Category: Social

Facebook has announced passkeys as an alternative sign-in method for its app on Android and iOS devices. It enables users to verify their digital credentials in an easier and a more secure way. As per the company, passkeys on Facebook leverage the fingerprint, face or PIN that is used for unlocking the device, eliminating the […]

Reddit has introduced Reddit Community Intelligence, a new engine for artificial intelligence (AI) advertising tools, at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on Monday. The announcement comes as the community-based social media platform completes its 20th anniversary. Highlighting on the same, the company said the AI engine will offer new ad tools that leverage […]

Meta AI app, the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform with a social experience, came under fire last week after several users and reports highlighted that its Discover feed was showing a multitude of seemingly personal conversations. It appears that the social media giant is now taking steps to rectify this and making users more aware […]

WhatsApp will now show ads from businesses, the company has announced. The Meta-owned instant messaging client has been said to be deliberating over bringing advertisements to its app for years now, going as far back as 2018. WhatsApp says it will use “limited info” such as the country, language, and followed Channels to personalise ads. […]

WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow you to scan documents on your Android smartphone, according to a feature tracker. This functionality is already available on WhatsApp for iOS, and it allows you to scan a document without leaving the messaging app, and send them to other users (or yourself) as a media […]

TikTok is rolling out a set of new artificial intelligence-powered advertising features, including the ability for marketers to use text or still images to create AI-generated video for the service.  Marketers can upload an image of a product they want to feature, or write a short text prompt describing the kind of video ad that […]

Meta AI app’s Discover feed is reportedly being flooded with users’ private conversations and requests, unintentionally shared to the public. Multiple reports have highlighted instances of text chats and image prompts that appear deeply personal, suggesting that users may be accidentally posting them to the app’s social feed. The appearance of these public posts has […]

Instagram on Thursday announced several new features aimed at helping artists and creators express themselves better. The Meta-owned platform is testing the ability to re-order the feed, enabling users to have better control over how their content appears on Instagram. Further, it will also soon let them post media without broadcasting it to everyone’s feeds. […]

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that social media companies must be held accountable for some types of content published by users on their platforms in the country, but details on the decision have yet to be resolved. Six of the 11 Supreme Court judges voted to hold platforms responsible for third-party content seen as […]

Meta released a new artificial intelligence (AI) video editing feature on Wednesday. The feature allows users to edit their short-form videos using preset templates that can change the background, add new effects to the subject, and even change people’s clothing. Available for free for a limited time, the AI-powered editing tool can be accessed via […]

Threads is testing a new feature that will let users communicate with each other directly, without having to leave the platform. As per a company official, direct messages (DMs) on Threads are currently in development and will be introduced in select markets starting this week. This move goes against the plans previously shared by Instagram […]

Snap has announced that it will launch a new product called ‘Specs’ next year, as a consumer version of its augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. The parent firm behind Snapchat, the video and photo-based messaging platform, has already launched five generations of AR glasses, but access has been limited to developers. The upcoming Snap Specs product will […]

WhatsApp is said to be developing a new feature for its Android app which provides users with more control over the quality of media that is automatically downloaded on their devices. According to information shared by a feature tracker, the instant messaging platform may allow them to select between standard or high-definition (HD) quality settings. […]

Telegram on Tuesday rolled out a new update for its app which makes it easier to start conversations, navigate topics, and trim voice messages. It enables users to send direct messages to channels and have discreet chats with channel owners and admins via a new mode. The company is also adding a new tab layout […]

Character.AI unveiled new multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) features on Monday. The California-based AI company said it is introducing new ways to let users interact and engage with the characters on the platform. Among them is a new image-to-video generation tool that allows users to create videos of their characters. To enable users to share all […]

Meta Platforms aims to allow brands to fully create and target advertisements with its artificial intelligence tools by the end of next year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The social media company’s apps have 3.43 billion unique active users globally and its AI-driven tools help create personalised […]

WhatsApp is said to be working on a new functionality for its Android and iOS app that aims to make it easier to copy specific parts of a message in a chat window. As per a feature tracker, users may be able to highlight and extract specific words or sentences within a message. Spotted within […]

WhatsApp for Android is said to be testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to create custom AI chatbots. As per a feature tracker, Meta is rolling out the feature to select beta testers, and more users might get access to it over the next few weeks. The feature, which is […]

Elon Musk revealed on Sunday that XChat, the social media platform’s new direct messaging (DM) feature, will offer Bitcoin-style encryption. Currently available in beta on X (formerly known as Twitter), XChat is a new offering for paid subscribers. Apart from encryption, the messaging tool will also come with vanishing messages, audio and video calling capability, […]

Meta is reportedly planning to shift a large portion of risk assessments for its products and features to artificial intelligence (AI). As per the report, the Menlo Park-based social media giant is considering letting AI handle the approvals of its features and product updates, which were so far exclusively handled by human evaluators. This change […]

WhatsApp launched a new set of features for Status updates on Thursday. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform now allows users to post collages, music and new stickers to their Status updates. With the latest update, WhatsApp’s Status feature works much like Stories on Facebook and Instagram. In addition to enhancing status updates, WhatsApp is said […]

Instagram is finally rolling out support for 3:4 aspect ratio photos on the image and video sharing platform. Many smartphone cameras use the same aspect ratio by default, which means that users will now be able to upload photos to Instagram without cropping them. The service previously offered support for photos with a 5:4 or […]

WhatsApp is working on a new feature that could give users more flexibility while using the messaging platform, according to a report. A teardown of the latest WhatsApp beta release for Android smartphones reveals that the messaging service could soon allow users to log out of their account, even on their primary device. This will […]

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI will pay Telegram $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,564 crore) to deploy its Grok chatbot on the messaging app, aiming to tap the platform’s more than one billion users and sharpen its competitive edge in the booming artificial intelligence market. Under the one-year deal, xAI will also give Telegram half of any […]

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a feature that will make it easier for users to view and manage all the media that they have received or sent while using WhatsApp Web. A new unified media browser, which is currently in development, is expected to roll out to WhatsApp Web users in the future. WhatsApp already […]

X Money is expected to launch later this year, bringing support for digital payments to X, the microblogging platform previously known as Twitter. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been teasing the X Money payments service for the past three years. While the billionaire has yet to announce a launch date for the service, Musk recently […]

Elon Musk’s social media platform X was largely restored for most users after an outage that impacted tens of thousands of users in the United States on Saturday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, following which he said that he is “back to spending 24/7” at his companies. At its peak around 8:51 a.m. ET […]

X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter, was down in several regions on Saturday, including India. The X website and apps on iOS and Android smartphones were displaying an error when attempting to load posts or videos on Saturday. Users also took to a popular downtime tracking website to report that X was inaccessible. […]

WhatsApp has introduced a new feature that makes it easier and more seamless to connect with others in group chats through live audio. The Meta-owned instant messaging client says users can now hop on a voice chat without having to leave the group or switch to a voice call. This feature was previously available only […]

Signal, the popular privacy-focused messaging platform, rolled out a security feature on Wednesday to counteract Microsoft’s Recall feature. The new feature, dubbed Screen Security, will prevent devices from capturing screenshots of the application’s window. The San Francisco-based company said it was forced to take such drastic measures as Microsoft left it with limited options to […]