X officially launches X Chat
<p>The separate chat app, which was in beta over the last month, offers a dedicated home for DMs but may be overstating its security features.</p>
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TikTok lets users add relevant keywords to metadata
<p>Creators can now block or suggest post keywords that align with clips, although the app will still retain oversight to avoid unrelated suggestions.</p>
LinkedIn adds option to filter replies by verified users
<p>The platform has more than 100 million members with verification badges, and the update will give those users priority in post engagement.</p>
Instagram brings simplified AI video to Edits
<p>A new in-stream option will allow users to generate artificial intelligence clips from text prompts, pictures or user videos and add them to posts.</p>
Instagram improves Insights UI, adds new metrics
<p>The updated elements provide a simpler way to access key performance data for posts and Reels.</p>
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Tremendous Iranian Invasion: A Text Misadventure
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Show HN: Daily China AI news briefing – engineering, product, and business
China’s AI ecosystem moves fast. But news on the latest in China’s AI is slow and fragmented.Overnight AI is a daily 10-minute briefing on China’s AI, curated from 200+ Chinese-language sources. It covers everything from technical breakthroughs like new attention mechanisms to product adoption updates.The newsletter runs on a daily pipeline. The first phase is information ingestion. It uses RSSHub + WeWe RSS to fetch daily news feeds from social media platforms and news sites. The news items are
Week of April 13 Evening News Ratings: NBC and CBS Grow in Demo
NBC News and CBS News finish the week with growth in the Adults 25-54 demo.
Ticker: Cable Networks Offer Live Coverage of the WHCD
NBC News’ Jenna Bush Hager recently interviewed four former U.S. presidents.
Man Accused Of Trashing Florida Mosque Has History Of Anti-Islam Social Media Posts
The windows of a Palm Beach Islamic center were smashed and the prayer room reportedly spattered in blood.
Twitter Tests Doubling Its Character Limit To 280
Get ready for twice the characters on Twitter, pending test results.
Twitter Is Now Temporarily Throttling Reach Of Abusive Accounts
Twitter time-out.
Here Are The Best 32 TikTok Products If You’ve Been On A Social Media Cleanse
Even if you haven't watched a single blind box unboxing, you still deserve to know about this Kodak Charmera.
15 Famous People Who Shared The Scary, Stressful, And Downright Heartbreaking Side Of Growing Up With Celebrity Parents
The oldest son of an iconic '90s couple said, "My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. ... Family 'love' is decided by how much you post on social media."
Here Are 17 "Third Spaces" That Are Dying Or No Longer Exist, All Thanks To Social Media Ruining Everything
"I don't care what anyone says, talking to friends on a video game is absolutely not the same as those in-person experiences..."
People Are Getting Very, Very, Very Honest About What Life Was Like Before Social Media, And Some Of These Are Making Me Nostalgic
"If I wanted to call my girlfriend, I had to call her house phone and talk to her mom or dad before they put her on the line."
Noah Lyles Was Slammed For “Critiquing” His Wife’s Wedding Dress In Their “Bizarre” “First Look” Video — And Now She’s Spoken Out
Maybe not everything needs to make it to social media...
AI citation tracking: How to track (and grow) AI engine citations
AI search engine citation tracking helps measure brand visibility and authority in AI-powered search results. As AI-powered search experiences reshape how people discover information, evaluate vendors, and build shortlists, visibility inside AI answers is no longer a vanity metric. If AI engines aren’t citing your brand, you’re missing influence at the exact moment buyers are forming opinions. According to HubSpot’s State of Marketing Report, which surveyed more than 1,500 marketers, brand awa
Week of April 13 Morning News Ratings: CBS Has Only Morning Show to Grow
The Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie reunion kept NBC News’ Today at No. 1.