Instagram now allows you to share your account via a digital profile card. The two-sided “card” shows a QR code with your Instagram handle as well as other information visible on your profile, including your picture and bio. You can spice up your profile card by adding your own links and a song of your … Read more
First it was Spotify, then Verizon, then PlayStation, and now it's apparently Bank of America's turn to suffer a default this week. Some customers reported problems accessing their bank accounts on Wednesday, with balances showing $0 or “–” instead of the actual amount. “Earlier today, some mobile and online banking customers experienced an issue accessing … Read more
An official OpenAI account on X was taken over on Monday evening to spread a cryptocurrency scam. On Monday at 6:24 p.m. ET, the @OpenAINewsroom account, which shares OpenAI news and has nearly 54,000 followers, published a now-deleted post promoting a “$OPENAI” token. “We are very excited to announce $OPANAI: the token that bridges the … Read more
It looks like the Fediverse is opening up further. In late March, Meta's Threads introduced a beta feature that allows users from the US, Canada, or Japan to cross-post from Mastodon and presumably other federated social networks and view likes. In June, this ability was added in over 100 countries. If you want to take … Read more