(Image credit: Discord) Discord has implemented end-to-end (E2EE) encryption for voice and video calls by default This is possible via […]
Category: Social Media
Discord’s latest ‘year of the Linux desktop’ update is a game-changer for Steam Deck, but fans are concerned about its age verification plans
(Image credit: Shutterstock / Sergei Elagin) Discord has released a major update for Linux users Game and screen sharing has […]
Discord Nitro is actually worth it now, and it’s all thanks to this new partnership with Xbox
(Image credit: Discord) Discord has announced its Nitro subscription service will now include Xbox Game Pass The new starter edition […]
TikTok is going ad-free in the UK — if you pay £3.99 a month for it
Ad-free TikTok subscription is coming to the UK It’ll cost you £3.99 per month It’s rolling out now and should […]
‘Completely off the rails’: TikTok is scaling back its AI summaries feature after it creates bizarre and inaccurate captions — as if TikTok wasn’t bad enough for misinformation already
TikTok users have been seeing AI summaries with multiple errors (Image credit: Ka Han / Shutterstock) TikTok has been testing […]
‘This is not facial recognition’ — Meta wants to scan kids’ height and bone structure to verify their age
Meta is adding more tools to keep kids protected (Image credit: Meta) New AI tools for verifying ages are being […]
RIP social media. What comes next is messy.
As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair? Credit: […]
Facebook is annoying as hell but I’m not sure it’s a public nuisance
(Image credit: Getty Images) Trash on the street, noise, pollution, graffiti, and belligerent dogs: these all might be considered public […]
Anti-Trump Instagram pic of seashells now enough to indict ex-FBI directors
In my misspent youth, I once worked a summer job as a waiter at Shoney’s. It is an experience that […]
How I quit social media for a month… and then ended up right back where I started
(Image credit: Lance Ulanoff / Future) As a tech journalist, I’m pretty much always online. With that sometimes comes certain […]