Whoop has introduced Humans, a social feature within its app that lets users share biometric data such as recovery, strain, sleep, HRV and resting heart rate with other members. Users can post photo-and-caption 'Moments,' browse a Community feed of followers' stats, and react or comment on others' posts, with privacy controls including sensitive-data exclusion and a 'Stealth Mode.' Whoop markets the platform as verified and free of bots or AI-generated content, since every account ties to a real wearable user.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-11-13
WHOOP has introduced a new in-app tab called Humans, letting members share personal health metrics such as Sleep, Recovery, Strain, activities, and achievements with followers. The feature also includes Moments, which lets users post photos from workouts and milestones, either publicly or privately, with the ability for followers to react and comment.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-11-12
Whoop has rolled out a new in-app social network called Humans, letting members of its fitness wearable share metrics like recovery, strain, sleep, HRV and resting heart rate with other users. The feature also includes Story-style 'Moments' posts with photos and captions, comments, reactions, and a Community tab showing followers' health scores, alongside privacy controls like hidden sensitive activities and a 'Stealth Mode.' CEO Will Ahmed describes it as built on verified human accounts, distinguishing it from platforms affected by bots and AI content.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-12
Whoop is rolling out a new feature called Whoop Humans that lets members follow friends and family and selectively share health metrics like sleep, recovery and workouts. Unlike its existing Teams feature, which shares data across an entire group, Humans lets each member control exactly who sees their information, available free to all membership tiers starting Thursday.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-12
Swarm, the check-in app spun off from Foursquare, continues to operate despite a dramatic decline in activity and public attention. The app was recently acquired, according to a Fast Company columnist, though the buyer and terms were not detailed. A small base of users still logs locations and competes for mayorships years after the service's peak popularity.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-23
Bluesky executives CEO Toni Schneider and COO Rose Wang said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the company will roll out payment tools in coming months, letting users financially support posts and activity they see on the network. The feature is intended to work across Bluesky and other apps built on its underlying protocol, not just within Bluesky's own app.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-15
A new wave of films and documentaries, including 'The Social Reckoning' and a Musk documentary by Alex Gibney, dramatize and investigate the personal conduct of major tech executives. These productions draw on existing investigative journalism, such as Frances Haugen's whistleblower allegations against Meta, to portray figures like Mark Zuckerberg in a far less flattering light than earlier works like 'The Social Network'.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-15
Researchers ran a randomized controlled trial across 176 Honduran villages in Copán Department, enrolling 24,702 people who agreed to monthly health-worker visits, randomization and repeated surveys over 22 months. Within a subset of 110 villages assigned to random-targeting arms, dosage of the intervention varied from 0% (control) to 100% of residents, allowing researchers to study how varying levels of treatment altered village-level social network structure.
nature.com
· 2026-10-14
Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to The Social Network earned only $5.5 million in its opening weekend, according to Variety, against a production budget estimated between $30 and $42 million. The film currently holds a 55% Rotten Tomatoes score and has drawn criticism on social media, a sharp contrast to The Social Network's $22 million debut.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-12
Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to 'The Social Network' debuted to an estimated $5.5 million at the domestic box office this weekend, falling short of the studio's own projection of $7-8 million. The film depicts whistleblower Frances Haugen's leak of internal Facebook documents, in contrast to the earlier film's $22 million opening and $97 million domestic total.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-11
The Verge's Installer newsletter highlights a new Facebook-focused film starring Jeremy Strong and written by Aaron Sorkin, along with Amazon's newly launched Alexa Tablet 12 Pro. The edition also rounds up other recommended shows, games, gadgets and a book about the AI industry.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-10
Aaron Sorkin's film depicts Frances Haugen, a Facebook product manager, as she leaks internal documents to the Wall Street Journal and testifies before Congress, highlighting her efforts to expose platform issues. The movie combines real events with some timeline adjustments, notably placing key moments on January 6, 2021, instead of their actual dates.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-07
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