There are times when you may want to prevent videos and GIFs from automatically playing in your social media feeds. This could be because you’re trying to conserve cellular data, limit the addictiveness of these apps, or maintain better control over your viewing experience, as when a video is going viral that you don’t wish…
This probably goes without saying, but bobs are having a moment—well, more like an entire era. “It’s like bob mania out here, and I’m not mad about it,” declares celebrity hairstylist and colorist Dimitris Giannetos, who is known for coiffing many a celebrity ‘do (including Joey King’s Prada bob and Gigi Hadid’s flicked bob). “The…
A platform for chatting and role-playing with AI-generated characters, Character.AI announced in a blog post on Monday that it is rolling out a slate of multimedia features. These features include AvatarFX, Character.AI’s video-generation model, plus Scenes and Streams, which allow users to create videos featuring their characters and then share them on a new social…
Surf, the new app from Flipboard for browsing the open social web, is making it easier for people to create and discover their own custom feeds focused on their interests. Instead of getting stuck in an algorithmically generated timeline designed by a social network’s owner, custom feeds allow you to build an experience focused on…
