Instagram Reels has added a new feature that shows you a feed of videos that your friends have liked. The bad news: It works both ways, meaning your friends can now see every video you’ve liked.
“We want Instagram to not only be a place where you consume entertaining content, but one where you connect over that content with friends,” Instagram’s head, Adam Mosseri, wrote in his announcement of the fea
Two security researchers discovered a security vulnerability in Subaru’s Starlink-connected vehicles last year that gave them “unrestricted targeted access to all vehicles and customer accounts” across the U.S., Canada, and Japan, according to a Wired report.
The researchers, Sam Curry and Shubham Shah, alerted the Japanese automaker to the flaws in November and they were
OpenAI announced on Thursday a research preview of Operator, an AI agent that can browse the web and perform tasks for the user. Operator is powered by the Computer-Using Agent (CUA), an AI model that merges GPT-4o’s vision capabilities with reasoning capability.
OpenAI trained CUA to let Operator complete digital tasks by interacting with the buttons, menus, and text fields within the graphical user interfaces of t
In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the bedroom where she died by suicide.
“I went from light to darkness in a fraction of a second,” Mistre said, describing the day in September 2021 that marked the start of her fight against
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Trump’s ‘Stargate Project’ reveal had little to do with reality
“Stargate” sounds like a movie, and where Donald Trump is
Pinterest’s CEO wants teens to use their app, but not during school hours.
Bill Ready has joined the growing chorus of parents, educators, and policymakers advocating for “phone-free schools.” A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 72% of high school and 33% of middle school teachers report cellphone dist
Google Ads updates Performance Max with advanced controls, improved reporting, and smarter targeting to optimize campaign performance.
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Create, execute, and sustain effective SEO strategies with an SEO playbook. Align your initiatives with business goals and promote teamwork across different teams.
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Google removes breadcrumbs from mobile search results, simplifying URLs to show only domains while keeping breadcrumbs on desktop.
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In 2011, when Michigan was looking for ways to cut spending on its unemployment program after it had been drained by the Great Recession, the state turned to a new idea: building—and eventually deploying—an automated computer system to root out benefit fraud.
There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what about the rest of the rules? When can we really remind someone of our old Venmo request? What happens when someone tries to flirt with you on LinkedIn?
The Brutalist, a three-and-a-half-hour awards favorite, is a film about human creativity. Ironically, its biggest scandal surrounds artificial intelligence.
Brady Corbet’s epic follows Hungarian Jew László Tóth, played by Adrien Brody, as he flees the Nazis and picks up his architecture practice in the United States. Eventually he manages to bring his wife, Erzsébet, played by Felicity Jones, to join him. Both characters frequently speak in Hungarian throughout the film. T
Take control of your WordPress websites with Multisite. Learn how to create a network and efficiently manage all your sites.
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Data on the fastest-growing websites shows where all the traffic is going to and why
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Dutch scaleup Mosa Meat, the maker of the “world’s kindest burger,” has submitted its first request to sell cultivated meat in the EU. Cultivated or “lab-grown” meat is made by harvesting animal cells and growing them in a high-tech biorea
A new season of the “Champions League of Tech” has begun with the return of TECH5 — Europe’s hottest scaleup contest. Over the next five months, TECH5 will showcase the continent’s future stars. The competition comes to a climax on June 19-20, when the 2025 win
An Icelandic scaleup has sparked hopes of a breakthrough in dementia treatment after raising €26.5mn for groundbreaking research. Arctic Therapeutics (ATx) attracted the investment after pioneering a new approach to drug development. Founded in 2015, the compan
Ah, quantum computing… that moonshot technology full of potential, full of promise — and jam-packed with enough jargon to make the average person cry. Qubits, entanglement, superposition, trapped-ions, Schrödinger’s cat. These terms sou
Google's ad targeting systems prioritize intent-based matching. Learn how phrase match keywords can now capture broader, intent-aligned search terms for more effective ad campaigns.
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Pramen života „na konci světa“, u Apollónova chrámu, kdysi dávno adaptovaného na kostel. Křesťanské převzetí pohanského poutního místa zde proběhlo mimořádně nekonfliktně. Od té doby se poutě konají k Bohorodičce – a někteří šplhají až k hornímu klášteru na útesu, který světoběžníci porovnávají s Gibraltarskou skálou. http://www.osel.cz/13879-k-prameni-zivota-na-ostrove-anafi-a-dal-a-vys.html
Ve španělských laboratořích Plasma Science and Fusion Technology Laboratory uvádějí do provozu experimentální sférický fúzní reaktor SMART (SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak). Jeho hlavním úkolem je testovat fyziku a vlastnosti plazmatu ve tvaru negativní triangularity, který je považován za slibný. http://www.osel.cz/13878-sfericky-tokamak-smart-nazhavil-sve-prvni-plazma.html
Hours after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing former President Joe Biden’s guardrails for the fast-developing technology.
But what comes next from Trump and how it will diverge from how his predecessor sought to safeguard AI technology remains unclear. The new adminis
OpenAI has told an Indian court that any order to remove training data powering its ChatGPT service would be inconsistent with its legal obligations in the United States, according to a recent filing seen by Reuters.
The Microsoft-backed AI firm also said that it was not within the jurisdiction of Indian courts to hear a copyright breach case brought by local news agen
President Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the drug marketplace Silk Road who is revered by many cryptocurrency enthusiasts and libertarians.
“I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbright to let her know,” Mr. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, misspelling Ulbricht’s name.
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The NFL directed the New England Patriots to delete its Bluesky account, the team’s VP of content Fred Kirsch said on a podcast.
Kirsch said on a January 16 episode of Patriots Unfiltered that while the team “briefly” had a Bluesky account, they had to take it down because it’s “not an approved social media platform for the NFL yet.”
Bluesky was founded as a research initiative by Jack Dorsey in 2019 but really emerged as an
Prosecutors charged a Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to burn down a congressman’s office because he was upset with the federal TikTok ban with multiple counts on Wednesday, including arson.
Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney filed a complaint against 19-year-old Caiden Stachowicz charging him with felony arson, making terrorist thre
Google expands AI Overviews in Circle to Search, enabling instant insights from visual content on Android devices.
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Is anyone designing software where failures don't have consequences? https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/22/why-all-developers-should-adopt-a-safety-critical-mindset/
TikTok is not only battling for survival this week but also facing fierce competition from rivals eager to poach its top influencers. Among them is Meta’s Instagram, reportedly offering cash bonuses to lure big TikTok creators to its platform, Reels.
According to a report from The Information, Instagram has been actively courting creators with followings in the mill
“Okay fine, I’ll buy TikTok so it doesn’t get banned,” MrBeast posted on X on January 13. Turns out, he wasn’t kidding. Jimmy Donaldson, known to his 347 million YouTube subscribers as MrBeast, has officially joined a bid to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations.
Days after his initial X post, Donaldson shared a TikTok video again teasing his int
Here’s a surprising statistic Samsung uses to explain the overwhelming AI focus in its new Galaxy S25 phones: According to customer surveys, AI features are the second-largest factor in peoples’ purchase decisions.
Maybe that’s because people want to see what the hype is about, or because they’ve been adopting AI tools like ChatGPT or Google Gemini and want easier access to them. Or maybe it’s because Samsung lumps a bunch of other desirable features—l
By now, you may be sick of reading hot takes on Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end Meta’s formal fact-checking activities, loosen its properties’ restrictions on hate speech, and retool itself for the Trump 2.0
As Donald Trump was sworn in as President for the second time on Monday, businesses around the world were gearing up for four years of change. Barby Siegel, CEO of the global communications agency The Zeno Group, joins Rapid Response to explore how leaders should assess what issues are right for their business to address, and how they should think about engaging in political issues. While many executives feel intimidated by the increased societal pressure on businesses, Barby encourages list
Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website.
The site—currently https://www.whitehouse.gov/es/—now gives users an &#
Learn about the new AI feature on Google Maps that lets you ask detailed questions about places on your mobile device.
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A post on LinkedIn asked why SEOs are recommending Schema structured data as way to rank better for AI search
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Get the latest on the Google antitrust case under Trump. Find out how the new administration is approaching antitrust enforcement.
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Kyle welcomes Wes Copeland, a senior frontend engineer at Apartment Advisor, to the interview. They talk about how good test coverage helps you develop software faster, the benefits of low-fidelity prototypes, and why he prefers to avoid vibes-driven development. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/22/wbit-3-can-good-team-dynamics-make-agile-obsolete/
Google DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic Labs expects testing on its first AI-designed drugs to begin this year, as tech startups race to turn algorithmic magic into actual treatments. “We’ll hopefully have some AI-designed drugs in clinical trials
Brands report anecdotal evidence that users are clicking links in ChatGPT and Google Gemini search results, driving traffic and sales.
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President Donald Trump is due to announce private sector investment of up to $500 billion of artificial intelligence infrastructure on Tuesday, two sources told Reuters.
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, but when it comes to his work with the federal government, his status is a lot less clear. While he’s firmly in charge of Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), whether he will actually become a government employee is still an unanswered question.
That might seem like a technicality. Musk has Trump’s ear and t
Krize se valí na lidstvo jedna za druhou. Přesto jsme pořád tady. Jak to děláme? Které strategie nejlépe posilují houževnatost lidských společností? Podle Colina Wrena z University of Colorado a jeho kolegů jsou nejlepším receptem na přežití silné sociální vazby, dobrá infrastruktura a plán útěku, pokud je ovšem kam. http://www.osel.cz/13877-jak-prezit-krize-v-rozbourenem-svete-doporuceni-archeologu.html
President Donald Trump’s chaotic first day back in office saw him deliver on some big promises, declaring the federal government will only recognize two genders, scrapping DEI policies, and restoring TikTok to the masses. One campaign pledge, however, quietly slipped under the ra
President Trump has been tapping a number of tech executives for a range of roles in his second administration over the past few months. Now, the first week of Trump’s second term, his cabinet is powering through confirmation hearings and unofficial advisors are assuming their posts.
Here is a running list of big Silicon Valley names expected to take part in the Trump administration, i
During President Donald Trump’s first few hours in power, he revoked Joe Biden’s 2023 executive order on AI. In the absence of congressional action, Biden’s EO served as the first effort by the federal government to address the considerable societal and national security risks presented by AI. Relying on the Defense Production Act, the EO required developers of the largest AI systems to submit safety t
Google updates site reputation abuse policy documentation, adding clearer guidance from FAQs to help ensure compliance.
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“Me pouring oil in my belly button every night because I refuse to be bloated in 2025,” a TikTok user posted last month, in a clip with 4.3 million views. Yes, you read that right. The latest health trend doing the rounds on the platform involves putting castor oil in your belly button.
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The CEO of AI music platform Suno has claimed “it’s not really enjoyable to make music now.” As you can imagine, actual musicians have some thoughts.
During a podcast interview with 20VC with Harry Stebbings posted to YouTube earlier this month, Mikey Shulman explained that he and the other founders of Suno, the AI-based generative music platform, sought to make
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of a ban of popular short-video
In October, Meta unveiled Movie Gen, its latest generative AI model that can create realistic video clips from simple user prompts. Movie Gen is Meta’s third major venture into generative AI, following its Make-A-Scene and Llama AI image models. With this new tool, users can describe the scene they want to create and generate videos of up to 16 seconds and audio clips of up to 45 seconds long.
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg showcased the model’s capabilities with
If cutting down on doomscrolling and increasing your step count are on your list of New Year’s resolutions for 2025, then I have the app for you. A new iOS app called Steppin, from the co-founder of travel search engine Kayak, will block access to your social media apps until you’ve got your steps in each day.
It’s up to you to decide how many steps are worth one minute of Instagram or five minutes of TikTok (don’t worry, if you get desperate
Explore the alternative options to TikTok amid recent legal battles. Discover alternative platforms like Instagram and YouTube.
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Learn from the experiences of accomplished SEO pros to accelerate your in-house SEO career. Get insider tips and strategies for success.
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Google's documentation update contains subtle changes that provide insights into improving content for humans (and search engines)
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Čínský tým postavil hybridní systém, který zpracovává oxid uhličitý mikrobiální elektrosyntézou a vyrábí z něj acetát za účasti anaerobních bakterií. Ten pak sehraje roli krmiva pro anaerobní bakterie, které vytvoří mikrobiální biomasu, obsahující 74 procent proteinů. http://www.osel.cz/13876-hybridni-bioreaktor-vyrabi-z-oxidu-uhliciteho-a-elektriny-jedle-mikroby.html
Stuttgart, Germany-based Sereact has secured €25mn to advance its embodied AI software that enables robots to carry out tasks they were never trained to do. “With our technology, robots act situationally rather than following rigidly programmed sequence
During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed a threat to U.S. national security. But on the eve of his return to the White House, the president-elect is being hailed as the app’s savior.
Search data shows Americans are exploring TikTok alternatives and workarounds, but struggling to find satisfactory replacements.
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An investigation reveals AI crawlers miss JavaScript-injected structured data. Use server-side rendering or static HTML to ensure visibility.
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Discover the top 16 best practices for a successful website migration. Avoid SEO performance issues and maximize the benefits of your site changes.
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