A new open-source repository, 'social-app-teardown' by user elchrysaki, claims to provide fully sourced research on how Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and Reddit actually work, including every featu…
Meta has launched a new update and marketing campaign to address backlash against its smart glasses, which have been nicknamed 'pervert glasses' for enabling non-consensual filming. The update ensures…
A developer spent five days with a silent failure in an automated article-posting pipeline, caused by a locale bug in launchd that only manifested when scripts were run manually. The bug crashed the f…
Meta has launched Pocket, a new vibe-coding social app that turns text prompts into interactive creations such as mini games and memes, with a rollout beginning in July. The app, developed by the team…
Meta has released a dedicated Mac desktop app for Meta AI, version 1.0 beta, weighing 16MB, running natively on Apple silicon with macOS 15 or later. The app includes Quick Invoke via Option-Space, di…
Cal Newport's essay 'On AI Coding and Its Discontents' argues that AI coding tools trade speed for the deep thinking that builds engineering skill, and developers are seeking a middle path that preser…
Anthropic is introducing a text watermark for its AI-generated content that subtly alters word choices without degrading quality, according to a support article. The company says the change is imperce…
Meta Platforms Inc. designs and operates its own custom AI data centers to power Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and Meta AI, according to Meta's VP of Data Centers Rachel Peterson in a discus…
Meta Platforms Inc. ran more than 50 paid ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery and links to nudify apps, discovered by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) in Meta's ad library, with …
A developer built a network of AI agents to automate content creation for a Threads account, which grew to 32K followers, and used Linear for orchestration. To avoid per-seat costs, they developed a l…
Reddit forecast third-quarter revenue between $860 million and $870 million, above Wall Street's consensus estimate of $829.1 million, as its AI-driven advertising tools gain traction. The company's s…
Meta Platforms reported second-quarter profit of $15.85 billion, down 14% from a year earlier, as legal expenses and severance costs weighed on results, while revenue grew 28% to $60.8 billion. The co…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors on the company's Q2 2026 earnings call that it is 'extremely unlikely' billions of people won't have a personal AI agent within five years, but Wall Street sold…
Meta's Q2 revenue rose 28% to $60.4 billion, but expenses surged 55% to $42 billion due to $1.2 billion in severance from laying off 8,000 employees, $2.4 billion in legal costs, and rising AI expense…
Meta is updating its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses with support for the Muse Spark AI model, offering smarter responses and better understanding of visual input, as part of the version 127 update roll…
A developer released Content Atomizer, a Claude skill that transforms a single piece of content into platform-optimized assets across LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Bluesky,…
Meta has started rolling out a new AI model, Muse Spark, to its Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, marking a significant upgrade from the previous voice assistant. The update, which is rolling out gr…
Meta has switched on Meta AI inside Threads direct messages for all users globally as of July 27, 2026, completing its integration of the chatbot across all its platforms and putting it in direct comp…
Meta is rolling out Meta AI to Threads direct messages globally starting today, allowing all users to privately chat with the AI, share posts, images, links, and videos, and ask follow-up questions. T…
Meta on Monday began rolling out Meta AI within Threads DMs globally, allowing users to share posts, images, links, and videos directly with the assistant. TechCrunch and 9to5Mac framed the move as a …