YouTube announced earlier this week that a new test on Android devices will let users search for songs simply by humming the tune of the song. Rolling out now to a “small percentage” of YouTube users on Android devices, this new search option for songs can identify a track based on three or more seconds…
Ever wonder what it’s like to write code at Meta’s scale? On the latest episode of the Meta Tech Podcast, Meta engineer Pascal Hartig (@passy) sits down with Dustin Shahidehpour and Katherine Zak, two software engineers at Meta, to talk about their careers and what it’s really like to ship code at Meta. Why does Meta have…
The Gaming industry is among India’s rising sectors growing rapidly on the back of digital technologies. To further equip these businesses with consumer trends that are influencing gamers in India, today we unveiled findings from a Meta-commissioned study by online insights platform GWI. These findings show the impactful role of Meta platforms, especially that of…
Medicaid, the public health program for low income families, has a number of issues, ranging from people abruptly losing their coverage to organisations costing states millions through fraudulent billing. As John Oliver points out in the Last Week Tonight video above, though, so much of the conversation seems to focus on scare-mongering about the people…
TL;DR: Stream Scotland vs. Northern Ireland for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. Euro 2024 is looming large on the horizon, with some teams still battling it out for qualification and others, like Scotland, looking to build momentum before the games that really matter. That…
This Juneteenth, there are numerous options for you to choose from for your banking needs, but did you know that you could bank Black? “The number one reason it’s important for Black banks to be in existence is because the majority of them do work in what the United States designates as low to moderate…
If you missed our stories this week about the latest updates to WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop, this is a good time to catch up thanks to our summary. Among the 11 stories we shared, the best news of the week is about A.I. agents and stickers, a new feature powered by Meta!…
Mentions on Twitter are a powerful tool for increasing engagement and driving traffic to your posts. By tagging specific users in tweets, retweets, or replies, you ensure they receive a notification, which can lead to higher visibility for your content. When the mentioned user interacts with your post, such as liking, commenting, or retweeting, it…
With the new E.U. anti-monopoly regulations coming into effect, Meta is now finalizing the last elements of its updates to Messenger and WhatsApp, which will enable E.U. users to send messages from other, non-Meta messaging services to its user inboxes. As outlined on the Meta Engineering blog, Meta has now enabled its new systems to…
Vinyl, which tends to be pricier than the newer format, also far outstripped CDs in actual money made, raking in $1.4 billion compared to $537 million from CDs. The RIAA’s report shows that CD revenue was up, too, but in terms of physical products sold, people actually bought about 700,000 fewer CDs in 2023 than…
Update: showrunner Issa López has commented on the fan theory. See below. True Detective Season 4 has returned with a chilling new mystery of missing persons and a murdered activist. But fans of Season 1 have spotted a potentially curious connection, proposing that the dancing ghost named Travis from Season 4, episode 1 is none…
WhatsApp has just submitted a new stable update for iOS, available on the App Store: the build number is 23.17.81.What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is widely rolling out a feature to create a new group chat while forwarding messages! FORWARD TO A NEW GROUP In the article about the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.16.3…
Like many small business owners, I spent a lot of time in 2023 considering how I wanted to integrate artificial intelligence into my content agency, iHartContent. At first, my instinct was to join “Team No AI” and to ignore it altogether. As a writer, the fear of tools like ChatGPT is entirely understandable. After all,…
Topics: The Importance of X/Twitter Friends, Android Widgets & New Application Idea Photo by Fotis Fotopoulos on Unsplash Yes, I am stepping into this scene. The Indie Developer scene. I have been very silent over the past months here on Medium, as I was busy with school, but also with some other programming projects. Let’s…