X owner Elon Musk has plans to make new users of the social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, pay… Continue reading Elon Musk wants to charge new users for posting on X The post Elon Musk wants to charge new users for posting on X appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is to be investigated by a Brazilian Supreme Court justice over reports of disseminating fake news… Continue reading Brazil to investigate Elon Musk in heated disinformation row The post Brazil to investigate Elon Musk in heated disinformation row appeared fir … | Continue reading
We finally got our leaky kitchen tap sorted by replacing it. I was gonna do it myself but then realised that we don’t have a hot water isolation valve for the sink and it’d mean fiddling with the boiler. I had a look at the mess of pipes and decided to hire a plumber. On Saturday … | Continue reading
RSVPed Attending Bonus Online Homebrew Website Club - Writing Edition Any topic connected to writing can be covered here. Some of the possible topics include the process of writing, the joys of writing, the frustration some could have, how to improve it, what to write about or pe … | Continue reading
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law to effectively ban young children from social media. The restrictive… Continue reading Florida passes restrictive law to ban children from social media The post Florida passes restrictive law to ban children from social med … | Continue reading
We had a deliberately relaxed week without too many plans, we’re both quite tired. I’ve been reading a lot for the last couple of weeks and I’m on track with my very unimpressive 12-books-in-a-year target. I read Frankenstein, which I enjoyed a lot, and have moved on to Dracula w … | Continue reading
Trump Media & Technology group, the company behind Truth Social, has been approved for a merger with the Digital World… Continue reading Trump windfall could top $3 billion after shareholder vote on social media merger The post Trump windfall could top $3 billion after shareholde … | Continue reading
The kittens are settling in well, they now have free reign of the office, bedroom, and living room during the day but are kept in the living room at night or when we’re out for a short while. They’re adorable. They still mostly want to be in the same room as each other or one of … | Continue reading
CrowdTangle has confirmed that, despite its widespread use by academic researchers, journalists, and others, Meta will be phasing out the… Continue reading Meta issues final date to end CrowdTangle The post Meta issues final date to end CrowdTangle appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Elon Musk has abruptly pulled the plug on Don Lemon’s upcoming talk show on the X platform, after a tense… Continue reading Musk axes planned Don Lemon talk show after being first interviewee The post Musk axes planned Don Lemon talk show after being first interviewee appeared fi … | Continue reading
As US lawmakers approve a bill that could see TikTok banned, China warns that such a ban would “come back… Continue reading China warns US over proposed TikTok ban The post China warns US over proposed TikTok ban appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Elon Musk has confirmed X is on its way to your smart TV, in the next stage of the social… Continue reading Elon Musk confirms X is coming to TV The post Elon Musk confirms X is coming to TV appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Facebook’s stock has fallen sharply after former President Donald Trump went on a rant on two separate occasions about the… Continue reading Meta’s stock falls after Donald Trump’s ‘enemy of the people’ comment The post Meta’s stock falls after Donald Trump’s ‘enemy of the people … | Continue reading
Elon Musk’s X continues its battle with legacy media and traditional websites with its launch of long form articles, which… Continue reading X launches long form articles for some users The post X launches long form articles for some users appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Action has been taken by a group of cross-party US lawmakers to introduce legislation against ByteDance which would force the… Continue reading US lawmakers move against ByteDance in push to divest TikTok The post US lawmakers move against ByteDance in push to divest TikTok appea … | Continue reading
Facebook and Instagram have reportedly gone down, suggesting a widespread outage affecting the platforms of their parent company, Meta. Users […] The post Is Facebook and Instagram down? Meta users report issues appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
We said goodbye to Rocky this week, he went home on Wednesday. He was a delight, v chilled cat. I spent a few days being careful not to kick a nonexistent animal, weird how quickly you get used to having them around. On Saturday we went on Rhys’ leaving hike which is a really lov … | Continue reading
Meta has announced that the Facebook News tab will be removed for U.S. and Australian users. The section was already […] The post Meta to phase out Facebook News in US and Australia, despite agreements appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Threads is introducing a new feature to allow users to store posts for later access in a move that brings […] The post Threads confirm new save feature, similar to Instagram and X appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Elon Musk‘s Twitter takeover has been anything but simple. In fact, his $44 billion acquisition of the social media site […] The post Employees saved Elon Musk from himself with Twitter Files appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Elon Musk has hinted at a possible partnership between X and the popular artificial intelligence (AI) image generator Midjourney, to […] The post Elon Musk hints at possible X partnership with Midjourney appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Instant messaging app WhatsApp is bolstering user privacy with the testing of a new feature that will block the ability […] The post WhatsApp’s latest feature will stop profile picture screenshots appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
The European Union has confirmed it is investigating TikTok over an alleged failure to protect children against negative impacts online. […] The post EU probes TikTok over alleged failure to protect children online appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Reddit is allowing access to an “unnamed” artificial intelligence (AI) company ahead of the social platform’s initial public offering (IPO). […] The post Reddit reportedly signs $60million annual deal with AI company appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
We’re getting two kittens! We’ve been thinking about getting another cat for a while and an opportunity kind of just landed in our laps – a friend of Charlotte’s mum had an unexpected litter and there are two left. We pick them up in March and I’m quite excited about it. We’re st … | Continue reading
OpenAI, the company behind the large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT, has announced Sora, a new text-to-video AI. […] The post Sora AI: ‘everyone will be filmmakers’, internet reacts to OpenAI’s new video generator appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Social media platform X has been accused of possibly breaking US sanction law by granting subscription perks to terrorist groups […] The post X accused of taking money from terrorist and sanctioned groups appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Meta has removed several Facebook accounts that posed as US military families. The fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram were […] The post Meta takes down Chinese Facebook account posing as US military families appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
WhatsApp is set to introduce an expansion of its Chat Lock feature for full connectivity across all linked devices. This […] The post WhatsApp update: Chat Lock coming across all devices appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
About seven years ago one of the first federated social networks appeared on the internet. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, “federated” just means “not a walled garden” – plays nicely with others. Where Twitter and Facebook attempted to ring-fence users into a tightly controll … | Continue reading
Elon Musk has been ordered to answer to a federal judge concerning his takeover of Twitter in an ongoing US […] The post Elon Musk ordered to testify in Twitter takeover investigation appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
So. While we were away the flat above the flat above ours had a burst pipe and we’ve had our fourth instance of water leaking through our ceilings. Hooray! This time the hallway was the most impacted room which sounds OK right? Well yes except that’s where our mains switches are, … | Continue reading
Meta has announced that across its social media platforms artificial intelligence (AI) generated images must be labeled going forward. The labeling […] The post Meta makes AI-generated labels a standard across Facebook, Instagram and Threads appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
It was a pretty ordinary work week aside from having a minor debate with our CTO about the use of generative AI in programming. I met up with Andrew and Ed for a few Guinness 0.0s, which was lovely. Drinking alcohol-free beer really doesn’t save you any money though. I’m trying t … | Continue reading
At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings today, GOP Sen. Josh Hawley demanded that Mark Zuckerberg stand and face the families […] The post Mark Zuckerberg forced to face families impacted by cyberbullying appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Social media executives are set to testify at a US Senate hearing aimed at addressing online child exploitation. The CEOs […] The post Social media bosses face US Senate over online child safety appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Universal Music Group has warned it will pull its music from TikTok upon the expiry of the current deal which […] The post TikTok may lose Universal Music Group song catalog appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Social media platform X has moved to block searches of Taylor Swift after explicit AI-generated deepfake images of the pop […] The post Taylor Swift deepfakes still going viral so X blocks searches for singer appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
The first weeks of 2024 have seen a large number of layoffs throughout the gaming industry, which has led to […] The post Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata’s views on layoffs go viral appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
X has announced it will introduce a new login method in the form of passkeys – a secure technology that […] The post X to introduce passkeys as alternative to password login appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Brands and celebrities will be able to join BeReal as influencers, as the beleaguered social media platform attempts to regain […] The post BeReal introduces influencer feature in bid to boost engagement appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Social media giant, TikTok, has laid off around 60 of its workers and a latest round of restructuring within the […] The post TikTok layoffs: 60 jobs cut in routine restructuring appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
The world’s biggest YouTuber, MrBeast, has confirmed a video he posted on X has generated over $250k in ad revenue. […] The post MrBeast made $250k off one X video – how much can creators make on the platform? appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
I got followed by somebody on Tumblr the other day – who then private messaged me and struck up conversation. After a few messages back and forth – “love your blog”, “how is your day?” – that kind of thing, they asked if we might switch to an instant messaging application. I agre … | Continue reading
Meta is set to allow EU users of its Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger apps to unlink their accounts due to […] The post Meta will let EU users unlink their Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger accounts appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
If you care about the indie web growing, by all means write, by all means create, by all means curate. But most of all, just read. Or listen, or experience. Spend an afternoon clicking around, like everybody used to. The more people who do that, the more everything else will slot … | Continue reading
This week was Engine Room, the FT’s internal tech conference. As always, it was a fun day and really well-organised. I shouldn’t pick favourites but I think Andy’s talk on his decade-long (!!) Theatrebase project was really excellent. I’m a big fan of a talk where somebody introd … | Continue reading
X is rolling out audio and video call capability to Android users, after it was introduced for iOS users in […] The post X is rolling out audio and video calls to Android appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading