The digital landscape is undergoing a rapid metamorphosis, as evidenced by recent trends. Social media has officially eclipsed traditional television as the primary news source for Americans, driven by platforms like TikTok and a generational shift in consumption habits. Meanwhile, the very fabric of the internet is being rewoven by AI, with new tools promising to democratize website creation and platforms like X (formerly Twitter) leveraging AI for content moderation. Messaging apps like WhatsApp are embracing long-overdue features like usernames, while others like Threads are rapidly expanding their capabilities with DMs and fediverse integration, putting them in direct competition with established giants. Even as some services face outages, the relentless pace of innovation means a future where AI, personalized content, and increasingly integrated digital experiences will redefine how we connect, consume information, and build online.
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When Elon Musk took over Twitter and renamed it X in 2023, he also got rid of features that many users, and, particularly, news influencers, loved about the platform. Enter: a whole host of Twitter replacements. Instagram's answer was Threads. Some users migrated to an open-source, decentralized alternative with Mastodon. But by far the most popular...
WhatsApp is finally getting a feature that's so basic one has to wonder why it wasn't there in the first place: usernames. That's right, the Meta-owned app still doesn't let you log in with a username and password, instead requiring you to punch in your phone number. But this appears to be changing. According to WABetaInfo, which tracks WhatsApp beta...
When Elon Musk took his feud with Donald Trump to his social network, how long had I avoided the service in question? Long enough that my browser actually failed to autocomplete the URL Twitter.com (which I'd kept typing, like many users, in futile defiance of X). This felt like a subtle warning from a friend: Dude, you've been sober for six months....
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Threads, Mark Zuckerberg's answer to X, has been around for nearly two years. And soon, users will finally be able to send direct messages (DMs) on the app.Until now, anyone wanting to DM someone on Threads had to jump over to Instagram. That workaround makes some sense — you can’t have a Threads account without also having an Instagram account — but...
If you're having trouble with Google right now, you're not alone.On Downdetector, users started reporting outages with Google around 1:30 p.m. EST — so you're not the only person experiencing tech issues today. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Mashable and Downdetector.) SEE ALSO: Massive internet outage reported: Google...
Is the entire internet down?Around 2:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 12, users started reporting widespread service disruptions at popular websites and apps, including Twitch, Gmail, Discord, Nintendo Switch Online, Spotify, and dozens of other platforms. By 3:30 p.m., some services appeared to be restored, although ongoing outages continue.The service...
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The top source of news for Americans is no longer TV; it's social media. This is according to new research by Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) (via NiemanLab), which found that 54 percent of people in the U.S. get news via social media and video networks, overtaking TV broadcast news and news websites and apps for the first...
In an age of news on social media, here's how to keep a critical eye online.
Humans are not static creatures. Living is a process of discovery — of the world, of each other, and of yourself. As such, the name a person is given at birth isn't always the name they wish to carry to death. There are countless reasons why someone may choose to change their name, including marriage, affirmation of their gender identity, or simple...
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Not sure whether that video you just saw on X (formerly Twitter) is real or AI-generated? Don't worry, AI will now let you know what's what. Elon Musk's X is running a new pilot program that allows AI chatbots to generate Community Notes on the platform. Community Notes are X/Twitter's version of fact checking, in which people (and now, AI bots) can...
Apple now has an official Threads account. The company recently created and verified an account on Meta's social network, though it hasn't really done much with it yet. It's located at https://www.threads.com/@apple, has the company logo as a profile pic and the description "apple" (very imaginative, Apple), but it hasn't posted anything yet. Apple...
A dedicated feed, and better search, will make social web content much more visible in Threads.A dedicated feed, and better search, will make social web content much more visible in Threads.Jun 17, 2025, 4:00 PM UTCThe Threads team at Meta has spent the past year working on supporting the broader fediverse and social web, and is launching its biggest...
Threads, It looks like Instagram's Twitter alternative, is catching up to X in daily users, a new report reveals.There were 115.1 million daily active users on the platforms' iOS and Android apps in June 2025, according to data from market intelligence provider Similarweb reported by TechCrunch. In comparison, X reached 132 million daily active users...
Jack Dorsey — Twitter, Bluesky, and Square co-founder and Bitcoin evangelist — is now taking on the world of private messaging apps. Announced earlier this week, Dorsey's latest project is called Bitchat, a reportedly secure and private messaging app that doesn't need to connect to the internet or cell service at all. Instead, Dorsey explains in a recent...
Sarah Perez, TechCrunch, Jul 15, 2025 I've moved on from Google search - I now pay for Kagi. Not because I'm afraid of Google's AI in its search results, but because I know that sooner or later Google is going to mix its AI content with advertising messages, and I won't even be able to detect when I'm being...
Nextdoor wants to be more than just the app people use to complain about their neighbors. The app is launching a redesign on Tuesday aimed at making it a useful resource for folks, instead of a repository for whining and fears that can verge into racism and profiling. The company said it was focused on three new tools is the
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