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Bluesky Debuts Attie, an AI App for Building Custom Social Feeds

The invite-only app shifts feed control to users by turning plain-language prompts into custom algorithms.

Woolworths Scales Back ‘Olive’ Chatbot After Reports of Humanlike Replies

X Suffers Global Outage, Service Largely Restored Within an Hour

Threads Launches ‘Dear Algo’ to Let Users Steer Feeds for Three Days

Openreach Adds 132 Exchanges to Copper ‘Stop‑Sell,’ Extending Fibre Migration to 1.23 Million More Premises

Meta Shuts Down Horizon Workrooms, Ends Enterprise Quest Sales

Austria and Germany Issue Fresh Warnings on Smishing and Bank Fraud

Yape Revises Name Display After Backlash, Now Shows First Name and Three Letters of Surname

HMRC Sends 200,000 Letters Ahead of 2026 Making Tax Digital Income Tax Rollout

X Releases iOS Home and Lock Screen Widgets for iPhone and iPad

COAI Backs India’s SIM-Binding Mandate for Messaging Apps

Meta Introduces Instagram 'Your Algorithm' in U.S. as Facebook Adopts Instagram-Style Redesign

Venmo Says Service Restored After Widespread Evening Outage

X Hit by Third Outage This Week as Thousands Lose Access

Cloudflare Disruption Renews Alarm Over Cloud Concentration and Resilience

OpenAI Begins Rolling Out GPT‑5.1 for ChatGPT With Instant, Thinking and Auto Modes

LinkedIn Launches AI People Search for Premium Users in the U.S.

Bluesky to Test Private Dislike Button for More Personalized Feeds

Yape and BCP Apps Suffer Widespread Outage in Peru

WhatsApp Tests Monthly Caps on Unanswered Messages to Curb Spam