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Google Discover is going to start showing social media posts and YouTube Shorts

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-20 20:57:54

Google's Discover content feed is getting some new features . It'll soon include more than just articles from throughout the web. The company says the platform will be incorporating stuff like social media posts from platforms like Instagram and X along with YouTube Shorts. “In our research, people told us they enjoyed seeing a mix of content in Discover, including videos and social posts, in addition to articles,” the company wrote in an announcement. These changes will start showing up in the

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Google will put posts from X and Instagram in your Discover feed

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-21 00:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google’s Discover feed will soon include more than just articles from around the web. In the coming weeks, Google plans on incorporating YouTube Shorts alongside posts from platforms like Instagram and X. The Discover feed lives on your homescreen in the Google

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Mastodon rolls out quote posts with protections to prevent ‘dunking’

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-27 20:38:53

Mastodon, an open source, decentralized alternative to X, is rolling out a somewhat controversial feature by adding quote posts, which will launch next week. The feature, which allows a user to quote someone else’s post and re-share it with their own response or commentary, has contributed to a culture of “dunking” on X, where users often deride other people by responding with snark or insulting humor. To address this concern, Mastodon says it’s implementing quote posts with safety controls. T

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Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-28 04:07:59

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Mastodon is officially rolling out quote posts. Starting next week, you’ll see an option to quote another user by selecting the repost — or “boost” — button, allowing you to add your thoughts to someone else’s post. The decentralized platform initially planned

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Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 19:11:57

X's Recommendation Algorithm X's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces (e.g. For You Timeline, Search, Explore, Notifications). For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog. Architecture Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks. The shared components included in this repository are listed below:

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X open sourced their latest algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-04 20:11:57

X's Recommendation Algorithm X's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces (e.g. For You Timeline, Search, Explore, Notifications). For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog. Architecture Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks. The shared components included in this repository are listed below:

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Bluesky finally has a private bookmarking feature

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-06 00:41:10

Bluesky has added a built-in bookmarking feature so users finally have a way to privately save posts on the platform. The update is out now on Bluesky's website and app. Bookmarks on Bluesky work pretty much like they do on any other service. Save a post and you can revisit it later from the "saved posts" section of the app and website. It's overall a basic feature — there's currently no way to organize your saves into folders, for example — but it's a very long overdue addition to the platform

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Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-10-06 00:24:42

X enthusiast and Reddit shareholder Sam Altman had an epiphany on Monday: Bots have made it impossible to determine whether social media posts are really written by humans, he posted. The realization came while reading (and sharing) some posts from the r/Claudecode subreddit, which were praising OpenAI Codex. OpenAI launched the software programming service that takes on Anthropic’s Claude Code in May. Lately, that subreddit has been so filled with posts from self-proclaimed Code users announc

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Bluesky adds private bookmarks

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-06 12:40:51

Social networking startup Bluesky is rolling out one of users’ most in-demand features — no, not an edit button! — bookmarks. The company on Monday announced the new addition, which it calls Saved Posts. The feature is accessible through a new bookmark icon underneath each post, next to the heart for favoriting. Your saved posts can then be viewed at any time from the new “Saved” section in the app’s main navigation. While it may seem redundant to have both likes and bookmarks on a social app

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Meta is fixing threads on Threads

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-08 12:01:23

Meta is finally fixing how threads work on its social network Threads. Prior to this, there was no real way to know how long a thread was or even if a post was part of a longer discussion. The company has made "several changes that display threaded posts more clearly." These include a new "view more" label that indicates a post is part of a longer thread. This is an easy way to instantly know if someone's thoughts continue past an initial post. Meta There's also a new design element that auto

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Instagram Finally Debuts Native iPad App. It Only Took 15 Years

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-12 23:15:00

Following earlier rumors in 2025, iPad users finally saw a dedicated Instagram app arrive on their devices on Wednesday. Since the iPad's original release 15 years ago, Instagram had never been available in the App Store as a download for Apple's tablet. Instead, users had been stuck with the workaround mobile version, which awkwardly failed to stretch to the iPad's larger screen size. It's not clear why Instagram took so long to appear on the iPad. (We're baffled by it just as much as you are.

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Instagram App Finally Appears on iPads, After 15 Years of Neglecting Apple's Tablet

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 04:15:55

After rumors earlier in 2025, iPad users finally saw the Instagram app arrive on their devices on Wednesday, appearing in the App Store after 15 years of avoiding the iPad. Since its original release, Instagram has never been available as a download for Apple's larger screen. While it's not certain why Instagram took so long to appear on the iPad, we've tested out the app and found it ready to download and fully functional. However, Instagram has made a few changes that indicate its latest prio

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Show HN: Find Hidden Gems on HN

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 15:56:50

About HN Overlooked × This tool helps you discover recent hidden gems on Hacker News – high-effort posts that haven't gotten much attention. Why "Recent"? We search the HN API's Ask, Show, and New story feeds, which typically contain posts from the last 3-7 days. This ensures fresh content while keeping the search fast. Passion Score Posts are ranked by their Passion Score, which identifies high-effort, low-engagement content: Passion Score = (Text Length Score) / (Engagement + 1) Where

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RSS is awesome

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-21 07:04:01

☀️ RSS is Awesome NetNewsWire is my latest most-used iPhone app. It is a simple, free RSS reader. RSS is an old technology that it seems most people have forgotten about. Here's how it works: you enter a link to an RSS "feed", and your app pulls data from this feed every few minutes or so. When there is a new post from your feed, that post is pulled directly to your app. RSS is really simple, so it is still very well supported. Notably, all substack publications automatically have an RSS fee

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RSS Is Awesome

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-21 12:04:01

☀️ RSS is Awesome NetNewsWire is my latest most-used iPhone app. It is a simple, free RSS reader. RSS is an old technology that it seems most people have forgotten about. Here's how it works: you enter a link to an RSS "feed", and your app pulls data from this feed every few minutes or so. When there is a new post from your feed, that post is pulled directly to your app. RSS is really simple, so it is still very well supported. Notably, all substack publications automatically have an RSS fee

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Threads is testing long-form posts with support for formatted text

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-22 00:29:29

While Threads already allows up to 500 characters per post (which is more than enough for casual users used to the microblogging format), it is now testing support for long-form posts through “text attachments”. Here’s how it works. Meta has confirmed the test, but has no ETA for the feature As spotted by app researcher Radu Oncescu (via TechCrunch), Threads is testing a new “text attachment” feature on iOS, which could replace the common practice of stringing together multiple posts that blow

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The cost of interrupted work (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-29 23:45:06

Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? 2023-11-05 You’ve likely read lots of blog posts stating that it takes 23 minutes and 15 seconds to get back to work after an interruption, context switch, or meeting. Thus, “do you have five minutes” ends up not only costing those few minutes, but instead about half an hour. But where does that number come from? I just wanted to quickly reference this fact to a colleague. Quick search for the reference, copy’n’paste it, in and out, 20 minutes

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Digg’s new app is basic, but a great start

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-11-01 03:00:00

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Digg is making a comeback. With the backing of people like Digg cofounder Kevin Rose and Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, Digg has ambitions to once again be the homepage of the internet. The revival is still in its very early days — the platform is still invite-only — but Digg launched its new mobile apps this week, and I installed the iOS app on my phone to see what it’s lik

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The Moment the AI Hype Cycle Really Kicked In

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-11-08 03:25:54

Does it feel like news about artificial intelligence is inescapable? You’re not just imagining it. Zach Perkel, the Principal and Director of Applied AI at enterprise AI firm Fractal, tracked the number of AI-related posts that managed to crack the top 10 stories on Y Combinator’s Hacker News, and found that we are experiencing peak AI (so far). Perkel analyzed 24,910 articles and posts that managed to crack the Hacker News top 10 from January 1st, 2019, to August 15th, 2025, to determine just

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Why and how to write things on the Internet (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-12 23:14:14

December 2022 Recently I noticed that most existing “why you should write a blog” articles (e.g.) have at least one of two shortcomings, according to me: They mostly focus on counterarguments to not starting a blog, rather than positive arguments in favor of starting one—as if people’s natural state is to produce amazing blogs and the only thing holding them back is silly misconceptions. This might be true for extreme outliers like Scott Alexander, but personally, my natural state is to play l

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What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the X competitor

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-11-15 21:56:59

Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been over two years since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (two of which have already shuttered operations) and Spill have been presented as potential replacements, but few aside from Meta’s Threads have achieved the speed of growth Bluesky has reached. As of February 2025, Bluesky has surpassed 30 million users. Its

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James Gunn Doesn’t Want You to Trust Anything About ‘The Batman Part II’ Until It Comes From Him

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-11-26 06:30:44

The Hollywood rumor mill is nothing new, especially when it comes to high-profile projects, but social media can encourage speculation to spiral out of control. While DC’s James Gunn is no stranger to chaos, one recent rumor prompted him to take to social media to warn against believing things that don’t come through verified channels—a position Gunn can take, being the rare studio head who’s terminally online enough to nip disinformation in the bud. Gunn put his foot down regarding the specula

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Instagram’s Map is here, and this is how you can turn your location off

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2025-11-26 20:27:48

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s only been a couple of days since the Instagram Map launched, and from the looks of our social feeds, people are not happy about it. Responses have ranged from being mildly annoyed that Instagram is ripping off Snapchat’s Snap Maps instead of offe

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