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It’s no secret that TikTok has been working on a new photo-sharing app to compete with Instagram and grow its social media empire. While one may look at TikTok’s success and deduce the task will be a piece of cake if the purported name of the new app, “TikTok Notes,” is indeed correct, the company has a long way to go.

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Genz's fading dreams of fame because of AI
Gen Zers want to be influencers. But the industry is getting more competitive — and flooded with AI.
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Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testifies during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security Committee hearing titled Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users, in Russell Building on Wednesday, December 8, 2021.
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, whose business had more ad revenue in 2021 than YouTube.
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Meta platforms Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are experiencing a global outage with thousands of reports of the app not working properly since roughly 2 p.m. ET Wednesday.WhatsApp appears to have gone down first, with Instagram and Facebook following suit about 30 minutes later.

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The algorithms that undergird our digital lives are increasingly making questionable decisions that enrich the powerful and wreck the lives of average people.
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After 31 days in the trenches of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge, Google Maps has emerged victorious!

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Gizmodo : Politics

Only about 28% of Americans support banning TikTok, according to a new poll from market research firm Savanta. And while it remains to be seen whether the U.S.

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Instagram reels
Reels is Instagram's short-form video platform that launched to little fanfare, but has bolstered the app's growth over time.