Newsletter platform Ghost is the latest service to pledge support for ActivityPub, the open source protocol powering the fediverse. The company announced Monday it would add ActivityPub support later this year in a move that could bring tens of millions of people into the fediverse. The fediverse is a growing collection of services, including Mastodon, Flipboard and Threads, that support the ActivityPub protocol. It’s part of a growing movement for decentralized social media services, which rely...
No pet parent relishes the idea of their dog traveling in a plane’s cargo hold. A new service by subscription dog treat company BarkBox aims to end that situation for pet lovers who can afford it. As Bloomberg News reported Friday (April 12), Bark Air lets dog owners reserve flights on Gulfstream 550 private jets, with all members of the […]
TCA's order stated that Meta combines the data of users who create Threads profiles based on their Instagram accounts without providing users with a confirmation option.
Meta is shutting down Threads in Turkey on April 29 after an interim injunction from the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) against automatic data-sharing with Instagram. The TCA ruled that linking Threads and Instagram without user opt-in “will lead to irreparable harms” and that Meta “abused its dominant position” in the industry with the practice. The TCA also suggested that the linking exists primarily to increase the company’s “market power.” Rather than make any changes to how Instagram...
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Meta has been experimenting with a lot of new features for Threads, its microblogging platform. Now Instagram boss Adam Mosseri revealed on Wednesday that the platform has started testing an option that will let users automatically hide old posts from Threads after a certain period of time. more
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Wright Investors Service Inc. cut its stake in Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE – Free Report) by 2.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,993 shares of the software company’s stock after selling 228 shares during the period. Adobe accounts for about […]
The recently released Windows 11 build 22635.3566 introduces a much-needed feature for File Explorer: tab duplication. Here is how it works and how to enable it in the latest Beta build.
Meritage Portfolio Management grew its stake in Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:FIS – Free Report) by 1.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 62,352 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 676 shares during […]
Wright Investors Service Inc. lowered its holdings in shares of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS – Free Report) by 15.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 22,348 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 4,164 shares during the quarter. Wright […]