On January 14, 2025, Meta will shut down its augmented reality (AR) platform, Spark, leaving many creators who rely on Spark to develop AR effects shocked and concerned about their future. Spark’s closure and its impact Creators can develop augmented reality (AR) effects, including face filters, for a variety of apps, including Instagram and Messenger,…
Of late, the inner turmoil of little girls has birthed a string of movies about big emotions and monsters. Inside Out 2 introduced Anxiety to the feelings crew, pitching its heroine into adolescent social panic. Imaginary spun a horror story of a forgotten imaginary friend gone vengeful, while Netflix’s animated adventure The Imaginary focused on…
Consider sharing with your audience Reading Time: 26 minutes Are you feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of integrating AI into your business operations? Do you struggle to determine if your organization is even ready for AI? Many businesses face these challenges, unsure how to navigate the complexities of AI readiness and maximize its potential for…
In this talk from AI Infra @ Scale 2024, Joel Colburn, a software engineer at Meta, technical lead Junqiang Lan, and software engineer Jack Montgomery discuss the second generation of MTIA, Meta’s in-house training and inference accelerator. They cover the co-design process behind building the second generation of Meta’s first-ever custom silicon for AI workloads,…
Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its total user count to more than 9 million. In other words, the social platform’s user base has grown by around 50% in the week or so since a Brazilian court banned X (formerly Twitter). The…
Think about the best school teachers you ever had: They not only taught you quadratic equations or the history of the Enlightenment, they also got you fired up about learning. They made you want to know more. If anyone knows how to get people excited about learning, it’s classroom teachers. They show up every day,…
YouTube is developing new tools that aim to give creators on the platform more control over content that copies their voice or likeness using generative AI. In its announcement post, YouTube said the new likeness management tech will help to safeguard its creators and partners while enabling them to “harness AI’s creative potential” by promoting…
Want more iPhone 16 news? Check out our oft-updated live blog; we’ll be on the ground in Cupertino covering all things Apple before, after, and during the event. The iPhone 16 is on the horizon, and among consumers who are getting ready to make the purchase plunge, they have one question: “What’s the iPhone 16’s price?”…
The Buffer blog is one of our most valuable assets for our Marketing team, bringing in hundreds of thousands of pageviews each month. The original Buffer Marketing team started posting to the blog as far back as 2013, a very different time for content on the Internet. As you can probably guess, we don’t do…
As required by the Digital Markets Act (DMA) people using WhatsApp and Messenger in Europe have the option to connect with people using third-party messaging services that have chosen to make their apps interoperable. We call this third-party chats. When the DMA came into force earlier this year, we provided some technical detail on how…
When it comes to growing your Twitter presence there are two ways: organic growth and using an SMM panel. Both can help you achieve your goals but which one is better for you? To make the right choice you need to understand both methods. Let’s dive in. Organic growth is all about growing your followers…
In addition to announcing the latest features for Premium subscribers today, YouTube shared updates on top feature requests. For starters, YouTube is “improving the download experience by addressing device storage related issues.” This will continue to be an evergreen workstream for the YouTube team The team is also “working on making Premium controls more accessible”…
You’ve likely come across the online sextortion scam before. An email pops up in your inbox with the sender claiming to have obtained your indiscreet photos or videos, such as nudes or sex tapes. For a price, they offer to keep the content private. But, if you don’t give in to their blackmail, they threaten…
Because originality is overrated. Or sensitivity around it is. I don’t know. Either way, this week, TikTok has launched a new option to share a short, text-based “thought” in the app, that’s then displayed in a speech bubble type display on your Stories bubble at the top of your inbox. As you can see in…