Topic: platform criticism
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Fortnite's Next Big Wave of Gaming Crossovers Revealed
Epic Games is launching a major program to create over 100 Fortnite character crossovers per year, starting with about 40 in 2025, to drive synergy between the game and its store. The Epic Games Store saw significant growth, with a 57% increase in third-party PC game spending to $400 million and ...
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Musk to Open-Source X's Algorithm Next Week
Elon Musk announced that X will open-source its content recommendation algorithm next week, promising transparency into how posts and ads are selected for user feeds. The move follows a pattern of Musk advocating for open-source tech, but past public code repositories for X and the Grok AI model ...
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Skylight's TikTok Rival Adds Community Curators for Better Content
Skylight differentiates itself from algorithm-driven platforms by emphasizing human curation and community-curated video collections to combat user fatigue with automated feeds and low-quality content. The app, built on Bluesky's decentralized AT Protocol, has gained significant traction with 240...
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Find Your Perfect Fit with Pinterest's New AI Shopping Assistant
Pinterest has launched a conversational AI shopping assistant that uses voice commands to provide personalized recommendations from users' saved content and on-screen items. The assistant operates exclusively through voice interactions, offering audio descriptions of suggestions without an option...
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