After first launching it in early testing with a limited number of users in October last year, Instagram has today announced that all English-speaking users globally will now be able to access its “Your Algorithm” manual control option, giving you another way to define your Reels experience. As you can see in this overview, you can…
I have some good news and some bad news for those whose job it is to drive more traffic to a website. Well, some bad news and some interesting news, at least. First, we’ll go with the bad: Referral traffic continues to decline for many websites. As reported by The Press Gazette this week (based…
Are you considering running ads on X this year? Many advertisers have moved away from the Elon Musk-owned platform, but with 600 million users, and high engagement around live events, there is still opportunity in X ads, depending on your brand and product. I mean, you do also have to be comfortable with the regular…
LinkedIn is wholly dedicated to the concept of AI tools being the future of job discovery, which, it kind of has to be, considering that parent company Microsoft has invested billions into OpenAI, and is keen to squeeze as much value from that outlay as it can. But LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky is taking his…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta has continued its trend of employing Trump-aligned staff to senior leadership roles, with former Republican staffer Dina Powell McCormick joining the company as President and Vice Chairman. Powell McCormick has been on Meta’s Board of Directors since April last…
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Meta has shared an update on its efforts to align with Australia’s new teen social media ban, which puts the onus on social platforms to keep all teens under the age of 16 off their platforms, or face significant financial penalties. The new law went into effect on December 10th, and thus far, Meta says…
Look, I may be one of the few holdouts who still thinks that Meta’s metaverse concept isn’t dead, and that the company remains focused on bringing its VR social worlds to fruition for the next generation, even if it’s not discussing those plans publicly at the moment. But Meta’s own cost-cutting efforts don’t support that,…
X’s tagline for 2026 may well be “one battle after another,” with the platform launching yet another legal case, this time against the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), along with a group of publishers, over music licensing, and the negotiation of music rights payments based on X usage. Which, if successful, could save the company…
Meta’s going “nucular,” as the Penguins of Madagascar would say. Meta has announced a new set of partnerships that will expand the operation of three nuclear power plants in the U.S., in order to meet its growing power requirements and facilitate its development goals. Which, primarily, means more power for AI, and more nuclear energy…
