Microsoft Word Is 40 Years Young and Here to Make You Feel Old
There was a time when most folks weren’t on Google Docs or Word. There was a time when every grade schooler thought the best way to make their essays pop…
Threads Users Can Now Post Polls, GIFs
Image: AdriaVidal (Shutterstock) Threads’s chess match against X, formerly called Twitter, continues with the launch of its polls and GIF features on Thursday. The additions bring to Threads two staples…
Meta Gets That You Hate Seeing Threads on Facebook, Instagram. End of Communication
Meta first embedded Threads carousels onto Instagram in August. Image: Adrian Tusar (Shutterstock) After shoving a Threads carousel into Facebook and Instagram, Meta gets that users might not like it. Meta…
Meta Plans to Grow Threads By Ramming Its Posts to Facebook
Image: Ascannio (Shutterstock) Threads was a unicorn in the vacuum left behind by a Musk-infested Twitter turned X. But as the excitement for the sterile and lifeless platform inevitably waned…
Threads ‘Temporarily’ Blocking Covid-Related Search Terms
Image: rafapress (Shutterstock) Threads search is blocking terms like “Covid,” “vaccines,” “long Covid,” and others, but it is reportedly only temporary according to Instagram’s head, Adam Mosseri. This comes a…
Amazon, Glassdoor, and Expedia Form Coalition to Battle Fake Reviews
The marketplace of the internet has turned into a game of Russian roulette as platforms providing everything from household goods to airline tickets are becoming less trustworthy with the rise…
TikTok Has a Misinformation Crisis on Its Hands. Or Does It?
Regulators in the EU sent letters to Meta, TikTok, and X/Twitter Thursday, giving the platforms 24 hours to address misinformation and other “illegal” content related to the Israel-Hamas war. It’s…
Microsoft Calls Off OneDrive Photo-pocalypse
Image: Allmy (Shutterstock) Hell hath no fury like a customer scorned, and Microsoft is now learning that. After the tech company recently imposed storage limits for photos in a user’s…
Netflix’s Tomb Raider Will Show Lara Croft’s Journey from Survivor to Legend
Image: Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix During its “Drop 01″ livestream event, Netflix unveiled the first official look at its Tomb Raider anime, The Legend of Lara Croft. The show was originally…
Facebook Now Allows Users to Link Separate Profiles
Facebook users can now create multiple personal profiles with unique feeds and relevant content for each one, Meta announced in a press release on Thursday. Historically, users had to create…