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Twitter (X) Is Reportedly Worth 71% Less Than What Musk Bought It for
Investors marked down the value of X in November, the same month advertisers fled Elon Musk’s free speech platform due to antisemitic content.
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Google Caves, Agrees to Pay News Companies for Content in Canada
Google will pay news publishers about $US74 million for content shared on its platform.
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Instagram Might Be Building a Customisable AI ‘Friend’ to Fill the Empty Feed in Your Life
Nothing gives best friend energy quite like silicon and some 1’s and 0’s. Fresh off the heels of Meta’s dystopian AI influencers modelled after real celebrities, the social networking platform Instagram is reportedly working on its own customizable artificial intelligence friends. Code sleuth Alessandro Paluzzi tweeted screenshots of the Instagram interfaces showing the AI on…
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You Can Stop Instagram From Tracking You Across Other Sites and Apps
It’s tough to use the internet without being tracked, but it’s not impossible. Companies are starting to hand us tools to help, such as Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature and DuckDuckGo’s App Tracking Protection. Even Meta, the company that makes its living on data collection, is now offering you a way to control how Instagram…