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Meta’s Threads crosses 200 million active users

Ivan Mehta — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 08:40:50 +0000

A day after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked about his newest social media experiment Threads reaching “almost” 200 million users on the company’s Q2 2024 earnings call, the platform has touched the milestone. Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed that the Twitter rival has reached 200M active users in a post on Threads. Meta has taken […]

Twitter disappears from Mac App Store

Lauren Forristal — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:32:04 +0000

X (formerly Twitter) can no longer be accessed in the Mac App Store, suggesting that it has been officially delisted. Searches for both “Twitter” and “X” on Apple’s platform no longer surface the app. The URL no longer works, either. Instead, it displays a pop-up message indicating that it is unavailable. This means new users […]

Google brings Gemini-powered search history and Lens to Chrome desktop

Ivan Mehta — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Google Thursday said that it is introducing new Gemini-powered features for Chrome’s desktop version, including Lens for desktop, tab compare for shopping assistance, and natural language integration for search history. Years after introducing and evolving Google Lens on mobile, the feature is finally coming to desktop. Rolling out to users across the world in the […]

Heeyo built an AI chatbot to be a billion kids’ interactive tutor and friend

Rebecca Bellan — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000

When Xiaoyin Qu was growing up in China, she was obsessed with learning how to build paper airplanes that could do flips in the air. Her parents, though, didn’t have the aerodynamic expertise to support her newfound passion, and her teachers were too overwhelmed to give her dedicated attention. “That’s why I wanted to build […]

Meta says India is the largest market for Meta AI usage

Ivan Mehta — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 03:12:44 +0000

WhatsApp’s massive 500 million users in India have supercharged Meta’s AI ambitions. Meta CFO Susan Li said Wednesday that India is the largest market in terms of Meta AI usage, a notable milestone considering the product launched in India just a few months ago. Li said during Meta’s second-quarter earnings call that people have used […]

How to enable Apple Intelligence on your iPhone

Ivan Mehta — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 17:32:40 +0000

If you are on the developer beta, you can only use Apple Intelligence features if your language is set to U.S. English and region is set to U.S.

Match Group cuts 6% of staff as it shuts down livestreaming in dating apps

Lauren Forristal — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:54:19 +0000

Match Group announced Tuesday that it has discontinued livestreaming services in its dating apps, resulting in a 6% reduction in workforce. The news was delivered during the dating app giant’s second-quarter earnings report. The move finds Match shifting its focus to other offerings, including generative AI. The decision to end livestreaming will directly impact dating apps […]

Bending Spoons acquires file transfer service WeTransfer

Ivan Mehta — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:45:03 +0000

Bending Spoons said that it will continue reserving 30% of WeTransfer’s advertising space to give back campaigns and editorial content.

Travel startup Mindtrip’s new feature lets you build an itinerary from a screenshot, YouTube or TikTok video

Ivan Mehta — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000

You can even upload a screenshot of a ticket, or a list of cities you are visiting and ask Mindtrip's assistant to suggest places to visit, bars and restaurants.

Threads now highlights relevant trending topics above posts

Ivan Mehta — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:04:16 +0000

Threads users in the U.S. can now see a label that highlights related trending topics above posts.

Spotify expands lyrics access for free users

Lauren Forristal — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:50:03 +0000

Back in May, Spotify quietly started putting lyrics behind a paywall, limiting free users to lyrics for three songs per month. The move was a bid to push more users to pay for the service. After receiving numerous complaints, the company is now expanding the monthly limit. Starting today, Spotify is raising the limit on […]

Meta is rolling out its AI Studio in the US for creators to build AI chatbots

Ivan Mehta — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:36:25 +0000

Meta said Monday that it is rolling out its AI studio to all creators in the U.S. to let them make personalized AI-powered chatbots. The company first announced the AI Studio last year and started testing it with select creators in June this year. Meta is making the tool available to all creators, who can […]

Uber now lets users in India book three trips at once

Jagmeet Singh — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:09:35 +0000

Uber is now letting riders in India book up to three rides simultaneously.

Apple reports iCloud Private Relay global outages for some users

Jagmeet Singh — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:55:55 +0000

iCloud Private Relay has not been working for some Apple users across major markets, including the U.S., Europe, India and Japan.

TikTok rolls out a new feature that lets you find songs by singing or humming them

Aisha Malik — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:51:06 +0000

Sound Search on TikTok is somewhat similar to YouTube Music’s song detection tool that lets you find the name of a song by singing, humming or playing it.

Here’s how to disable X (Twitter) from using your data to train its Grok AI

Aisha Malik — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:00:44 +0000

The good news is that you can switch off the new data-sharing setting and also delete your conversation history with the AI.

Luxury fashion startup The Floorr empowers personal stylists with tools to grow their businesses

Lauren Forristal — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:16:08 +0000

The Floorr offers tools for conducting sales, hosting tailored styling sessions, creating mood boards, and engaging in text or voice chats with clients, all in one place.

With Google in its sights, OpenAI unveils SearchGPT

Kyle Wiggers — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:52:15 +0000

OpenAI may have designs to get into the search game — challenging not only upstarts like Perplexity, but Google and Bing, too. The company on Thursday unveiled SearchGPT, a search feature designed to give “timely answers” to questions, drawing from web sources. UI-wise, SearchGPT isn’t too far off from OpenAI’s chatbot platform ChatGPT. You type […]

Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp has 100M monthly active users in the US

Ivan Mehta — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0000

WhatsApp has recently ramped up its marketing push in the U.S.

Google makes its Gemini chatbot faster and more widely available

Kyle Wiggers — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000

In its bid to maintain pace with generative AI rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI, Google is rolling out updates to the no-fee tier of Gemini, its AI-powered chatbot. The updates are focused on making the platform more performant — and more widely available. Starting Thursday, Gemini 1.5 Flash — a lightweight multimodal model Google announced […]