Topic: user personalization
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Bluesky Hits 40M Users, Rolls Out 'Dislikes' Feature
Bluesky has exceeded 40 million users and is testing a "dislikes" feature to improve personalization in feeds and enhance conversation management tools. The platform is focusing on user-driven moderation with tools like block lists, content filters, and social neighborhood mapping to prioritize r...
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Unlock ChatGPT-5's Hidden Power: 5 Must-Enable Settings
Customizing settings like Voice Mode and Memory Mode can significantly improve ChatGPT's usability by enabling hands-free interaction and personalized responses based on past conversations. Features such as Custom Instructions allow users to define the AI's tone and style, while Advanced Model Sw...
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Build Your Own Spotify Playlist With ChatGPT
Spotify has integrated ChatGPT to allow users to generate personalized music and podcast recommendations by linking their accounts and making conversational requests. The feature offers different levels of personalization, with premium subscribers receiving more advanced, tailored playlists based...
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Control ChatGPT's Enthusiasm with New OpenAI Feature
OpenAI has introduced granular user controls for ChatGPT's personality, allowing adjustments to traits like warmth and enthusiasm via a new Personalization menu. This customization addresses past issues where the AI's tone was perceived as overly flattering or too cold, highlighting the challenge...
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Reddit CEO Admits r/Popular 'Sucks,' Announces Its Removal
Reddit is phasing out its default r/popular feed for new users, deeming it unrepresentative and unappealing, and will replace it with personalized feeds to better reflect individual interests. The platform is implementing a new policy, effective March 2026, to limit "powermods" by restricting use...
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Gmail's New AI Inbox Summarizes Your Emails
Google is introducing a beta "AI Inbox" tab to Gmail that scans emails to generate suggested tasks and key topics, aiming to personalize and streamline inbox management. The feature includes disclaimers about potential AI mistakes and assures user privacy by not using the processed data to train ...
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TechnologyOne Launches AI-Powered Enterprise Software Revolution
TechnologyOne has launched PLUS, an AI-powered enterprise platform that integrates a natural language interface to predict outcomes, analyze data, and simplify processes across all business functions. The platform breaks down information silos by connecting data from various departments, providin...
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Turn Social Tips Into Trips With Boop's New App
Boop is a travel startup that uses AI to convert personal social travel suggestions into bookable itineraries, allowing users to adopt and customize trips shared by real travelers and creators. Founded by Nancy Li Smith, the app addresses the burden of travel planning, particularly for women who ...
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Nothing's 'AI OS' Isn't First or an OS, But It's Fascinating
Nothing has introduced an AI-native ecosystem featuring the Playground platform and Essential Apps, which are built on Android rather than constituting a new operating system, aiming to create personalized smartphone experiences. The core of the announcement includes the Essential product line wi...
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Gmail's New AI Inbox & Search Features Unveiled
Google is introducing a major AI update to Gmail, featuring a new AI Inbox tab for managing tasks and updates, an AI-powered search for natural language queries, and a built-in Proofread tool. The AI Inbox organizes emails into "Suggested to-dos" for urgent actions and "Topics to catch up on" for...
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Oura's New App Redesign and Cumulative Stress Feature
Oura's app update introduces a new design with personalized tabs for daily insights, vitals, and long-term health management, including features like "Habits" and "Routines" to link behaviors to wellness. A groundbreaking Cumulative Stress feature measures stress over time using physiological fac...
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Google's AI Aims to Replace Your Morning Social Media Scroll
Google is launching "CC," an AI-powered personal assistant that creates a personalized daily briefing by analyzing your emails, calendar, and documents to provide a more productive morning alternative to social media. The "Your Day Ahead" service summarizes schedules and tasks, can draft emails a...
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Xbox UI Update: Pin Games & Customize Your Home Screen
Microsoft's new Xbox update allows users to personalize their home screen by pinning favorite games/apps and hiding rarely used system tools. Players can pin up to three frequently used titles/apps and adjust the number of recently used items displayed (from 4 to 9 tiles). The features are availa...
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AI Overviews Boost Citation Chances by 161%, Study Finds
New research shows web pages ranking for related "fan-out" queries are significantly more likely to be cited in Google's AI Overviews than pages only ranking for the primary search term, with a 161% higher citation probability. Analysis reveals that over half of all AI Overview citations go to pa...
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Google Photos May Let You Turn Yourself Into a Meme
Google Photos is developing an AI feature called "Me Meme" that will allow users to insert their faces into popular meme templates for personalized humor. The tool requires a clear selfie from the user's cloud library to analyze facial features and superimpose them onto chosen meme formats for ea...
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Waymo Robotaxis Test Google's Gemini AI Assistant
Waymo is testing a passenger-facing AI assistant powered by Google's Gemini to enhance rides by answering questions and managing cabin functions like climate control, though it cannot alter routes or control core driving systems. The assistant is designed as a safe, ride-focused tool with strict ...
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Google Launches 'Inspirational' Images Tab to Challenge Pinterest
Google has launched a new Images tab in its mobile Search app, offering a personalized feed of daily-updated images to help users find creative ideas and compete with platforms like Pinterest. The feature is designed to increase user engagement and includes potential for new advertising placement...
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