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Meta is bringing Telegram-like "broadcast channels" to Facebook and Messenger after rolling it out on Instagram and WhatsApp earlier this year, TechCrunch reported. The company announced today that the feature is coming to the two platforms in the coming weeks. The feature lets creators and public figures share one-to-many messages to directly engage with their followers. Channels support text, images,
Google is rolling out a series of updates to the address bar (or Omnibox) in Chrome that improvises the accuracy of autocomplete across the desktop and mobile browser, 9to5Google reported. Instead of an autocomplete only working if you typed the beginning of a URL correctly, the Chrome address bar on desktop will complete “based on any word you’ve previously used
Amazon has some big plans for its drone delivery program, including an international expansion to the UK and Italy in 2024, Engadget reported. The company aims to start drone operations in a third US city next year, following existing efforts in College Station, Texas (where it just started offering prescription medication delivery by drone) and Lockeford, California. According to Engadget,
YouTube is launching two initiatives to make it easier for users to watch the latest news stories and to help news organizations create Shorts, TechCrunch reported. The first initiative involves the introduction of what the company calls an “immersive watch page experience for news stories,” that pulls together content from authoritative sources. The second is the launch of the Shorts
Netflix said its efforts to limit password sharing delivered stronger customer growth than expected in the third quarter, and it announced plans to increase some prices in the U.S., U.K., and France, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to The Wall Street Journal, shares rose more than 12% in after-hours trading. The streaming giant added 8.8 million subscribers in the
Twitter is now slowing down traffic on links to the crowdfunding site Patreon, WhatsApp, and at times, Meta’s Messenger app, a Markup analysis confirms, The Markup reported. Using a tool launched by The Markup last month, readers discovered that links to these sites were delayed by an average of 2.5 seconds - findings The Markup confirmed. Patreon users told The
Coding help forum Stack Overflow is laying off 28 percent of its staff as it struggles toward profitability. CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar announced today that the company is “significantly reducing the size of our go-to-market organization,” as well as “supporting teams” and other groups, The Verge reported. According to The Verge, word of the layoffs comes over a year after the