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Meta is rolling out tighter teen messaging limitations and parental controls Jan 26, 2024

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Meta announced today that it is rolling out new DM restrictions on both Facebook and Instagram for teens that prevent anyone from messaging teens. Until now, Instagram restricts adults over the age of 18 from messaging teens who don’t follow them.

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BeReal, which now has 23M DAUs, is onboarding brands and celebs Jan 25, 2024

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BeReal, a rising social media app that emphasizes authenticity, is making its first outreach to brands and celebrities.

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Etsy launches ‘Gift Mode,’ a new AI-powered feature that generates 200+ gift guides Jan 25, 2024

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E-commerce site Etsy today launched “Gift Mode,” a new AI-powered feature to match you with tailored gift ideas based on specific preferences.

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Apple will pay artists more to have a spatial audio version on Apple Music Jan 24, 2024

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Apple will pay additional royalties starting this month to artists if they have a spatial audio version on Apple Music, according to multiple reports.

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Telegram is rolling out ‘view-once’ voice and video messages Jan 24, 2024

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Telegram is rolling out a bunch of upgrades as part of its January feature drop including “view-once” video and audio messages, the ability to pause recording while sending a video or an audio message, and new read-time controls.

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Chronosphere acquires Calyptia to extend its observability platform Jan 23, 2024

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Chronosphere, a startup that offers a cloud native observability platform, today announced that it has acquired Calyptia.

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Sony tells Zee it’s terminating the $10 billion India merger Jan 23, 2024

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Sony called off the merger between its India unit and Zee Entertainment on Monday, ending a two-year acquisition deliberation that would have created a $10 billion media powerhouse in the South Asian market.

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X says a bug caused numerous posts to be labeled as ‘Sensitive Media’ Jan 22, 2024

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A bug on X, formerly Twitter, was causing numerous posts over the weekend to be flagged as “Sensitive Media,” thwarting the company’s own attempts to make its platform more approachable to advertisers.

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TikTok faces Iowa lawsuit accusing the company of ‘lying’ to parents Jan 22, 2024

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The state of Iowa is suing TikTok, alleging that the social media company misleads parents about the kinds of content available to young users.

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Spotify’s astrology-like Daylists go viral, but its micro-genre mastermind was let go last month Jan 20, 2024

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Is it a “fearful vocaloid wednesday morning,” a “yearning cottagecore thursday afternoon,” or perhaps a “heartbroken karaoke friday evening”?

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