Caviar and selfies with Alix Earle: Inside Time magazine's soiree for top creators
Time magazine threw a cocktail party for its list honoring creators. The guest list was the FYP come to life.
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Your screentime on Instagram is growing, thanks to Meta's AI push
Mark Zuckerberg said that Instagram recommendations are "becoming more personalized" due to AI, which has led to increased time spent on the app.
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Discord and Meta accused of giving predators 'unfettered access' to a teen girl and failing to stop the abuse
Discord and Meta face a lawsuit over alleged child abuse by criminal groups on their platforms, challenging Section 230 protections.
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Instagram is now banning pickup artists and pranksters who use Meta glasses
Content shot on Meta glasses from pickup artists and pranksters can now get you banned.
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The man selling ads for Megyn Kelly's and Tucker Carlson's podcasts says 'clipping' is a bad idea
An update from the front lines of the podcast industry as it grapples with Netflix deals, and how to balance distribution vs. revenue.
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Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri wants these 3 traits in employees
"If you've got fire in your belly, you learn quickly, and you're self-aware, you can kind of get good at anything eventually," Instagram's CEO said.
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Instagram's newest AI tool didn't survive the week
Meta said that its new feature allowing users to generate AI images from public Instagram posts is no longer available.
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Adam Mosseri says Instagram has 'reined in' AI costs after shutting down 'the silly things' that were burning tokens
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri says his division does not currently have AI token limits, but he "can imagine caps being healthy."
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Instagram chief Adam Mosseri says human creators will become more valuable as AI content explodes
The Instagram boss says users will increasingly seek authenticity as AI floods social media with synthetic content.
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How to stop people from using your Instagram posts with Meta's AI
Meta's new Muse Image AI lets Instagram users share and modify other people's public posts, sparking privacy concerns about content reuse.
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Facebook users keep accidentally posting onto Threads — and Threads users love it.
Threads is full of people who seem to be accidentally crossposting from Instagram or Facebook, like the "This is Richard's wife" woman.
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The New York Times' top editor explains why its new push into video is a 'race against time'
A new push into video is "as big a transformation as the print-to-digital transformation," New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn tells me.
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Pride's queer creator rave featured good vibes and plenty of economic angst
The vibes were high at a Brooklyn Pride party, but partiers still worried about the socioeconomic realities lurking outside.
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Fizz built a social media app for college students. Now it wants to graduate.
Teddy Solomon, a 24-year-old Stanford dropout, wants to expand his app globally and ramp up advertising.
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I'm a photographer, and I quit Instagram after 13 years. I hadn't noticed how much it was distracting me from my kids.
After deleting Instagram, I found myself more present with my children, less distracted, and more connected to everyday life.
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Meta says Instagram and Facebook are 'coming back' online after morning outage
Facebook and Instagram users reported issues with accessing the platforms, according to the third-party outage-tracking website DownDetector.com.
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How Substack's top food writer is using Instagram comments to drive subscription growth
Caroline Chambers is Substack's top cooking newsletter. She's turning to video and Instagram to grow her business.
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TikTok scared me about my cortisol levels. Doctors say most people shouldn't panic.
Cortisol is the wellness industry's latest villain, blamed for stress, weight gain, and poor sleep. Doctors say most people shouldn't panic.
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I'm an influencer stuck in 42-day hantavirus quarantine. I cried when I hit 50K Instagram followers.
Jake Rosmarin is an influencer who's been in quarantine after the hantavirus outbreak. He hoped to grow his following, but not this way.
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Instagram just launched a new app that's a mix of Snapchat and BeReal
Instants is a new feature —and app — from Instagram that feels eerily similar to Snapchat and BeReal.
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