TikTok launches digital trading cards for 2026 FIFA World Cup
<p>TikTok’s launching its own form of collectible NFTs for the event, which users can earn by undertaking various engagement actions. </p>
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YouTube announces new live concert series
<p>YouTube’s new live music series will help to underline the platform’s role in music discovery and promotion. </p>
X’s Grok chatbot is still generating fake nude images
<p>New research shows that despite xAI’s claiming to have addressed misuse concerns, users are still able to generate deepfake nudes via Grok. </p>
Edits is getting a desktop version and an AI production assistant
<p>A desktop version of Meta’s separate video editing app will help to enhance the utility of the tool.</p>
Meta is giving 130K US veterans free AI glasses
<p>The program aims to showcase the utility of Meta’s evolving AI-powered device. </p>
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Why Private Jet Charter Companies Are Rethinking Digital Marketing in 2026
Private aviation clients now research charter operators the way they research any major purchase.The private aviation boom that began in 2020 permanently changed who flies private. Thousands of first-time charter clients entered the market, and they did not quietly go back to the airlines. According to WINGX’s Global Market Tracker, 2025 was the busiest year on record for business aviation, with more than 3.8 million business jet departures worldwide. Those flyers comparison-shop, read saf
Show HN: Kikubot – Each AI agent is an inbox
Hi All, I’ve posted an OSS Agent framework with its main philosophy being the use of email as the message bus (no message queue, vector store, orchestrator). Essentially every agent is an email address. The main reason behind this project is to facilitate company adoption & deployment of AI agents.# How it behaves (what it looks like) A user sends an email to a specific email address, e.g., [email protected]. Kiku was created as a designated coordinator agent that takes the requested task,
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Ask HN: How would you get your first user who is a stranger?
Assuming you had no social media with any significant following or any online presence, how would you get a stranger who could actually benefit from your product to see it?
Ask HN: What happens when AI-voice becomes good enough?
I fell into the rabbit hole of TTS models lately. Tried all major paid tools (ElevenLabs/InWorld/etc.), and all the newest open-source models.I started asking myself: what happens when the voice is "solved"? E.g. it gets impossible to distinguish it from a human. Wanted to hear your opinions!Sketched some of my own thoughts, and I see two futures:Future 1: the nuanced versionAudiobooks: I think established authors will still prefer human narrators. If you can afford a $3k–$4k
Show HN: Manob: A social media plaform without algorithm, ads, or data-tracking
I built Manob because I kept running into the same frustration with every major social media platform. A feed I couldn't control, content that I couldn't trust, and also a sense that I (my user data) am the product, not the user.I talked with people about these thoughts and concerns, and added my personal observation. I built this instead:- Chronological feed only. No ranking, no algorithmic shuffling. You follow people, you see all posts from all users, or choose to see posts from fri
19 Companies That Made Huge Social Media Fails
<b>Pack your things, Community Managers.</b>
People Are Calling Out The Things That Were "Ruined" When They Became Too Popular, And It's Wildly Accurate
"Pickleball started off as a relatively unknown sport that my husband and I discovered about 10 years ago. Now, the cost of equipment has skyrocketed and courts are jammed with people trying to become 'pickleball pros' on social media."
27 Times Maisie Williams And Sophie Turner Were Cute As Hell On Social Media
#Mophie forever.
This Celebrity Mom Shared A Photo With Her Son, And The Caption Has Everyone Discussing "Boy Moms"
"Would people be okay if this were a father and daughter???" one social media user remarked.
People Who Went From Never Working Out To Exercising Regularly Are Sharing What They Wish They'd Known Before Starting
"It takes years, and almost all the people you see on social media are enhanced. I didn't know that. I figured I'd look quite different in a year or two. Ha, nope."
Meet Joseph Purcell, The Micro Drama Heartthrob Women Across Social Media Are Swooning Over
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Absolut Gives Madonna the Icon Treatment For Her Dance Floor Comeback
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