The encrypted chat app Signal is adding a few new options for users looking to lock down their messages. The app will now allow anyone to turn on a default timer for disappearing messages, automatically applying the settings to any newly initiated conversations. Signal’s disappearing messages option deletes chats for both the sender and receiver […]
Venmo voyeurs: why do we let friends see our financial transactions online?
Some Venmo users enjoy the voyeurism of public payments – but soon the days of snooping on strangers’ spending habits will be overWould you ever want your friends to see how many taxi rides you share on a wild weekend out? Who you had Thai noodles with…
Early-stage brands should also unlock the power of influencers
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Instagram tests ads in its Shop tab
Instagram is further investing in its e-commerce business, Instagram Shops, with the launch of a new advertising product, Ads in Instagram Shop. The company says it’s currently testing the new format, which includes both single images and the option for an image carousel, with select U.S.-based advertisers ahead of an expansion to other markets in […]
Senators press Facebook for answers about why it cut off misinformation researchers
Facebook’s decision to close accounts connected to a misinformation research project last week prompted a broad outcry from the company’s critics — and now Congress is getting involved. A handful of lawmakers criticized the decision at the time, slamming Facebook for being hostile toward efforts to make the platform’s opaque algorithms and ad targeting methods […]
Why Instagram’s creatives are angry about its move to video
The social media platform was once a favourite of artists and photographers, but a shift towards TikTok-type videos and shopping could leave them looking for a new home onlineIn late July, hobbyist photographer and self-proclaimed “sunrise hunter” Sam …
HelpTurkey hashtag under investigation for ‘spreading fear’ about wildfires
Stung by claims of a bungled response to devastating fires, president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says criticism is orchestrated by foreign powersProsecutors in Turkey have launched an investigation into a social media hastag critical of the government’s alle…
The woman who rifles through New York’s garbage – exposing the city’s excesses
Anna Sacks documents her ‘trash walks’ on social media, shining a light on the everyday shame and indignity of producing and living with so much wasteOn an ordinary street in the middle of Manhattan, Anna Sacks gets ready to rifle through the trash. Bu…
チャットアプリ「Discord」は、ユーザーによる“非公式”な改変でも進化している
ゲーマーたちの間から人気が広がったチャットアプリ「Discord」は、いまやユーザー数が3億人を超えるまでに規模が拡大した。幅広いジャンルを扱う「みんなのもの」へと変わりつつあるDiscordは、実は非公式なかたちで機能を追加するなどの進化を遂げている。この“改変”を支えているのは、Discordユーザーでもあるヴォランティア開発者たちだ。
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Cent, the platform that Jack Dorsey used to sell his first tweet as an NFT, raises $3M
Cent was founded in 2017 as an ad-free creator network that allows users to offer each other crypto rewards for good posts and comments — it’s like gifting awards on Reddit, but with Ethereum. But in late 2020, Cent’s small, San Fransisco-based team created Valuables, an NFT market for tweets, and by March, the small […]