Jul 26
The Clinton-era Cabinet secretary broke down the how and the why of five key GOP talking points.
Jul 26
Threads is about to get vastly more useful as Meta has started rolling out the option to see a chronological feed of posts from the people you follow. Many observers said this was a key feature Threads needed to truly compete with Twitter, long a vital source of real-time information. But as Twitter (sorry, X) owner Elon Musk continues to reduce his app to rubble, Threads is looking like a more viable destination for up-to-the-minute news and updates.
You’ll need to update to the latest version of Threads to see the chronological feed, but it might not appear for you immediately. To switch between the For You and Following feed, tap the Threads logo or the home icon and you can swipe from one to the other.
Mark Zuckerberg announced the rollout of the chronological feed on his Instagram broadcast channel (Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, said a while back that such an option was on the way). The Meta CEO added that Threads has gained another vitally important feature in the form of translations. When you see a post in a language you don’t understand, you can tap the bottom right corner to translate it.
Meta has added a few other features to Threads. In the Activity tab, you can now filter notifications by follows, replies, mentions, quoted posts, reposts and interactions from verified accounts (or just opt to view all your notifications together). The Threads team is also introducing a new follow button to make it easier to follow people back and a way to approve all your follow requests at once if your account is private.
Zuckerberg said there was more to come, hopefully including the ability to post to Threads from the web, direct messages, improved accessibility, better search and a TweetDeck-like way to keep tabs on Threads posts. Giving users what they ask for is one way to keep them coming back.
Update 7/25 1:22PM ET: Added more details about the new features.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/threads-adds-a-chronological-feed-as-twitter-burns-to-the-ground-152817251.html?src=rss
Jul 26
Pete Davidson To Do Community Service After Crashing Car Into Beverly Hills House
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe “Saturday Night Live” alum will likely do his community service with the New York Fire Department, where his late father worked.
Jul 26
Doomscrolling through Twitter’s dumpster fire descent into x-crazed madness may be fun, but it likely isn’t the best option for your overall mental state. That’s where meditation-focused apps like Headspace come in. To commemorate these uncertain times, Headspace has lowered the price of its annual subscription plan from $70 to $49, a reduction of 30 percent. This only lasts for the first year, at which point you’ll get upped to the original price (unless you cancel.)
The sale is live right now and is available for new users and previous Headspace devotees, if you took a break and want to get back on the mindfulness horse. There’s no discount when paying monthly, so it’s the full year or bust.
What exactly is Headspace? This all-in-one meditation app offers mindfulness sessions, sleep guides, stress relief tools, workouts and more. There’s video and audio options and plenty of search fields to narrow down the offerings to your exact liking. There’s even dedicated programs for when you wake up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep. There’s a reason, after all, why Headspace is so well-reviewed.
On the fitness side, it has yoga, guided jogs, cardio courses and just about anything else. Headspace has been around for 12 years and amassed 70 million users, so they must be doing something right. Now you can try it for yourself and save a few bucks in the process.
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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/headspace-annual-plans-are-30-percent-off-right-now-162605255.html?src=rss
Jul 26
Timothy Shea was sent to prison for his role in a scheme to siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars from an online fundraiser that collected $25 million in donations.
Jul 26
The Exorcist: Believer's First Trailer Is Full of Creepy Kids and Old Haunts
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Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but David Gordon Green and Blumhouse are reviving an iconic horror franchise with a fresh reboot-sequel saga that tells a new re-treading of classic ground but doesn’t quite cast away a history of messy sequels. Oh, and this time it’s The Exorcist rather than Halloween.
Jul 26
TikTok is set to launch an e-commerce platform to sell Chinese-made goods to its millions of American users, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. The new shopping experience is a new attempt by TikTok to compete with Shein and Temu, two Chinese companies dominating the online retail scene with fast…
Jul 26
Dungeon Masters Guild, a subsidiary of OneBookShelf and the largest digital third-party Dungeons & Dragons marketplace, officially announced a policy change that would restrict the sale of “standalone” AI-generated products. Additionally, it is enacting a “Creation Method Filter” which requires sellers to indicate if…
Jul 26
Twitter's official handle is now @X
Posted in: Today's ChiliTwitter has changed its official handle from @Twitter to @X, as Engadget’s intrepid reporter Kris Holt noticed (“Oof,” he observed). If you attempt to access @Twitter, it now states: “This account is no longer active. Follow @X for updates.” All past @Twitter tweets, (or X’s, or whatever they’re now called), are henceforth available in the @X account.
That’s not all. The Twitter Blue subscription service is now called @XBlue (Blue subscription) in the main description page. That means the majority of X née Twitter’s handles have dumped the Twitter name or replaced it with X. For instance, @TwitterSupport, @TwitterDev and @TwitterAPI are now @Support, @Xdevelopers, and @API.
🫠 https://t.co/0ITzTlnyULpic.twitter.com/ZGyTk0zfzt
— Kris Holt (@krisholt) July 26, 2023
Twitter didn’t possess the @X handle yesterday, as it was in the hands of a user named Gene X Hwang, from a photography/video studio called Orange Photography, as Techcrunch reported. That changed as of today, though, and Hwang tweeted from a new handle “all’s well that ends well,” so hopefully he was compensated in some way for relinquishing the name.
X has been working hard to remove all vestiges of Twitter branding, including partially taking down the Twitter sign at its San Francisco HQ before police intervened to due a lack of a permit. Twitter may still have to deal with IP issues, since Microsoft has owned an Xbox related X trademark for 20 years and Meta owns another trademark covering the letter X.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/twitters-official-handle-is-now-x-063237410.html?src=rss
Jul 26
The former president won’t let one thing happen again, predicted ex-GOP leader Michael Steele.
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