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Why are non-diabetics suddenly wearing continuous glucose monitors?
Continuous glucose monitors, which have historically been an important health tool for diabetes patients, have been emerging online as a trending device to measure blood glucose levels among healthy adults. This begs the question: is knowing how your body reacts to food through your blood glucose levels beneficial?
Elon Musk says Twitter’s ad revenue has dropped by 50 percent
In the early hours of Saturday morning, Musk tweeted Twitter was suffering from an ongoing negative cash flow issue due to an approximately 50 percent drop in advertising revenue and heavy debt burden.
Bluesky allowed people to include the n-word in their usernames
Before this week, Bluesky did not have an automated system in place to prevent people from including the n-word in their handle.
Appeals court pauses order that restricts Biden officials from contacting social networks
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has put a pause on Judge Terry A. Doughty's order that prohibits most federal officials from talking to companies like Meta about content.
Reddit is removing years of chats and messages
Reddit has removed years of chat and message logs, but there may be a way to recover some of that data.
Meta blocks EU users from accessing Threads through a VPN
Meta now stops people in the EU from accessing Threads through a VPN.
People who don't use TikTok think it's a national security threat
A study indicates that most Americans think TikTok is a national security threat — but they're also the ones who are least likely to use it.
Meta's Threads races to 100 million users in under a week
Meta made it super easy for people to sign up to its new app Threads through Instagram. That helped the Twitter competitor reach more than 100 million sign ups in just a couple of days.
Engadget Podcast: Diving into Threads and Twitter's latest mess
While Twitter encountered many self-inflicted wounds this week, users jumped to Blue Sky and Mastodon. Then Meta decided it was a fine time to drop its Twitter copycat, Threads.
Meta's Twitter rival Threads won't initially launch in the EU
Meta's rival to Twitter called Threads, an Instagram app is set to launch tomorrow in the US and UK, but it may not come to the rest of Europe anytime soon.
Judge blocks federal officials from contacting tech companies
A judge has blocked the Biden administration and other federal officials from communicating with social media companies in a case that could have far-reaching consequences for the country.
Facebook will need permission to show personalized ads in the EU
Facebook will have to get your consent before it shows some personalized ads in the EU.
Elon Musk claims Twitter’s new login requirement is a ‘temporary’ response to data scrapers
On Friday, Musk claimed Twitter's new login requirement was a "temporary emergency measure."
The FTC plans to slap companies with hefty fines for using fake reviews
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a formal ban on fake reviews and testimonials. Companies would also be prohibited from using phony followers and views to inflate their social media metrics.
Tech firms sue Arkansas over social media age verification law
A tech alliance including Meta and TikTok is suing Arkansas over its social media age verification law.
SoftBank gave $170m to a social app whose users mostly didn't exist
Back in 2021, Japanese investment giant SoftBank led a little-known social media app called IRL to unicorn status and an overall valuation of $1.17 billion by investing over $170 million. Well, it just turned out that the app completely made up its user numbers, admitting that 95 percent of its purported 20 million user base was fake.
TikTok is jumping off the BeReal bandwagon by killing TikTok Now
TikTok has told users that it's discontinuing TikTok Now, effectively a clone of last year's social media sensation BeReal.
TikTok gives parents even more control over what their teens see
TikTok is introducing new content filtering controls to its "Family Pairing" feature, letting parents filter out videos containing specific words or hashtags.
Twitter hacker and crypto scammer sentenced to five years in prison
In May, Joseph James O'Conner plead guilty to a host of cyber crimes, including carrying out a SIM-swapping attack that targeted a TikTok account with millions of followers.
A Reddit transcription community will shut down over a 'lack of trust' in the platform
A group of Reddit volunteers who transcribe media from around 100 subreddits are shutting down their community, partly due to the company's controversial API changes.