Match Group COO out, as dating apps struggle to connect with Gen Z

Match Group eliminates the COO role as CEO Spencer Rascoff has been managing operations.

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Meta will allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe, but for a fee

Meta will allow rival AI chatbot providers to offer their services on WhatsApp for a fee, which ranges from €0.0490 to €0.1323 per “non-template message,” depending on the country.

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X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Money

42 X users donated to William Shatner’s charity in exchange for an early invite to X Money beta.

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TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, report says

The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

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TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since sale

TikTok experienced a similar outage just days after ByteDance divested the app’s U.S. operations.

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X says it will suspend creators from revenue-sharing program for unlabeled AI posts of ‘armed conflict’

Creators who break the rules will get a three-month suspension, and if they continue to violate the policy, they’ll be permanently banned.

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Activist investor Elliot takes a $1B stake in Pinterest, betting on AI-driven growth

Activist Investor Elliott Investment Management has taken a $1 billion stake in Pinterest.

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X begins testing standalone X Chat app on iOS

The new app promises a way to send and receive messages without being distracted by your timeline.

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Instagram tracked growing usage while targeting teens, lawyers argue

The company said usage grew from 40 minutes per day in 2023 to 46 minutes in 2026. Other documents referenced back teens a top priority for the app before asking existing users for birthdays.

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X ads ‘Paid Partnership’ labels for creators so they can ditch the hashtags

The new labels comply with regulations and allow creators to be more transparent with their followers.

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