TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office

The social media giant is shuttering an office that housed some members of TikTok’s content-moderation team.

Google Wallet now lets parents set up secure balances for their kids

The tech giant says the new feature will allow parents to teach their kids healthy financial habits while maintaining oversight over their child’s spending with built-in safeguards.

Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking

This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they’ll try literally anything else — even an AI matchmaker.

eBay continues to bet on live shopping after record quarter

eBay touted an increase in eBay Live’s gross merchandise volume as it plans to expand it to more international markets in the coming weeks and months.

Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs

Suno’s watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on several fronts.

Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that’s capable of helping users complete real-world tasks.

Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product

The serial entrepreneur is stepping down a little over a year after taking the “24/7 job” of overseeing X.

Reddit is replacing Automod with AI that reads intent, not keywords. Old Reddit’s days are numbered.
Reddit is replacing Automod with AI that reads intent, not keywords. Old Reddit’s days are numbered.

Reddit announced plans to replace core moderation infrastructure that has run the platform for years. The most significant change: Rules Hub, a new moderation system that uses large language models to evaluate whether posts and comments match the inten…

Reddit’s new Rules Hub uses AI to enforce moderation by intent, not keywords. Automod’s other features stay.
Reddit’s new Rules Hub uses AI to enforce moderation by intent, not keywords. Automod’s other features stay.

Reddit announced a new suite of moderation tools that will eventually replace Automod’s enforcement capabilities, not Automod itself. The centrepiece is Rules Hub, which uses large language models to evaluate whether posts and comments match the intent…

As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinder’s IRL events expand to dozens more cities

Tinder is expanding its in-person events feature from an initial Los Angeles test to 26 cities worldwide by the end of September.