Threads’ roadmap for integrations with the fediverse, aka the network of decentralized apps that includes Twitter/X rival Mastodon and others, has been revealed. A new blog post by […]
RIP? Third-party podcast app Castro appears to be dead, company goes quiet
The once popular third-party podcast app Castro has seemingly shut down, after earlier saying that it was “actively seeking a new home” for its product. The announcement had […]
Flipboard becomes a federated app with support for ActivityPub
Instagram Threads isn’t the only app joining the decentralized social web, which includes Twitter/X rival Mastodon and other apps, with its newly added support for the networking protocol […]
Google’s Gemini comes to more apps, Cruise slashes its workforce and Tesla issues a recall
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Why Automattic spent $50M on Texts.com
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Tumblr’s ‘fediverse’ integration is still being worked on, says owner and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg
Despite delays, the plan to connect Tumblr’s blogging site to the wider world of decentralized social media, also known as the “fediverse,” is still on, it seems. Over […]
This week in AI: Mistral and the EU’s fight for AI sovereignty
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in […]
Tumblr tests ‘Communities,’ semi-private groups with their own moderators and feeds
After scaling back operations and reassigning staff to other projects, Tumblr owner Automattic’s CEO Matt Mullenweg said that the company would hone in on the parts of Tumblr’s […]