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Instagram Plus launches: what it is and how much it costs
By Scott Younker published
Instagram's new subscription plan has launched. Here's what it offers and how much it'll set you back.

Instagram's new 'instants' feature is driving users crazy. Here's how to disable it
By Kaycee Hill published
Learn how to snooze Instagram's 'instants', the latest feature by Meta that literally no one asked for.

Reddit was down for thousands — live updates on major outage
By Scott Younker last updated
Reddit is suffering an outage.

What is an instant on Instagram? How to use the latest feature that’s taking on Snapchat
By Kaycee Hill published
Learn what Instagram Instants are and how to use the new photo-sharing feature.

Bluesky is down — Live updates on the ongoing outage
By Dave LeClair last updated
People all around the world are having trouble accessing the popular X alternative.

Meta and YouTube aren't the only ones who should be worried after landmark social media addiction ruling
By Scott Younker last updated
Blockbuster social media addiction trial ends with YouTube and Meta declared negligent.

X was briefly down for thousands — here's how the outage unfolded
By Martin Shore last updated
Elon Musk's X.com suffered a brief but noteworthy outage impacting thousands of users. Here's what you need to know.

Meta just snapped up Moltbook, the ‘Reddit for AI’ — what you need to know
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Meta announced it is acquiring the Reddit-style social media platform Moltbook, where AI bots interact with one another.
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