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Sukritact is now a full-time tech artist Image credit: 2K Games Civilisation VII studio Firaxis have welcomed prolific modder Sukritact on board as a tech artist, announcing the news in the grand strategy game‘s Discord. Sukritact has a storied Steam…
Snapchat has published a new report, in collaboration with VaynerMedia and Realeyes, which looks at what type of brand content works best to drive impact, and generate response in the app. The report is based on a survey of 5,000…
Key Takeaways WhatsApp experienced a temporary outage, preventing users from sending or receiving messages. Meta acknowledged the glitch and fixed the problem within a few hours. This was WhatsApp’s first major outage in four years, with the last one having…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was expected to sign a deal on Friday allowing the US greater access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. But that plan was scrapped after the two leaders’ heated engagement in front of the news media. During…
Microsoft has confirmed that the Skype video call and messaging service will be shut down in May, 14 years after replacing the Windows Live Messenger. A reader contacted BleepingComputer, and shared that according to strings found in preview versions of…
France is proposing a law to require encrypted messaging applications, including Signal and WhatsApp, and encrypted email services such as Proton Mail to provide law enforcement with decrypted data on request. An amendment to France’s proposed “Narcotraffic” bill, which is…
OpenAI intends to eventually integrate its AI video generation tool, Sora, directly into its popular consumer chatbot app, ChatGPT, company leaders said during a Friday office hours session on Discord. Today, Sora is only available through a dedicated web app…
Meta had some problems today. Is Instagram down? Credit: Matthias Balk/dpa (Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images) If you’re having trouble sending messages on Instagram and Facebook, fret not — you aren’t alone. Users have been reporting on…
By Krystal Scanlon • February 24, 2025 • Last year, Snapchat started laying the foundations to make Snapchat more accessible to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), with the goal of creating a more consistent, sustainable and diverse ad revenue stream.…