RCS support in the next iPhone and officially surpassing 1 billion monthly active users, Google is celebrating its successes by announcing new features for Messages users on Android. “Even … Read more
It was 15:37 (GMT) on a Thursday afternoon when we officially ran out of ideas. The request from the editors had been bouncing around for a couple of weeks: We need to write about the clocks going back. We’d groaned and tried to ignore it, but it kept resurfacing. Like time itself, the need was … Read more
Australia’s eSafety commissioner fined X, formerly called Twitter, on Sunday for failing to meet the country’s Online Safety Act requirements. Australia accused the social media platform of not taking the necessary steps to tackle child sexual exploitation content on X, including sexual extortion and live-streaming abuse. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl Tweet Commissioner Julie Inman … Read more
In 1993, cartoonist Peter Steiner was at his desk attempting to fill out his weekly quota of pitches for the New Yorker. “I didn’t at all times have sufficient concepts, so generally I might simply draw an image and attempt to dream up a caption for it,” Steiner mentioned. He sketched out two canines sitting … Read more
“What do you imply my actions have penalties? I’m actually only a woman.” This yr, your feed has probably been blessed by the avatars of machinic girlhood: angels, bimbos, and the collective entity of “women,” divine creatures who’ve transcended earthly our bodies, curiously evacuated of anger, ache, attachment, who’ve nonetheless grow to be wildly in … Read more
Children are going to do silly stuff. However what does being terminally on-line do to IRL relationships when your complete web is within the palm of your hand? In that world, what does actual connection even seem like? These have been a number of the many questions posed by Discuss to Me, the brand new … Read more
This week, the Washington Publish ran a narrative a couple of viral left-wing influencer named Erica Marsh who grew to become a poster-child for conservatives for instance of liberal madness. Marsh’s outrageous opinions enraged tens of millions of individuals, sparking countless mockery, vitriol and debate. Essentially the most controversial factor about Marsh, nonetheless, is that … Read more
Meta’s Oversight Board, the Supreme Court docket-esque physique fashioned as a examine on Fb and Instagram’s content material moderation selections, acquired practically 1.3 million appeals to the tech big’s selections final yr. That mammoth determine quantities to an enchantment each 24 seconds, 3,537 instances a day. The overwhelming majority of these appeals concerned alleged violations … Read more