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WhatsApp partners with Arsenal Football Club
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. WhatsApp announced a new partnership with Arsenal Football Club that aims to bring Arsenal fans closer to the team via WhatsApp’s group chat functionality. The partnership will kick off with the exclusive launch of a documentary on AFC called “It’s Official,” which…
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X eliminates thousands of accounts in new bot purge
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. X wants to eliminate bots again, with the platform’s Head of Product Nikita Bier confirming that his team has been conducting a major bot purge over the past week. On April 9, Bier said that X was identifying and suspending 208 bot…
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Instagram looks to grow Notes engagement
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Instagram is experimenting with expanded presentation of its inbox Notes beyond mutual follows, which would see all of an account’s followers able to view these in-stream comment additions. App researcher Hammod Oh shared an April 7 post on Threads that highlighted the…
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X expands AI translations and adds in-stream photo editing
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. X announced updates that will help to expand accessibility and provide more controls over who can engage with posts. The company also posted a much-anticipated update to the app’s image editing. First, X announced that it’s rolling out its artificial intelligence-powered auto-translate…
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YouTube experiments with TV-style channels for CTV viewing
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. YouTube is adding another element in its challenge to traditional TV with the launch of new channels that will stream topic-related content 24/7. YouTube is piloting the approach with its coverage of the upcoming Coachella Festival, which is being held in California…
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TikTok wants to provide financial services in Brazil
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. TikTok’s could soon integrate financial services into its functions, as the platform continues to explore more ways to power its in-app shopping push, and align more of its users with purchase activity. As reported by Reuters, TikTok has applied for lending and payments…
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TikTok tests in-app DM games
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Following Threads’ addition of in-app games linked to DM, TikTok released its own version of the same, with a simple, emoji-connected experience. As reported by TechCrunch, the new game experience is accessible by sending an emoji in any chat, then clicking on…
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Snapchat expands Creator Subscriptions to all eligible users
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Snapchat has announced that its Creator Subscriptions are now available to all eligible Snap creators, according to a press release sent to Social Media Today. The move comes as the app looks to provide users with more opportunities and keep top users…
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Meta updates Edits with new fonts, templates and better search tools
Included in the latest round of features is an exclusive font based on the film “Dhurandhar The Revenge,” which was recently released worldwide. Source link
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EU regulators propose banning AI nudification apps
The legislation would prohibit any artificial image and video generation platform, including X’s Grok, from generating unauthorized, sexually explicit images. Source link
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