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Instagram Features wants your TV time, but it won’t pay creators
Instagram is testing Features, horizontal videos up to an hour and a half long, in the US and Brazil. What's missing is a way for creators to earn from them.
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What is changing on social media, search and the wider internet.
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TikTok child safety warnings: 112,000 Live videos in one month
Sworn testimony from former TikTok safety staff describes months of internal warnings about minors on Live and age loopholes, and a company that chose not to count its young users.
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European Starlink alternative for phones: four carriers team up
Vodafone, Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica want shared satellite airwaves so your phone works in dead zones, without relying on Elon Musk.
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Twitch gets a campus studio as Cal athletes start live streaming
UC Berkeley has opened a dedicated Twitch streaming studio for its athletes, with ten hours of shows a week and four more schools lined up next.
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Streamer Awards 2026: no women in the top race, xQc shut out
Five creators are fighting for the top prize, xQc got zero nominations, and fans have until Oct. 31 to vote before the Nov. 12 show.
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Yandex outage bot activity likely shows its own crawlers
A viral Cloudflare chart seemed to show Russian bots vanishing when Yandex went dark. The traffic was mostly Yandex's own automated web crawlers.
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Disney+ replaces 24/7 Simpsons channel with a pick-your-start playlist
The always-on Simpsons Stream that ran 767 episodes in order is gone. In its place is a playlist you start yourself, and Disney hasn't said why.
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When router QoS improves calls and gaming on slow nets
QoS can stop a big download from wrecking your video call or game, but on fast plans it can backfire. Here's when to flip it on and how.
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Meta stops third‑party TikTok ads in US, Canada and allies
Facebook and Instagram now refuse ads from TikTok's parent ByteDance, and any campaign pointing to TikTok, in seven countries. Here's who is affected and why.
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TikTok tested a fake safety toggle on thousands of teens and kids
Unsealed court filings say TikTok gave tens of thousands of users a feed-reset button that did nothing, then measured the effect on viewing time and ad revenue.