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Instagram and Threads will no longer proactively recommend content about politics, Instagram announced Friday. “We want Instagram and Threads to be a great experience for everyone,” the social media platform said in a press release.  “If you decide to follow accounts that post political content, we don’t want to get between you and their posts, but we also don’t want to proactively recommend political content from accounts you don’t follow,” it added. Places that recommend content to users, such as…

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Apple’s MacBook lineup is a bit all over the place at the moment. It’s full of fantastic machines that trounce the competition, yet picking the right Mac for you has never been more confusing. But amid all the uncertainty, one thing is for sure: I can finally stop recommending the M1 MacBook Air. For years now, the M1 MacBook Air has been a great choice for anyone looking to dip their toes into the world of Apple laptops. But three years after its launch, it’s no longer looking like the…

Lorielle Pankey, the FTC’s designated agency ethics official, in an August 2022 memo said Khan’s past statements opposing acquisitions by Meta raised questions about her ability to be impartial as the FTC reviewed the company’s planned acquisition of a virtual reality app developer. At the time of her recommendation, Pankey owned between $15,001 and $50,000 in Meta stock in a joint account, and still owns it, according to FTC officials and her public financial disclosures.…

Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday put out word that he will make public the long-secret algorithm for recommending tweets.The code used for recommending the posts suggested to users will become "open source" at the end of March, Musk said in a tweet of his own."People will discover many silly things, but we'll patch issues as soon as they're found!" Musk tweeted. "Providing code transparency will be incredibly embarrassing at first, but it should lead to rapid improvement in recommendation quality."Musk contended that the…

Amid a sustained rise in coronavirus transmission, Los Angeles County is once again strongly recommending wearing a mask in indoor public spaces.The daily number of newly reported cases has jumped almost 70% from a month ago, though case rates are still well shy of previous waves and officials continue to tout the benefits of available vaccines and therapeutics in warding off the worst COVID-19 has to offer.However, the recent rise prompted the county to strengthen its call for indoor masking — from saying the practice is…

  BNB Cryptocurrencies are all the rage right now, and for good reason. They offer investors a chance to make huge profits in a short amount of time. However, with so many different cryptocurrencies on the market, it can be difficult to decide which one is the best investment. Binance Coin , Creditcoin (CTC), and Snowfall Protocol (SNW) are all trending currencies right now, but which one should you invest in? What Is Snowfall Protocol (SNW)? Snowfall Protocol (SNW) is a cross-chain transfer ecosystem built…

AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X is the best processor I’ve tested — and it’s not even close. That might surprise you to find out considering I don’t recommend upgrading right now. Although Ryzen 7000 is a massive boost for AMD, high prices, limited options for gamers, and Intel’s looming Raptor Lake launch makes right now the worst time to upgrade. Team Red may win the decades-old battle between AMD and Intel this generation, but it’s still too soon to tell. And there’s no rush to upgrade now. Raptor Lake looms AMD decided to…

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. I’m out this week, but that doesn’t mean I’m leaving you alone. TechCrunch has been not-so-quietly growing its podcast universe. So, I thought I’d take a second to highlight the podcasts, the minds behind them and my favorite episodes so far. Thanks to Yashad, Maggie, Grace and Kell for their work behind the scenes making us sound smart and informed. Equity: You know this one.…

Windows 10 users are complaining about getting repeated pop-ups with recommendations for switching the default browser and search engine on their machines. These pop-up are basically advertising Microsoft's own Chromium Edge browser and Bing search engine. The pop-ups are showing up on a Windows 10 system using its built-in notification centre. They serve as ads for the Bing search engine and details all the benefits of switching to it. For all those getting these pop-ups, there's fortunately a quick workaround to…