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LinkedIn CEO says AI writing assistant is not as popular as expected | TechCrunch While LinkedIn users seem to have embraced AI, there’s one area that’s seen less uptake than expected, according to CEO Ryan Roslansky: the AI-generated suggestions for polishing your LinkedIn posts.

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The Ice Bucket Challenge Worked. Why Not Try It Again? The trend that dominated social media a decade ago — and raised millions for A.L.S. research — has been reborn as a vehicle to raise mental health awareness.

The ice bucket challenge is back 11 years later, this time with a focus on mental health.

Bluesky launches blue check verification | TechCrunch Bluesky announced on Monday that it is rolling out blue check verification, confirming previous rumors that this feature was on its way to the platform.

Like Twitter’s original blue check, Bluesky’s blue check will verify that notable accounts are legitimate, making it easy for users to trust that an account’s posts are real.

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Shopify CEO says no new hires without proof AI can’t do the job Tobi Lütke shared a memo outlining the expectation.

Tough job market. www.theverge.com/news/644943/...

Get on the waitlist here. theneptuneapp.com

Meet Neptune, a TikTok alternative where creators can hide likes and follower counts  | TechCrunch Neptune is one of the newest short-form video apps on the block seeking to compete with major players like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.  Neptune, a short-form video apps seeking to com...

TikTok challenger Neptune is coming to the App Store next week. techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/m...

OpenAI on X: "Starting today, memory in ChatGPT can now reference all of your past chats to provide more personalized responses, drawing on your preferences and interests to make it even more helpful for writing, getting advice, learning, and beyond. https://t.co/s9BrWl94iY" / X Starting today, memory in ChatGPT can now reference all of your past chats to provide more personalized responses, drawing on your preferences and interests to make it even more helpful for writing, getting advice, learning, and beyond. https://t.co/s9BrWl94iY

ChatGPT can now remember all your past chats provide more personalized responses. x.com/OpenAI/statu...

Best Buy Is Paying Influencers Who Recommend Products With a New Program The tech retailer is differentiating itself from Amazon.

I used to practically live at Best Buy. Good to see it's still around.

How X Is Benefiting as Musk Advises Trump The social media platform has experienced a return in advertisers and new exposure as an official source of government news.

The social media platform has experienced a return in advertisers and new exposure as an official source of government news.

Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.

Oops.

Facebook Returns to Its Roots: Showing Posts From Friends and Family A new Friends Tab will feature posts from a user’s friends and relatives, which was the original mission of the app.

Remember when Zuck said he was going to bring back OG Facebook? Meet OG Facebook.

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Introducing 4o Image Generation At OpenAI, we have long believed image generation should be a primary capability of our language models. That’s why we’ve built our most advanced image generator yet into GPT‑4o. The result—image gene...

RIP DALL-E. OpenAI has a new image generation tool. It's better at text, character consistency and can create 10+ different objects in one image. Starts rolling out to all users today. openai.com/index/introd...

Gmail's upgraded search results help you find the emails you want, faster. If you’ve ever struggled with finding information in your overflowing inbox, you’re not alone. That’s why Gmail is rolling out a smarter search feature powered by AI to …

Gmail's upgraded search results help you find the emails you want, faster.

YouTube is hosting a creator meetup in Des Moines on April 29. rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/youtu...

New York Times goes all-in on internal AI tools The company said it was greenlighting a number of AI programs for editorial and product staff.

How the New York Times is using AI in 2025 - summarizing, social media posts and SEO headlines.

Looking for love this Valentine's Day? Don't fall for Instagram romance scams Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms is urging users to stay vigilant about “romance scams” ahead of Valentine’s Day, warning of unsolicited messages through its apps and other social ...

Don't be fooled by a romance scam this Valentine's Day.

The return of ‘OG Facebook’ is a big Meta priority this year - 9to5Mac Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg plans to focus this year on getting back to ‘OG Facebook,’ here’s what that means per the CEO.

Zuck wants to bring back "OG Facebook," but doesn't really say what that means. What does OG Facebook mean to you?

Cheetos just designed a terrible custom font on purpose Rather than a font inspired by brand assets, the stunt font from Cheetos is inspired by brand experience.

Cheetos designed a new font that looks like how you write with your "other hand" (because you have Cheetos dust on your writing hand, obviously). www.fastcompany.com/91267754/che...

TikTok is coming back online in the US Is TikTok working for you?

It’s back. www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24...

How many times have you clicked on the TikTok app today out of habit?

CapCut will still work as an editor in airplane mode. You won’t have access to templates though.

TikTok isn’t the only Bytedance app that shut down. So did CapCut and Lemon8.

TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday, The Information reports If TikTok shuts off for all U.S. users, the outcome would be different from that mandated by the law.

TikTok may go dark on Sunday.

Decentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed launches mobile apps | TechCrunch Pixelfed, a decentralized alternative to Instagram, has launched its official mobile apps. The service today runs on the same ActivityPub protocol that

Instagram alternative now available via mobile app.

You Don't Need This Podcast - EP69 - Generative Humans Surf the continuum of content creation with Chris Snider.

EP69 🎙️ Generative Humans
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@csnider.bsky.social is a professor who helps college students explore the ever-evolving landscape of social media, generative AI, and content creation. In EP69, we jam on how we all connect, communicate, and collaborate online.

TikTok SCOTUS Live Blog: The Court Hears Arguments Over Potential Ban We're tuning in live as the justices consider what could be one of the most consequential First Amendment cases of the past several decades.

Wired is live-blogging the SCOTUS TikTok arguments. www.wired.com/live/tiktok-...

Puma pounces on Tiger Woods' logo design in new lawsuit The golfer has a "target on his back" over Sun Day Red design.

Looks like Drake University and DMACC aren't the only ones with litigating logo design.

Google’s ‘Daily Listen’ lab is a personalized podcast based on your Discover feed Google is kicking off a new experiment in Search Labs today called “Daily Listen." It's a bit like NotebookLM's Audio Overviews, while...

Google is testing a personalized daily five-minute podcast for users.

OpenAI makes ChatGPT available for phone calls and texts OpenAI on Wednesday rolled out a new way to talk to its viral chatbot: 1-800-CHATGPT.

When I was a kid, we could call a number for the joke of the day. Now we can call a number to talk to ChatGPT. www.cnbc.com/2024/12/18/o...

Transition Live Updates: Trump’s Suit Over Iowa Poll Is His Latest Action Against News Media

This is scary.

President-elect Donald J. Trump sued The Des Moines Register for running a poll before the election that showed him trailing Vice President Kamala Harris.

“I have to do it,” Mr. Trump said. “We have to straighten out the press.”

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