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ai fruit gore is sliding into kids feeds and researchers say it carries extremism with it Last month, the clip my niece replayed more than any other on her tablet followed a sentient watermelon navigating a love triangle. By three weeks later, that same feed had handed her a strawberry being mutilated at the hands of a character styled as a cartel enforcer.

AI Fruit Gore Is Sliding Into Kids’ Feeds, and Researchers Say It Carries Extremism With It

whatsapp adds on device ai scam warnings and nothing leaves your phone With over 3 billion people using it, WhatsApp is among the richest hunting grounds scammers have online. According to the FTC, victims reported $425 million in losses to scams run through WhatsApp specifically — part of the more than $2.1 billion drained by social media scams in 2025.

WhatsApp Adds On-Device AI Scam Warnings, and Nothing Leaves Your Phone

youtube is raising its monetization bar to 8000 watch hours from february 1 Remember 8,000. That is the tally of qualified watch hours, measured across the previous twelve months, that an aspiring creator must reach before YouTube unlocks ads and subscriptions. The old figure was 4,000. It has been doubled in a single stroke.

YouTube is raising its monetization bar to 8,000 watch hours from February 1

x ends revenue sharing on september 8 replacing it with original content rewards The figure to watch in X's overhauled creator payout plan isn't measured in dollars. It's 500,000.

X ends revenue sharing on September 8, replacing it with Original Content Rewards

when the bots purge the archive reddits ai moderation erased a decade of raskhistorians work Over the course of April, dozens of posts and comments stretching back a full decade disappeared from r/AskHistorians. They weren't edited. They weren't quietly queued for review. They were removed automatically — from a subreddit whose entire reason for existing is that its answers remain readable years after they're written.

When the Bots Purge the Archive: Reddit’s AI Moderation Erased a Decade of r/AskHistorians Work

reddit bets ai moderation can replace the karma gate for newcomers For years Reddit's reputation system has been asked to do a job it was never designed for. On Wednesday, the company announced it is baking abuse prevention deep enough into the platform that communities may eventually not need account age and karma thresholds to decide who is allowed to post.

Reddit bets AI moderation can replace the karma gate for newcomers

facebook is cloning tiktok craigslist and reddit to keep users from walking out 2026 Meta's own figures show the company lost 20 million users across the opening quarter of 2026. Facebook's answer to that bleed isn't homegrown — it's lifted, one feature at a time, from the very apps pulling people away.

Facebook is cloning TikTok, Craigslist and Reddit to keep users from walking out [2026]

Instagram Launches New AI Tool for Your Personal Stories

Instagram Launches New AI Tool for Your Personal Stories

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Musk vs Zuckerberg Charity Cage Match to be Broadcast Live on Platform X In a surprising announcement, Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk revealed that his proposed fight with Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, will be streamed live on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter).

Musk vs Zuckerberg: Charity Cage Match to be Broadcast Live on Platform X

Pop Invites Creator Feedback With App’s Latest Beta Test Update

Pop Invites Creator Feedback With App’s Latest Beta Test Update