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Instagram has rolled out a new Map feature that allows users to share their real-time locations with friends, marking the platform’s latest attempt to compete with Snapchat’s popular Snap Map functionality. The launch has received backlash from users concerned about privacy and safety implications. The feature, which appeared for users Wednesday, August 6, 2025, enables […]
The modern newsroom stands at a historic inflection point. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, experienced journalists, and automated editorial workflows may collectively define the newsroom of the future. As software is eating the world, and digital transformation unfolds across industries, news organizations face a profound reckoning with both the promises and perils of technological change. AI—particularly […]
Microsoft has announced that it will officially shut down Skype on May 5th of this year. The iconic communication platform, which dominated video calling and messaging since its launch in 2003, will no longer be supported as Microsoft shifts its focus to its enterprise solution, Microsoft Teams. In October 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 […]
In a telling reflection of our digital zeitgeist, Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” as its Word of the Year. The term is defined as the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. […]
