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WhatsApp is finally letting users reserve usernames so they never have to hand over their phone number

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WhatsApp is opening username reservations starting today, allowing its more than three billion users to connect with people without sharing their phone number for the first time. The feature, which has been in development for several years, will officially roll out later this year. A phone number is still required to create an account, but […]

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WhatsApp is launching usernames: here’s how to reserve yours

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WhatsApp is introducing a new way to add and chat with contacts, without having to share your phone number. Usernames will be launching “later this year,” in a move to make the communications platform “even more private,” allowing you to keep your phone number concealed from people who aren’t already in your contacts. Usernames are […]

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Google is rationing Gemini access to Meta because it cannot provide enough compute

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Google has placed limits on Meta’s use of its Gemini AI models because it cannot provide as much computing capacity as the social media company wanted, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The restrictions have affected several Google clients, with Meta hit particularly hard. The move has had a knock-on effect on Meta’s internal projects. […]

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Instagram wants to make algorithm customisation a core part of the app, not a buried setting

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Instagram head Adam Mosseri previewed new ways to surface Your Algorithm, the feature that lets users specify which topics they want to see more or less of. In an Instagram post this week, Mosseri said the goal is to evolve the tool “from a setting to something that feels central to your experience on Instagram.” […]

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Xprize founder says global surveillance is a good thing because humans behave better when they are being watched

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Xprize Foundation founder Peter Diamandis has joined a growing list of tech executives who believe global surveillance is a good idea, writing on X this week that “humans behave better when they’re being watched.” In a Substack essay titled “Visibility, Transparency and Trust,” he described what he called “radical transparency” as inevitable and positive, envisioning […]

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Of course Meta thinks gambling is the future

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Meta is, by and large, a company built on other companies’ ideas. It has almost perfected the strategy: wait for a new platform or social mechanic to take off, then either buy or clone it, put it next to Meta’s unmatched user base and advertising engine, and watch the money pile up. Well, the next […]

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Instagram wants to monopolize your attention

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This week, Instagram launched a series of new features for its smart TV app that are all designed to get people to spend more time on the platform through the biggest screens in their homes. In addition to vertical Reels, Instagram for TV – which is currently available for Amazon Fire TV, Google TV, and […]

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Sarah Wynn-Williams sues Meta over efforts to keep her quiet

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For more than a year, the legal action in the Sarah Wynn-Williams affair ran one way: Meta against its former executive. That has now reversed. Sarah Wynn-Williams, the author of the Meta memoir Careless People, is suing the company over its efforts to silence her, according to The Wall Street Journal. The woman Meta spent […]

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