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You can now attach 10,000 character blogs to your Threads posts

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-10-17 00:00:00

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Meta is adding a new feature to let you add a bunch of extra text to Threads posts — no screenshots of text blocks required. Starting today, Meta is rolling out a tool that lets you attach up to 10,000 characters of text to Threads posts, giving you a way to build upon the 500-characte

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Threads challenges X by offering free support for up to 10K characters, plus prominent links

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-17 00:00:00

After recently being spotted testing a way to share longer text, Threads, Meta’s X competitor, is now officially rolling out the feature that allows users to attach up to 10,000 characters of text to their post. The addition has been designed with the needs of creators in mind, as it supports linking out to content outside of Threads, like newsletters, blogs, podcasts, and more. Before this update, Threads supported 500 characters — which is already far more than the 280 characters offered to X

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330+ data teams share what's working (and what's not)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-17 03:03:01

New The Metabase Community Data Stack Report 2025 is here

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A New Wave of Smart Glasses Are Coming, but Will They Get Better Fast Enough?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 16:00:00

Meta Ray-Bans are one of the most fascinating new pieces of lifestyle tech I've encountered in years -- when I'm wearing them, that is. I don't always have my black Meta Ray-Bans on my face, and there's a good reason for that. Battery life isn't good enough, and it's getting worse over time. On a recent trip to the UK, I wore them to the beach and got a low-battery warning after just one long walk in the tide pools. As impressive as smart glasses are, the battery issues are just some of the pr

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Finally, the official Instagram app for iPad has arrived - here's what's new

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-18 03:00:20

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta just announced a native app version of Instagram for iPadOS 15.1 and later. The app is free and available in the App Store now. It looks different than the mobile version, with some interesting ways to curate your feed. At long last, you can now scroll Instagram on your iPad. After years of requests by iPad users, it will be available in the App Store for iPadOS 15.1 and later starting Septem

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You can finally scroll Instagram on your iPad - after 15 years

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-19 00:46:38

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta just announced a native app version of Instagram for iPadOS 15.1 and later. The app is free and available in the App Store now. It looks different than the mobile version, with some interesting ways to curate your feed. At long last, you can now scroll Instagram on your iPad. After years of requests by iPad users, it will be available in the App Store for iPadOS 15.1 and later starting Septem

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5 Meta Ray-Ban upgrades that have me seriously excited for September 17

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-10-22 11:35:00

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The hype continues to build around the arrival of Meta's futuristic Hypernova (a.k.a. Celeste) smart glasses, which will reportedly add a small heads-up display in one eye and a neural wristband (Ceres) to control the interface. These will reportedly cost around $800 and will be announced at Meta Connect on September 17. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has stated that Meta is preparing to sell 150,00-200,000 units of its Hypernova gl

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It’s surprisingly easy to remove Google’s digital AI watermark on the Pixel 10

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 02:30:31

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Like the Samsung Galaxy S25, Google’s new Pixel 10 series is adopting C2PA metadata for digital media authenticity. Anytime the phones take a photo or edit it, they embed a watermark in the final image that traces its origin and any changes made to it. Google, like Samsung, is following this standard to help combat all inevitable confusion around an image’s provenance and veracity on the internet. Is this photo real or AI? Or is it real with AI embellishments?

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Samsung 'Galaxy Glasses' powered by Android XR are reportedly on track to be unveiled this month

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-10-23 04:35:22

GM of Android XR, Shahram Izadi, on stage at Google I/O 2025. Google I/O (screenshot by Jason Hiner) Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Samsung's AI glasses running Android XR would compete with the Meta Ray-Bans. The smart glasses will reportedly be announced at an Unpacked event on September 29. The product will be powered by Google Gemini and have features not included in Meta Ray-Bans. Samsung's AI smart glasses to compete with Meta Ray-Bans wil

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These three features would make Apple’s rumored AI smart glasses a huge winner

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-10-23 16:17:01

Apple is reportedly launching its own AI smart glasses next year, per a Bloomberg report. While Apple is very much so late to the category, I do think there are a number of great value adds Apple could bring to the table – which I’ll be outlining here. I bought a pair of Meta Ray-Bans during Black Friday last year, and I’ve got to say – they’re a lot cooler than I expected them to be. They’re excellent for taking quick photos and videos without needing to pull out your phone, asking quick quest

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Look out, Meta Ray-Bans! These AI glasses just raised over $1M in pre-orders in 3 days

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-10-24 16:45:33

Rokid executive Liang Guan wearing Rokid Glasses. Liang Guan/Rokid (via LinkedIn) Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Rokid Glasses are a competitor to Meta Ray-Bans but offer several more advanced features. The company launched a pre-order marketing campaign via Kickstarted and raised over $1 million in pre-orders in the first 3 days. The AI glasses are likely to appeal to tech early adopters who value features over multiple style selections. The po

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You can still buy refurbished Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses for $76 off - how to find deals

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-10-24 22:40:00

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Meta Ray-Bans have often been very difficult to find in stock at both retailers and online stores for the past two years -- and they rarely go on sale. But one of the best ways to not only get a 20% discount but also find some of the styles that have been discontinued or are rarely ever in stock is to use the little-known Meta Refurbished AI Glasses online store. I recently ordered a pair of Meta Ray-Bans in the Skylar style with the Shiny Caramel finish with Polar Brown lens

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Woman Goes to Get Brazilian Wax, Alarmed to Notice Waxer Is Wearing Meta’s Video Recording Glasses

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-24 20:00:35

Advocates have long contended that so-called "smart glasses," which when activated record whatever the wearer sees, pose serious privacy risks. There was a sharp outcry when Google debuted Project Glass more than a decade ago, and now with Meta's Ray-Ban AI glasses, a new generation is finding out the hard way just how creepy these surveillance wearables can be. In a recent viral TikTok video, influencer Aniessa Navarro said that she was in the middle of a Brazilian wax — which involves remova

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Meta is struggling to rein in its AI chatbots

theverge.com Terrence O'Brien 2025-10-24 23:17:49

Meta is changing some of the rules governing its chatbots two weeks after a Reuters investigation revealed disturbing ways in which they could, potentially, interact with minors. Now the company has told TechCrunch that its chatbots are being trained not to engage in conversations with minors around self-harm, suicide, or disordered eating, and to avoid inappropriate romantic banter. These changes are interim measures, however, put in place while the company works on new permanent guidelines. T

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The first game to feel truly cinematic is back - years after its creator left

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-24 19:58:36

The first game to feel truly cinematic is back - years after its creator left 4 hours ago Share Save Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Konami EVA, one of the main characters in the remade game (image brightened from source) Metal Gear is one of the best-selling video game series in history, shifting more than 60 million copies. The series pioneered cinematics in gaming by blending cutting-edge cutscenes, voice acting and dynamic camera angles to create something that would have looked

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Meta is reportedly looking at using competing AI models to improve its apps

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-24 18:22:09

Meta may be interested in more than Google and OpenAI's employees when it comes to artificial intelligence. According to The Information, Meta is considering using its competitors' models to improve its own apps' AI features. The report said that leaders at the Meta Superintelligence Lab have looked at integrating Google Gemini into its Meta AI chatbot to help it provide a conversational, text-based solution to its users' search questions. Not only with Google Gemini, Meta has also had discussi

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Meta reportedly allowed unauthorized celebrity AI chatbots on its services

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-24 21:30:26

Meta hosted several AI chatbots with the names and likenesses of celebrities without their permission, according to Reuters. The unauthorized chatbots that Reuters discovered during its investigation included Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Anne Hathaway and Scarlett Johansson, and they were available on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. At least one of the chatbots was based on an underage celebrity and allowed the tester to generate a lifelike shirtless image of the real person. The chatbots also

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No Amount of Money Can Make People Want to Work for Zuck

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-24 16:30:33

How much would you have to get paid to spend any amount of time with Mark Zuckerberg? For some of the folks who have joined Meta’s AI team, millions of dollars simply is not enough. According to a new report from the Financial Times, the Meta AI lab is such a mess (and presumably, Zuck is such a bad hang) that recent hires have threatened to quit within days of joining, and promotions have been handed out just to keep people from leaving. FT points to Shengjia Zhao, Meta’s “chief AI scientist,”

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AI Is Golden or ‘Not Rational’: Wall Street’s Battle With Which Road to Take

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-24 20:06:55

As investments in artificial intelligence continue to soar, some analysts are raising alarms about a looming bubble that could burst and trigger broader market declines. Others, however, say they’ve never been so sure that it is a growing opportunity. So who is right? Well, on Wall Street, there’s a pick-your-flavor opinion for whatever it is you want to back, so we can’t determine that. But we can show you what each side is thinking. Firstly, that the sector is overvalued. Analysts and invest

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Meta will sell you refurbished Ray-Ban smart glasses for $76 off - how to find them

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-10-24 16:29:00

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Meta Ray-Bans have often been very difficult to find in stock at both retailers and online stores for the past two years -- and they rarely go on sale. But one of the best ways to not only get a 20% discount but also find some of the styles that have been discontinued or are rarely ever in stock is to use the little-known Meta Refurbished AI Glasses online store. I recently ordered a pair of Meta Ray-Bans in the Skylar style with the Shiny Caramel finish with Polar Brown lens

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Cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-10-24 21:34:05

It’s only been since June that Meta invested $14.3 billion in the data-labeling vendor Scale AI, bringing on CEO Alexandr Wang and several of the startup’s top executives to run Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). But the relationship between the two companies is already showing signs of fraying. At least one of the executives Wang brought over to help run MSL — Scale AI’s former Senior Vice President of GenAI Product and Operations, Ruben Mayer — has departed Meta after just two months with the

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Some users have noticed settings that let Meta analyze and retain phone photos

news.ycombinator.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-10-24 13:01:31

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta could be scanning your camera roll right now. It's using your photos to provide AI-powered suggestions. Check Facebook settings to turn off the features. Meta could be analyzing and retaining your phone's photos without your explicit consent. Some Facebook users have noticed that, deep within their app settings, Meta has switched on two toggles that allow it to access their camera

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Meta changes teen AI chatbot responses as Senate begins probe into 'romantic' conversations

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-25 16:46:41

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs after attending a Federal Trade Commission trial that could force the company to unwind its acquisitions of messaging platform WhatsApp and image-sharing app Instagram, at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. Meta on Friday said it is making temporary changes to its artificial intelligence chatbot policies related to teenagers as lawmakers voice concerns about safety and inappropriate conversations. The social media giant is

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Hackers chained Apple and WhatsApp flaws in ‘advanced spyware campaign’

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-25 16:14:15

A few days ago, Apple fixed a vulnerability on iOS and macOS that “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” Now, new details have emerged, and it appears that the hacking campaign also leveraged a now-fixed WhatsApp flaw to target its victims. Here are the details. Meta warns dozens of potentially affected users As reported by TechCrunch, Meta has confirmed that it fixed a WhatsApp flaw (CVE-2025-55177) that, when used in combination

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Wearable devices are sharing your private data - these are the 5 worst offenders

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-25 20:15:30

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Several wearable devices are sharing user data. The worst offenders include Meta, Samsung, Xiaomi, and Huawei. Apple, Oura, and Whoop have some of the best data practices. Those shiny new Meta Ray-Bans might be uploading the media you're collecting to train its AI model, according to a new report by VPNMentor highlighting the data-sharing practices of the best and worst wearables. Meta and it

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Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-25 20:02:22

Within days of joining Meta, Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, had threatened to quit and return to his former employer, in a blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar push to build “personal superintelligence.” Zhao went as far as to sign employment paperwork to go back to OpenAI. Shortly afterwards, according to four people familiar with the matter, he was given the title of Meta’s new “chief AI scientist.” The incident underscores Zuckerberg’s turbulent effort to direct the

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Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-10-26 00:04:17

Meta says it’s changing the way it trains AI chatbots to prioritize teen safety, a spokesperson exclusively told TechCrunch, following an investigative report on the company’s lack of AI safeguards for minors. The company says it will now train chatbots to no longer engage with teenage users on self-harm, suicide, disordered eating, or potentially inappropriate romantic conversations. Meta says these are interim changes, and the company will release more robust, long-lasting safety updates for

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Everything we played at Gamescom 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-25 23:00:17

Europe’s biggest gameshow is a beast. Spanning the halls of Cologne Messe, and with E3 now out of the picture, Gamescom is a bigger deal than ever. The show also attracts thousands of public attendees, which gives the show a fairground twist in places. This year, Netflix dominated one of the halls with a faux One Piece ship, sports stadium, a Wednesday-themed cafe and a Stranger Things ice cream stall. Elsewhere, while Nintendo didn’t have anything new to show, it had plenty of Switch 2 console

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Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll

news.ycombinator.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-10-26 05:01:31

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta could be scanning your camera roll right now. It's using your photos to provide AI-powered suggestions. Check Facebook settings to turn off the features. Meta could be analyzing and retaining your phone's photos without your explicit consent. Some Facebook users have noticed that, deep within their app settings, Meta has switched on two toggles that allow it to access their camera

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Get $70 off Meta Ray-Bans and find discontinued styles - here's how

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-10-26 12:10:29

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Meta Ray-Bans have often been very difficult to find in stock at both retailers and online stores for the past two years -- and they rarely go on sale. But one of the best ways to not only get a 20% discount but also find some of the styles that have been discontinued or are rarely ever in stock is to use the little-known Meta Refurbished AI Glasses online store. I recently ordered a pair of Meta Ray-Bans in the Skylar style with the Shiny Caramel finish with Polar Brown lens

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Latest Tech News

You can now attach 10,000 character blogs to your Threads posts

Threads challenges X by offering free support for up to 10K characters, plus prominent links

330+ data teams share what's working (and what's not)

A New Wave of Smart Glasses Are Coming, but Will They Get Better Fast Enough?

Finally, the official Instagram app for iPad has arrived - here's what's new

You can finally scroll Instagram on your iPad - after 15 years

5 Meta Ray-Ban upgrades that have me seriously excited for September 17

It’s surprisingly easy to remove Google’s digital AI watermark on the Pixel 10

Samsung 'Galaxy Glasses' powered by Android XR are reportedly on track to be unveiled this month

These three features would make Apple’s rumored AI smart glasses a huge winner

Look out, Meta Ray-Bans! These AI glasses just raised over $1M in pre-orders in 3 days

You can still buy refurbished Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses for $76 off - how to find deals

Woman Goes to Get Brazilian Wax, Alarmed to Notice Waxer Is Wearing Meta’s Video Recording Glasses

Meta is struggling to rein in its AI chatbots

The first game to feel truly cinematic is back - years after its creator left

Meta is reportedly looking at using competing AI models to improve its apps

Meta reportedly allowed unauthorized celebrity AI chatbots on its services

No Amount of Money Can Make People Want to Work for Zuck

AI Is Golden or ‘Not Rational’: Wall Street’s Battle With Which Road to Take

Meta will sell you refurbished Ray-Ban smart glasses for $76 off - how to find them

Cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI

Some users have noticed settings that let Meta analyze and retain phone photos

Meta changes teen AI chatbot responses as Senate begins probe into 'romantic' conversations

Hackers chained Apple and WhatsApp flaws in ‘advanced spyware campaign’

Wearable devices are sharing your private data - these are the 5 worst offenders

Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users

Everything we played at Gamescom 2025

Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll

Get $70 off Meta Ray-Bans and find discontinued styles - here's how

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