Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Last week, I placed a big dinner order for myself and several friends through DoorDash. There was no way to add a tip when I placed my order, but I wasn’t too worried — DoorDash as... DoorDash won’t let you tip NYC drivers without the app Recently updated !This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 3, 2024 by Mia Sato
Image: Instagram Instagram announced a handful of new features to Stories, including new interactive ways to share music, photos, and videos. The most intriguing new feature is called Reveal and, when applied, blurs the ... Instagram introduces new interactive stickers for Stories Recently updated !This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 3, 2024 by Mia Sato
Illustration: The Verge An article in HouseFresh, a site dedicated to air quality, hit a nerve in February: it outlined how independent publishers have been gradually bumped out of Google search results, with big media c... Google is getting even worse for independent sites Recently updated !This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 2, 2024 by Mia Sato
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge Instagram is making significant changes to how its system recommends content, with a focus on original content and increased distribution for smaller accounts. The slew of changes were a... Instagram’s updated algorithm prioritizes original content instead of rip-offsThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2024 by Mia Sato
Image: The Verge Shein, one of the most popular online shopping platforms, will be required to comply with strict regulations under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission announced today. The fast-f... New EU regulations target Shein’s counterfeit fashion problemThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2024 by Mia Sato
Illustration: The Verge Reddit is updating its mobile app on iOS and Android to emphasize comments, the company said today. The handful of changes announced are aimed at “removing hurdles and reducing friction points,” t... Reddit is updating its app to focus more on commentsThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2024 by Mia Sato
Photo Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Creators fundraising for projects on Kickstarter will soon be able to collect money even after their campaign ends. Currently, Kicksta... Kickstarter is adding the ability to collect money indefinitelyThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2024 by Mia Sato
Photo by Neilson Barnard / Getty Images for The Recording Academy Taylor Swift’s catalog of music has returned to TikTok, just a few months after it was purged alongside other popular artists represented by Universal Mus... Taylor Swift’s music is back on TikTokThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2024 by Mia Sato
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge I inadvertently found myself on the AI-generated Asian people beat this past week. Last Wednesday, I found that Meta’s AI image generator built into Instagram messaging completely failed ... I’m still trying to generate an AI Asian man and ...This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2024 by Mia Sato
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is updating its AI-generated content policy and will add a “Made with AI” label beginning in May, the company announced. The policy will apply to content on Instagram, Facebo... Meta will require labels on more AI-generated contentThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2024 by Mia Sato