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How to Keep Politics Out of Your Instagram Feed
Do you like your Instagram algorithm, but hate that it’s missing political posts from accounts you don’t follow? You’re in luck: Starting this week in the U.S. (and next week for the rest of the world) Meta is going to start adding political content to your recommendations on Instagram and Threads by default. If you’re thinking, “Hey, didn’t Instagram have…
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Google can turn your Discover feed into an AI-generated podcast
Google is testing an experimental AI feature that creates a personalized podcast using your Search and Discover feed history. The Daily Listen feature in Google’s Search Labs is rolling out to Android and iOS users in the US according to 9to5Google, and works similarly to the Audio Overviews feature for Google’s NotebookLM project. Daily Listen references search data and Discover…
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How I Use My RSS Feed for Bluesky and Mastodon
It’s understandable if you’re a little burnt out on social media at the moment. I put off setting up a Bluesky account for years, mostly because I didn’t want yet another service to think about. At the same time, though, a lot of interesting people have shifted their posting to alternative sites like Bluesky account. The good news: you can…
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Flipboard’s Surf app is a feed reader for the fediverse
Mike McCue, the CEO of Flipboard and an internet entrepreneur since the Netscape days, is a true believer in the fediverse. He doesn’t love the word: he’d much rather call it “the social web.” But whatever you want to call the open, decentralized, interconnected social networking experience that apps like Mastodon and Bluesky promise, McCue is absolutely convinced it’s the…
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Threads Is Testing the Ability to Pick Your Default Feed
On Friday, I wrote about how Threads is making some big changes to its platform—namely, the “For you” feed will start prioritizing accounts you follow, rather than accounts you don’t. To me, that sounds like how a social media platform should operate in the first place, but, hey, it’s “new.” It seemed obvious impetus for the change is the recent…
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How to Moderate Your Own Feed on Bluesky
Quick Links Your Home Page, Just How You Like It Mute (or Block) the Noise One of the most remarkable features of Bluesky is its approach to the home page. Forget about the deluge of sponsored posts mixed in with algorithm-optimized engagement bait that you’re used to seeing—in Bluesky, you’re in control of what you see and how often you…
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American utilities firms need to invest now to feed AI energy demands
AI is so energy hungry that American utilities companies must upgrade their capacity and networks to meet growing demand. That’s according to consultancy Bain & Company, which warned that demand for power could soon be outstripped by supply in the US, home to many of the biggest AI developers. The warning follows Amazon investing in a nuclear-powered data center and…
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How to Clean Up Your Instagram Feed
Are you unhappy with the content appearing on your Instagram feed? Unfortunately, there isn’t a one-click solution to change what shows up on your feed. However, you can follow certain steps to clean up your Instagram feed and tailor it to something you’d prefer to see. 1 Unfollow Accounts You’re No Longer Interested In The first thing you should do…
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