Work LifeHow social media is pushing us toward 1984Social media platforms are manipulating users and distorting our sense of reality—just as George Orwell predicted.
NewsHow to disable ‘Suggested Posts’ on Instagram: You can’t and here’s whyHell hath no fury like a user base scorned. For Instagram, that’s something the company is finding out just a day after launching Suggested Posts.
TechInstagram’s new suggestion feature ensures your feed will never endAfter releasing a TikTok copycat, Instagram is now launching a feature that seems inspired by its rival’s never-ending stream of content.
NewsBeirut residents are turning to Instagram to locate missing loved ones after the explosionThe Instagram page “Locate Victims Beirut” has been posting images of missing persons in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
NewsEverything we know about Reels, Instagram’s new TikTok cloneObservers are pointing out the convenient timing of Reels’s launch, amid a torrent of negative press for TikTok.
NewsFacebook stock rockets to record high, despite advertiser boycott and never-ending pandemicMore people are using Facebook services, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, during the coronavirus shutdowns.
NewsAs boycotts continue, Facebook and Instagram will try to address algorithmic racial biasSocial media giant Facebook will try to address algorithmic racial bias.
NewsNo, Instagram has not launched an anonymous questions sticker“There is no anonymous version of the questions sticker,” Instagram says.
NewsHere’s how to turn off political ads on Facebook and InstagramSadly, there is still no sign Facebook will attempt to improve the online political landscape by fact-checking misleading claims by politicians.
Tech‘Doomscrolling’ can break your brain. It can also be a force for goodEndlessly binging on bad news in your social feeds is unhealthy. But it’s become a galvanizing force for protests against police brutality.
TechFacebook and Instagram are about to become small-business shopping hubsFacebook is targeting small merchants with a new ‘Shops’ feature, letting them promote collections of goods within Facebook and Instagram.
CreativityEverything you need to know about Ludacris and Nelly before their Verzuz Instagram battleIt’s 2000 all over again—at least for one night—as the two hip-hop hyphenates face off.
CreativityOprah saved Facebook’s graduation ceremony to rememberFacebook’s ambitious attempt to create a collective commencement for seniors worked as a show but may have been cold comfort for anyone entering the job market.
NewsFacebook grows its empire with Giphy, king of memesThe social media network has acquired GIF platform Giphy for a reported $400 million.
CreativityThis site wants to expand your vocabulary with machine learning nonsenseThis Word Does Not Exist is a clever site created by a former Instagram engineer that gives legit-sounding definitions to all the gobbledygook you can think of.
TechAI helped Facebook crack down on 68% more hate posts in Q1COVID-19 has put a crimp in the company’s human-moderator operation, but it says that its algorithms are getting better at targeting harmful content.
CreativityQuestlove and Black Thought on how quarantine unlocked their creativityDJ sets, cooking shows, poetry readings: Sheltering in place has changed how The Roots and manager Shawn Gee think about how to engage audiences.
News‘Until Tomorrow’ is the boring Instagram challenge of the coronavirus ageThis is what lockdowns have led us to.
Co.DesignTwitter is about to become an even bigger weapon of disinformationA new self-destruct feature called Fleets would give Trump and other politicians a direct line to the public without the accountability.
Co.DesignWhat Instagram looks like after an eco-friendly makeover“A cup of coffee and a croissant on a wooden table.”