Twitch just announced when and where 2024’s TwitchCon events will happen. The annual gathering will be held in Rotterdam from June 29 to June 30, which marks its debut in the city of the Netherlands. TwitchCon North America 2024 will then be held three months later in San Diego, from September 20 to September 22….
The video is almost convincing: it features Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko announcing a “historic day” for Solana. He thanks the “S-O-L” community and offers a giveaway through a QR code and a website. Sure, he sounds a little robotic — his voice is a monotone, unusual for him — and he hardly makes eye contact with…
A day after researchers surfaced X’s plans to test NSFW adult communities on the platform formerly known as Twitter, the company confirmed that Community admins can now set an “Adult Content” label in their settings to avoid having their communities’ content auto-filtered. Otherwise, all NSFW content will be soon filtered across X’s Communities by default….
YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers, which leaves users with a choice of how they want to use the product, if at all. But, if you could name your price to block ads on YouTube, what would that be? As it stands today, there are four options with YouTube ads. You can deal with…
TikTok is rolling out a new feature that benefits brands looking to boost their advertising game. It has introduced “Sounds for Business – Voice Clips,” featuring snippets of audio recorded by well-known TikTok creators. This move aims to enhance the audio options available to advertisers and make it easier for them to connect with their…
Meta’s Systematic Code and Asset Removal Framework (SCARF) has a subsystem for identifying and removing unused data types. SCARF scans production data systems to identify tables or assets that are unused and safely removes them. SCARF avoids tedious manual work and ensures that product data is correctly removed when a product is shut down. This…
Today, lead attorney Sarah Wight shared an update on LinkedIn about the hiQ court ruling that LinkedIn may enforce its User Agreement against data scraping and fake accounts. This is a significant step in helping us keep our platform and members safe, so we’re sharing it with you in full text here. Today in the hiQ legal proceeding,…
Elon Musk is by far the most followed user on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which he acquired in October of last year. With more than 153 million followers at the time of publication, Musk’s account @ElonMusk is basically a microcosm of the platform as a whole. So, who are Musk’s…
Skills-first hiring will become more achievable There are many benefits to hiring for skills over pedigree. “Focusing on skills and past experience and performance,” says Stacy Donovan Zapar, founder of The Talent Agency, “is a much more accurate predictor of success and will lead to stronger, more diverse teams that have both the breadth and…
From the Emmys to CES, host Josh Burstein takes us on a comedic journey through the week’s top stories. Source link
Remember when social media content was limited to Facebook statuses and, er, “pokes?” Even a few years later, cutting-edge content was limited to a blurry photo with an oversaturated filter on Instagram. It seems bizarre now, given how much you can do with social media today. With the ever-growing list of platforms releasing new features…
X (formerly Twitter) started paying its Blue subscribers their ad revenue through the company’s monetization program. Anyone who subscribed to Blue with five million impressions on tweets over the past three months is qualified for the program. Last July, X started rolling out the first payouts, some creators on the app received around $9,000 to…
Members who updated their skills on a regular basis (multiple times a year) received promotions 11% faster than those who rarely updated their skills. This speaks to the value of continuous learning and instilling a learning culture. (It also emphasizes the importance of keeping your LinkedIn profile up to date!) Final thoughts Previously, similar LinkedIn…
More than 170,000 YouTube videos are part of a massive dataset that was used to train AI systems for some of the biggest technology companies, according to an investigation by Proof News and copublished with Wired. Apple, Anthropic, Nvidia, and Salesforce are among the tech firms that used the “YouTube Subtitles” data that was ripped…